The Central Canada Exhibition, more commonly known as the Ottawa SuperEX, has been in operation for over 122 years. The Ottawa SuperEX offers a variety of entertainment for the entire family complete with strolling acts, community stage performances, vast array of food vendors, agricultural displays, the midway, free concert series and much more!

Event Highlights:

• 4-H Agricultural Shows
• Country Entertainment Stage
• Homecraft Competitions
• 2nd Annual Apple Pie Baking Content
• Community Stage
• Super Stage Concert Series
• Variety of Unique Strolling Acts

Festival Information:

General information: 613.237.7222
General information email: judyb@ottawasuperex.com
Location: 1015 Bank Street (Lansdowne Park ), Ottawa

On the Web: www.ottawasuperex.com

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For the ^18th edition of the Ottawa Folk Festival there will be an additional day added to the event and a physical move to a new festival site. This means that the 2011 Ottawa Folk Festival will become a four-day event, running from Thursday, August 25 to Sunday, August 28.

For the first time, the festival will be set amidst the natural beauty of Hog’s Back Park.  The Ottawa Folk Festival is a four-day celebration of music, dance, visual arts and community featuring an eclectic mix of musical performances on evening and daytime stages. We are family-friendly, community-focused, culturally diverse and committed to sustainability and eco-friendly initiatives.

Event Highlights:

• Spectacular musical acts
• Dance Tent
• Kids Zone
• Enviro Tent
• Artisan Village
• Food Fair
• Festival Gardens
• Hydration Stations
• Large volunteer area
• Workshops with artists
• Fun, relaxing atmosphere

Festival Information:

General information: 613.230.8234
Location: Hog’s Back Park – 601 Hog’s Back Rd, Ottawa, ON
Tickets:  www.ottawafolk.com or through the office at 265 Catherine Street, 2nd Floor, Ottawa, ON (613.230.8234)

Capital tickets.ca, 613-599-FANS (3267), 1-877-788-FANS (3267)

All Sports Experts and Sens Store Locations

Compact Music – 190 & 785 1/2 Bank St.

Ottawa Festivals  – 47 William St.

Ottawa Folklore Centre – 1111 Bank St.

Rideau Centre Kiosk -  2nd Floor, Rideau Court

Les Galeries du Hull -  320 boul.  St-Joseph

On the Web:

Website:  www.ottawafolk.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34962066397

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawafolk/

YouTube: http:///www.youtube.com/user/OttawaFolkFestival?feature=mhee

Picasa: http://picasaweb.google.com/OttawaFolkFestival

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The 25th annual Capital Pride Festival celebrates the diversity of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) community. Capital Pride partners with many community groups that represent the GLBT community of the National Capital Region to host 10 days of diverse events including: sporting events, a human rights vigil, events for youth and Rainbow Party 11. The festival concludes with the highly-anticipated Pride Parade and outdoor Pride Stage on Sunday, August 28. Happy Pride!

Pride Parade

The 2011 Pride Parade will start in the heart of downtown Ottawa. The Parade begins at 12:30, Sunday August 28th at Old Wellington and Wellington across from National Library and Archives of Canada, heads east down Wellington where it goes past the Supreme Court of Canada and Parliament Hill to Elgin Street where it turns at the National War Memorial, follows Elgin to Laurier West and finishes at the Festival Plaza Festival Site.

Festival Information:

General information: 613.252.7174
General information email: info@capitalpride.ca
Location:  Various locations throughout the National Capital Region (see the website for details)

On the Web:

Website: www.capitalpride.ca

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=capital+pride&init=quick#/group.php?gid=8660583102&ref=search&sid=503005157.1702231908..1

The Ottawa Reggae Festival is a non-profit, volunteer-driven music festival which promotes cultural arts and diversity in Canada’s National Capital Region, showcasing international artists while maintaining 75 per cent Canadian content.

The Festival is committed to initiating cultural events, encouraging community involvement; provide a family-friendly environment; and reduce the environmental impact by using ecologically sustainable management theory and practices.

Website URL: www.ottawareggaefestival.com

Email: info@ottawareggaefestival.com

Phone contact: 613.600.5144

MySpace: www.myspace.com/ottawareggaefestival

Twitter: www.twitter.com/ottawareggae

Let Navan Fair be your summer tradition! Launched in 1946, this rural celebration has all the countrified events one would expect from a great country fair. Located only 20 minutes south-east, in the village of Navan.

