Side by Side Weekend

Side by Side Weekend is a communal festival with shows curated in collaboration with some of the best indie bookers around, featuring the finest local & regional independent musical talent.

OPENING NIGHT: Friday July 25, 2025

COURTYARD STAGE (co-presented with First Crush Promotion) :

VICTIME (Hull/QC noise rock/electronic/post-punk),
Bucko (Ottawa electro-crip / ambient-dip / exhisto-hip),
Cootie Catcher (Toronto indoe rock / electronic / twee),
Dark Room (Ottawa indie / alt-rock / funk)
INDOOR STAGE (co-presented with Be Proud Productions):

Slash Need (Toronto industrial camp)
Drag Performances by Ai Amor, Annie Elation, Caligula
Neurotypes (Ottawa industrial/post-punk/indie rock)
lady grey and the phantoms (Ottawa grunge/alt-rock)
AFTERPARTY – INDOOR STAGE – co-presented with FORTRESS DJs

Sweet Morgane
Lilfridge
Geunf
DAY 2 : SATURDAY JULY 26, 2025
COURTYARD STAGE – presented by SIDE BY SIDE

HRT (Montreal EBM / hardcore / electronic)
Crisis Party (Ottawa garage punk)
HUG MOSH (Ottawa hyperpop / hip hop)
Mopar Stars (Philadelphia indie / powerpop / rock n roll)
Ruby Doom (Brantford DIY punk)
INDOOR STAGE – presented by SIDE BY SIDE

Banggz (Ottawa Afrobeats / hip hop)
Dynesti (Toronto hip hop / r&b / dancehall)
BiG SiSSY (Montreal pop / rock / alternative dance)
Dannydukess (Ottawa alt-hip hop / rap)
Mars Aspen (Ottawa indie / folk / alt-pop)
 

DAY 3: SUNDAY JULY 27, 2025
AFTERNOON: Pumphouse Park Show (FREE) co-presented with Congrego:

Sam Aleums (Ottawa electro / downtempo / acid)
glowveins (noise rock, sludge metal, industrial)
Nothing Nobody (Ottawa juke / footwork / experimental)
EVENING – Club SAW – INDOOR STAGE

Los3r (Ottawa hyperpop / electro-pop)
FIAMMA (Montreal/Ottawa electronic / pop)
Roach (Toronto indie / alt-rock / post-punk)
devoter (Ottawa emo folk / outsider acoustic / sad girl indie)
EVENING – Club SAW – COURTYARD STAGE, co-presented with Club Records

Backseat Dragon (Ottawa emo/indie)
knitting (Montreal grunge / shoegaze / alt-rock)
Goodwill Suck Machine (Toronto indie / emo / rock n roll)
emmersonHall (Ottawa indie / emo / alt-country)

Who is it for?
adults
18+

Tickets :

Day Pass: $50

Weekend Pass: $120
How to get tickets?
Buy Online
At the door: At the door, cash only.

Date & Time:

July 25 to 27, 2025

6:00PM

Venue: Indoor and outdoor stages at Club SAW

Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, ON K1N 7B9

Street Parking, Paid Parking
Public transport accessible