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Ottawa Psychfest III - Nite One: C. Ross + Ambassador Hazy + The Strange Happening + Caveman & The Banshee +Slow Dawn

Presented by: Birdman Sound and Cardinal Fuzz
Doors: 8:30pm / 19+ (Physical ID Required)
Cover: $30 per day | $50


C. ROSS (Toronto Folk Rock/Psychedelic
formerly known as NORDIC NOMADIC is the solo project of toronto, ontario, canada's Chad Ross (QUEST FOR FIRE, COMET CONTROL). Acoustic psych jams performed with deep fried guitars, space echoes, broken synths, shakey junk, green shake, chirping birds and cans of beer.


AMBASSADOR HAZY (Cold Spring, New York Psychedelic Rock)
Ambassador Hazy is a solo recording project by Sterling DeWeese who was previously in a slew of obscure bands including Heavy Hands, Dirty Rainbow, Terrapin Gun, Madison Electric and Black Fantastic.


CAVEMAN & THE BANSHEE (Nanaimo B.C. Caveman Kosmic Atomic Punk)
Dave pounds his riff heavy bass lines over top classic drum machine block rockin’ beats, while Banshee Valentina wails tales of childhood, time travel, burning bridges and wanton lust above it all. Influences include the Plasmatics, Public Enemy, Nina Hagen, early Misfits, psychedelic horror films, underground house shows, Yoko Ono & Atari Teenage Riot.

SLOW DAWN (Ottawa Weirdo/psykicdelic)
Slow Dawn is from Ottawa, Canada and have spent the past few years honing their craft with a series of self released titles, including 2020’s Experimental Farm, a rather angst-ridden and raw display of sonic power. They are led by guitarist Dan Druff, formerly of Holy Cobras, and are rounded out by Chris DiLauro on drums and Jesse Winchester (Masss) on bass and synthesizer. The band draws influence from the darker edges of the musical spectrum and places a majority of their energy on filling empty voids with as much sound as possible. Slow Dawn is a cacophony of reverberating distortion, swirls of echoing vocals, droning horns, and a steady din of plodding drums. Whether it’s Ottawa’s grim and cold winters or simply a sign of the times, the band’s sound is quite dystopian and is marked by a sense of solemn minimalism. It would be safe to say that with Slow Dawn, the glass is rarely half full.