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▪️ Gamer Con is everything game related, at more than 90 tables, all under one roof. Nepean Sportsplex today only.
▪️ If you’ve been wondering where you’ll find your perfect tree, you just might find it at the Royal Mental Health Centre’s Annual Christmas Tree Sale. It kicks off today and if 2024 is anything like last year we can expect the collection of gorgeous Nova Scotia Balsam Firs to sell out within the week. 1145 Carling Ave.
▪️ Road Trip: The Crate in Arnprior is a small town boutique with big time charm. Find something for everyone on your list at the Christmas at the Crate event.
▪️ Find incredible locally made gifts and baked goods, a silent auction, and your choice of large and small tourtières at The Good Companions Craft Studio Sale & Christmas Bazaar. 670 Albert St.
▪️ Road Trip: Shop for the bibliophiles on your list at the Mississippi Mills Public Library Christmas Book Sale in Almonte.
▪️ The opening concert of the Ottawa Bach Choir’s 23rd season focuses on Bach’s Weihnachts-Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio).
▪️ Make an afternoon of it at Calabogie Brewing’s Kanata showroom, where the Holiday Market will feature curated vendors, live music, and the chance to win a gift basket. 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
🆓 Visit the intimate Manx Pub for today’s festival Versefest closer. David O’Meara will host the poets Armand Garnet Ruffo, Chimwemwe Undi, and Erik Lindner. 5:00 pm.
▪️ The European Union Film Festival closes with Icarus and the Minotour (Luxembourg), The Hardest Hour (Ukraine), and My Dad is a Sausage (Belgium).
▪️ The Brass Monkey presents the return of Montréal pop rockers The Box.
▪️ Savour bottomless mimosas and all the Taylor Swift and Florence + The Machine you can handle at the Red Lungs Drag Brunch at Bar Robo.
▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Maria, The Outrun, Memoir of a Snail, Drawn In: Akira
Mayfair Theatre: Sunset Boulevard, Blitz, The Room, Big Shark
Gigs
▪️ Good2Go. Atomic Rooster
▪️ Dwayne Gretzky. Bronson Centre Music Theatre
▪️ Any Good Reason. The Carleton Tavern