Emma Bayash + Kestrel Blue

Saturday September 13, 2025
20:00

Description

Doors at 8, Show at 9 

Show Description

Join Emma Bayash and KESTREL BLUE (Michael Lisinski) for an evening of singer-songwriter music with an artistic edge. This is music to spur both the heart and mind -- we can promise everyone who attends an evening to treasure.

Bios

Emma Bayash has a background in classical voice, and played in Ottawa-based folk-rock bands“Sounds of Stories” and “Mad Gamma” for a number of years while progressing in her career as a mental health nurse. In 2022 she spread her wings and began her journey as a solo artist with her 7-track EP “Circles”.

KESTREL BLUE (Michael Lisinski) is a project that blends opposites: solo and band, folk and post-punk, punk energy with attention to detail. What ties these elements together is one central ethic: "eleven chords and the truth".

Accolades

Graven has toured extensively and released 13 albums. His 202 release was produced by Jim Bryson (The Tragically Hip, The Weakerthans, Kathleen Edwards) and his 2022 album Simple Complex features contributions by Joel Plaskett. Kestrel Blue has performed success shows at Live On Elgin, Queen St. Fare, The Rainbow, and Avant-Garde Bar, and has frequently collaborated with other musicians in Ottawa's alternative music scene.

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/gravencanada/
https://www.instagram.com/kestrelblue/

Tickets: CAD $15 tickets: shop.thearthousecafe.ca/events. (Limited quantity!). If the event has not sold out online, there will be tickets available at the counter.

We can no longer offer any refunds or ticket transfers. Sorry!

IMPORTANT ACCESSIBILITY INFO

We provide gender-neutral washrooms. We have one wheelchair accessible washroom. There is no wheelchair ramp. There is a set of 8 stairs to get into the building (7 steps, small landing, and then an 8th step). Once inside, the whole cafe floor is flat, with the exception of our small room to the side, which is a small step down.

We are licensed to provide alcohol, but serve a variety of non-alcoholic options.

This event takes place on the traditional unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin People.

Location

555 Somerset St W, Ottawa, ON K1R 6A1, Canada

Centretown would like to acknowledge that Ottawa is built on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation.

The Anishinaabe Algonquin peoples have lived on this land since time immemorial. We recognize and deeply appreciate their historic connection to this place. We also recognize the contributions of Métis, Inuit, and other Indigenous peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community in particular, and our province and country as a whole.