Saturday, June 7 2025
🆓 Take an entertaining guided historical walk to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the village of Chelsea, QC. Choose the French walk at 2:00 pm or English at 4:00 pm but either way you must register in advance.
See Josh Ross, Theory of a Deadman, Headstones, and Alexa Goldie on the Guitars and Gasoline main stage.
🚗 Road Trip: Visit Arnprior's Tent Sale in the parking lot behind Shopper's Drug Mart, where you'll find women's wear and vintage goodies on sale from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Starting at noon across town at the Robert Simpson Park, enjoy Priorpalooza Music Festival with eight bands, Cold Bear's beer tent, and food vendors.
Doors Open Ottawa (today and tomorrow) allows us to peek inside buildings that are often difficult to access. The City has list a few cool buildings to visit such as Arts Court, where you'll see what all of the tenants are up to, including Possible Worlds, Ottawa Valley Grain Products in Carp, the Parliamentary Precinct Rehabilitation, SPAO, and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Choose from daytime or evening sessions at the Orléans Craft Beer Festival.
Performers from Mādahòkì Farm present pow-wow drumming and dancing and other Indigenous cultural practices at the Canadian Museum of History.
Art in the Park is rain or shine at the Glebe's Central Park.
Have Wellington West and Hintonburg-style fun at the Loretta Ave Block Party.
🚗 Road Trip: Enjoy a rural shopping experience at the Blondie Apparel showroom, today only.
Arts Court comes alive with Debaser's Pique Festival: Summer Edition. You'll find performances, installations, and exhibitions in every space, and tickets are Pay-What-You-Can.
Mechanicsville Day is a fun afternoon of BBQ, beats, games, and a dog parade.
Manotick's Dickinson Days continue.
At Volleyball Nations League - Women's, it's Canada vs Japan at 4:00 pm and Bulgaria vs Serbia at 7:30 pm
It's Pollinator Appreciation Day. The Ecology Ottawa Tree Giveaway will have White Pine, Red Pine, American Elm, and Black Walnut seedlings on hand.
Supplies are included in the Santini Gallery x Sandra Mijia: Italian Festival Paint in the Street event.
The good times continue at the Blackburn Hamlet FunFair.
It's opening day at Cumberland Farmers Market.
🆓 (but non-perishable food donations are welcome) The Flamenco for Food and Fun Project will support the Partage Vanier Food Bank with dance lessons and music.
Kitchisippi Community Garage Sale goes ahead today if it's sunny (rain date tomorrow).
Seek the Wild, Wild Westboro Garage Sale behind the Dovercourt Recreation Centre.
Orléans Craft Beer Festival continues under the tents.
ByTowne Cinema: Sherlock Jr with R.E.M's Monster and New Adventures in Hi Fi - A Silents Synced Film, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, Secret Mall Apartment, Pavements
Mayfair Theatre: Friendship, Vampire Hunter D
Gigs
Nick Adema. Art House Café
Out By Lucy. Rainbow Bistro
Boom 99.7 Dance Party. Bronson Centre
The Racket, The Sellouts, The Yodas. Pineview Golf Course
Gaga Nyght. House of TARG