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  • Helen McNicoll: An Impressionist Journey

    380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N4 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    This 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. […]

  • Wild Colour

    Canadian Museum of Nature Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Step 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 […]

    CA$17
  • Intertwined - A concurrent exhibition

    Intertwined – A concurrent exhibition

    Ottawa Art Gallery 10 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Intertwined 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 […]

  • Original Haunted Walk of Ottawa

    Original Haunted Walk of Ottawa (All-year round)

    46 1/2 Sparks Street Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Ottawa'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 […]

    CA$24.99

  • Qillaniq

    380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N4 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Qillaniq 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 […]

  • SoulRhythms

    SoulRhythms (Afro-Caribbean dance workshop)

    Peter A. Herrndorf Place, National Arts Centre 1 Elgin St, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Free 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. […]

  • Metcalfe Plaza

    Metcalfe St, Ottawa, ON, Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Metcalfe 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 […]

  • Oniro

    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 […]

  • Sacred Journey

    1867 St. Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, ON K1G 3V4 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Sacred Journey is an immersive, Indigenous led exhibition developed by the Heiltsuk Nation exploring canoe traditions. It brings Pacific Northwest Coast canoe culture and history to life at the Canada […]

  • Oniro

    Oniro – Magical Forrest Walk (Night)

    Parc Omega 399, route 323 North, Montebello, Quebec, Canada

    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 […]