• Live entertainment all weekend long
• Midway
• Demolition derby
• Horse shows (Heavy Horse, Light Horse & Western)
• Agricultural displays and exhibits
• Livestock competitions
• Antique machinery and tractor display
• Parade

Located only 20 minutes south-east of downtown Ottawa, in the village of Navan.

Festival Information:

General information: 613.835.2766

General information email: navanfair@bellnet.ca

Location: 1279 Colonial Road, Navan

On the Web

Website: www.navanfair.com

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The festival will run from Aug. 10th – 21st, 2011.  Free admission, free parking and free shuttle service. This annual event features live Greek music and traditional Greek dances, excellent Greek cuisine, cooking demonstrations, Greek language lessons, Greek traditional dance lessons, craft and cultural exhibits, souvenirs, raffle, children’s activities, Church tours and ecclesiastical displays.

Event Highlights:

• Live music
• Zorba show nightly
• Cultural dance performances
• Home made Greek cuisine
• Olive oil/cooking seminars
• Greek language lessons
• Church tours
• Face painting/kids’ activities
• Souvenir shop
• Arts and culture court

Festival Information:

General information: 613.225.8016, Ext. 234
General information email: erin@hellenicottawa.com
Location: Hellinic Community of Ottawa, 1315 Prince of Wales Dr., Ottawa

On the Web: www.ottawagreekfest.com

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A Celebration of the Rideau Canal as a UNESCO World Heritage Site via heritage, environment and active living activities, including Rideau Heritage Village, Colonel By Day Celebration, heritage walking tour, Flotilla – Day and Night, Environment Fair and bicycle parade

Festival Information:

General information: 613.288.0970
General information email: info@rideaucanalfestival.ca
Locations: Various spots along the Rideau Canal from Hog’s Back to the Ottawa River Locks

On the Web: www.rideaucanalfestival.ca

Map:

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The  Lumière Festival, presented each year by the CCCC , is a month  of  preparations for the magical
Evening of Light Celebration which will be held on August 18.

Through lantern-making  and performance workshops, and community outreach initiatives
Lumière encourages   people to come together and  share their own creations  and view the creations of others in a celebration of light and community.

The Lumière Evening of Light Celebration will enthrall you whether on your own, with friends or with family; a teen or a senior. From the lanterns on display, to the labyrinth, to the performers and music-all illuminated by only lantern and lamplight, Lumière will hold you in its spell. Come re-discover the night and the magic of light!

Le Festival de la lumière organisé par le Centre culturel et communautaire de Crichton encadre les préparatifs qui entourent la soirée Lumières en fête qui, cette année, aura lieu le 18 aout.

En organisant des ateliers sur la création de lanternes et sur les arts de la scène ainsi que des initiatives communautaires, le Festival de la lumière encourage les participants à se réunir et à partager leurs créations pour célébrer la lumière et leur collectivité.

Que vous soyez seul, en compagnie d’amis, en famille, adolescent ou aîné, la soirée Lumières en fête saura vous éblouir. Laissez-vous envoûter par les lanternes, le labyrinthe, les artistes et la musique à la lumière des bougies. Redécouvrez la nuit et la magie de la lumière.

Event Highlights:

• Parade
• Light Show
• Live Theatre
• Live Performances
  

Festival Information:

General information: 613.745.2742

General information email: coordinator@crichtonccc.ca

Ticket information: www.capitaltickets.ca

Volunteer information: http://lumiereottawa.com/get-involved/

Location: New Edinburgh and Stanley

On the Web:

Website: www.lumiereottawa.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Ottawa-Lumiere-Festival/203583113020642

Map:

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Music at every turn; your favourite composers interpreted with creative new intensity; traditional and fringe alike, performed to the bravos of folk who truly love their song. These are a few of the impressions you’ll take home from Ottawa Chamberfest 2012.

Now in its 19th edition, this year’s two-week international chamber music festival brings together the boldest names in ensemble and solo performance, capped at both ends with the hottest three tickets of the summer concert season.

Join us in Ottawa July 26 to August 10 and live the music.

De la musique à tous moments, vos compositeurs préférés interprétés avec une nouvelle intensité créative, des interprétations – du traditionnel au fringe – applaudies par des mélomanes vraiment avertis … voici quelques unes des impressions qui resteront avec vous après le Chamberfest d’Ottawa 2012.

