Celebrate the season at Billings Estate National Historic Site with festive décor and a delightful three-tier tea service. Enjoy finger sandwiches…
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OAG Presents: Hungry Eyes
The Ottawa Art Gallery’s “Hungry Eyes” is a unique cinematic experience that is designed to immerse attendees in nostalgia-evoking cult classic films…
A Country Christmas Holiday Light Festival
Discover a stunning path adorned with tens of thousands of colourful lights that dance to music. After your stroll, visit the Town Square Christmas…
Ottawa Senators
Take in the electric atmosphere of an NHL game in Canada’s capital and watch pro hockey players compete in the national winter sport.
Holidays at the Symphony
Holidays at the Symphony — with the Ottawa Pops Orchestra and friends! Unwrap the magic of the season at our annual winter concert.
Light Up Wellington West: Holiday Window Contest
The contest is back and lighting up the streets of Hintonburg and Wellington Village. Vote for your favourite #WelliWindows by tagging a window photo…
Chamberfest Concert Series
Make sure to catch an incredible music show from this Concert Series this fall and winter. Featuring Canadian and international artists, this season’s…
613flea
The not-for-profit 613flea is a humongous once a month marketplace held in the historic Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa.
The Road Apples Live @ The Brass Monkey
Celebrate Christmas in style with Canada's premier Tragically Hip Cover Band, the Road Apples. Doors open at 8 p.m., and band starts at 9 p.m.
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley
This ingenious and theatrically dazzling adaptation of a great classic by one of theatre’s most inventive and respected playwrights brings Dickens…
Metcalfe Farmers' Christmas Market
Come and join Metcalfe Farmers' Christmas Market! All of vendors are local, and make, create, bake or grow all of their products. There's everything…
Kichesippi Holiday Pop Up
Kichesippi Beer Company is bringing some fantastic Ontario products down to Sparks Street to help you get ready for the holiday season. They're…
Adàwàning: Indigenous Women’s Art Market
Come and support local Indigenous women artists and artisans, featuring the diverse and amazing work of Métis, Inuit, and First Nations makers. Browse…
CrakdNutz: A Holiday Circus Dream
Get ready to embark on an unforgettable journey that combines the magic of the Nutcracker with the mesmerizing wonder of the circus! What awaits you…
A Christmas Concert with John Rutter
Experience the magic of Christmas with Société philharmonique du Nouveau Monde. It will be a magical evening of enchanting melodies and festive cheer…
Home for the Holidays at Billings Estate
Press pause and take a moment for yourself this holiday season at Billings Estate National Historic Site. Relax as you enjoy the beautiful, period…
Le projet Riopelle
With his incomparable theatrical genius, Robert Lepage revives the light-and-shadow existence of the master of lyrical abstraction, Jean Paul …
Christmas with Seventeen Voyces
Seventeen Voyces — Ottawa's premier chamber choir — will present a Christmas concert featuring Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols as well as…
