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Ticket Giveaway: What are you doing tonight? If you haven’t booked your ticket for Split Tree Cocktail Co's Martini Madness, there’s still time. Or try your luck with Martha's Mum's Choosin' Hat: we're giving away a pair of tickets to the workshop, valued at $260. Just tell us how many cocktails you'll be taught to make in the workshop (the answer's at the above link); send your answer to martini@theottawan.com. We'll draw the winner from the Choosin' Hat at 9:00 pm tonight and announce it in tomorrow's newsletter. Good luck.
Latin Sparks Festival, or ‘Canada’s Baddest Latin Fest’ takes over LeBreton Flats for two days of beats, dance battles, workshops, DJs, live music, and flavours from more than 10 food trucks. Tickets are almost gone, so get booking. $49.95 (or $39.99 each when you book two); VIP Bottle Service also available.
Aero Gatineau-Ottawa 2024 officially takes off with a drone and pyrotechnics show tonight.
The Sci-fi star power at this weekend’s Ottawa ComicCon is electrifying, with every Hobbit you can think of from Lord of the Rings (including Frodo himself, Elijah Wood), The Orville’s Chad Coleman, Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, and Calum Keith Rennie from Battlestar Galactica, Giancarlo Esposito, Lucy Davis (‘OMG! Dawn Tinsley of the original The Office!’ squeals Martha), Denis Lawson of the original Star Wars trilogy, Robert Patrick of Terminator 2, and more in attendance.
Summer isn’t over yet; enjoy one of the final festivals of the season in Gatineau with music stars like Sean Paul and Deadmau5. Riverside Festival at the Canadian Museum of History.
🆓 Bring a picnic and your favourite throw blanket to the Capital Pop-Up Cinema screening of Matilda. Right around 8:00 pm (dusk) at Churchill Seniors Community Centre, 345 Richmond Rd, K2A 0E7
The Laylit party series stops at Club SAW for the evening, offering multi-genre music from the Arab and North African countries. From $25.57.
Laugh among the flowers at the Luxe Blooms Comedy Night. Louise Gingras hosts, with comics Eva Wong, Farrah Samuels, Lauren Lane and Loot Spot providing the laughs.
ByTowne Cinema: Dernière Danse (Last Dance), Close Your Eyes, Didi, Fallen Angel
Mayfair Theatre: Across the River and Into the Trees, His Three Daughters, Big Shark
Gigs
80s Dance Party. House of TARG
Ed Lister Group. Montgomery Scotch Lounge
Wyntr. Café Dekcuf
Warpark. LIVE on Elgin
Out by Lucy, Pretty Good, Lady Grey, The Phantoms. Rainbow Bistro
Blingo Night. Pour Boy
Lilac. The Brass Monkey
Loon Choir. Irene’s Pub
The Yodas (night one of two). Barley Mow Merivale Road