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This week's events in Ottawa-Gatineau

Fall Rhapsody - Sep 15, National Capital Commission
Cirque du Soleil: LUZIA - Sep 25, Under the Big Top, St. Laurent Shopping Centre
Science for tots - Oct 5, Canada Science and Technology Museum
World Space Week - Oct 8, Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Ejection seat demonstration - Oct 8, Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Le Canada en mouvement : En conversation – Zita Cobb - Oct 8, Canadian Museum of History
Attrape-soleil d’automne - Oct 8, Canadian Museum of History
Visites guidées - Oct 8, Canadian Museum of History
Public Tours - Oct 8, Canadian War Museum
Art House Café - Oct 8
Musician and entertainer Begonia - Oct 8
Some of the region’s museums and galleries - Oct 8
Queen: It's a Kinda Magic - Oct 8, Shenkman Arts Centre
Clinique de réparation participative - Sep 27, Bibliothèque Lucy-Faris, Espace créatif Lucy-Faris
Atelier de création pour adultes - Oct 7, Maison de la culture de Gatineau, Centre d'exposition Art-image
Ciné Club ONF - Oct 8, Bibliothèque Lucy-Faris
Laurence Castera à la chandelle, avec Natasha Liard - Contribution volontaire - Oct 8, Église Saint-François-de-Salle
Rien n'est figé, une exposition du collectif d'artistes Arts visuels de Gatineau - Aug 26, Centre culturel du Vieux-Aylmer, Espace Pierre-Debain
Club de jeu de société Ado-Adulte - Oct 8, Maison de la culture de Gatineau, Bibliothèque Guy-Sanche
Utopies pour demain, une exposition collective - Sep 10, Maison du Citoyen, Galerie Montcalm
Coulisses littéraires et atelier d'écriture sur soi - Oct 8, Bibliothèque Donalda-Charron
JOSH THOMAS: JIGGLE, JIGGLE - Oct 8, Algonquin Commons Theatre
Ottawa Senators vs. Philadelphia Flyers - Oct 8, Canadian Tire Centre
Programmation scolaire 2026-2027 - Sep 1, La Nouvelle Scène
Constant Companions - Sep 30, The Gladstone Theatre
Danny Bhoy - Oct 8, The Bronson
Ottawa 200 Biodiversity Tree - Sep-Oct, 2026 - Sep 25, National Arts Centre
Beaded Moccasin Workshop Oct 6 - Oct 6, National Arts Centre
Beethoven & Kerson Leong - Oct 7, National Arts Centre
Diane Tell - Oct 8, Maison du Citoyen, Salle Jean-Despréz
Begonia - Oct 8, National Arts Centre
Neige sur Abidjan - Oct 8, National Arts Centre
José Gaudet - Oct 8, Maison de la culture de Gatineau, Salle Odyssée
Tyler Shaw & Friends presented by Capital Music Week - Oct 8, The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Ottawa
Ray Bonneville - Oct 8, Red Bird
Essoudry • Boudreau • Geggie Trio - Oct 8, The Robo Lounge
Art of the Duo - Oct 8, GigSpace
Break the Hour: Stendhal Syndrome, Graffiti 5-0, and Pale - Oct 8, Club SAW
Tyler Shaw & Friends presented by Capital Music Week - Oct 8, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa
Pipes and Projections - Oct 8, Other
OMIC LIGHTBAHN x RASC Ottawa: Guided night sky observation - Oct 8, National Arts Centre
OUTLAW COUNTRY LIVE! w/ DJ Grrl Haggard + Rubber Check Rednecks + Slo' Tom - Oct 8, House of Targ
Jen Howard Performing Live at Avant Garde Bar on October 8th, 2026 - Oct 8, Avant-Garde Bar
Doghouse Rose (Toronto Punk) - Oct 8, Dominion Tavern
Campfire Chaos - Oct 8, Night Oat
Mark Winters LIVE @ Motel Chelsea! - Oct 8, Motel Chelsea
Live Music strum chums 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM at Heart & Crown ByWard - Oct 8, Heart & Crown (ByWard)
Live Music Nathan da silva 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM at Heart & Crown Preston - Oct 8, Heart & Crown (Preston)
