Barrymore's has a stage and sightlines, multiple bars, professional staff... Rainbow is good too. Maverick's has a crappy sound-dude, one bar which is understaffed, poor sightlines, barely a stage, and sometimes a shower overhead. The last Lovely Feathers show at Maverick's was sold out in advance with a lineup down the block. Now they are opening.... Just seems odd. The unadvertised Slip show during Bluesfest half-packed the bar, now there's promo, a new album, a heavyweight opener... This isn't sour grapes, I'm glad the band is coming back. I just think the venues people book them in suck. Good thing the rich folk get the publicly funded multi-million dollar concert hall on Elgin, and the rest of the populace still have to go to Babylon and Maverick's.... (Is that concert hall still a go, or has it been cancelled?) Big ups to the promoter for thinking of Ottawa, regardless of where they play I'll be there.