Festival News
Community, art come alive in Ottawa’s Chinatown Remixed →
Gemma Karstens-Smith, Ottawa Citizen | Somerset Street West transformed Saturday from a dusty construction site to a vibrant pedestrian mall with the kickoff of Chinatown Remixed. The annual arts festival, now in its fifth year, promotes art and ... read more »
How to become a Hope Volleyball Fest SUNshine Girl →
Ottawa Sun | Ever wanted to play volleyball while acting as an ambassador for the Ottawa Sun? Who hasn’t? The Sun is once again searching for 10 women who will make up the 2013 Hope Volleyball Fest SUNshine Girl team.
Tariku Jufar’s Historic mission at the Ottawa Marathon →
Rahel Samuel, Sports Tourism News | Once again athletes from across the planet will converge upon Ottawa for the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend on 25-26 May for the 10km and Marathon – both of them IAAF Silver Label Road Races – and among them ... read more »
Irene Morgan runs for a memory — and to help others who have lost children →
Stephanie Taylor-Baptiste, Ottawa Citizen | For Irene Morgan, who is running the half-marathon at Ottawa Race Weekend, the event is more than just bettering her time. In 1997, Morgan lost her son Keegan to SIDS when he was just 3½ months old. When ... read more »
RBC Bluesfest delivers: Renowned music festival partners with Gabriel Pizza to support music education
[Press Release] RBC Bluesfest organizers today announced the official launch of an RBC Bluesfest Pizza, thanks to a sponsorship agreement with Ottawa’s own Gabriel Pizza. RBC Bluesfest's executive director Mark Monahan arrived at Festival Plaza ... read more »
Arcade Fire violinist Sarah Neufeld, Owen Pallett, Jim Bryson to play Arboretum Festival
Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen | In a city loaded with large festivals, Arboretum hopes to carve out a niche as a smaller place to discover hip, indie music, art and food. The second annual Arboretum Festival, to be held Aug. 16-17, has nabbed ... read more »
Sparks Street announces the “Sparks StrEAT food Truck Festival has been postponed”.
[Press Release] (Ottawa, ON) – The Sparks StrEAT Food Truck Festival that was to take place May 17th and May 18th has had to be postponed due to circumstances beyond our control. “We had a great variety of food vendors very excited to be a ... read more »
Arboretum Arts Festival Announces 2013 Line-up!
[ Press Release] Wednesday, May 15, 2013 – Ottawa – Arboretum Arts Festival, Ottawa’s boutique multi-disciplinary arts festival, is thrilled to announce our 2013 line-up and initial details. Entering its 2nd year, Arboretum is inspired ... read more »
Basking in the glow of Northern Scene success
Lisa Gregoire, Nunatsiaq | The executive director and producer of the National Arts Centre’s wildly successful Northern Scene festival in Ottawa, April 25 to May 4, says the only thing she would have changed about the recently concluded 10-day ... read more »
Aretha Franklin cancels May shows, but her date at Ottawa Jazzfest remains
Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen | OTTAWA — Aretha Franklin has cancelled two concerts in the United States later this month for medical reasons, but so far her date at Ottawa Jazz Festival stands.
