Arts & Culture
Events
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Helen McNicoll: An Impressionist Journey
380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N4 Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaThis exhibition traces Impressionist painter Helen McNicoll's career through more than 80 paintings, sketches and works on paper. It also features work by her close painting companion Dorothea Sharp and other contemporaries from the Montreal art scene. The show is on view at the National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Drive near the ByWard Market. […]
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Wild Colour
Canadian Museum of Nature Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaStep into a vibrant, photo-worthy world of science at the Canadian Museum of Nature - Wild Colour is Ottawa's most colourful museum experience of 2026. Created by the Field Museum in Chicago and enhanced with Canadian specimens, this exhibition explores how animals, plants and minerals use colour to communicate, attract mates, and survive. Museum admission […]
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Frame of Mind: 10 Years of Creative Space
Ottawa Art Gallery 10 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaFrame of Mind is the 9th exhibition in the Creative Space program, a partnership between the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre and the Ottawa Art Gallery celebrating its 10th year of using artmaking as a tool for wellness and community connection. The exhibition features work created across fall and winter sessions using acrylic painting and […]
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Intertwined – A concurrent exhibition
Ottawa Art Gallery 10 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaIntertwined is a concurrent exhibition at the Ottawa Art Gallery running through August 2, 2026, bringing together artists to explore humanity's increasingly complex relationship to the natural world through their works. The show features multiple artists working across a range of disciplines and takes up space across the OAG's five-floor programming venue at 10 Daly […]
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Original Haunted Walk of Ottawa (All-year round)
46 1/2 Sparks Street Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaOttawa's award-winning lantern-lit ghost tour runs nightly through downtown streets with cloaked storytellers sharing the city's haunted history at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier, the Bytown Museum, and Ottawa's most infamous […]
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Qillaniq
380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N4 Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaQillaniq is billed as the world's largest exhibition of contemporary Indigenous circumpolar Arctic art. The show highlights work from artists across the Arctic region with a focus on shimmering light […]
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Art in the Park
19 Clemow Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1S 2B1 Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaMore than 150 artists fill Central Park in the Glebe over two days with original paintings, photography, sculpture, pottery, jewellery, and textiles in a willow-lined creekside setting that is beautiful in both sunshine and rain. Visitors browse original works, enjoy food vendors, catch live entertainment, and relax in the park with free admission and no […]
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SoulRhythms (Afro-Caribbean dance workshop)
Peter A. Herrndorf Place, National Arts Centre 1 Elgin St, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaFree weekly drop-in Afro-Caribbean dance workshop by Cultural Arts Studio. Travels through movement and dance traditions from across Africa and the Caribbean. 45 minutes, all ages and dance levels welcome. […]
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Metcalfe Plaza
Metcalfe St, Ottawa, ON, Canada Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaMetcalfe Plaza is downtown Ottawa's summer hangout, transformed by the Downtown BIA into a hub of live music, art and culture. The plaza hosts live performances, DJ sets, fitness classes, pop up markets and weekend activities throughout the season. It runs daily from noon to 10 PM, from June 18 through September 20, right in […]
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Oniro – Magical Forrest Walk (Night)
Experience a magical forest walk at Parc Oméga as the story of wolf cub Oniro unfolds through light, sound, and immersive storytelling. Created by artist Michel Lemieux, ONIRO features 17 illuminated scenes along a 60-minute trail. First departures begin at sunset. the ONIRO night walk: a magical immersion experience As night falls, the trees of […]
