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Original Haunted Walk of Ottawa (All-year round)

46 1/2 Sparks Street Ottawa

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

Fall Fun on the Farm

670 Cedarview Road, Ottawa, ON K2R 1E5 Ottawa

Get lost in a 3-acre corn maze, ride a wagon through the woods, and meet farm animals at The Log Farm's fall season. The farm also has a kids' barn […]

CA$1 – CA$15.46

Odāwā Tomorrow: Odāwā Wàbang

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1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5W1 Ottawa

Jay Odjick's animated projection lights up the Kipnes Lantern with a vision of Indigenous futures. The artwork draws on Woodland art and comic book visuals and uses seeds and planting […]

Free

Ottawa Chinatown Mid-Autumn Night Market

Somerset Street West between Bronson Ave and Bell St Ottawa

Street food, lion dances and live music fill Somerset Street West at the Mid-Autumn Night Market in Chinatown. Look for dumplings, BBQ skewers, bubble tea and desserts, plus martial arts […]

Free

Ottawa 200 Day: Bytown Together

1 Canal Lane, Ottawa, ON K1P 5P6 Ottawa

Bytown Museum marks Ottawa's 200th birthday with a full day of free programming and museum admission. Highlights include an Indigenous welcome, costumed interpreters, a Heritage Fair from 11:00 AM to […]

Free

Ottawa 200 Block Party

110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, ON Ottawa

Celebrate Ottawa's 200th birthday at a free, all-ages block party with live music and hands-on fun. The full day of programming includes cultural programming, interactive art installations, community-led activities and local food and beverage vendors. It runs from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM at Marion Dewa…

Free

Ottoberfest

1525 Princess Patricia Way, Ottawa, ON K1G 3A1 Ottawa

Raise a stein at Ottoberfest, a free Bavarian-themed Oktoberfest party at Lansdowne Park for guests 19 and over. Highlights include stein-holding competitions, singalongs, games, live music, a best dressed prize and a world record attempt for longest online video chain toast. Admission is free for w…

Free

OAG Mini Market

10 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1N 6E2 Ottawa

Shop handmade goods from local Ottawa artists and makers at the OAG Mini Market anniversary edition. The curated marketplace is set up on Level 1 just outside the OAG Shop. […]

Free

Nuit Blanche Ottawa

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55 ByWard Market Square, Ottawa, ON Ottawa

Ottawa turns into an open-air gallery overnight at Nuit Blanche Ottawa, a free festival of art, light and performance. Highlights include the eVenti Verticali: CUBO dance performances at 7:20, 9:20 and 11:20 PM, the Prismatica prism labyrinth, the Impulse light-up seesaw and Monuments portraits proj…

Free

Rise Ashen and Iron Cabaret

1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5W1 Ottawa

Dance to DJ Rise Ashen's soulful house beats while Iron Cabaret performs aerial and acrobatic acts as part of Nuit Blanche Ottawa. Iron Cabaret adds GoGo dance performances, soaring aerial […]

Free