What to do on
Saturday, August 9 2025
If you order your ticket to the Mystical Wise Women Water Lantern Festival in Andrew Haydon Park by Friday August 7, you'll save $5.
🆓 You’ll know what a gat (갓) is if you caught ‘K-pop Demon Hunters’ on Netflix. The Korean Cultural Centre is holding ‘make your own gat’ paper crafting sessions every Saturday throughout August. Materials, instructions, and space to create are provided on site.
All sorts of gamer, kitsch, and generally geeky vendors will be in attendance at the Urban Art Collective Comic & Geek Night Market (4:00 pm to 9:00 pm).
It’s happening: the 80s return to the Brass Monkey in Chaud Stock 2025. If you rocked at legendary Ottawa venues the Chaud, The British, Barrymore’s, Hoopers, and Roxanne’s in the big hair decade, this is your night.
Road Trip: Take a wee day trip just beyond Ottawa’s Western edge to McNab/Braeside, for a good ol' rural time at the Valley Agricultural Festival.
🆓 You’re mistaken if you think the All Things Bookish Market is only about books. You’ll find junk journaling and scrapbook kits, charcuterie cones and other fine food options, more than 20 vendors, and you can take part in the Build Your Own Blind Date With A Book. 55 ByWard Market.
🚗 Road Trip: Equator Coffee’s annual Made with Love Vendors Market returns to Almonte. While you're planning your visit, sign up for a roastery tour.
🆓 Muslimfest brings arts, culture, and entertainment to Cumberland Village Museum. It’s free to attend but you must book a ticket.
Craft beer-loving 20-and-30-somethings looking for new friends: Beyond the Pale’s City Centre location has an event just for you. Pints & New Friends 20s-30s Social Mixer is selling fast.
It’s Mexico’s turn to light up the sky at the Grands Feux in Gatineau.
Enjoy music by John Allaire Trio, wine, drinks, and snacks at the Reds, Whites, & Rhythms: Jabulani Concert Series in Richmond. $19.99 + HST per person.
There’s more than just shopping at Tanger Outlets today. Catch the Reptile Extravaganza from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Hamilton continues at the NAC. You have until August 17 to see the award-winning musical.
Toronto comic Mike Rita arrives at Yuk Yuk’s Ottawa West (at Biagio’s).
Weather permitting, A Company of Fools presents The Comedy of Errors in Canadensis Botanical Garden (Experimental Farm) from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
Take a Wild Foraging Walk at Ottawa Farm Fresh. $25 per person.
Stretch your body and open your mind with Yoga at the Gallery. $25 + HST.
🆓 Capital Pop-Up Cinema brings Ferris Bueller’s Day Off to Albert Island. You'll get a proper bang for your non-buck: a short film from the NFB and an episode of 'Stittsville on Patrol' will screen before the movie.
It’s War Machines Weekend at the Canadian War Museum. See military vehicles roar to life on the demo track behind the museum. It's all included with regular admission.
ByTowne Cinema: 2025 Cat Video Fest, Restoration: Throne of Blood, My Mother's Wedding, Detour: True Stories
Mayfair Theatre:My Mother’s Wedding, Sorry, Baby, Magnolia
Gigs
Little Bones. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa
Override. Live from the Booth (Sparks St)