Live music
Garage, punk, metal and indie, most nights of the week. Touring bands on their way through Ontario and the local acts that keep the scene running between tours.
“The Dom”, supporting punk, garage, indie bands, theme nights, and music fans for over 25 years in Ottawa's Byward Market!
The home of rock n roll in the Byward Market
The Dominion Tavern has been keeping it real in Ottawa's Byward Market for over 25 years. It is the venue of choice for intimate concerts featuring local and international punk, metal and rock acts. It is the sort of room where the band loads in through the front door and the crowd is close enough to lean on the monitors.
Live music and DJs, beer at prices that have not caught up with the rest of the market, and the only pool tables in the Byward. The Dom is cash only, but there is an ATM on location.
Pool tables
The market's only pool tables, and the reason a lot of people turn up early. Quarters on the rail, winner stays on, same as it has always been.
The beer list
A great mix of beers on draught and in bottles, including Vankleek Hill, plus a full bar if you would rather not drink beer at all.
What's on at the Dom
Theme nights, record launches, benefit shows and the kind of bill that puts three bands you have not heard of in front of you for the price of a pint. Have a look at what a night at the Dom is like, flick through the posters and show photos, or read what is behind the bar.
The Dom has always had a gambling streak running through it: the pool table, the jukebox, the meat draw on a Saturday. So alongside the music pages we also keep a researched comparison of the online casinos in Canada that people actually use, ranked on published terms rather than on who pays the most.