D’une durée de deux semaines, la 19e édition de ce festival international de musique de chambre rassemble les interprètes les plus audacieux de la musique d’ensemble et soliste du moment, et sera couronnée, au début et à la fin, par les trois concerts les plus attendus de la saison de concerts estivale.

Joignez vous à nous, du 26 juillet au 10 août, à Ottawa, et vivez la musique!

Event Highlights:

• Return of the Bicycle Parade & Flotilla (with the Rideau Canal Festival)
• Late Night concert series

Festival Information:

General information: 613.234.6306

General information email: info@chamberfest.com

Locations:

Dominion-Chalmers United Church
355 Cooper Street
Ottawa, ON K2P 0G8
613.235.5143

Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts
302 Patrick Street
Ottawa ON K1N 5K5

The Church of St. John the Evangelist
154 Somerset Street West
Ottawa, ON K2P 0H8

Rideau Hall
1 Sussex Drive
Ottawa ON K1M 1M4

The Sacred Space
Beechwood, the National Cemetery of Canada
280 Beechwood Avenue
Ottawa ON K1M 1K5
613.741.9530

On The Web:

Website: www.chamberfest.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ottawachamberfest

Twitter:  http://twitter.com/Chamberfest

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

Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/chamberfest2011

Map:

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Kombite Outaouais (KO) proudly presents Haiti en Fête! Founded in 2007 by Pierre-Richard Fidelia, Edy Joachim and Michel Paisible, K.O. is a nonprofit organization striving to promote the artistic and cultural heritages of the Haitian community and the many other francophone minorities in Ontario. K.O. strives to showcase the beauty and uniqueness of these heritages.

As a Caribbean festival, Haïti en Fête invites all the communities in the Ottawa region, Caribbean and otherwise, to take part in this celebration. This festival not only serves as a showcase for local talent but it is also a stage for various international performers.

KO created Haiti en fete with the following objectives in mind:

1. Afford the various communities in Ottawa the opportunity to learn about and appreciate the Caribbean culture, more specifically the Haitian culture, all in an effort to facilitate the integration process and encourage harmonious coexistence;
2. Encourage young Franco-Ontarians to embrace their ethnic language and cultural heritage.
3. Provide well-known and up-and-coming artists the opportunity to perform before a large audience while simultaneously contributing to the development of the Canadian and Franco-Ontarian cultures.

This initiative is part of KO’s self-imposed mandate to highlight and promote the artistic and cultural heritage of the Haitian community.

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Festival Haïti en Fête

Haïti en fête est une initiative de Kombite Outaouais (KO), un organisme à but non lucratif dont la mission est de mettre en valeur et de promouvoir le patrimoine artistique et culturel de la communauté haïtienne et des minorités raciales francophones de l’Ontario.

K.O. a été créé par Pierre-Richard Fidelia, Edy Joachim et Michel Paisible au début de l’année 2007 afin de mieux faire connaitre la culture haïtienne et celle des minorités raciales francophones de l’Ontario.

Haïti en fête, est un festival de musique antillaise qui s’adresse à toute la communauté antillaise d’Ottawa et aussi à la communauté d’accueil. Il met en vedette des artistes et des formations musicales de la région ainsi que des artistes de l’extérieur.

Les organisateurs poursuivent 4 objectifs principaux:

1. Permettre à la communauté d’accueil et aux autres communautés de mieux connaitre la culture antillaise et la culture haïtienne en particulier afin de faciliter l’intégration et la coexistence harmonieuses;
2. faciliter l’intégration et la coexistence harmonieuses dans la capitale nationale des communautés franco caribéennes,
3. développer  le sentiment d’appartenance de la culture afro caribéenne auprès des jeunes;
4. donner aux artistes la possibilité de se faire connaitre par un public plus large et ainsi contribuer au développement de la culture franco-ontarienne et Canadienne.

Ce projet s’inscrit dans le cadre du mandat que s’est donné Kombite Outaouais de mettre en valeur et de promouvoir le patrimoine artistique et culturel de la communauté haïtienne et des autres franco caribéennes

On the Web:

Web: www.haitienfete.ca

Facebook: www.facebook.com/haitienfeteottawa