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Upcoming Ottawa Events

2025 Ottawa Children's Festival

8

May

2025 Ottawa Children's Festival

An annual celebration of the best in live performing arts for children.

Canadian Tulip Festival 2025

9

May

Canadian Tulip Festival 2025

11 days celebrating the seasonal flower's beauty and its historic ties to Canada's capital.

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May 1 - 16

Ottawa International Writers Festival: Spring Festival

Library and Archives Canada

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May 2 - 3

ArohaFest: Spring Edition 2025

Shenkman Arts Centre

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May 2 - 3

MÆ-Motion Aftereffect by Freya Björg Olafson

ODD Box & DARC Microcinema

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May 2 - 4

Ottawa PoutineFest & Mac My Cheese

Ottawa City Hall

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May 3

ArohaFest: Melodies of Krishna

Harold Shenman Hall, Shenkman Arts Centre

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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

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May 9 - 19

Canadian Tulip Festival 2025

Commissioner’s Park

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May 15

CrossCulture Jam Showcase

Club SAW

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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 6 - 8

Ottawa Ferrari Festival - 18th Edition

Little Italy & Queen Elizabeth Driveway at Dow's Lake

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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

Almonte

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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

HOPE Volleyball SummerFest

Mooney's Bay Park

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Jul 30 - Aug 16

Les Grands Feux du Casino Lac-Leamy

Museum of History

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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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