The 40th annual Ottawa Children’s Festival rolls out at its new home, Lansdowne Park and the Horticulture Building. Before and after the show you’re seeing, visit Imagineliand to learn a circus skill, visit Little Medical School and Little Lion Dental Centre (to learn, not to get a tooth pulled), craft a button badge, go for a spin in the roller skating rink, have an animal encounter, and more. 

Tyler Kealey and Dave Kali bring their Dueling Pianos to the taproom at Overflow Brewing, where they’ll be joined by Todd Huckman on guitar. 

Spend time with your mother figure crafting a charm bracelet or necklace at Grounded Kitchen. 

Find cool stuff at Urban Art Collective’s Hintonburg Night Market. 

Axé WorldFest Empowering Women in the Music Industry Conference asks participants to Rise, Connect, Create. Attend the workshops and panels, and take in performances by local and international talent. Up first: this evening’s Networking Mixer at Beyond the Pale (ByWard Market location). 

Let Art Credo Music and Poetry Night inspire you. $15 or PWYC.

Lose your fear with the Learn to Attach Anything To Your Drywall workshop from Ottawa Tool Library. Suitable for beginners. 

Those with a love of Mustangs (the cars, not the horses) should head to 101 Marketplace in Barrhaven, to ogle the models on display. Be ready to buy a ticket to the 50/50 draw in support of the Snowsuit Fund. 

Drop by Y’s Owl Co-Operative Centre for the 3rd Annual Spring Sale, where in addition to pottery and gift baskets, you’ll find coffee by The Artery roasters. 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. 

This reminder would usually appear in Wednesday’s Drinking and Dining update but since it will likely sell out by then here’s your notice to book your $5 personal cheese platter at Manotick’s The Mill Tavern. Remember: you must buy a bevy too (but at $3.50 for a glass of wine it won’t set you back too much). 

Join other listeners around the globe as the ByTowne Cinema presents Thom Yorke & Mark Pritchard’s Tall Tales: A Global Listening Event. 

Art House launches the latest exhibition, Adel Manji’s The Boneyard with a vernissage at 7:00 pm. 

Crohns and colitis Canada’s glam Martini Madness fundraiser promises Martinis, Music, Eats & Art! Bring your wallet and bid on the art while you sip. 

ByTowne Cinema: Bonjour Tristesse, Ciné-Club d’Ottawa: Nos belles-soeurs, Thom York & Mark Pritchard’s Tall Tales: A Global Listening Event

Mayfair Theatre: The Ballad of Wallis Island, Tenebrae 

Gigs

Val d’Avalon. National Arts Centre

Music Trivia. Broadway Bar & Grill

The Funk You Up Show with Crusade. LIVE on Elgin

Bingo Thursday. Broadhead Brewery

Taproom Trivia. Stray Dog Brewing