May 11, 2026
Well, the ALLAIRE SHOW is done for another season! And we finished off with another great benefit for the Rural Food Banks, raising $2,000 !!! THANK YOU!
And while the Show is over, John’s schedule is as busy as ever!
TUESDAY – John’s going to play an Official Tailgate Party outside of Gate 2 of TD Place Arena for the season opener of your Ottawa Blackjacks basketball team! 6:30pm to tip off! C’mon by and say hi!
FRIDAY – John’s back at O’Brien’s Roadhouse for the Original Week-Ender! The Hits! The Jokes! The Stories! 730 Industrial Ave., Ottawa 6:30-9:30pm!
SATURDAY – For you West-Enders, John’s playing at Mort’s Pub, 2011 Robertson Rd. in Bell’s Corners. 6:30-10pm on this one. Rumour has it there may be a special guest … C’mon out. The pizza is AMAZING!
See you out on the town!
Don’t forget to climb aboard for the John Allaire Summer ’26 Stay-Cation Canadian Tour! Coming to a venue near you! Tell your friends and family to come out! We need your support!
John’s first novel Motel Matchbooks
Motel Matchbooks is currently Number One on the Amazon Best Seller Chart!
Thirty days. One tour. A continent of dive bars, back rooms, sketchy motels, and stories that blur somewhere between insanity and legend.
Motel Matchbooks follows a Canadian songwriter chasing gigs across North America—through late-night highways, last-call confessions, questionable parking lots, and the strange, unforgettable characters that live just off the main road. It’s a world of cheap beer, broken strings, unexpected kindness, and the kind of chaos you only find when you refuse to go straight home.
Written with grit, humour, and a sharp outsider’s eye, this is more than a tour diary. It’s a reflection on music, survival, and the beautiful, unhinged rhythm of aging and life on the road.
If you’ve ever closed down a bar, chased a dream past reason, or found meaning somewhere between the miles—this story is for you.
It’s official — Motel Matchbooks is out in the world.
You can grab it on Amazon, Indigo online, or order it through your favourite local bookstore anywhere in the world via IngramSpark Distribution.
Thank you for supporting indie publishing—and this wild, beautiful story.
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Chosen as opener for Neil Young on his “Love Earth” 2024 Tour
Winner of Americana Music Awards “Lyricist of the Year” – Nashville 2009
Winner of the Toronto Independent Music Awards “Live Act of the Year” 2009
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