IAN TAMBLYN
Musician | Playwright
CONCERTS
Upcoming Shows 2024
Sept 7 - Val des Monts, QC - cottage concert, 440 ch. de l'Eglise, contact: Lyn Charelli,charellilynn@gmail.com
Sept 14 - Appleton, ON - Folk in the Forest Festival, contact: Adrian Baker, appeltonstudio@gmail.com
Sept 26 - Ottawa, ON -The Red Bird, with Fred Guignon and Pat Maher concerts@redbirdlive.ca
Oct 5 - Shawville, QC - The Littler Red Wagon Winery, with Fred Guignon and Pat Maher contact: Jennifer Little,littleredwagonwinery@gmail.com
Oct 11 - Chelsea QC - La Fab sur Mill with Fred Guignon and Pat Maher iantamblyn@eventbrite.ca
Nov. 10 - Ottawa, ON - Irene's Pub with special guest, Sunday Night Review.
Nov. 14 - Guelph ON - Silence - doors 7:30 pm
Nov. 15- Toronto, ON - Free Times Cafe - College Street - dinner and show reservations.
Nov. 16 - Brooklin ON- Rob Wakelin House Concert Series - 18 Phillips Rd.
Upcoming Shows 2025
Jan. 25 - Mattawa, ON - Canadian Ecological Centre, Night Under the Stars
Jan. 27 - Perth, ON - Kitchen Sessions House Concert, Contact: Steve Tennant
Past Shows 2024
Aug 24 - Hastings, ON - The Gen Bridge Concert series, contact: Diane Sturley
Aug 28 - Grafton, ON - Shelter Valley Concert Series 112 St. George Street, contact: Randy Stewart,thereal.randystewart@gmail.com
Aug 13 - Michipicoten ON - concert- Rock Island Lodge - contact David Wells
Aug 9-11 - Red Rock ON - Folk on the Rock Folk Festival -contact Elly Tose AD
Aug 4 to 9 - Rossport - Red Rock ON- Voyageur Canoe Trip, contact: Naturally Superior Outfitters
July 24 - Chelsea, QC - Allan Richens Fundraiser, Gatineau River Yacht Club
July 19 - Perth ON- Stewart Park Music Festival
June 16 - Ottawa, ON McCranks Bike Shop Annual Benefit
June 1 - Trenton, ON - Old Church Theatre, Open the Patio! Contact: Leslie Bonistel Tickets
May 12 -Peterborough, ON grand opening of the Canadian Canoe Museum peter.vooys@canoemuseum.ca 613 583-7551
May 9 - Minden, ON- concert Dominion Hotel - contact: Shawn Chamberlain
May 8 - Haliburton ON- Haliburton Speaker Series, Haliburton Outdoors Assoc. contact Sean Pennylegion pennylegion@gmail.com
April 20 - Ottawa, ON- Look What the Cat Dragged In- special guest of Ted Carty at Meow Cafe, 519 Bank St.
April 27 & 28- Peterborough, ON - Concerts on Gilmour - hosts, Rob Davies and Annie Whitty. SOLD OUT
Feb 23 - Ste Anne de Bellevue QC - Ste Anne Coffee House- contact Thom Meredith , tmeredith@videotron.ca, https://sainteannebluescafe.wordpress.com/
Feb 3 - Belleville ON- house concert , Marvin Tucker , information contact- Lindy Powell , lindymaypowell@gmail.com
Feb 10 - Kitchener ON-Folk Night at the Registry, Registry Theatre contact Jack Cole
Feb 17 - Lascelles QC- house concert at Magasin Generale Les Peche - contact David Irvine, davidirvinephotography@gmail.com
Jan 27 - Mattawa ON- Canadian Ecology Centre - Songs and Stars- contact Laura Kielpinski
laura @canadianecology.ca 705 744-1715
January 26 - Commanda ON- Commanda Community Centre- contact, Renee White, renees@thot.net
Jan 19 - Blind River ON- house concert , contact Sally Hagman, sallygordonhagman@gmail.com
Jan. 9th - podcast, Bruce Swan programmer, producer-, "Music Your Mother Wouldn't Like", Asheville , North Carolina,website www.musicmymotherwouldnotlike.com ,time- 8pm EST
2023
Dec 2 - Chelsea QC- Angel's Share concert, matinee and evening shows - ensemble- La Fab Arts Centre, Mill Rd. evening concert- sold out
Dec 3- Meech Lake QC- benefit concert for Quail House , Chelsea QC sold out
Dec 7 -Ottawa ON- Infinity Conference Centre , 12:45- 1:30 pm
contact, Lynda Cloutier, lacloutier@gmail.com
Dec 10 - Val des Mont QC - Crow's Rest concert series, contact: Olga Kay, crowsrestretreat@gmail.com
Nov 11 - Ottawa, ON- Quinn's ,- with Host, John Allaire
Nov 22 -Ottawa, ON- Irene's Pub | Scenes Through a Mirror - a retrospective | Album & CD Release
Nov 25 - Peterborough, ON - Folk Under the Clock- with adventure canoeist Adam Shoalts
Oct 28- Manitoulin Island, ON- Sandhill House - concert , contact- Blair and Laura Hagman
Oct 14 - The Little Red Wagon Winery- Shawville, QC
Oct 8- Toronto, ON - house concert
Sept 23 - Toronto, ON- The Free Times Cafe - with Anne Lindsay
Sept 16 - Ottawa, ON- The Redbird Cafe
Sept 2-Lac St. Pierre QC- house concert , Lac Robinson- contact Lyn Chiarelli
Aug 26 -Prescott, ON- Upper Canada Folk Festival
July 8- house concert- Bob's Lake ON
July 6- Ottawa Songwriter Workshop Acorn Studios, Gladstone St. - Elise Letourneau
July 2- Old Church Theatre - Trenton ON
March 19- Sudbury , ON- house concert , Diane McLean and David Wood.
