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IMOO has been hosting concerts since September 2010 at numerous locations around Ottawa including the Umi Cafe, Raw Sugar Cafe, and Spark Beer in Chinatown, Black Squirrel Books in the Glebe, and House of Common, General Assembly, and Cinqhole in Hintonburg. Admission is a suggested donation of $20 or pay what you can.
2023-24 Season
| IMOO 2024 Spring Fling | June 8th & 9th 2024 | Ida Toninato Sarah Hughes & Steve Arnold Rakestar Featuring Christine Duncan Thisquietarmy New Language Collaborative Douglas Ewart & Jesse Stewart | Glebe-St. James United Church |
| IMOO #222 | December 10th 2023 | A Very Ayler Christmas | Spark Beer |
| IMOO #221 | December 2nd 2023 | Dans Les Arbres AC/CC tunu | Des Plages |
| IMOO #220 | November 17th 2023 | Hübsch Martel Zoubek Humboldt Duo | Glebe-St. James United Church |
| IMOO #219 | November 5th 2023 | Tom Richards "Shoreline" Day of the Wychwood | Spark Beer |
| IMOO #218 | October 29th 2023 | Dan Pitt Trio Thresher | Spark Beer |
| IMOO Fest 2023 | October 13th to 15th 2023 | Amber Brulez Les Meubles DDK Canadian Electronic Ensemble Yves Charuest & Nicolas Caloia John Oswald Mystery Ensemble Eyevin Nonet Popebama 1/4 Tonne Overhaul LSD Trio | Glebe-St. James United Church and Spark Beer |
| IMOO #217 | October 8th 2023 | Maria Moles Instant Places | LIVE! on Elgin |
| IMOO #216 | September 17th 2023 | Jessica Ackerley | Des Plages |
2022-23 Season
2019-20 Season
| IMOO #199 | January 29th 2020 | Bennett / Jackson / Wellman Duck Toys ecj | Cinqhole |
| IMOO #198 | January 5th 2020 | Drew Weseley with the LSD Trio | Cinqhole |
| IMOO #197 | December 6th 2019 | Pierre-Yves Martel / Philippe Lauzier / Carlo Costa | The Record Centre |
| IMOO #196 | November 29th 2019 | Nick Fraser with Tony Malaby and John Geggie | Black Squirrel Books |
| IMOO #195 | November 13th 2019 | James Meger & Joe Sorbara + Ottawa Guests | Cinqhole |
| IMOO #194 | October 26th 2019 | Sound of the Mountain with Tetuzi Akiyama & Toshimaru Nakamura Tatsuya Nakatani with Mark Molnar | Bar Robo |
| IMOO Fest 2019 | September 6th to 8th 2019 | David Jackson & Linsey Wellman Horseman, Pass By Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey Giant Tiger Togetherness! Jackson / Laubrock / Rainey / Wellman PCP Trio Jason Sharp with Isaiah Ceccarelli IMOO Orchestra featuring Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey | Gigspace and The Record Centre |
2018-19 Season
2017-18 Season
| IMOO #181 | June 24th 2018 | The Craig Pedersen Quartet | General Assembly |
| IMOO #180 | June 20th 2018 | Monicker featuring Arthur Bull, Scott Thomson, and Roger Turner | General Assembly |
| IMOO #179 | June 4th 2018 | Eugene Chadbourne | General Assembly |
| IMOO #178 | May 27th 2018 | Tatsuya Nakatani with Mark Molnar | General Assembly |
| IMOO #177 | May 1st 2018 | Mercury featuring Nicolas Caloia & Lori Freedman | General Assembly |
| IMOO #176 | April 27th 2018 | Not the Music featuring John Butcher | General Assembly |
| IMOO #175 | April 15th 2018 | Collateral featuring Sam Shalabi, Norman Adams, and Tim Crofts | General Assembly |
| IMOO #174 | March 25th 2018 | Accordion Conspiracy Dei Xhrist Elka Bong | General Assembly |
| IMOO #173 | March 8th 2018 | Yes Deer | General Assembly |
| IMOO #172 | March 3rd 2018 | "A Celebration of the Music of Ken Aldcroft" featuring Mars People (Emily Dension/Daniel Kruger/Joe Sorbara) and Two Hours Early, Ten Minutes Late (Jason Robinson & Eric Hofbauer) | Black Squirrel Books |
| IMOO #171 | February 25th 2018 | Eschaton | General Assembly |
| IMOO #170 | February 11th 2018 | Expresso SVP + Isaac Valentin | General Assembly |
| IMOO #169 | January 14th 2018 | Rake-Star Arkestra | General Assembly |
| IMOO #168 | December 17th 2017 | Bernard Stepien's "A Very Ayler Christmas" | General Assembly |
| IMOO #167 | November 28th 2017 | Studio Dan Presents "Homo Faber" | General Assembly |
| IMOO #166 | November 19th 2017 | David Parker & Linsey Wellman Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | General Assembly |
| IMOO #165 | November 8th 2017 | Chik White | General Assembly |
