What to do on

Sunday, July 13 2025

• Shania Twain tops today’s Bluesfest programme on the RBC Stage, with Wild Rivers plays the River stage, Big Freedia takes to the Lebreton Stage, and the Barney Danson Theatre welcomes Darrell Nulisch and guests. 

• 🍸 Road Trip: Vodkow’s Market on the Lawn returns in Almonte, Ontario. Play some lawn games, relax with a delicious cocktail, and listen to the live tunes from Mike Wattie. 

• Learn about the ways you can support Ottawa Stray Cat Rescue at Elgin Street Market today. 

• The Hintonburg 5K is now sold out but you can still show up and cheer on the walkers and runners. 

• Hobby Hideaway says their Build, Eat & Race day will be a ‘deliciously fun day’, what with its pizza-making sesh with Fire Box Pizza, a Tamiya Mini 4WD car kid to build, and entry into the Mini 4WD race. 

• Ogle the heritage vehicles at Cars & Coffee Ottawa, at Lansdowne Park. 

• Dominion City’s Beer Camp & Garden at Dow’s Lake (near Commissioners Park) is open 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.

• Visit Andaz hotel's rooftop bar Copper Spirits and Sights for the Sunday Sunset Sessions, where you'll spend the golden hour gazing at the Ottawa skyline and sipping a cocktail.

• The Sunday sale on Kona fabric continues at Mad About Patchwork. 

• Is it too early to start thinking about Christmas? If you don't think so, you need to get yourself to the Barn in Stittsville for the Christmas in July Market. 

• Learn about the biodiversity among the sacred spaces of a cemetery in the Life Among the Stones. Wear comfy shoes for the walk through Billings Estate Cemetery. 

• Capture the golden hour on canvas: Bring your own food to the Picnic & Paint session in Vincent Massey Park. The $35 fee covers all materials and one beverage.

• 🪗 Road Trip: Music and Beyond starts today’s programming with a concert by accordionist Michael Bridge and violinist Yolanda Bruno. 4:00 pm at Le Centre culturel Le Chenail, Hawkesbury, Ontario.   Back in Ottawa, at 5:00 pm, Elvira Misbakhova (viola/alto) and Megan Milatz (piano) perform Ad Luem: Towards the Light.  The Phaeton Piano Trio are back at 7:30 pm to perform works by Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Finally, Theatre of Early Music and Compagnie de la Citadelle present a program exploring the ‘intersection of sacred music and dance’ via works by Bach and Handel. 

• ByTowne Cinema: Art House Classics: The Green Ray, Super Happy Forever, Lumière, l'aventure continue, Dogtooth - 4K Restoration 

• Mayfair Theatre: Contempt, The Phoenician Scheme, Hotspring Sharkattack  

  Gigs

• Jazz Night with Ottawa Pocket Jazz Band.  Lavender Grill 

• Sunday Night Revue. Irene’s Pub

• We Are Not A Cult, The Fomites, Brutal Play, The Disconnect. Avant-Garde Bar

• RIPVCTR. LIVE on Elgin

• Jamie Douglas. The Gilmour