Downtown Ottawa
Events for October 8, 2026
Wild Colour
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 […]
Original Haunted Walk of Ottawa (All-year round)
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 […]
Beaded Vamp and Moccasin Workshop
Craft your own pair of beaded moccasins in a three evening workshop led by Colleen Nolan at the NAC. Participants bead the vamp on October 6, make the moccasin on […]
Canada After Dark
Nightlife leaders and policymakers gather at the NAC for Canada After Dark, a summit on the nighttime economy. The program features keynote speaker Ariel Palitz, who founded New York City's […]
Beethoven, Britten, Bruch & Kerson Leong
Ottawa native Kerson Leong joins the NAC Orchestra for Bruch's romantic Violin Concerto No. 1. Conductor Stephanie Childress also leads Britten's Simple Symphony and Beethoven's Symphony No. 1. The concert […]
Ottawa Career Fair and Training Expo Canada – October 8, 2026
Meet hiring managers and training providers face to face at the Ottawa Career Fair and Training Expo. Employer exhibitors are on site to network with and take applications from job […]
Begonia: The Fantasy Life Tour with Cartel Madras
Winnipeg musician Begonia brings her Fantasy Life Tour to the NAC's Babs Asper Theatre with Cartel Madras opening. The show features her album Fantasy Life, written in Los Angeles and recorded in Winnipeg, and opener Cartel Madras performs experimental electronic hip-hop. The concert runs 7:30 PM to 10 PM, and tickets start at $34 through […]
Neige sur Abidjan (Autofiction between here and Africa)
A young theatre student travels from Montreal to Côte d'Ivoire to find his father in the autofiction play Neige sur Abidjan. Guided by a griot character, he discovers his family heritage, with family photographs and letter excerpts projected on stage. Performances are October 8 at 8 PM, October 9 at 8 PM with a talkback, […]