| IMOO #164 | October 8th 2017 | Instant Places / Simon Labelle / David Jackson | General Assembly |
| IMOO #163 | October 1st 2017 | Connor Bennett & Linsey Wellman | General Assembly |
| IMOO #162 | September 10th 2017 | IMOO Orchestra | General Assembly |
2016-17 Season
| IMOO #161 | August 6th 2017 | Raymond MacDonald | General Assembly |
| IMOO Special | August 2nd 2017 | "Endless Landscape" featuring Ian Birse, Laura Kavanaugh, Rory Magill, and Linsey Wellman | La Fonderie, Gatineau |
| IMOO #160 | June 28th 2017 | Sound of the Mountain + Instant Places + David Broscoe Arrington de Dionyso & Pierre-Luc Simon Linsey Wellman | House of Common |
| IMOO #159 | May 22nd 2017 | In the Sea featuring Nicolas Caloia & Tristan Honsinger | Black Squirrel Books |
| IMOO #158 | May 7th 2017 | House Concert featuring David Broscoe, David Jackson, Rory Magill & Linsey Wellman Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | Morgan's Grant, Kanata |
| IMOO #157 | April 9th 2017 | Bonnie Kane & Walter Wright | House of Common |
| IMOO #156 | March 12th 2017 | IMOO Orchestra | House of Common |
| IMOO #155 | March 5th 2017 | Sound of the Mountain + David Broscoe | House of Common |
| IMOO #154 | February 26th 2017 | Eschaton | House of Common |
| IMOO #153 | February 5th 2017 | Jeff Morton's "Minimal Wandering Music" | House of Common |
| IMOO #152 | January 15th 2017 | Paul Newman: "Music For Solo Tenor Saxophone" CD Release | House of Common |
| IMOO #151 | December 18th 2016 | Bernard Stepien's "A Very Ayler Christmas" Remy Belanger de Beauport Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | House of Common |
| IMOO #150 | December 4th 2016 | Rallidae | House of Common |
| IMOO #149 | November 24th 2016 | PLANT (Jim Denley & Eric Normand) | House of Common |
| IMOO #148 | November 13th 2016 | "This Train Makes No Stops": David Broscoe & Jamie Gullikson Interpret Joan Miro Rory Magill & Linsey Wellman | House of Common |
| IMOO #147 | October 10th 2016 | Samuel Blaser & Gerry Hemingway Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | House of Common |
| IMOO #146 | October 2nd 2016 | Alex Pelchat + David Jackson + Linsey Wellman | House of Common |
| IMOO #145 | September 4th 2016 | “What I Did Last Summer!” featuring David Broscoe, David Jackson, Rory Magill & Linsey Wellman | House of Common |
2015-16 Season
| IMOO #144 | July 3rd 2016 | Instant Places + Sound of the Mountain | House of Common |
| IMOO #143 | June 20th 2016 | Tashi Dorji / Mette Rasmussen / Tyler Damon Dusk Scored Dark | Black Squirrel Books |
| IMOO #142 | May 15th 2016 | Shortest Longest Day | House of Common |
| IMOO #141 | April 29th 2016 | Brahja Waldman | Black Squirrel Books |
| IMOO #140 | April 10th 2016 | Rake-Star Arkestra | Flapjack's |
| IMOO #139 | April 3rd 2016 | Ellwood Epps / Keith Hartshorn-Walton / Jesse Stewart | House of Common |
| IMOO #138 | March 12th 2016 | Lina Allemano's Titanium Riot | Black Squirrel Books |
| IMOO #137 | February 28th 2016 | Double Space featuring David Broscoe, Rory Magill, Scott Warren & Linsey Wellman | Flapjack's |
| IMOO #136 | Feb 7th 2016 | Nick Fraser + Linsey Wellman Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | Black Squirrel Books |
| IMOO #135 | January 27th 2016 | Linsey Wellman: "Manifesto" CD Release + Pierre-Yves Martel | DAIMON |
| IMOO #134 | January 17th 2016 | Paul Newman CD Release featuring Karen Ng & Heather Segger | Black Squirrel Books |
| IMOO #133 | December 13th 2015 | Bernard Stepien's "A Very Ayler Christmas" Linsey Wellman Shining Wizard | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #132 | December 6th 2015 | Craig Pedersen Solo & Quintet | Pressed Cafe |
| IMOO #131 | November 27th 2015 | Ken Aldcroft: "Mister, Mister" CD Release | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #130 | November 15th 2015 | Adam Saikaley Solo & Trio | Black Squirrel Books |
