Upcoming Ottawa Events

Mar

Le Festival des sucres - Sugar Festival

Young and old alike will be able to experience the traditions of the sugar season!

Apr

Ottawa Grassroots Festival

The 13th annual OGF features a vibrant celebration of local music, art, and community!

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Mar 28 - Apr 1

Ottawa Black Film Festival

Library and Archives Canada

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Mar 29 - 30

Le Festival des sucres - Sugar Festival

parc Richelieu - Richelieu Park

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Apr 2

Cinema for Palestine: Where Olive Trees Weep

DARC Microcinema

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Apr 4 - 26

28TH EDITION OF THE LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL

St Paul University Amphitheatre

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Apr 5 - 12

a Company of Fools presents "The Understudy"

allsaints event space

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Apr 16

L’inhumain: A National Canadian Film Day Screening

DARC Microcinema

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Apr 16 - 19

National Improv Games National Festival and Tournament

National Arts Centre

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Apr 24 - 27

Ottawa Grassroots Festival

First Unitarian Congress

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Apr 25 - 27

Irish Film Festival Ottawa

Ottawa Art Gallery

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Apr 25 - 27

Ottawa Aerial Circus Festival

LabO Theatre, Arts Court, Ottawa

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May 2 - 4

Ottawa PoutineFest & Mac My Cheese

Ottawa City Hall

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May 8 - 13

2025 Ottawa Children's Festival

LeBreton Flats Park and Arts Court

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May 8 - 10

Empowering Women in the Music Industry - EWIMI / Annual conference - 5th edition

National Arts Center - Centre National des Arts

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May 9 - 19

Canadian Tulip Festival 2025

Commissioner’s Park

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May 22

Capital Music Awards 2025

Southam Hall, National Arts Centre

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May 24

Waacking Dance Battle & Disco Party

The 27 Club

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May 24 - 25

Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend

Ottawa

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May 30 - Jun 1

City of OM Yoga and Wellness Festival

Lansdowne Park

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May 31 - Aug 31

Summer Maze Days

Saunders Farm

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Jun 5 - 15

Italian Week Ottawa

Preston Street

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Jun 11 - 22

Ottawa Fringe Festival

Arts Court

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Jun 12 - 14

Festival Franco-Ontarien

Major's Hill Park

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Jun 12

World Music : Bruno Capinan

Shenkman Arts Centre

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Jun 20 - 22

Escapade Music Festival

Lansdowne Park

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Jun 20 - 29

Ottawa Jazz Festival

Downtown Ottawa

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Jun 20 - 22

Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival

Mooney’s Bay Park

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Jun 21 - 22

Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival 2025

Wesley Clover Parks

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Jul 4 - 6

Almonte Celtfest

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Jul 4 - 17

Music and Beyond 2025

Ottawa

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Jul 5

VegOttawa Fest

Ottawa Conference and Event Centre

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Jul 10 - 20

Ottawa Bluesfest

LeBreton Flats Park

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Jul 11 - 12

H.O.P.E. Volleyball Summerfest

Mooney's Bay Park

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Aug 14 - 24

Ottawa Greek Festival

Hellenic Event Centre

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Aug 16 - 24

2025 Capital Pride Festival

Centretown

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Aug 27 - 31

North American Festival of Wales

Sparks St and the Delta Hotel

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Aug 28

WelshFest

Sparks Street

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Sep 10 - 14

CityFolk Festival

Lansdowne Park

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Sep 20 - Nov 2

PumpkinFest

Saunders Farm

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Sep 20

Taste of Wellington

Wellington Street West from Island Park Drive to Bayswater Avenue

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Sep 20 - Nov 1

FrightFest

Saunders Farm

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Sep 24 - 30

Ottawa International Animation Festival

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Oct 2 - 5

Metcalfe Fair 2025

Metcalfe, Ontario

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Oct 15 - 19

Folk Music Ontario Conference

TBD

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Nov 29 - Dec 30

A Country Christmas

Saunders Farm

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