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EPISODE · Aug 3, 2026 · 21 MIN

The Ottawa music venue that attracted some of the world’s hottest bands

from This is Ottawa

Le Hibou is a place of near mythical status in the Ottawa music community. A tiny coffee house on Sussex Drive where the likes of Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen played. In this encore episode, Robyn Bresnahan hears memories from those who were there in its heyday and explores whether Le Hibou could ever rise again.

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