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By Emily Hsueh Summertime is when everyone goes out of town and takes photos of their feet up at the beach on a beautifully sunny day....

By Emily Hsueh and Rohini Gupta Everyone has dreamed of traveling the world, experiencing a brand-new culture and tasting traditional...

Ottawa Festivals: What’s Going on This Week (July 8-15)  Music and Beyond (July 4 - 17) View this post on Instagram Did you miss Music and Beyond’s breathtaking opening gala last night? Worry not because there are a number of performances in store up to July 17! Photos by Emily H. @musicbeyondott #getfestive #soyezdelafete #ottawa #myottawa #ottawaevents #ottawafestivals #ottawamusic #circus A post shared by OttawaFestivals (@ottawafestivals) on Jul 5, 2019 at 8:35am PDT Bl

By: Jacob Munro There are so many different festivals around our beautiful Canada's Capital Region that sometimes it's hard to decide how to spend your hard-earned money. Well, while you’re saving up and deciding which paid festivals to attend, there are tons of upcoming FREE festivals around the city beckoning for you to come on out! Whether it’s sitting on Parliament Hill and taking in Canadian history in the form of a spectacular light show or celebrating any of our wonde

Brand content playbooks now available for local marketers, communicators, and storytellers Following an event today hosted by Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson to announce that Ottawa has reached the milestone of one million residents, Ottawa Tourism launched CanadaInOneCity.ca to share a new approach toward presenting Ottawa on the world stage, and to encourage people to enter a photo contest showcasing Ottawa’s dynamism. Since 2017, Ottawa Tourism and the City of Ottawa have worked

The #GetFestive Team made its debut this summer at the Canada Day 2019 Launch at the National Arts Centre. A short but exciting event, the launch captured everything incredible about our country with live performances from the drumming group Zuruba and Karim Ouellet, a Juno award-winning musician.  Notably, our Minister of Heritage and Multiculturalism, the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, participated in some seriously rad drumming with Zuruba, along with dishing the details on t

Avez-vous l'impression que votre profil Instagram manque de contenu récemment? Prendre la photo parfaite pour Instagram peut des fois être un combat. Nous savons, nous avons déjà été là. C'est pourquoi aujourd'hui, nous allons vous énumérer 10 endroits à Ottawa pour capturer les photos parfaites pour votre profil Instagram! 1. Sparks Street Poutine Fest Venez ajouter de la saveur canadienne à votre profil Instagram en participant à PoutineFest sur la rue Sparks du 26 au 29

As an amazing 2017 comes to a close for Ottawa's festivals, we'd like to highlight our favorite images that were shared with us through the Ottawa Festivals Flickr group . Enjoy! Stefan Dery caught these hard-working cooks concocting some mouth-watering food at this year's Ribfest. La Machine drew huge crowds this year and this photo from  Leo Li really captures the excitement of the event. This great shot from Asif A. Ali captured the incredible air show on Canada D

As we closeout our 20th Anniversary year in 2016, we'd like to share our favourite images that were shared with us through the Ottawa Festivals Flickr group (yes, Flickr groups still exist!). Charles Dillane  captured this wonderful image at Capital Ukrainian Festival. Everyone in Ottawa is familiar with Winterlude's Ice Hog family.  Alan Wainwright  caught them strolling through the ByWard Market. It wouldn't be summer in Ottawa without celebrating great food, music,

What better place to be on Canada Day than the heart of the nation’s capital? Canada’s capital region is set to host Canada Day’s biggest celebration in the country. Whether you are an Ottawa resident or a tourist, you’ll definitely want to get in on some of the amazing celebrations happening in the city. To help make planning a little bit easier, we’ve highlighted a few of the many amazing events happening for Canada Day 2016.   Photo: Canadian Tourism Commission Morning P