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Ottawa Festivals Guide

Ottawa is home to dozens of festivals, representing dozens of different topics and interests. From Winterlude in the cold months of February, to the Tulip Festival in the spring, to Bluesfest in the heat of July, festivals are a great way to enjoy our city.

Ottawa Festivals By Month

October

• Sept 23-Oct 2: O-Town Hoedown
• Sept 29-Oct 28: Teen Author Fest
• Oct 2: Latin American Festival
• Oct 8: Forest Festival (Gatineau Park)
• Oct 13-16: One World Film Festival
• Oct 15: Aware Festival
• Oct 20-25: Ottawa Writers Festival
• Sept 30 - Oct 2: Oktoberfest Ottawa

January

• undercurrents

February

• Feb 3-20, 2012: Winterlude
• Sock n' Buskin's Comedy Festival
• undercurrents

March

• March: VerseFest (Ottawa Poetry Festival)
• March: Wakefield International Film Festival 2011
• March: Ottawa Irish Festival
• March: Ottawa Improv Festival
• March: Maple Sugar Fest
• March: Ottawa Twestival
• March: National Capital Region Wildlife Festival

April

• April: Gatineau Salsafair
• April: Ottawa Valley Music Festival
• April: Kiwanis Music Festival
  Around 4,000 competitors are expected to participate in the 2004 Kiwanis Music Festival. The Festival was created in 1945, and has been held every year since then. Vocalists and instrumentalists, both children and adults, will compete in dozens of categories during the festival.
• April: Prairie Scene
• April/May: Ottawa Writers Festival (spring edition)

May 2011

• April 26-May 8: Prairie Scene
• April 28-May 3: Ottawa Writers Festival (spring edition)
• May 1: Veg Fest
• May 6-23: Tulip Festival
• May 21-23: Sheep Shearing Festival
• May 14-23: Victoria Day Festival
• May 20-22: Ottawa River
• May 27-29: Gatineau Beer Festival (known in French as Le Festibière de Gatineau)
• May 27-29: North Grenville Dandelion Festival (Kemptville)
• May 28-29: Heritage Power and Country Festival (Cumberland)

June 2011

• June 1-5: Ottawa International Children's Festival
• June 3-4: Orleans Festival
• June 3-5: Dickinson Days (Manotick)
• June 4: Ottawa Bicycle Festival
• June 4-5: The New Art Festival
• June 4-5: Ottawa Inline Skating Festival
• June 5: Ottawa Valley Music Festival
• June 9-19: Italian Week Festival
• June 10-11: Carnival of Cultures
• June 10-12: Westfest
• June 11: Plein Air Painting Festival
• June 15-18: Canada Dance Festival
• June 16-18: Festival Franco-Ontarien
• June 16-18: Ottawa Explosion Weekend
• June 16-26: Fringe Festival
• June 17-18: RockFest (Montebello, Quebec)
• June 17-19: Dragon Boat Festival
• June 17-19: Little Italy Festival
• June 17-19: Summer Solstice Aboriginal Arts Festival
• June 17-19: FCA Ottawa Ferrari Festival
• June 18: Russell CelticFest
• June 22-26: Ribfest (formally known as the International Chicken-Rib Cook-Off)
• June 23-July 3: Ottawa International Jazz Festival
• June 24-26: Piggyback Fringe Festival (Wakefield)
• June 25: FeverFest
• June 25-July 27: Festival Alexandria (Alexandria)
• June 26: Bytowne Oyster Fest
• June 30-July 3: Music in the Pines Festival (Curran)

July 2011

• June 23-July 3: Ottawa International Jazz Festival
• June 25-July 27: Festival Alexandria (Alexandria)
• June 30-July 3: Music in the Pines Festival (Curran)
• July 1: Canada Day
• July 5-17: Bluesfest
• July 7-17: Music and Beyond
• July 8-10: Osgoode Medieval Festival
• July 8-10: Almote Celtfest
• July 8-31: Classical Theatre Festival (Perth)

