Northern Scene in 2013!

Details to come.

Contact Information

General:  613-947-7000
General information:  info@prairiescene.ca
Website: www.prairiescene.ca / www.scenedesprairies.ca
Volunteer information: www.prairiescene.ca / www.scenedesprairies.ca

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The Festival franco-ontarien (FFO), held in June every year, is an unmissable event for francophones and francophiles in Ontario and especially the National Capital Region. Since 1975, it has attracted thousands of festival-goers. The Festival is a showcase for a host of French-speaking artists, both local and from further afield, who come to lead a musical celebration of all things French in a warm and friendly atmosphere. It’s a chance to meet people, sing along and enjoy a series of captivating and original shows of a very high quality. The FFO is also a dream opportunity for English-speaking citizens to discover or find out more about a hugely vibrant community, as well as French arts and culture.

Le Festival franco-ontarien est un événement majeur pour les francophones et francophiles de l’Ontario. Ce festival, qui aura lieu cette année du 16 au 18 juin, a pour mission première de célébrer la culture française et plus particulièrement la communauté francophone ontarienne. Durant le Festival, le cœur d’Ottawa vibre au son de la francophonie de l’Ontario, du Québec et de nombreux pays d’Europe et d’Afrique. Du Grand défilé aux spectacles pour enfants, des amuseurs publics aux artistes internationaux sur la Grande Scène,  le Festival franco-ontarien est le rendez-vous par excellence pour découvrir, célébrer et apprécier la francophonie. Cette année, soyez-y ! www.ffo.ca

Festival Information:

General information:  613.321.0102

General information email:  info@ffo.ca

Location:

Marion Dewar Plaza (formerly Festival Plaza)

110 avenue Laurier Ouest

On the Web:

Website:  www.ffo.ca

Facebook:  www.facebook.com/pages/FESTIVAL-FRANCO-ONTARIEN/10487897185

Map:

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The 15th Ottawa Fringe Theatre and Arts Festival will be held again this summer in venues in downtown Ottawa and at various locations throughout the University of Ottawa. Established in 1997, the Ottawa Fringe encourages unrestricted artistic expression and accessibility and therefore artists are not censored by the Festival and the choice of performers is made by lottery.

Patrons can choose from over 20 different productions per night (more on weekends) covering the range from theatre, comedy stand-up, music, dance and everything in-between. Tickets to shows cost, on average, $10 and five or ten show passes are also available at all venues. ALL ticket revenue goes directly to the artists. In between shows patrons are welcome to stroll around the beautiful downtown and Market area of the Nation’s Capital or join us at the licensed Fringe Courtyard for a beverage, a snack and to chat to artists and fellow Fringers.

Festival Information:

General information: 613.232.6162

General information email: info@ottawafringe.com

Locations:

100-200 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, ON

On the Web:

Website:  www.ottawafringe.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ottawafringe

Flickr: http://www.clickr.com/groups/ottawafringefestival2010

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ottawafringe

Twitter: http://twitter.com/ottawafringe

Map:

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Westfest is a party like no other! Each year,  more than 100,000 people attend Westfest during our outdoor, three-day celebration of Canadian art and culture. As a free multidisciplinary art festival dedicated to showcasing Canadian artists and their work in an accessible and inclusive setting, Westfest fills 14 city blocks with a variety of artistic disciplines such as music, contemporary dance, visual art, media art, performance art, spoken word, poetry and fiction readings, Aboriginal art forms, children’s entertainment, buskers, street performers, and much more.

In addition to the street level celebration, each year the festival hosts an outdoor main stage which features some of the best acts our country has to offer. Past headliners have included Buffy Saint-Marie, Sloan, Joel Plaskett, Jane Siberry, Cowboys Junkies, Kathleen Edwards, and more. Established in 2004, Westfest is a fusion of community and art, and places a special emphasis on diversity, children, and all families. Taking place annually the second weekend of June, Westfest is proud to be Ottawa’s only festival of its size and scope that is free and open to all!

Festival Information:

General information: 613.729.3565
General information email: info@westfest.ca
Location: Westboro Village – Richmond Road (between McRae and Berkley Ave.), Ottawa
Westfest Domicile Main Stage – 190 Richmond Road (behind the Real Canadian Superstore parking lot)

On the Web:

Website: www.westfest.ca

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/wesfestinfo

Twitter: www.twitter.com/WESTFESTinfo

Others: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesfest

The Corso Italia (Preston Street) is the place to be for great Italian music, food, pageantry, art and opera at the piazza (a traditional festival square). Be a part of this cultural celebration while enjoying great food and entertainment in an affable atmosphere. Don’t miss the bicycle race and the Italian Car parade with Ferrari demonstrations driving through an oval track on Carling Avenue, from Preston Street to Booth Street.

Festival Information:

General information: 613.858.9086
General information email: settimanaitaliana@hotmail.com
Location:  Preston Street, Ottawa

On the Web:

Website: www.italianweekottawa.org

The Ottawa International Children’s Festival was established in 1985 and is an annual celebration of the best in live performing arts for young people. For over two decades the OICF has presented an abundance of award-winning artists from around the globe and made wide-eyed children out of attendees of all ages.

The OICF provides a unique opportunity for children and their families to experience the rich heritage of other cultures right in their own backyard. We strive to present work that excites and challenges audiences of all ages, and the festival prides itself on developing and producing award winning programming that comes to us from across Canada and around the world.

