SURPRISE! 613 Underground merch is here. We have ONE OF ONE, handmade apparel including tees, totes, skirts and jackets, and exclusive goods including stickers, pins, patches and more!
Each piece is unique and original and will be available along with magazines at our pop-up booths at upcoming concerts, events, festivals and arts markets (MORE ON THIS SOON;)
Items will only be available for a limited time and no two pieces are the same so get your hands on them before they sell out!
Thank you to our artists @rottenfossil and the 613 Underground team for designing and creating the collection.
We could not be more grateful for you all. This community’s support and belief in this project is what has allowed us to get this far.
THE INSANE HYPE AND NEWS IS NOT OVER… WE HAVE AN EQUALLY BIG AND EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT COMING 7.05.26.
Support wonderful local artists and help us keep doing this.
Thank you. We love you,
613 Underground
We are more than happy to announce our newest partnership- 613 Underground x BistroFest 2026! Our partnership will be ongoing over the course of 5 months and 2 seasons! We will be DEBUTING the 613 UG premiere merch collection along with selling April issues and a limited number of March issues at BistroFest this Saturday, May 16 @hogsbackgrill 6 PM-9 PM!
BistroFest is a nonprofit concert series run through Ottawa Park Arts whose mission is to keep live music FREE and LOCAL- aligning with our values and goals @613underground to promote and grow the Ottawa Arts and Music scene and foster inclusive, accessible, welcoming, fun, positive, and community-oriented music experiences!
BistroFest will be held at Hog’s Back Grill & Bistro every other Saturday from May 16 to September 5 with headliner @aurorasreefofficial and performances from @rootynaky and @mikhail.laxton on opening night!
GET YOUR 613 Underground merch and magazine and listen to some amazing FREE local music!
You can find all information for BistroFest at @ottawabistrofest and on their website.
613 Underground and BistroFest are collaborating this summer!
613 Underground is an Ottawa-based indie physical and digital DIY magazine giving an inside look into Ottawa and the 613 area’s underground music scene, its artists, and exclusive news.
After meeting with them, it was obvious that this collaboration was meant to be ❤️🔥 I mean, look at the artists they’ve covered and who’s playing BistroFest this year!
They’ll be with us this Saturday, May 16, at Hog’s Back Grill & Bistro from 6 PM to 9 PM, and they’ll be debuting their merch with us!
You can see their merch in the 1st and 2nd pics 👀📸
The 3rd pic shows their April issue, Volume 3, with about 20 copies available. They’ll also have a limited number of March issues, Volume 2, shown in the fourth picture!
They’ll be bringing about 20 shirts and 3 tote bags too, so come early, grab some merch, pick up a magazine, say hi, check out the bands, and support the amazing projects helping Ottawa’s local music scene grow ❤️
613 Underground is going above and beyond, and we can’t thank them enough for being part of this with us!!
See you this Saturday at Hog’s Back Grill & Bistro! 🌞
@613underground@ottawabistrofest@hogsbackgrill@al_sam_music@g5man@the.klifford.skies.project@ckcu931@stolpmakingsense
We’re 613 Underground! A local music, arts, and culture magazine from the underground Ottawa & 613 scene. Follow us to stay up to date with 613 area happenings & events and read up on your favourites and those you’ve yet to discover with exclusive interviews, never-before-seen photos and content you can only access here 📒📻 You can find our magazine digitally and physicals at local shows & more 🌀 digitals are free!
Looking to get your venue, event, craft, product, business or more in front of hundreds of new eyeballs in Eastern Ontario and beyond?
Our analytics speak for themselves- multiple shows with sold out magazines, hundreds of new show and concert attendees who wouldn’t otherwise have known about these events we’ve brought to tens of local bands and venues over just two months, over half of a 100,000 profile views in the last 30 days and an average of 100 new followers gained every week consistently since the launch of our first issue!
DM or email us to work together, set up events, get a magazine, or for any other inquiries: [email protected]
Every magazine we print and publish is handmade by us- every interview, every article, every show we sell at is attended by us, every photo and graphic has been done by us- no AI & no outsourcing.
Our February and March 2026 issues are out. Stay tuned for April 2026 coming very soon 🌟
Looking to get your venue, event, craft, product, business or more in front of hundreds of new eyeballs in Eastern Ontario and beyond? Or interested in throwing events together? Message us for this or to be featured in 613 Underground Magazine starting as of the May 2026 issue, released in June! We are accepting all types of requests, services, products and events not limited to the music space that pique our interest and our readers’ too! You will have the opportunity to have your very own space & pages in the magazine along with written articles, photos & more!
Our analytics speak for themselves- multiple shows with sold out magazines, hundreds of new show and concert attendees who wouldn’t otherwise have known about these events we’ve brought to tens of local bands and venues over just two months, over half of a 100,000 profile views in the last 30 days and an average of 100 new followers gained every week consistently since the launch of our first issue!
DM or email us to work together [email protected]
hello, we’re 613 Underground 💟 a local music, arts, and culture magazine from the underground Ottawa & 613 scene. Follow us to stay up to date with 613 area happenings & events and read up on your favourites and those you’ve yet to discover with exclusive interviews, never-before-seen photos and content you can only access here 📒📻 You can find our magazine digitally and physicals at local shows & more & digitals are free 🌀
Message or email us to work together, set up events, get a magazine, or for any other inquiries: [email protected]
Every magazine we print and publish is handmade by us- every interview, every article, every show we sell at is attended by us, every photo and graphic has been done by us- no AI & no outsourcing.
Our February and March 2026 issues are out. Stay tuned for April 2026 coming very soon 🌟
If you work for a venue, music, arts or culture organization, creative space, or are an independent in the scene and are interested in working together for merchandising, events, outreach, and more reach out to us! [email protected]
Guess who's back and ready for more?
April 12th at 3pm, come and see the electrifying performances of Tristan Walkling, Monique with Polarized, and ourselves Bonita! Witness us tear up the stage with an event you won't want to miss!
Get your tickets at the link in our bio
Shoutout to @averyodonnell_ for making the poster
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thank you so much you beautiful, amazing, creative people. thank you to our readers and for coming and saying hi ! and thank you to those of you we didnt get piccies of. awesome awesome awesome. thanks to obl, noise hotel and the satisfactory for making it all happen and rainbow bistro . so so awesome. what a night. we love you this is only the beginning ..