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TRIVIA NIGHT from 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday night at the Royal Oak Pub Orléans. Free to play. Prizes for the winning team! The Royal Oak Pub is located at 1981 St. Joseph Blvd. near Jeanne d'Arc. For more info visit facebook.com/ RoyalOakPubsOrleans.

OYSTER NIGHT every Wednesday from 6-9 pm at the Orléans Brewing Co. Two types of oysters served with lemon, Tobasco, horseradish, salt and mignonette. The Orléans Brewing Co. is located at 4380 Innes Rd., next to McDonalds.

OPEN MIC NIGHT at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way. Registration begins at 7 p.m. Music at 8 p.m. with your host Matthew Palmer.

SDBC TAPROOM CONCERT SERIES presents Redial live and in concert from 7-9 p.m. at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. Advance tickets $10 available at straydogbrewing.ca

DARTS ARE BACK AT THE ROYAL OAK PUB from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. All skill levels are welcome!! Teams are picked at random based on averages and the format is 501! The cost is $15/player with all funds returned in prizing! Registration is from 11 am to 11:30 am, games start at noon!

ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY 11 a.m. at the Orléans Cenotaph beside the Orléans Legion Branch 632, 800 Taylor Creek Drive. Sandwiches and desserts following the ceremony inside the Legion.

THE ROTARY CLUB OF ORLEANS is hosting a Holiday Dinner at the St. Elias Banquet Centre, 750 Ridgewood Ave. Tickets: $75/person. 4 course dinner (choice of turkey, salmon or vegetarien), dessert and punch. Contact Mashooda Sayed at mashoodasyed@yahoo.ca or call 613-255-0872.

SDBC TAPROOM CONCERT SERIES presents East Coast Experience live and in concert from 7 p.m. at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. Advance tickets $25 available at straydogbrewing.ca.

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Luloff releases sixth EP with four new songs
By Fred Sherwin
Oct. 5, 2025

City councillor by day, songwriter by night Matt Luloff recently released a new four song EP which is available on a variety of streaming services including Spotify and Apple Music.

"Better Than This" includes two songs he wrote back in 2006, Hand Tied and Anything, and two new songs, Who I Used to Be and Better Than This, which he wrote this year.

Luloff is reluctant to disclose what the songs are about, he'd rather let the listener interpret the words on their own.

"Songs mean different things to different people," explains Luloff. "The people who listen to the songs can interpret the lyrics based on their own life experiences."

This is the fifth EP Luloff has recorded in the last 21 months along with two singles. He does all his recording and engineering in his home studio, usually after he's put his two daughters to bed. He also plays most of the instruments on the EPs with a handful of guest performances.

Anything and Better Than This are both bare bones ballads with Luloff's voice accompanied by his guitar.

Hands Tied featuring Luloff on piano is another haunting ballad, while Who I Used To Be is a full throttle banger that provides the perfect balance to the other three songs.

My own recommendation is to visit one of the aforementioned streaming sites and give the EP a listen for yourselves. If you're a fan of his music you won't be disappointed and if you've never heard his music before you will be pleasantly surprised.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5YjWAQ0kTudP8N2IoCxEls

https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/matt-luloff/1721265611