March 18- Burk's Falls , Ontario
March 10- Deep Cove BC - Deep Cove Concert Series- Tark Hamilton
March 8- Hornby Island- house concert- Larry Rossignol.
March 6- Comox B.C. - house concert , Craig Freeman, Seabanks Road.
March 5- Victoria BC- Victoria Folk Society concert - Paddy Castle
March 4-Victoria- John Taylor, Lynn Beak 218 Wildwood Ave.
March 3- Victoria BC- house concert- Jennifer Iredale
March 1 Nanaimo BC, contact - Tony Turner
Jan 11-Ottawa ON- Irene's Pub- Lucky Songs Circle with Christine Graves
2022
Dec 10 -An intimate evening of music and storytelling with Ian Tamblyn, Saturday 7pm tickets here
Dec 10 Meech Lake QC- benefit concert for Quail House
Nov 30 - Ottawa ON, Irene's Pubwith band, Fred Guignion, James Stephens, Pat Maher, Alden Roberge.
Nov 5 - Chelsea QC- La Fab, solo concert
Oct 16- Sunderland ON - barn concert , Lloyd Greespoon.
Oct 15- Brooklyn ON- house concert Rob Wakelin
Oct 7 - Chelsea QC- La Fab, Partage/ benefit w/ Margo Doucet, Paul Hampsey, Allysann Foehring, Tina Therrien, Denis Drouin.
Oct 2 - Macdonald's Corner - Celebration of Trees
Sept 23- Minden ON- The Dominion
Sept 10 - Shawville QC- Little Red Wagon Winery - dinner and concert
Aug 19 - Ottawa ON- Red Bird Cafe - Bank St
Aug 17- Chelsea, Quebec- Gatineau River Yacht Club - Al Richens Benefit - 7:30 pm.
Aug 2- Hudson, Quebec
July 14 - Ottawa ON- Ottawa Songwriting Camp
July 8-10 - Sudbury- Northern Lights/ Festival Boreale
June 18- Trenton, ON.- Old Church Theatre
May 28 - Ottawa - Spirit of Rasputin
March 25 Julia MacLaine & friends present A Song for Ukraine with special guests Frédéric Lacroix and Ian Tamblyn - 8 Chemin Mill Chelsea QC
March 15 - Ian Tamblyn joined Rick Fines and Dayna Manning for Showcase #81 presented by Music My Mother Would Not Like and hosted by Bruce Swan
2021
Dec 12- Brooklin, Ontario- concert for Rob Wakelin - invitation only.
Dec 10 - Ashton Ontario - North Ramble presents Ian Tamblyn with special guest Dean Batston, 7:30 pm tickets here: northernramble.com/tickets
Dec 4- Chelsea Quebec- Angel's Share Concert- Mill Rd Chelsea, matinee and evening shows .
Nov 30- Asheville NC- "Music My Mother Would Not Like " virtual show hosted by Bruce Swan - begins 6pm EST
Nov 27 - Ottawa On- Ottawa Grassroots Festival Benefit - virtual show
Nov 19 - Eganville, Ontario - Off the Grid Productions
Nov 13- Ottawa- Irene's Pub, Bank Street, full band - Fred Guignion, James Stephens, Chris Maclean, Pat Maher, Alden Roberge with special guest Julia Maclaine, cellist with the NAC Orchestra.
Nov 11- Chelsea - Remembrance Day Ceremony - Pioneer Cemetery- begins approx 1030
Nov 10- Manotick, ON- Manotick United Church - 2p.m.
Nov 7- Ottawa- Concert for Trees , contact Chris White
Oct 15 - Chelsea guest host at Mill Road Open Mic - 2 sets of three songs
Oct 2 - Shawville - Little Red Wagon Winery - concert - Tickets $25 littleredwagonwinery@gmail.com
Sept 18- Meech Lake benefit concert for Quail House, Chelsea , Jane Matthews
Sept 10 - Ottawa, house concert , Frida Hjartson , 250 Fountain Place
Sept 4 - Ottawa, Vanier - backyard concert.
