City of Ottawa Nightlife Office Launches Podcast

May 14, 2026

This is the beat of Ottawa’s nightlife. 

The City of Ottawa Nightlife Office is proud to launch Ottawa At Night, a new audio-visual podcast highlighting the people working on stage, behind the bar, in the kitchen, at the studio and into the night bringing our city to life from sunset to sunrise. 

In the first episode, we sit down with musician and DJ Yolande Laroche (Orchidae, Pony Girl, KAY-fayb), entertainer and actor Remi Royale, and Ottawa’s English Poet Laureate, bartender of The Manx, David O’Meara. 

Filmed and recorded at Centretown’s hi-fi listening lounge FONO, discover what our guests love about Ottawa, their most memorable performance moments, and their aspirations for the city’s nightlife. Plus: exclusive performances by David O’Meara and Yolande Laroche!

The five-episode pilot, launches May 14, 2026, with new episodes released bi-weekly.  

For an entirely captioned version of Ottawa At Night, watch on YouTube below.

Episode transcriptions can be made available upon request. Please contact NCLO-BCVN@ottawa.ca.