🏈 Take your squad out to the (foot)ball game. In the home opener, Ottawa Redblacks stare down Montréal Alouettes. Look for the $6 Chop 'n' Cheers pre-game drinks, $5 Fan First Menu, and the party at Gate. 

🚗 Road Trip Enjoy a rare performance of Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, performed by Ottawa Choral Workshops at St. John Chrysostem in Arnprior tonight. If you can't make it, the performance will be repeated in at Southminster United Church in Ottawa on Sunday evening. 

Pull on your dancing boots and get yourself to the Carp Barn Dance, where a cash bar and The Riley New Band will show you a good ol' time. Get $15 advance tickets direct from the Carp Fair Office (3790 Carp Road, K0A, 1L0) or pay $20 on the night. 

Relive the original gore of Friday the 13th, complete with a (not for long) fresh-faced Kevin Bacon, at the ByTowne Cinema. Or skip to  1990's "bizarrely hilarious" Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday over at the Mayfair Theatre. 

Queen St Fare opens its doors to the Capital Pride Run Edition of Queers & Beers.

Ottawa Italian Week invites you to ‘an intimate evening with the celebrated Italian-Canadian author, Nino Ricci, as he takes us on a journey through his life, career, and the inspiration behind his powerful novels.’ 

🚗 Road Trip: Ferme Drouin Farm in Casselman launches the new Country Poutine Fest wth a barn party, country music, great food, fireworks, and loads of down home fun this evening and tomorrow.  

With an impressive 58 shows at this year's Fringe Festival, the best way to plan your viewing is with a 5- or 10-show pass. 

ByTowne Cinema: The Life of Chuck, Deux feemes en or (Two Women in Gold), Friday the 13th

Mayfair Theatre: About Maya, Friendship, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, Jason Goes to Hell: the Final Friday 

Gigs

80s Dance Party with DJ Remi Royale and One Vision (live 80s pop hits). House of TARG

Rob & Dee. Options Jazz Lounge at Brookstreet Hotel

Fish in a Birdcage, Shayfer James. The 27 Club

Bingo Night. Pour Boy

Fired Up Fridays. The Laff