About

Blues at The Cove

2 Bedford Street Westport Ontario

Carrying on the tradition of bringing people together to enjoy great blues music in our venue, The Cove Inn in Westport, Ontario!

For 17 incredible years of music, laughter, community and overall great times, Blues on the Rideau was one of the longest running blues music series in Canada! Thanks to the team of James Doran and his wife Diane Leduc-Doran and their Choose the Blues Productions, thousands of ecstatic blues and live music fans have flocked to The Cove Inn to enjoy evenings of all-out dancing to Canada’s greatest JUNO and Maple Blues Award winning blues acts. We thank them for all of those years of partnership!

We continue to produce shows featuring greatest in blues artists as we transition to Blues at The Cove, highlighting some of the best of the series of the years!

Imagine a warm, intimate venue setting in a historic waterside inn on the Rideau Canal featuring a tasty buffet dinner and a donation to a local charity and you have Blues at The Cove! Join us for the new season!

We have an absolutely incredible A-list of Canadian blues and soul talent on the roster for this 2025/26 season! Some have been here many times, for some it’s been a while and some have never been! How exciting! We welcome newcomers, Bywater Call and Crystal Shawanda!

As always, we will continue to support local organizations with a portion of each ticket going toward designated local charities for each show. Please contact us to send someone to accept the charitable donation on behalf of your organization.

We continue to have exuberant, local sponsors who provide wonderful halftime door prizes for attendees to win. This has become incredible icing on the cake for all of those in the house!

All dinner, show and hotel reservations can be made by email to [email protected] or phone 613-273-3636.

We have 12 hotel rooms at The Cove, but there are many other amazing places of accommodation nearby!

Open / Operational