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Ottawa Highlights: Parliament, Canal & ByWard Market — Aug 23, Main Entrance Of Fairmont Chateau Laurier
Public Archaeological Digs — Aug 4, National Capital Commission
Petit Picasso (0-5 ans) — Aug 23, Centre communautaire Apollo
Summer at The Log Farm — Aug 23, The Log Farm
The Original Navan Market — Aug 23, Navan Fairgrounds
Guided tour of Mackenzie King Estate — Jun 20, National Capital Commission
Lecture de contes — Aug 23, Maison de la culture de Gatineau, Bibliothèque Guy-Sanche
Randonnée-découverte dans la forêt Deschênes et ses alentours — Aug 23, Autre emplacement
Tea on the Veranda — Aug 23
Chapeaux d’été fantaisistes — Aug 23, Canadian Museum of History
Contes de castors — Aug 23, Canadian Museum of History
Intro à la Grande Galerie — Aug 23, Canadian Museum of History
Visites guidées — Aug 23, Canadian Museum of History
Canada and Afghanistan: Operation Medusa — Aug 23, Canadian War Museum
Public Tours — Aug 23, Canadian War Museum
Enjoy daily demonstrations! — Aug 23, Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
Conte en mouvement - 3 à 6 ans — Aug 13, Parc du Plateau
Matinée classique : Le Carrefour Musical Outaouais... en pièces détachées — Aug 23, Maison Scott-Fairview
Outrageous Ottawa Scavenger Hunt — Aug 23, Planet Coffee, ByWard Market, Ottawa
Les Rendez-vous probables — Aug 23, Autre emplacement
Meet & Grease Car Show — Aug 23, 1231 Newmarket Street, Ottawa.
Recycl'Art 2026 — Jul 4, Ruisseau de la Brasserie
Mystical Ottawa/Gatineau with Eelke Kleijn — Aug 23, Maison du Citoyen
Ode à la rivière des Outaouais : Concert Comm'Un Accord — Aug 23, Auberge Symmes
Grande finale du SLAM de l'AAAO — Aug 23, Ruisseau de la Brasserie
Luc Langevin | L'illusionniste - Là où l'impossible prend vie — Aug 23, L’illusionniste - Là où l’impossible prend vie Supplémentaire Salle Odyssée - Maison de la culture de Gatineau - Salle Odyssée
Illusions The Drag Brunch Ottawa - Drag Queen Brunch Show - Ottawa — Aug 23
Queer Mayoral Townhall - Ottawa — Aug 23, The Good Companions Seniors' centre
Ottawa Miniature Gallery — Aug 1, National Arts Centre
Luc Langevin — Aug 22, Maison de la culture de Gatineau, Salle Odyssée
Matinee with GARNET ROGERS Live @ Motel Chelsea! — Aug 23, Motel Chelsea
Legendary Sunday Afternoon Blues Jam — Aug 23, Rainbow Bistro
High Fidelity: Special Edition ft. DJ Nu-Mark (LA) — Aug 23, Fono
JW-Jones Plays the Hits — Aug 23, Red Bird
Summer Sunday's Music Series — Aug 23, Other
Raphael Weinroth-Browne — Aug 23, Ottawa Tennis Club
The Sunday Night Revue — Aug 23, Irene's Pub
Live Music Josh MacFarlane 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM at Heart & Crown Byward — Aug 23, Heart & Crown (Byward)
Live Music Irish Session 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM at Heart & Crown Preston — Aug 23, Heart & Crown (Preston)
NCC Weekend Bikedays — Jul 9, National Capital Commission
Spa Pool Sale — Aug 21, EY Centre
Épistémologies fragmentaires — Aug 21, Autre emplacement
Free Live Entertainment at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa — Aug 23, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa
Oniro — Aug 23, Parc Omega
Lansdowne Farmers' Market — Aug 23
Ottawa Titans Baseball Club — Aug 23, Ottawa Stadium
Nepean Night Market — Aug 23, Mr. Lube + Tires
Barrhaven Farmers' Market — Aug 23, Nepean Woods Park & Ride
The Chef’s Table — Aug 23
Meat and Grease Ottawa Car Show — Aug 23, Derand Motorsport
Gatineau Park shuttle — Aug 23
Now on View: The River of Dreams — Aug 23
Metcalfe Plaza — Aug 23, The Metcalfe Plaza at
Zumba on the Hill — Aug 23, Parliament Hill
Sunrise Yoga and Meditation Cruise — Aug 23, Ottawa Boat Cruise : Rideau Canal Cruise Departure
Wood Terrace Series — Aug 23, National Arts Centre
Now on View: Napoleon — Aug 23
Sunday Swing @ KS on the Keys — Aug 23, KS on the Keys Restaurant
Summer Flower U-Pick — Aug 23, Green Corners
Festival Santé & Bien-Être — Aug 23
Wild Colour Weekends — Aug 23, Canadian Museum of Nature
Public Archaeological Digs — Aug 23, Leamy Lake Park
Health & Wellness Festival — Aug 23
Barrio del Sabor (Latin Dance Sundays) — Aug 23, Barrio Ottawa
Capital Fair — Aug 23
Farm-to-Table Dinner — Aug 23, Saunders Farm
becoming| un |becoming: deepening relations — Aug 23, Ottawa Art Gallery
Modern Lowertown — Aug 23, Depart from: De La Salle Public High School
ElderQueers (2SLGBTQIA+) Storytelling Workshop — Aug 23, National Arts Centre
Cardio et musculation 50+ — Aug 24, Parc des Cèdres
Sonart Day Camps — Aug 24, Canadian War Museum
Initiation à la planche à roulettes et aux patins à roulettes — Aug 24, Parc René-Lévesque
Grown-Ass Pizza Party - OTTAWA (Ep. 65) Outdoors Edition — Aug 24, Beyond the Pale Brewing Company
WWE Monday Night RAW — Aug 24, Canadian Tire Centre
Danse en ligne — Aug 24, Parc Moussette
Club de lecture (adulte) — Aug 24, Maison de la culture de Gatineau, Bibliothèque Guy-Sanche
Zumba — Aug 24, Parc des Cèdres
Strong — Aug 24, Parc du Landing
Kundalini Yoga — Aug 24, Parc Moussette
Ottawa Ladies Night — Aug 24, The Nuden
Vaincre la peur et prendre la parole avec confiance! — Aug 24, Autre emplacement
Meltt — Aug 24, The 27 Club
Elderqueers - Storytelling Workshop — Aug 24, National Arts Centre
Campus to Stage: Jennifer Hicks and William Gagnon — Aug 24, The Robo Lounge
Fantasia- The Haven Collective — Aug 24, Rainbow Bistro
Atelier libre du mardi — Aug 25, Centre communautaire Apollo
Tonus 50+ — Aug 25, Parc des Ormes
Zumba Gold — Aug 25, Parc Moussette
Muslim Adventure seekers of Ottawa- Watercoloring workshop with Tarek — Aug 25, Tanger Outlets Food Court
Politics and Protests of Ottawa / Movements et Manifestations d'Ottawa — Aug 25, Dundonald Park
Soirées musicales — Aug 25, Parc des Servantes
Initiation à la pétanque — Aug 25, Parc Fontaine
Yoga — Aug 25, Parc des Cèdres
Aviva Chernick and La Serena Quartet - Wood Terrace — Aug 25, National Arts Centre
Suzanne Nuttall & Yann Simon at The Shed — Aug 25, The Shed
Michael Benny — Aug 25, Night Oat
THE SURFRAJETTES + Mama Mush — Aug 25, House of Targ
Songs from the Shed — Aug 25, The Shed on Sparks Street
Comedy at the Carleton — Aug 25, The Carleton Tavern
Danse portage parents-bébés — Aug 26, Parc des Cèdres

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