| IMOO #129 | November 1st 2015 | Bernard Stepien + John Sobol | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #128 | October 25th 2015 | Rake-Star Arkestra | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #127 | September 27th 2015 | In the Sea featuring Nicolas Caloia, Tristan Honsinger & Joshua Zubot | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #126 | September 13th 2015 | Season-Opening Bash featuring Ian Birse, David Broscoe, Jennifer Giles, David Jackson, Laura Kavanaugh, Rory Magill, Bernard Stepien, Scott Warren & Linsey Wellman | Raw Sugar Cafe |
2014-15 Season
| IMOO #125 | August 31st 2015 | Tatsuya Nakatani with Mark Molnar | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #124 | June 28th 2015 | The Band Whose Name is a Symbol | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #123 | June 21st 2015 | Nonoko Yoshida | Black Squirrel Books |
| IMOO #122 | June 14th 2015 | Shane Whitbread and Topon Das | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #121 | May 17th 2015 | Kathryn Ladano Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #120 | May 3rd 2015 | The Deconstructed Accordion Conspiracy Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | Black Squirrel Books |
| IMOO #119 | April 19th 2015 | John Sobol & Rory Magill Instant Places | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #118 | March 22nd 2015 | Yves Charuest and Linsey Wellman | Black Squirrel Books |
| IMOO #117 | March 8th 2015 | Nick Fraser Quartet featuring Tony Malaby | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO Special | February 26th 2015 | Joe Morris/Craig Pedersen/Mark Molnar Instant Places + David Broscoe | Black Squirrel Books |
| IMOO #116 | February 15th 2015 | Tim Crofts | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #115 | February 8th 2015 | *** CANCELLED *** This was to have been a return visit from Siach Hasadeh, but they couldn't make the trip from Montreal. | |
| IMOO Special | January 27th 2015 | Linsey Wellman: "Manifesto" Live Recording Session | DAIMON |
| IMOO #114 | January 25th 2015 | Rake-Star Arkestra | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #113 | January 11th 2015 | Say Spirit | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #112 | December 21st 2014 | Bernard Stepien's "A Very Ayler Christmas" | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #111 | December 7th 2014 | Phil Minton | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #110 | November 30th 2014 | Shawn Mativetsky and Payton MacDonald | Black Squirrel Books |
| IMOO #109 | November 16th 2014 | Craig Pedersen and Friends | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #108 | November 2nd 2014 | Ellwood Epps and Yves Charuest | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO Fest 2014 | October 3rd & 4th 2014 | Mark Molnar Craig Pedersen Quartet Lina Allemano’s Titanium Riot David Broscoe Jean Derome & Joane Hetu IMOO Chamber Orchestra featuring Jean Derome & Joane Hetu | Club SAW |
| IMOO #107 | September 21st 2014 | Susanna Hood and Scott Thomson: "The Muted Note" | Raw Sugar Cafe |
| IMOO #106 | September 14th 2014 | "Return to 'moo Mountain" featuring Ian Birse, David Broscoe, David Jackson, Laura Kavanaugh, Rory Magill, Mark Molnar & Linsey Wellman | Raw Sugar Cafe |
2013-14 Season
2012-13 Season
| IMOO #82 | July 28th 2013 | Darren Williams | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #81 | July 7th 2013 | Friends of IMOO featuring Mike Essoudry, Francois Gravel, Craig Pedersen & Linsey Wellman | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #80 | June 16th 2013 | Bean + It's a Free Country: Double CD Release | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #79 | June 2nd 2013 | Melody McKiver | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #78 | May 19th 2013 | Siach Hasadeh | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #77 | May 5th 2013 | Mark Molnar & Friends | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #76 | April 28th 2013 | Engel Mayr & Mike Tiefenbacher | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #75 | April 21st 2013 | Adam Saikaley Quartet | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #74 | April 7th 2013 | Phil Albert Group | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #73 | March 24th 2013 | Riverrun | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #72 | March 17th 2013 | Geraldine Eguiluz & Stephane Diamantakiou | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #71 | February 24th 2013 | Ablyss | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #70 | February 10th 2013 | Ryan Purchase’s “Morphology of a Lover” Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #69 | January 27th 2013 | Accordion Conspiracy | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #68 | January 13th 2013 | Tena Palmer & Bob Vespaziani | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #67 | December 30th 2012 | John Oswald/Scott Thomson/Jesse Stewart Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #66 | December 16th 2012 | Bernard Stepien's "A Very Ayler Christmas" | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #65 | December 2nd 2012 | Linsey Wellman & Jesse Stewart | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #64 | November 18th 2012 | Ellwood Epps Solo & Trio | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #63 | November 4th 2012 | Craig Pedersen's Birthday Concert | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #62 | October 28th 2012 | Hat & Beard | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO Fest 2012 | October 5th & 6th 2012 | Craig Pedersen Northern Sound Electrical System Alternator (Broscoe / Higney / Molnar) Lori Freedman Linsey Wellman Instant Places Scott Thomson / Susanna Hood / Jesse Stewart IMOO Orchestra featuring Lori Freedman Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | Club SAW |
2011-12 Season
| IMOO #61 | September 23rd 2012 | Trio Quartet | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #60 | September 9th 2012 | Huntsville | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #59 | August 19th 2012 | Double Space Quartet | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #58 | August 5th 2012 | "Trumpets Trumpets Trumpets" featuring Ellwood Epps & Craig Pedersen Nicole Rampersaud was to have been the third trumpet but could not make the show. | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #57 | July 29th 2012 | Rachel Therrien | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #56 | July 15th 2012 | Apocalypso | Korean Palace VIP Karaoke Bar |
| IMOO #55 | June 17th 2012 | Jeff Morton & Friends | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #54 | June 10th 2012 | Scott Thompson & Susanna Hood Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #53 | June 3rd 2012 | Zakari Frantz / Tim Bednar / Mike Essoudry | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #52 | May 20th 2012 | Craig Pedersen: "Grey Areas" CD Release | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #51 | May 6th 2012 | Heather Segger & Mark Segger | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #50 | April 15th 2012 | James Annett Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #49 | April 1st 2012 | "Where is thy sting, bee?" | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #48 | March 18th 2012 | Land of Marigold | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #47 | March 4th 2012 | Jeff Morton | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #46 | February 19th 2012 | Instant Places | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #45 | February 12th 2012 | Vartan Mamagonian | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #44 | February 5th 2012 | "Sounds Like Poetry" | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO Special | February 4th 2012 | IMOO Orchestra Part of the Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival | Club SAW |