Festival Information:

General information: 613.241.0999
Email:  boxoffice@ottawachildrensfestival.ca
Locations:
Lebreton Flats Park – 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa, ON  K1A 0M8
Canadian War Museum – 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa, ON  K1A 0M8
Library and Archives Canada – 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON  K1A 0N4

Event Highlights:

• Theatre, music and dance performances
• Roving circus arts performers

On the Web:

Website: www.ottawachildrensfestival.ca

Celebrate Victoria Day with us at Queen Juliana Park, at the corner of Carling Avenue and Preston Street. Make a day of it, incorporating Ottawa’s beautiful Tulip Festival, in neighbouring Commissioner’s Park. This is a family event with something for everyone: midway rides; petting zoo; food, drink, and dessert concessions; buskers; children’s activities; and live musical performances. The festival wraps up with a spectacular FIREWORKS display on Monday, May 21.

Best of all, admission to the entire festival is free!

Festival Information:

General information: 613.567.4532

General information email: info@victoriadayfestival.com

Location:  Juliana Park, 882 Carling Avenue (Dow’s Lake)

On the Web:

Website: www.victoriadayfestival.com

Map:

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The Canadian Tulip Festival, now in its 60th year, has grown to become the largest Tulip Festival in the world. It preserves the local heritage of Canada’s role in freeing the Dutch during World War II, and the symbolic tulip; a gift in perpetuity to the Canadian people for providing a safe harbour to the Dutch Royal Family at that time.

The festival’s mandate is to preserve this heritage and celebrate the tulip as a symbol of international friendship by engaging local organizers, volunteers, artists, performers, tourists and festival-goers in what has become an annual ritual of spring and one of Canada’s best loved and well-known cultural events.

Please continue to check www.tulipfestival.ca for updates!

Festival Information:

General information: 613.567.5757 /1.800.66.TULIP

General information email: info@tulipfestival.ca

Ticket information: www.tulipfestival.ca

Volunteer information: www.tulipfestival.ca/volunteer

Location: Throughout the National Capital area

On the Web:

Website: www.tulipfestival.ca/www.festivaldestulipes.ca

Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1209015588&ref=ts

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/canadiantulipfestival

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Présentement dans sa 60e année, le Festival canadien des tulipes est aujourd’hui le plus important festival de tulipes au monde. Il commémore la participation des troupes canadiennes à la libération des Pays-Bas durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. La tulipe symbolise un don à perpétuité offert au Canada en remerciement du refuge que la famille royale hollandaise en exil avait pu y trouver à cette époque.

Le mandat du Festival est de préserver cet héritage et de reconnaître la tulipe comme un symbole d’amitié internationale en amenant les organisateurs locaux, les bénévoles, les artistes, les touristes et les festivaliers à participer à ce qui est maintenant devenu un rituel annuel du printemps et l’un des événements culturels les plus populaires et les plus aimés au Canada.

L’information de festivale:

L’information generale: 613.567.5757 /1.800.66.TULIP

L’information generale de couriel: info@tulipfestival.ca

L’information de billets: www.tulipfestival.ca

L’information de benevoler: www.tulipfestival.ca/volunteer

Sur le web:

Website: www.tulipfestival.ca/www.festivaldestulipes.ca

Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1209015588&ref=ts

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/canadiantulipfestival

Founded in 1997, the Writers Festival celebrates the world’s best writing from home and abroad with a diverse program that presents interactions with leaders in the worlds of science, history, poetry, politics, spoken word, economics, drama, fiction, biography, music and more. Since 2004 the Festival has consisted of two annual Editions, Spring and Fall.

Festival Information:

General information: 613.562.1243

General information email: info@writersfestival.org

Location: Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar Street(at Elgin)

Ticket:  http://writersfestival.org.tickets.html

Volunteers: http://www.writersfestival.org/about/volunteers

On the Web:

Website: http://writersfestival.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ottawa.writersfest

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/oiwf/pool

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWritersFestival

Twitter: http://twitter.com/Writersfest

Others: http://vimeo.com/ottawawritersfest

Map:

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The Ottawa Irish Festival (formerly Irish Week), organized by The Irish Society of the National Capital Region, is held annually in mid – March to promote our Irish and Irish – Canadian heritage and culture. The Festival celebrates traditional and contemporary Irish culture in the week leading up to St. Patrick’s Day, March 17.

Event Highlights:

• St. Patrick’s Parade

Festival Information:

General information: 613.591.9194 (leave voicemail; calls returned within 24 hours)

General information email: Bryan Daly, Chair, Communications bdaly000@sympatico.ca

Ticket information: www.irishsocietyncr.com

Volunteer information: www.irishsocietyncr.com

Main Location:

• March 9 – Erin Luncheon & Auction in support of St. Patrick’s Home, from 11:00a.m. – 3:00p.m., at St. Patrick’s Home, 2865 Riverside Drive, Ottawa (across from Mooney’s Bay).
• March 10-30 annual St. Patrick’s Parade (11:00a.m.-1:00p.am.) and Parade Party (noon – 3:00p.m.). Parade route and Party venue under review due to planned redevelopment of Lansdowne Park
• A number of events will be held at St. Brigid’s Centre, 310 St. Patrick St. (at Cumberland St.), Ottawa, ON K1N 5N5 (Phone: 613.244.7373) (St. Brigid’s Centre is the home of The National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre)

On the Web:

Website: www.irishsocietyncr.com

Map:

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