Ongoing

Helen McNicoll: An Impressionist Journey

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 […]

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 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

Frame of Mind: 10 Years of Creative Space

Ottawa Art Gallery 10 Daly Avenue, Ottawa

Frame 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 […]

Intertwined – A concurrent exhibition

Ottawa Art Gallery 10 Daly Avenue, Ottawa

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 […]

Macbeth (Robert Lepage)

Babs Asper Theatre, National Arts Centre 1 Elgin St, Centretown, Ottawa

Robert Lepage reimagines Shakespeare's Macbeth by transplanting the medieval Scottish tragedy into the world of 1990s Quebec biker gangs, with Cawdor Castle becoming a rural motel and Birnam Wood a cannabis field, while leaving the original story of murderous ambition and paranoia intact. Presented in French by NAC French Theatre, this Francophone production is performed […]

Volleyball Nations League Men’s Pool Ottawa

1015 Bank Street, Ottawa, ON K1S 3W7 Ottawa

The Men's Volleyball Nations League returns to Ottawa for five days of elite international competition featuring Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Turkey, and the USA at The Arena at TD Place. […]

Ottawa Jail Paranormal Investigation

75 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 7B9 Ottawa

Step inside one of Ontario's most haunted buildings for a 3.5-hour ghost hunting experience at the historic Carleton County Jail, built in 1833 and the site of executions, suicides, and murders over nearly 170 years. Participants receive a full briefing on the jail's haunted history and paranormal investigation equipment before venturing inside in the dark […]

CA$76.99

City of Om Movement and Wellness Festival

2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, ON K1H 7X7 Ottawa

Canada's largest movement and wellness festival brings three immersive days of yoga, fitness, Pilates, workshops, a 5K run, and family programming to the RA Centre across nine dedicated venue spaces. The Vendor Village features over 40 lifestyle brands and healthy food vendors, while the Wellness Space offers massage, acupuncture, and recovery modalities between sessions. Tickets […]

Qillaniq

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 and radical joy. It is on view at the National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Drive, through September 20. Related programming includes free family workshops […]

Josh Johnson’s Comedy Band Camp

1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5W1 Ottawa

Daily Show correspondent Josh Johnson blends stand-up comedy and live music into a summer camp-themed show at Southam Hall that promises nostalgia, laughs, and live band energy all in one night. With over 10 million social media followers and praised by WIRED as the funniest person on the internet, Johnson performs Friday at 7 PM […]

From $66.25

Great Ottawa Markets Collective Destash: Craft Overstock and Food Market

1565 Maple Grove Road, Ottawa, ON K2V 1A3 Ottawa

Ottawa's craft supplies destash market returns for its fifth edition at the Bell Sensplex in Kanata, where makers clear their creative spaces to offer surplus fabric, tools, Cricut supplies, beads, jewelry materials, and more at budget-friendly prices alongside food vendors. Both entry and parking are completely free and the market collects non-perishable food donations for […]

Free

Josh Johnson’s Comedy Band Camp (Saturday Night)

1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5W1 Ottawa

Daily Show correspondent Josh Johnson blends stand-up comedy and live music into a summer camp-themed show at Southam Hall that promises nostalgia, laughs, and live band energy all in one night. With over 10 million social media followers and praised by WIRED as the funniest person on the internet, Johnson performs Friday at 7 PM […]

From $66.25

Afro Jazz (vol. 3) with the John Dapaah Quintet

30 Cleary Avenue Ottawa

The John Dapaah Quintet delivers a soulful two-hour live concert blending Afrobeats, highlife, compa, and jazz in an intimate congregational venue in Ottawa's west end. The five-piece ensemble features piano, […]

Ottawa Goes Latin

Centretown · The Bronson, 211 Bronson Ave Ottawa

Ottawa Goes Latin is a 19-plus Latin dance night at the Bronson Centre featuring salsa, bachata, merengue, and reggaeton in one of Ottawa's most popular live events venues. Doors open at 9 PM making this a true late-night option for those looking to dance well into the evening in the heart of Centretown on a […]