| IMOO #43 | January 29th 2012 | Saul Goodman | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #42 | January 22nd 2012 | Lina Allemano's Titanium Trio Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #41 | January 8th 2012 | Bruce/Wayne: The Other Dynamic Duo | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #40 | December 18th 2011 | Bernard Stepien's "A Very Ayler Christmas" | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #39 | December 4th 2011 | Warren/Charbonneau/Pedersen/Wellman | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #38 | November 27th 2011 | Ellwood Epps/John Geggie/Jesse Stewart | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #37 | November 20th 2011 | Generator (Molnar/Gullikson/Higney/Broscoe) | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #36 | November 6th 2011 | Craig Pedersen's Birthday Concert | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #35 | October 30th 2011 | Heather Roche | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #34 | October 16th 2011 | Bean | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #33 | October 2nd 2011 | Scott Warren & Linsey Wellman | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #32 | September 18th 2011 | First Anniversary Party & CD Release | Umi Cafe |
2010-11 Season
| IMOO #31 | September 4th 2011 | "Very Quiet Music" Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #30 | August 21st 2011 | Mike Essoudry & Linsey Wellman | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #29 | August 7th 2011 | Pedersen/Wellman and Covic/Wellman | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #28 | July 31st 2011 | Craig Pedersen | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #27 | July 17th 2011 | Jesse Stewart and Linsey Wellman | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #26 | June 19th 2011 | Bernard Stepien's PianoLessMonk Read a review at ottawajazzscene.ca | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #25 | June 12th 2011 | Craig Pedersen/David Jackson | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #24 | June 5th 2011 | Mike Dubue | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #23 | May 15th 2011 | Broscoe/Gullikson/Molnar | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #22 | May 8th 2011 | Quentin Tolimieri and Jason Mears | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #21 | May 1st 2011 | Radar | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO Special | April 27th 2011 | Mille Bayous | Club SAW |
| IMOO #20 | April 17th 2011 | Ryan Purchase's Musée | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #19 | April 3rd 2011 | Wayne Eagles & Jesse Stewart | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #18 | March 27th 2011 | Jesse Stewart + Carleton U Contemporary Music Ensemble | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #17 | March 20th 2011 | The Kyle Brenders Quartet | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #16 | March 6th 2011 | Eldritch Priest's The Brown Study | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #15 | February 20th 2011 | Linsey Wellman's Ephemera Craig Pedersen: Stuart Lake | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #14 | February 13th 2011 | Sainct Laurens (Pierre-Yves Martel and Philippe Lauzier) | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #13 | February 6th 2011 | Adam Saikaley | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #12 | January 23rd 2011 | Uzumaki (Broscoe, Wellman, Priest, Magill) | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #11 | January 16th 2011 | SBOT N WO | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #10 | December 19th 2010 | Bernard Stepien's "A Very Ayler Christmas" | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #9 | December 12th 2010 | Darren Williams Trio | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #8 | December 5th 2010 | The Craig Pedersen Quartet | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #7 | November 28th 2010 | Litster/Marshall Rhythm Experience | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #6 | November 21st 2010 | Essoudry/Fairfield Percussion Duo | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO Special | November 18th 2010 | Linsey Wellman: "Ephemera" CD release | Club SAW |
| IMOO #5 | November 7th 2010 | Virgule | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #4 | October 17th 2010 | Craig Pedersen's Broken Compass | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #3 | October 3rd 2010 | Ryan Purchase's I Am Agree | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #2 | September 19th 2010 | Wellman/Charbonneau/Warren | Umi Cafe |
| IMOO #1 | September 5th 2010 | Pedersen/Wellman/Purchase/Essoudry | Umi Cafe |