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Things to do in the Capital

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Friday, May 9 2025

  • The news that TACTICS is closing down may be sad, but there’s a full weekend ahead of remembrance and celebration of all that the independent theatre organization did in its 12 years of existence. This weekend, the TACTICSSunset Season Festival will include readings, performances and tributes, all taking place at LabO, 60 Waller St. 

  • 🆓 As the Canadian Tulip Festival gets underway, give yourself a free, self-guided tour of the gardens. Then, plan to watch one of the two free moviesscreening at the festival: Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (4:00 pm) and Twisters (8:00 pm) Check out the 1-800-Got-Junk? Upcycle Garden, made completely of, you guessed it, recycled materials.

  • See more than 200 quilts on display at the Ottawa Valley Quilters Guild The Valley Blooms Quilt Show. The show continues tomorrow. Nepean Sportsplex, $10 admission. 

  • The Children’s Festival continues at Lansdowne Park.

  • Twilight fans will be dressing up, talking back to the screen, and possibly swooning under the vampy influence of it all as the ByTowne Cinema runs Breaking Dawn - Part 1. 

  • Poet, actor, and singer/songwriter Tom Waits’ catalogue is explored and reinterpreted in Songs from a Drunken Piano. 

  • It’s Royal Oak Orléans turn to host Trivia Feud, where teams compete just like on the TV show. 

  • Kiwan Farms Season Opening (3485 Hawthorne Road off Hunt Club) will have Mother’s Day Specials (think hanging baskets) amongst the locally grown produce. 

  • ByTowne Cinema: Bonjour Tristesse, Maurice, The Way, My Way, Interactive: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

  • Mayfair Theatre: Bob Trevino Likes It, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Kryptic 

    Gigs

  • Neon Ghosthouse, F!TH, Cardamom Years, Nakedburn. Rainbow Bistro

  • Adrenaline 001, Arise, Hard Techno. City at Night

  • Global Holocaust, Genetic Error, Acid Rot, Chilopoda. Dominion Tavern

  • Lucky Songs Songwriters’ Round with Chrisine Graves, Elle Sherlock, and John Carroll. Meow! That’s Hot

  • Sworn Enemy, Brick by Brick, War Nerve, Hyena. House of TARG

  • German Sparkle Party. White Rabbit