Aug 21 - Saturday Night at Daisy Dell Farm in Perth ON with Ian Tamblyn August 21 at 7pm
Aug 21- Perth Ontario Barb McIquhan- sold out.
Aug 8 - Old Church in Trenton 5pm. Admission $20
July 25 at 7pm - Songs for a Mid-Summer's Evening WEBCAST - The webcast streamed on the Long Island Museum's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/LIMuseum
June 20 at 5pm - Under the Midnight Sun - A live concert featuring Ian Tamblyn and other expedition musicians from across the globe! Catch it here: https://www.facebook.com/AntarcticAmbassadors/
2020
Dec 12 - Release on vinyl of the 1989 album Magnetic North at the Record Centre on Wellington
Nov 29 - 3PM Matinée at Irene's Pub
Nov 5 - Mill Road Virtual Open Stage
Sept 17- Manotick. ON - Watson's Mill- seating limited to 30 -
Sept 12 - Prince Edward County, ON- The Old Church Patio- sold out
June 29 Live Video by Maison Fairbairn House , 7:30–8:30 PM Musical Mondays/Lundis Musicaux
April 25- Chelsea Quebec.- Youth Songwriters night - Mill Road Community Space
April 18- Kitchener, Ont.- Chasing the North - The Registry Root Weekend - matinee- 1pm.
March 15- Ucluelet, B.C. - house or church concert - concert Lance Blackwell or Marilyn McEwan
March 13- Comox B.C. - house concert - Craig Freeman, 2339 Seabank Rd Comox Valley
March 12- Nanaimo/Lantzvile B.C. Unitarian Hall, 595 Townsite Rd
March 11 Bowser B.C. Contact, Mallory Owen 250-778-424-3760
March 6- Quallicum Beach B.C.- house concert - contact Joyce Beaton
Feb 1, 2- Peterborough, Ontario- Rob and Annie Whitty - house concert
Jan. 25 - Belleville Ont. house concert -
Jan. 18 - Mattawa Ont. - Canadian Ecological Centre - Night Under the Stars
Jan 17- Chelsea Quebec- Mill Road Community Space- Mill Road Open Mic - host -
2019
Dec 14 - Renfrew ,Ontario- Northern Rambler- Dean Batstone - concert
Nov 23- Little Red Wagon- Clarendon, Quebec.
Nov 20 -Ottawa, Ontario- Irene's Pub- with band
Nov 10 - Ottawa, Ontario- Quaker house concert
Nov 9- Harrington, Ontario- Harrington Hall - contact Philip Kerr 416-894-0428
Oct 25 - Oshawa, Ontario- special occasion
Oct 20 - Haliburton, Ontario, Janis Parker
Oct 19 - Wakefield , Quebec - Black Sheep - benefit concert for Louis Rompre Park.
Oct 5- 10am - 12 noon - Part one of a retrospective my recordings on CKCU fm's Canadian Spaces
Oct 5- Cantley, Quebec- Rendezvous Ecocitoyen Cantley 2019, - 4:30 pm.
Sept. 20- Kingston, Ontario- Live Wire Music Series
Sept 14- Chelsea- house concert
Sept 13 at 8pm & 15 at 4pm- Black Sheep, Wakefield - The TaDa! Festival Wakefield presents: Nun Of It
Sept 8- Black Sheep, Wakefield- New Green Deal
Aug 17- Gatineau River Yacht Club, Chelsea - annual concert for the Alan Richens Memorial FundJuly - Students on Ice - instructor, guide- Greenland, Arctic Canada.
June - Adventure Canada- host, guide- Adventure Canada Ireland Scotland
April 26- Ottawa, ON - Grassroots Festival - headliner with band.
March 5- 17 - Mississippi Exploration
March 2 Brooklin, ON.- house concert Rob Wakelin, 18 Phillips Rd , with Anne Lindsay.
March 1 Brooklin , Ontario - house concert with Anne Lindsay - contact Robert Wakelin- 18 Phillips Rd. 905-655-5072
Feb 28 Ian Tamblyn at Silence 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM 46 Essex St. Guelph, ON Tickets here
Feb.27- Port Ryerse Ontario, Memorial United Church 7:30 pm
Feb. 15-17 - Montreal, QC- North America Folk Alliance - panelist - Wisdom of the Elders !
Feb 7. Wakefield QC.- Le Hibou- an evening with host- Pat Maher.
Jan. 26- Mattawa, Ontario-Stars and Songs Canadian Ecology Centre, 6905 Hwy. 17 , Mattawa, 705-7441715- 7pm. opening- Birdie Whyte
Jan. 25- Renfrew, Ontario- Batstone's Northern Ramble- 45 Railway Ave. . contact info@northernramble.ca - 7:30pm. opening- Birdie Whyte
Jan.18- Chelsea QC.- host,Open Stage, Mill Road Community Space , 7:30pm
Jan.8- Chelsea QC songwriting workshop , every Tuesdays 7p.m. till end of march - age 12-18 ( full) sponsored by City Folk and BluesFest