• July 15-17: Stewart Park Festival (Perth)
• July 15-17: Smith Falls Canal Railway Festival
• July 15-24: Ottawa Turkish Festival
• July 16: Hope Volleyball BeachFest
• July 16: South Asian Festival

• July 20-24: Lebanese Festival Ottawa
• July 22-24: Egyptian Festival
• July 23-Aug 6: Chamber Music Fest

• July 24: Herbfest (Almonte)
• July 28-Aug 1: Busker Festival
• July 28-Aug 1: Rideau Canal Festival
• July 29-31: Morrisburg Antiquefest
• July 30: Ottawa Summer Muslim Festival
• July 30-31: Tubie Festival (Morrisburg)
• July 30-Aug 1: Field Fest (Manotick)

• July 30-Aug 1: Merrickville Canalfest
• July & August: Centretown Movies Film Festival
• July & August: Downtown Rideau Summer Fling – A Theatrical Affair!

August 2011

• July 23-Aug 6: Chamber Music Fest
• July 28-Aug 1: Busker Festival
• July 29-Aug 1: Rideau Canal Festival
• July 30-Aug 1: Merrickville Canalfest
• Aug 3-7: House of Paint
• Aug 4-6: Ottawa Ska Fest
• Aug 4-7: Winchester Dairy Fest
• Aug 6-7: Puppets Up!
• Aug 7: Ice Cream Festival at Canada Agriculture Museum
• Aug 1-20: Lumière Festival
• Aug 10-14: Musicqu'en Nous
• Aug 10-21: Greek Festival
• Aug 11-13: Capital Hoedown
  
• Aug 12-14: Calabogie Blues & Ribfest (Calabogie Peaks Resort)
• Aug 13: 100 Mile Farm Music Festival
• Aug 13-14: Perth Garlic Festival
• Aug 13-14: Carp Garlic Festival
• Aug 14: Ottawa Valley Music Festival
• Aug 17-21: St. Albert Curd Festival / Festival de la Curd
• Aug 17-21: Ottawa International Film Festival
• Aug 20: Japanese Summer Festival
• Aug 5-28: Classical Theatre Festival (Perth)
• Aug 11-28: Indian Film Festival
• Aug 19-28: Pride Week (Capital Pride Festival)
  
• Aug 25-28: Wakefest (Wakefield)
• Aug 26-28: Folk Festival
• Aug 26-28: Upper Gatineau Whitewater Festival
• July & August: Centretown Movies Film Festival
• July & August: Downtown Rideau Summer Fling – A Theatrical Affair!

September

• Sept 2-5: Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival
• Sept 3-5: Serbian Festival
• Sept 17-18: Old Ottawa South Art & Music Festival
• Sept 21-25: Ottawa International Animation Festival
• Sept 22-25: La Vendemmia
• Sept 24: DIGI60 Filmmaker's Festival
• Sept 25: Ottawa Valley Music Festival
• Sept 23-Oct 2: O-Town Hoedown
• Sept 30 - Oct 2: Oktoberfest Ottawa
  

November

• Nov 5: Ottawa Tea Festival
• Electric Fields 2010
• 25th European Union Film Festival
• International Storytelling Festival

December

• 25th European Union Film Festival

More Links

• OttawaFestivals.ca
  The official website of Ottawa Festivals, a not-for-profit member-based organization representing Ottawa's not-for-profit festival industry. In addition to news, updates and information about the industry and our member festivals, special events and fairs, the website features industry job opportunities and linkages to our social networks designed to interact with event guests, participants, volunteers, supporters and the community at large.
• Festivals and Events Ontario (FEO)
  Festivals & Events Ontario serves as the “voice” of the festivals & events industry within the province.

Related Guides

• Ottawa Concerts Guide
• Ottawa Events Guide
• Ottawa Music Guide
• Ottawa Tourism Guide
• Ottawa Hotels Guide
• Ottawa Weather Guide

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