Barrymore's Music Hall

m00se1111 on October 13, 2026 at 4:50 am

This should be listed as closed. From the Venues Wikipedia Page

The club’s owner filed for bankruptcy in 1991 and cancelled the building’s operations. It reopened in 1996 after its acquisition by Eugene Haslam, the owner of Zaphod Beeblebrox. Haslam instituted the custom of “theme nights”; Sunday being 80’s retro night and Thursdays being retro 90’s night. These nights have become two of the most popular nights in Ottawa’s nightlife.[citation needed]

In August 2008, scheduled concerts were cancelled and operations suspended due to the apparent sale of the venue to a new owner.[1] Barrymore’s reopened on 11 September, and resumed a regular schedule of events after Montreal-based club operator Vince Simeone and George Syriannis became the building’s new tenants. Barrymore’s is now owned and operated by George Syriannis.[2]

By March 2021, the condition of the building had deteriorated sufficiently that the landlord, Louis Antonakos, was ordered by the City of Ottawa to make urgent repairs or face closure.[3] Later that same month, Antonakos appealed the order.[4]

As of August 2025, the foyer now acts as a cannabis dispensary.

The 2024 Google Maps image shows that the strip club David mentions looks to be Wicked Wanda’s Emporium - that appears to be still operating.

CSWalczak on June 15, 2008 at 3:04 pm

Exterior, 1938:
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0012531.jpg
Interior views, 1947:
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0012528.jpg
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0012532.jpg