Great Lake Swimmers at the Bronson Centre!

Hey, Note Lovers, it's Carolyn here. Come join us for the Great Lake Swimmers at the Bronson Centre!

Featuring a blend of acoustic instruments, rural soundscapes, and wistful vocals, Great Lake Swimmers are a critically acclaimed indie-folk group led by Tony Dekker. Based in Southern Ontario, the group emerged in the early 2000s with a succession of heavily atmospheric albums recorded in old silos and rural country churches. The music developed in that pastoral warmth, performed and recorded in acoustically resonant and historical locales with a revolving cast of personnel. They are renowned for homespun folk and lush, intimate Americana in their live shows.
Their newest album, Caught Light, out Oct 10, 2025, is their most immediate and instinctive album to date. Recorded in just five days in Ontario’s Ganaraska Forest with producer Darcy Yates (Bahamas) and engineer Jimmy Bowskill (Blue Rodeo), it draws warmth from early ’70s folk-pop while embracing a new spontaneity and directness in Dekker’s songwriting.
Great Lake Swimmers have been shortlisted for the prestigious Polaris Music Prize and nominated twice for Canada’s Juno Awards, with the CBC calling them “a national treasure.”
“A stunning variety of tones and textures… nothing less than both cerebral and sublime” – American Songwriter, 4/5 from Reviews on their website

Date: Sat Apr 18 2026

Time: Doors 7pm. I’ll be there a little before that for the line up. Music at 7:30.

Location: Bronson Centre. 211 Bronson Ave, Ottawa, ON K1R 6H5

Tickets : 39$ plus ticket fees (which are 13). BUY YOUR TICKET HERE!
-*enter code Caughtlight* for early purchase if asked (the name of their new album released today)
-general admission and 19+
-ticket is formally emailed to you 3 days before the show. check your junk box that week!

There are a few seats and more standing room at the front. You can get a drink in the venue. We’ll all bunch together and find each other in the line up at the door.

Good times!