• Glengarry Renaissance Festival

    Glengarry County Fairgrounds 35 Fair Street, Maxville, Ontario, Canada

    The Glengarry Renaissance Festival is an annual two-day immersive festival transporting attendees to a medieval Scottish village of the 1500s, held in Maxville approximately one hour from Ottawa. The festival features live jousting with knights on horseback, falconry demonstrations, sword demonstrations, bardic entertainment, stage shows, interactive Renaissance characters, and vendors selling period-appropriate goods and food […]

  • Le R Premier – Concert TROY

    ByWard Market, Club SAW 67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Le R Premier, a Canada-Benin artist, launches his EP TROY at Club SAW Ottawa in a concert blending poetic rap and afro-futurism, with limited tickets available for this intimate venue. Club SAW is a well-respected arts venue in the ByWard Market area known for supporting emerging and experimental artists across genres. The show runs from […]

  • Te Tangi a Te Tūī | Maori cirque theatre work

    Azrieli Studio, NAC 1 Elgin St, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    A stunning Maori cirque theatre work performed in Te Reo Maori, telling the allegorical story of Aotahi and her son Piri as they navigate powerful supernatural beings representing the colonial forces that displaced their people. The production is a collaboration between Te Rehia Theatre and The Dust Palace circus company, combining aerial acrobatics, physical theatre, […]

  • Macbeth (Robert Lepage)

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

    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 […]

  • Nature Nocturne: Wild Colour

    Canadian Museum of Nature Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Nature Nocturne returns to the Canadian Museum of Nature for its first event of the 2026-27 season, themed around Wild Colour in partnership with the museum's new special exhibition of […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • Doors Open: University of Ottawa Heart Institute

    University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Civic Hospital Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    The University of Ottawa Heart Institute opens its doors to the public as part of Doors Open Ottawa 2026, celebrating the institution's 50th anniversary. Visitors can learn about heart health, […]

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  • Diefenbunker Doors Open Ottawa Tour

    Carp, Diefenbunker Canada's Cold War Museum 3929 Carp Road, Carp, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    As part of Doors Open Ottawa, the Diefenbunker Cold War Museum offers free 30-minute Highlights Tours of Canada's most significant surviving Cold War artifact, a four-storey underground facility built to […]

  • Doors Open Ottawa 2026

    Various venues across Ottawa

    Doors Open Ottawa returns for its 24th anniversary with the theme Doors to the Past: Bytown's Bicentennial Journey, giving free access to 90-plus historic and modern Ottawa buildings that are […]