Open House Arts Collective

Handsome Dan & His Gallimaufry CD Release Show!

Andrew — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:28:04 +0000

Handsome Dan and His Gallimaufry have been working on a collection of brand new material and will be releasing the new disc on Friday July 30th at Call the Office. Joining the line up will be Olenka & The Autumn Lovers and The Woody Allens!

Check out the Facebook event here!

Oh! Fest 2011

paterson — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:27:19 +0000

Vote! We don’t know when we should hold Oh! Fest next year. If we do it the same weekend, it usually conflicts with exam time, later and a lot of people go away for the summer and earlier it’s colder and we might not have nice weather! So let us know what you think.

update: poll now on right sidebar–>

State Bird of Idaho at Gigs this Friday.

paterson — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:56:00 +0000

There’s an acoustic showcase at Gigs Grillhouse this Friday put on by the 379 Collective and London Fuse. The State Bird of Idaho is one of the acts! Check it out. The bird’ll be on around 10:30.

Wax Mannequin @ The Black Shire Pub, June 25

paterson — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:58:49 +0000

Our very dear friends Wax Mannequin, Jenny Omnichord and Richard Laviolette will be performing at the Black Shire Pub this coming Friday, June 25th. Go support awesome Canadian indie music! Right here in London!

Shawn Clarke Album Release Saturday!

Sam — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:47:45 +0000

poster by Sara Froese

This Saturday join our good friend from Toronto Shawn Clarke release his album in our fine city of London Ontario!

The line up for this show is fantastic! not only do you get to see Shawn with a full band, but you also get the likes of Handsome Dan and His Gallimaufry and The State Bird of Idaho!

it’s going to be an excellent night!

Open House and NxEW at NxNE

Sam — Mon, 31 May 2010 17:48:03 +0000

Hey Hey all!

On June 17th Olenka & The Autumn Lovers and A Horse And His Boy will be performing
on the same bill at NxNE as part of the NxEW showcase show!

woo

check out this

Say Domino, Kalle Mattson, Hunters & Anglers, and Evan Redsky

Andrew — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:18:15 +0000

This is happening tonight at the London Music Club!
A very special $5 show that you do not want to miss.

Check out each and every band at their very own myspace here:
www.myspace.com/saydomino
www.myspace.com/kallemattson
www.myspace.com/huntersanglers
www.myspace.com/evanredsky

The event can also be found on Facebook

Oh! Records & The Castle In The Clouds Present…

Andrew — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:04:48 +0000

We here at Open House Arts Collective are more than privileged to announce that the
month of June will an incredible new album being released into the world.

Twilights
by The Winks

THE WINKS – Twilights
1. Wildlife Of The Desert
2. Bookface
3. Blue Tango
4. Water Park
5. It’s Happening
6. Telepathic Rockets
7. Tapesrty
8. Seasons
9. Wakonda

This is The Winks 5th release! This time, a split release on both the Castle in the Clouds and Oh! Right now you can hear a number of the new songs on The Winks’ Myspace Here!

Check out The Winks’ previous releases too!

I highly recommend you take a listen to “Ohio” off of their “Chorus Girls” EP from 2007

Olenka & The Autumn Lovers Head West

Sam — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:57:58 +0000

Leaving today for a three week tour in Western Canada,
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers could be coming to a town near you!

of course it wouldn’t be the Internet if I didn’t give you a facebook event page link…

(here are the towns that might be near you:)

10 May (Mon) 10:30pm – Peterborough, ON – Ossia – w/ Ben Rough

13 May (Thurs) 8pm – Winnipeg, MB – Freud’s Bathhouse & Diner – w/ Mt. Nolan and Right Through

14 May (Fri) 9pm – Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s – opening for Hannah Georgas and Colleen Brown

15 May (Sat) 9pm – Regina, SK – Distrikt – opening for Rah Rah

18 May (Tues) 7:30pm – Vancouver, BC – Cafe Deux Soleils – w/ Language Arts & Red Hot Icicles Burning On Fire

19 May (Wed) 7pm – Vancouver, BC – Zoo Zhop – w/ Brave Irene, The State Bird of Idaho, and Garland & Yarn

20 May (Thurs) 8pm – Kamloops, BC – The Art We Are Gallery

21 May (Fri) 7pm – Calgary, AB – Local Library Artspace – w/ Secret Brothers (pt 3), Raleigh, Kindergarden, and No You Hang Up

22 May (Sat) 8pm – Calgary, AB – House Show

23 May (Sun) 8pm – Edmonton, AB – The ARTery – w/ Doug Hoyer and Zachary Lucky

25 May (Tues) 7:30pm – Saskatoon, SK – Caffe Sola

26 May (Wed) 7:30pm – Bruno, SK – All Citizens Shop

27 May (Thurs) 9pm – Winnipeg, MB – Exchange Community Church – w/ Playing Cards

28 May (Fri) 9pm – Thunder Bay, ON – Apollo

29 May (Sat) 9:30pm – Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Foggy Notions – w/ Kalle Mattson

Video and some oh! fest pics!

paterson — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:25:50 +0000

Missing Oh! Fest already? Relive this year’s fest through this neato video by John Teeter of The Wilderness of Manitoba.

Check out Andrew Colvin and Thom Pilgrim’s pictures from the festival too, here and here. Thanks again to Andrew and Thom for documenting the fest. They take really beautiful pictures and we’re pleased as pie that our fest can live on forever on the world wide web. Just go and TRY forgetting. I dare you.

Also, if YOU took any pictures, send them to us or add them to our flickr group as Sara mentioned in the previous post. We’ll post them on this here website and credit you!

Say Domino at Oh! Fest 2010. Photo by Thom Pilgrim.

$100 at Oh! Fest 2010. Photo by Andrew Colvin.

The Acorn at Oh! Fest 2010. Photo by Andrew Colvin.

The Wooden Sky at Oh! Fest 2010. Photo by Andrew Colvin.

The CFL Sessions at Oh! Fest 2010. Photo by Thom Pilgrim.

Kite Hill at Oh! Fest 2010. Photo by Thom Pilgrim.

The D'Urbervilles at Oh! Fest 2010. Photo by Andrew Colvin.