Lisgar O'Connor at the Beach!

The Westboro Beach Yacht Club Café invited Lisgar O'Connor for an afternoon performance last Saturday. This establishment is operated by Moe's World Famous Newport Restaurant and offers the same renowned fine cuisine (including what we think is the best pizza in town)!

Lisgar O'Connor loves to play outdoors. Summer festivals, neighbourhood parties, pool and garden parties, large benefit concerts are always fun opportunities for us.

The Westboro Beach Yacht Club Café sits over 100 people and there is also a lot of standing room, plus a public beach at which lifeguards stand by, should you feel like taking a dip!

Lisgar O'Connor will be performing there again this Sunday, August 1, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Take an afternoon stroll and come enjoy a snack, dinner or some fine refreshments with live music fom Lisgar O'Connor!

Lisgar O'Connor at Westboro Beach This Saturday, July 24!

Lisgar O'Connor at the Paulapalooza Neighbourhood Festival

On July 3, the residents of Geneva Street in Ottawa's West end closed up their street and had their annual Paulapalooza Festival. As usual, there were inflatable games, BBQ, plenty to drink, lots of friends and relatives to mingle with, and of course live music by Lisgar O'Connor and the many musical talents of the neighbourhood.

Later in the evening, people took to the stage to share their many musical talents.

This year's event was broadcast live, in it's entirety, on Lisgar O'Connor's Stickam page (www.stickam.com/lisgaroconnor), through a Netbook.

Lisgar O'Connor at the Cajun Attic Once Again!

The Cajun Attic holds a special place in our hearts since this was the first venue to book Lisgar O'Connor on a regular basis almost 10 years ago.

There is now a new Cajun Attic on the Byward Market at 349 Dalhousie Street. The location has changed, but certainly not the excellence of the Cajun menu, nor the friendly atmosphere!

Lisgar O'Connor's Community Program for Troubled Teenagers

Do you have problems with your teenagers at home? Do they make your life difficult by being disrespectful to you and their teachers at school? Lisgar O'Connor is willing to help through their Community Program for Troubled Teenagers (CPTT - pronounced "Kaput").

We remember how difficult it was to go through adolescence to become young adults who can contribute productively to society. One of the problems is that teenagers lack the imagination to find something to do besides texting, playing video games, asking for money, and overall making their parents' and teachers' lives a living hell.

We've all heard that "idle hands are the Devil's tools" and that's why Lisgar O'Connor will educate your teenagers through child labour. We will take your kids and make them lug our equipment to our gigs, set it up and tear it down after the show. Try our program, you will find the results are amazing!

Recent Venues For Lisgar O'Connor

We've been playing several times a month in various places, some of which are starting to feel like home. Among those fine drinking and dining establishments, there is the Lieutenant's Pump on Elgin Street in downtown Ottawa, The Barley Mow, in beautiful downtown Barrhaven and last but not least, the now, sadly, defunct Daniel O'Connell's Irish Pub location in Jackson Plaza, on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville.

We have also been giving monthly live concerts on Stickam, the popular webcam website, where anything can happen when you give people freedom to display themselves (or their video loops) on webcam. Check it out when you have a chance at www.stickam.com/lisgaroconnor. At this url, you can also view a few videos and pictures of Lisgar O'Connor, listen to some audio recordings we've made in the past and check our calendar for future shows.

A Show is not a Show without an Audience

It's always nice to have people sitting in the chairs to which we sing. We are eternally grateful to the people who are kind and generous enough to come and attend our performances. Here are pictures of people (Why, yes, they DO include babes) who have been gracious enough to share moments with us.

Lisgar O'Connor is back at the Cajun Attic!

Lisgar O'Connor will be performing this Friday, June 18, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the new Cajun Attic, 349 Dalhousie Street, on the Byward Market in Ottawa. This is an excellent opportunity for you to come and relax after a long week of work and enjoy great music, cold drinks and a fine Cajun cooking experience in the heart of Ottawa. See you there!"

For a look at the menu and upcoming Cajun Attic events, please visit: this link .

Have time will blog...

Well, it has been awhile since we last updated the blog, but Lisgar O'Connor has been busy. Bill moved again, Sly changed jobs, and we gigged on the Interwebz, in Stittsville and helped a charity organization accomplish its good deeds.

November 21: Live show on Stickam

To celebrate the 5th anniversary of our blog, Lisgar O'Connor decided to expand its territory on the Interwebz through Web 2.0 technologies. We used our Stickam account (www.stickam.com/lisgaroconnor) to broadcast a show live from Sly's living room.

The show was well attended for this first experience, with 60 viewers from all around the world: Russia, Holland, Canada, the U.S. and Japan. We liked it so much that we're intending to make it a monthly event. So check out our calendar on Stickam (http://www.stickam.com/lisgaroconnor) to be posted on the dates. If you have a Stickam account, send us a Friend Request and you will be automatically informed when we update the calendar.

December 5: Performance at Daniel O'Connell Irish Pub in Stittsville

Saturday December 5th, Lisgar O'Connor took the stage again at this popular watering hole in Jackson Plaza where they serve much more than water! We were joined on stage by Andy, who hosts the Thursday night open stage at this location and who was celebrating his birthday. Happy birthday Andy!

December 6: La Guignolée!

La Guignolée is a yearly charitable event organized by the Société St-Vincent-de-Paul throughout the Province of Québec, in Canada. On the first Sunday of December, volunteers go door-to-door to collect food, clothing and money for the poor, while singing a traditional song threatening people who won't give to take away their eldest daughter so she can be fed and her feet kept warm! Talk about hardcore fundraising!

After collecting the food, volunteers gathered in the basement of the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette church in Gatineau, for a traditional meal of baked beans and tourtière (ground meat pie) and fellowship while a crew counted funds raised and organized food for distribution.

Lisgar O'Connor provided live entertainment during the meal.

This year, close to $14,000 were raised in this area of town. Here, Bill and Sly are standing with Suzanne and Mario, two of the Guignolée's organizers.

Coming in January...

On Saturday January 16, Lisgar O'Connor will perform live on Stickam (http://www.stickam.com/lisgaroconnor) from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM (Eastern time). The show is open to Stickam members and non-members. You can join the chat by clicking the bar "Click Here to enter Chat". You will be prompted to log in if you're a member, if you're not, just enter the chat name you'd like to use and you're in! You can then chat with us and the other people in the room. If you have a webcam, first, turn on your webcam software, then click on one of the boxes titled "Click to start video", the Flash Player will ask you to allow it taking charge of your webcam (click on "Allow") and we will all be able to see your lovely faces while you chat with us!

On Sunday January 17, Lisgar O'Connor will perform at the Lieutenant's Pump, 361 Elgin Street (between Waverley and Frank), at 9:30 PM, a well-known pub in Ottawa's downtown.

On Friday January 29, Lisgar O'Connor will play at Daniel O'Connell's Irish Pub, 1010 Main Street, in Stittsville (http://www.filsdiner.ca/danieloconnell/), Ontario at 9:30 PM.