Send us your event listings for consideration in the newsletter Today - Pull Up celebrates one year of good times with an anniversary party at City at Night. Head there for UK Garage, Jungle, Rave anthems, and House. 222 Slater from 10:00 pm. Tickets $18.37
- The Country Festival Gatineau lineup incudes The Day After, Phil Denault, and JC Harris. Stage shows started at 1:00 pm.
- Celebrating 30 years, Ottawa International Busker Fest returns to Sparks Street today through August 7. Watch the performers on three stages and wandering the street, and try your hand at juggling, plate spinning, and other free workshops, each day from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm. Sparks St. between Kent and Elgin.
- Merry Dairy’s Postal Code Pop-Up visits Dunrobin Community Centre (1151 Thomas A Dolan Parkway) from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm, and Richardson Heritage Park in Kanata on Arkose Street at 5:30 pm. (K2T).
- A Company of Fools' production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet plays parks and venues around Ottawa and region this summer. Tonight’s venue is Patterson Creek in the Glebe. Showtime 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
- Capital Ribfest sets up shop at City Hall (110 Laurier Ave W) until Monday, bringing with BBQ and smokehouse flavours downtown. If ribs aren’t your thing, poutine, pulled pork, chicken and brisket are also on the menu.
- Wander the sunflowers at Fields of Gold $35 per person. 17650 Strathmore Rd, Monkland
Tomorrow - August 5 is Food Day Canada. Darren and Martha will be celebrating by gorging on the big, juicy strawberries that keep appearing in our garden. We’re confident that our strawberries are a Product of Canada, but when it comes to more processed foods, it’s a little more complicated.
- Cold Bear Brewing in Arnprior are throwing a good, old fashioned East Coast kitchen party. Expect tunes from fiddler Kyle Felhaver, seafood chowder on the menu, and pints of really good locally brewed beer, including a new, non-alcoholic sour made with hibiscus and lemon zest.
- The Canadian Museum of History offers a refuge from our weird world with a screenings of Jane Goodall - Reasons for Hope this weekend. It’s included with the price of admission.
- Merry Dairy’s Postal Code Pop-Up visits 200 Central Park Dr in Nepean (K2C) from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. h
- Capital Ribfest sets up shop at City Hall (110 Laurier Ave W) until Monday, bringing BBQ and smokehouse flavours downtown. If ribs aren’t your thing, poutine, pulled pork, chicken and brisket are also on the menu.
- Celebrating 30 years, Ottawa International Busker Fest returns to Sparks Street today through August 7. Watch the performers on three stages and wandering the street, and try your hand at juggling, plate spinning, and other free workshops, each day from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm. Sparks St. between Kent and Elgin
- A Company of Fools' production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet plays parks and venues around Ottawa and region this summer. Tonight’s venue is Alexander Grove in Stittsville. Showtime 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
- Spend some time at Urban Art Collective's Antique & Vintage Market. Not only might you find the decor items or wardrobe updates of your dreams, but there will be lovely coffee, drinks, and food to keep you going. 1088 Somerset St. W.
- Escape to the country and visit a farmers’ market further afield. Metcalfe Farmers’ Market has 50 vendors, and there’s an ATM on site. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. (2821 Eighth Line Road, Metcalfe)
Sunday - Dig deep with the NCC at the Parc du Lac-Leamy Pubic Archeological Digs, running until August 31. Learn about the history of the area’s pre-European contact, in particular the lives of the Anishinabe Algonquin. Drop by between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. 80 Fournier Boulevard Gatineau, Quebec. NOTE: it’s a 20 minute walk from the parking lot to the dig site.
- Remember, tomorrow’s a holiday. Stay up late at House of TARG where it’s Free-Play Sunday. Entry is $10 and of course you’ll pay for perogies and drinks, but all games will be set to play for free. 1077 Bank St.
- Celebrating 30 years, Ottawa International Busker Fest returns to Sparks Street today through August 7. Watch the performers on three stages and wandering the street, and try your hand at juggling, plate spinning, and other free workshops, each day from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm. Sparks St. between Kent and Elgin
- UK improvisational pianist Stephen Grew plays The Record Centre from 3:00 pm. The performance will be followed by a Q&A. $25 suggested donation or PWYC. 1099 Wellington St. W.
- Ask the experts at the Master Gardeners Booth at the Lansdowne Market. 9:00am to 1:00pm.
- Arlo welcomes Ottawa’s pro and up and coming comedians for an evening of laughs. Arlo Comedy Night 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm at 340 Somerset St. West. $15.
Holiday Monday - Valleyview Farm is open as usual for family visits. Wander the farm to see the animals, walk the trail, climb aboard the Valleyview Express, and view farm equipment from times past in Bill’s Old Farm Museum. $12 for everyone over the age of 2. 9:30 am to 4:00 pm at 4750 Fallowfield Road, Nepean.
- It’s Open Mic at Art House Café. Whether your talent is guitar, singing, or comedy, this is your night. Sign up at 6:30 pm. 555 Somerset St. W.
- Bar Robo’s Happy Hour Trivia with the Ottawa Trivia League promises good, clean, competitive fun. It starts at 6:30 pm. Don’t be late.
- Celebrating 30 years, Ottawa International Busker Fest returns to Sparks Street today through August 7. Watch the performers on three stages and wandering the street, and try your hand at juggling, plate spinning, and other free workshops, each day from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm. Sparks St. between Kent and Elgin
Just Announced / Now Booking - The Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival 2023: Episode XII The Spirit Awakens (August 8 - 13) screens films across genres and lengths from Indigenous filmmakers from around the world. The screenings, plus curated art exhibits, workshops and panels, and music performances, will happen at the Ottawa Art Gallery, Club SAW, Gallery 101, and Berlin Nightclub. Tickets can be purchased for individual screenings and full days of programming.
- Ottawa theatre artists, mark your calendars. On August 24 the O-Town Artist Pop Up, presented by Levity Theatre and Skeleton Key, will lead discussions about finding collaborators, getting funding, and other topics of interest. At the TCTC from 6:30 pm.
- Canada’s Walk of Fame will be making a fast break to Almonte to celebrate inductee Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball on August 12. The festivities start with a 3 x 3 basketball tournament followed by the ceremony at 3 pm. Naismith was born in a house on County Road 29 between Almonte and Pakenham.
- Music historian and radio DJ Alan Cross will host one of his free-flowing music salons at Bar Robo on Aug 19. Tickets start at $27.
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