NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – October 20, 2026
Ottawa’s CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Festival Announces Full 2026 Lineup!
Featuring Bad Waitress, Beyond Creation, The Creepshow, The Damn Truth, Hellripper, DBC, Warsenal, BornBroken, Entropy, Reanimator, Duskwalker, BARF, Ghoulunatics, and many more!
Capital Punishment Festival has unveiled its full lineup for 2026, returning to Ottawa’s ByWard Market from November 26 to 29, 2026, across four cornerstone live music venues: 27 Club, Dominion Tavern, Rainbow Bistro, and Avant-Garde Bar. Presented by Chord Productions and supported by Ottawa Tourism, the festival continues its mission of showcasing Canada’s thriving underground music community through four days of metal, punk, hardcore, rock, alternative, and extreme music.
Marking its largest edition to date, Capital Punishment Festival will feature more than 80 artists from across Canada performing on multiple stages throughout the ByWard Market. Festival-goers can experience every performance with an all-access festival pass priced at just $50, making it one of the country’s most affordable destination music festivals.
“Events such as Capital Punishment play an important role in strengthening Ottawa’s profile as a dynamic cultural destination,” says Michael Crockatt, President & CEO of Ottawa Tourism.
“Ottawa Tourism supports this unique music experience through its Nightlife Tourism Development Fund for its efforts in attracting visitors, animating our ACE District, and drawing music enthusiasts from across the region and beyond to enjoy our diverse music ecosystem. By bringing together acclaimed underground artists and local talent, the festival creates opportunities for visitors to explore the city, discover local businesses and venues, and contribute to the economic activity that helps sustain a vibrant and welcoming downtown experience,” adds festival organizer Christina Kasper of Chord Productions.
Headlining the 2026 edition are progressive death metal innovators Beyond Creation, psychobilly legends The Creepshow, acclaimed rock outfit The Damn Truth, and Scotland’s blackened speed metal force Hellripper. They join an extensive lineup of Canadian underground talent including Bad Waitress, DBC, BARF, Ghoulunatics, Insurrection, Entropy, Reanimator, Global Holocaust, Thunderkok, Warsenal, BornBroken, Duskwalker, Human Compost, Mortuary Slab, Gland, Hatred Reigns, Last Retch, Dissentient, Raider, A Scar For The Wicked, Catastrophic Hemorrhage, Soulthief, Northwalk, Peer Pressure, This Hell With You, This Disaster, Lost, Feral Union, Mindreader, Ratpiss, Acid Rot, Shroud, The Scepter, Sociably High, Glom, Pop Culture Icons, Goat!, Backyard Witchcraft, Rotual, Hempress, Drofnosura and many more.
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With performances spanning all four venues over four nights, Capital Punishment Festival offers a diverse cross-section of Canada’s heavy and independent music scenes while bringing fans, artists, and industry together in the heart of downtown Ottawa.
Festival passes are $50, and individual show tickets are available now at: https://ottawacapitalpunishment.eventbrite.ca
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2032256174123331
FREE VENDOR MARKET
We are looking for vendors for our free meat market at St Brigid’s Cultural and Event Centre on Saturday, November 28, from 1-4 p.m.
Reserve your free table here: https://forms.gle/bvtFpKe4amZa1kp77
HOTEL
Need a hotel in the heart of the action for Capital Punishment? The festival has partnered with Courtyard Marriott Ottawa to offer you a discounted price that includes a full festival pass. Get your package here: https://www.marriott.com/offers/capital-punishment-festival-off-253896/yowcy-courtyard-ottawa-downtown
INCLUDED WITH YOUR FESTIVAL PASS
Access to all concerts
15% off guitar repairs from Pitty Lake Guitar Repairs
15% off at Tredici
INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING? Capital Punishment Festival is looking for volunteers to help with marketing and production. In exchange, you get free Chord Productions concert tickets. HERE.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Festival 2026 Lineup:
Festival Spotify Playlist – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0iIMS29Ny1z2x9d5MMRdqf
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26
RAINBOW BISTRO (76 Murray St)
Single show ticket $25 – https://badwaitress.eventbrite.ca/
All Ages + parent or guardian / 6 pm
Bad Waitress
GOAT!
20 Paces Apart
Casual Tragedies
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26
DOMINION TAVERN (33 York St)
19+/ 6 pm
Single show ticket $20- https://bornbrokenott.eventbrite.ca/
BornBroken
Insanity of Sorrow
Nature Plead Revenge
Ghost of A King
Bury The Past
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27
DOMINION TAVERN (33 York St)
19+/ 7 pm
Single show ticket $35 – https://hellripper.eventbrite.ca/
Hellripper
Warsenal
The Scepter
Shroud
Dismal Aura
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27
AVANT-GARDE BAR (33 BESSERER St)
19+/ 7 pm
Single show ticket $20 – https://guhntwei.eventbrite.ca/
Gun Twei
Rat Piss
Jetsam
The Vanishing Act
Acid Rot
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27
DOMINION TAVERN (33 YORK St)
19+/ 11 pm
Single show ticket $15 – https://mindreaderottawa.eventbrite.ca/
Mindreader
Touched Fables
Glom
Override
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28
MEAT MARKET
(Submit your vendor application)
https://forms.gle/3fGVmvbJCSvGirbH7
St Brigid’s (310 St Patrick st)
1-4 pm, All Ages
FREE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28
DOMINION TAVERN (33 YORK St)
19+/ 6 pm
Single show ticket $30 – https://dbcott.eventbrite.ca/
DBC
Entropy
Reanimator
Global Holocaust
Thunderkok
Drowning In Blood
Dr. Bob’s Wrestling
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28
THE 27 CLUB (27 YORK St)
19+/ 6 pm
Single show ticket $25 – https://thedamntruth.eventbrite.ca/
The Damn Truth
The Creep Show
Feral Union
The Space Between
Rising Flame
Refuse
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28
AVANT-GARDE BAR (33 BESSERER St)
19+/ 7 pm
Single show ticket $20 – https://duskwalker.eventbrite.ca/
Duskwalker
Human Compost
Mortuary Slab
Abysmal Whore
Dethrone
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29
THE 27 CLUB (27 YORK St)
19+/ 5:30 pm
Single show ticket $30 – https://beyondcreation.eventbrite.ca/
Beyond Creation
Insurrection
Gland
Hatred Reigns
Last Retch
Dissentient
Bitter
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29
THE DOMINION TAVERN (33 YORK St)
19+/ 6 pm
Single show ticket $30 – https://barfott.eventbrite.ca/
BARF
Ghoulunatics
Raider
A Scar For The Wicked
Catastrophic Hemorrhage
Dr. Bob’s Wrestling
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29
THE RAINBOW BISTRO (76 MURRAY St)
All ages with parent or guardian/ 6 pm
Single show ticket $20 – https://scarfold.eventbrite.ca/
Scarfold
Soulthief
Northwalk
Peer Pressure
This Disaster
This Hell With You
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29
AVANT-GARDE BAR (33 BESSERER St)
19+/ 7 pm
Single show ticket $15 – https://drofnosura.eventbrite.ca/
Drofnosura
Rotual
Hempress
Backyard Witchcraft
Capital Punishment Festival 2026
Presented by Chord Productions
Supported by Ottawa Tourism
November 26–29, 2026
Ottawa, ON – ByWard Market
Venues:
Rainbow Bistro (76 Murray St.)
Dominion Tavern (33 York St.)
27 Club (27 York St.)
Avant‑Garde Bar (135 Besserer St.)
More info: https://ottawacapitalpunishment.com
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