Live Music ben cooper 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM at Heart & Crown The Aulde Dubliner & Pour House - Oct 8, Heart & Crown (The Aulde Dubliner & Pour House)
NCC Weekend Bikedays - Jul 9, National Capital Commission
Oniro - Sep 29, Parc Omega
Now on View: Napoleon - Sep 30
Ottawa Senators - Oct 8, Canadian Tire Centre
Free Thursday Nights presented by BMO at the National Gallery of Canada - Oct 8, National Gallery of Canada
Free Live Entertainment at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa - Oct 8, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa
Orléans Farmers' Market - Oct 8, Ray Friel Recreation Complex
Nature after 5 - Oct 8, Canadian Museum of Nature
Songs from the Shed - Oct 8, The Shed on Sparks Street
Gatineau Park shuttle - Oct 8
Latin Thursdays - Oct 8, Casino du Lac-Leamy
Career Fair Canada - Oct 8, Rogers Centre Ottawa
Fall Rhapsody in the Capital - Oct 8
Acres of Terror - Oct 8, Cannamore Orchard
Annual Biology Butterfly Show - Oct 8, Nesbitt Biology Building
Open house for the day - Oct 8
Capital Music Week - Oct 8, Various locations
Hex Appeal - Iron Cabaret - Oct 8, Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts
Thanksgiving Market at Robert Plante Greenhouses - Oct 8, Robert Plante Greenhouses
Portraits of a Music City - Oct 8, Various locations
Ottawa Gatineau Tattoo Expo - Oct 8, Palais des Congrès de Gatineau
Maple Leaf March - Oct 8, Montgomery Legion
Arôme - Oct 9, Arôme, Hilton Lac-Leamy Hotel, Level A
Les 12h de pickleball du MIFO - Édition 2026 - Oct 9, MIFO - Place d'Orléans
One World Bazaar - Oct 9, One World Bazaar
Crown and Pumpkin Studio Tour - Oct 9, Various artists’ studios, Almonte, Clayton, and Pakenham, Mississippi Mills
Perth Autumn Studio Tour - Oct 9, Various countryside studios, Perth and Maberly
Capital Music Week - Oct 9, Various locations across Ottawa.
Elmvale Ward Séance - Oct 9, Meet inside 1D Studios
ONIRO Night Walk - Oct 9, Parc Oméga
NCC Weekend Bikedays – Last weekend - Oct 9, Kichi Zibi Mikan, George Etienne Cartier Parkway and Queen Elizabeth Drive.
Free Open House: Discover the Canadian Museum of Nature’s Hidden Collections - Oct 9
Frightfest - Oct 9, Saunders Farm
Acres of Terror - Oct 9, Cannamore Orchard
Pumpkin Fest - Oct 9, Proulx Maple & Berry Farm
Le Petit Chef - Oct 9, Tulip Restaurant, Hilton Garden Inn & Homewood Suites Ottawa Downtown
Snider Park - Oct 9, Snider Park
Live from the Booth - Oct 9, The Booth on Sparks Street, between Elgin Street and Metcalfe Street, Ottawa.
Ontario Festival of Small Halls - Oct 9, Westport, Moose Creek, Russell, Almonte, Carp, and other locations.
Art Exhibition Opening Party Celebrating Indigenous Utopia and Somali Stories of Home — Joi T. Arcand and Faisa Omer - Oct 9, Carleton University Art Gallery, St. Patrick’s Building, Carleton University
Arboretum Hill Club - Oct 9
Capital Music Awards ceremony - Oct 9
Heartbroken & Bootleg Creedence - Oct 9, Shenkman Arts Centre
Ottawa Gatineau Tattoo Expo - Oct 9, Palais des Congrès de Gatineau
Urban Art Collective Hintonburg Night Market - Oct 9, Urban Art Collective
Harvest Night Market - Oct 9, Parkdale Public Market
Behind The Screams: Midway Massacre - Oct 9, 1D Studios
OFF//SHOOTS Theatre Festival - Oct 9, Arts Court Theatre 2 Daly Ave, Ottawa
Hex Appeal - Oct 9, 310 St. Patrick St
Asian Comedy All-Stars - Escape Thanksgiving - Oct 9, Rivoli Pool Hall
Olympiques de Gatineau vs Drakkar - Oct 9, Centre Slush Puppie

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