Send us your event listings for consideration in the newsletter Today - Ottawa Dance Directive and Series Dance10 presents a pair of electrifying contemporary dance solos: The Call of the Embers with Montréal’s Charles Alexis-Desgagnés (Personne Danse) and The View From Here with Toronto’s Jillian Peever. Friday and Saturday nights at ODD BOX, 2 Daly Ave.
- Mavericks’ Halloween Bash is a costume party (with prizes for the top three), live music from Swisha T, and ensuing shenanigans. $25 online, $30 at the door.
- Nice buns: True Loaf will have Dead-cadent Buns made with pumpkin, spice, chocolate chips, candied orange and almonds tomorrow and Tuesday. Available from 7:00 am. Set the alarm. 573 Gladstone Ave.
- It’s scary, it’s immersive, and it’s on every night until Halloween. If you dare, check out Saunders Farm’s scary show Sawmill at TD Place.
- ByWard Market is transformed as the 2023 Day of the Dead Festival takes over. There will be plenty to do, see, eat, and drink, and it’s billed as an experience for the entire family. Today through Sunday.
- It's Blingo Night at Pour Boy on Somerset. On top of the gaming fun, there'll be food and drink specials.
- Stittsville Haunted Heritage Tours run every Friday and Saturday evening at 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm until November 11. Spooky! 1549 Stittsville Main St.
- Out of the Box Fibre Artists are holding Fall Fling, a show that will double as a holiday shopping event.
- Get down at Overflow Brewing’s Disco Inferno.
Pumpkins After Dark continues its scary run at Wesley Clover Parks. Get inspiration for this year’s Jack O’Lantern as you view more than 10,000 carved pumpkins, watch pumpkins being carved in real time, and enjoy the tastes of the season. Get rolling at the Hallowheel Roller Party at the Horticultural Building, presented by Ottawa Quad Rollerskating Club
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Tomorrow
- The Indigenous Fall Arts Festival and Marketplace arrives at St. Laurent Shopping Centre. Shop from Indigenous vendors, catch performances and watch the art demos. Donate to the Purse Drive: Fill a purse with women’s hygiene products (tampons, pads, hair and skin care, etc.).
- One World Bazaar devotes this weekend to Indigenous culture, history and crafts. Enjoy traditional dance and drumming performances, and shop for beaded jewellery and art. 6110 Mitch Owens Road, Manotick.
- Does one love one’s Corgis? If so, one should take one’s self to the Halloween Corgi Parade, which launches from outside the CBC building at 11:00 am, and travels toward Elgin St.
- Support the work of Ottawa Kitten Rescue at the Halloween Pet Costume Contest and Fundraiser. If your pet is okay with traveling and wearing a costume, bring it along for a photo op at Healthy Pets, 420 Bank St. from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.
- The Ottawa Wedding Show’s Fall Edition promises advice, inspiration, and experts. At the EY Centre today and tomorrow.
- Day of the Dead Festival take over continues at ByWard Market.
- Canada Agriculture and Food Museum welcomes families to a day of fun, food, and learning. See the demo in the Bat Cave (but not with live bats, obvs, as they’ll be sleeping at the time), make some crafts, learn about pumpkins, prepare for the chills of the Spooky Barn, and a whole lot more. 9:30 am to 4:00 pm at 901 Prince of Wales Dr.
- Play the Halloween Heist game at Billings Estate National Historic Site. Take the self-guided tour and follow the clues. Costumes welcome. $25 per family.
- Mavericks keeps the Halloween party going tonight with Noche Mexicana, night of salsa, reggaeton, Cumbia Mexican, and other Latin beats.
- Enjoy local craft beer, tunes, and dancing at Spark Beer’s Sparkoween. 702 Somerset. St. W. Free entry.
- Whiprsnapr is combining their 9th birthday with a Halloween extravaganza that includes family-friendly fun from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm, and grown-ups-only beers and treats from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. 14 Bexley Place, Unit 106, Bells Corners.
- In today’s lineup at the Ottawa Writers Festival, author Cat Bohannon’s Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Years of Human Evolution is a history of the evolution of the female body. The author discusses the research behind the book, which is described as ‘groundbreaking’ and ‘mythbusting’. Hosted by Sarah Everts.
Next, Sarah Everts sits down with professor Shohini Ghose, whose book Her Space, Her time: How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe discusses the many women scientists behind some of the world’s most important discoveries.
At 3:00 pm, the conversation shifts to the charting of the Earth’s ocean floor, an ongoing project by the world's scientists, investors, and military. Host Trish Audette-Longo speaks with environmental and ocean journalist Laura Trethewey about her publication The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans.
The evening session starts with three novelists who explore the links and distances between our public and inner selves: Amy Stuart (A Death at the Party), Ashley Audrain (The Whispers), and Karma Brown (What Wild Women Do).
In the final session of the day, host Rhonda Douglas speaks with fiction writers Catherine Leroux (The Future) and Sean Michaels (Do You Remember Being Born?). - Vintage Pop-Up 613’s Mystic Market returns to Westboro for scarily fun shopping. It’s happening as part of the Wickedly Westboro event happening throughout the neighbourhood (see next item). More than 45 vendors will be selling the cool stuff, storyteller Jacqui Du Toit will be telling spooky tales, and EcoFauna will have animals on site to meet and learn about. It’s all happening from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm in two parking lots at the corner of Richmond and Churchill.
- The Wickedly Westboro Spooky Scavenger Hunt 2023 has taken over Richmond Road all month and this Saturday, the fun ramps up to include Trick or Treating stations for the kids. Some of the area’s businesses are also taking part; look for “Trick-or-Treaters Welcome” signs in shop windows. You’ll also see magician, a witch, a juggler, and a balloon artist. 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
- There's more fun for kids at Art Haven Kanata. Dress the kids in costume and take them for a morning of snacks and crafts – and pottery painting, of course.
- Stittsville Haunted Heritage Tours run every Friday and Saturday evening at 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm until November 11. Spooky! 1549 Stittsville Main St.
- Urban Art Collective’s Night Market turns spooky. It’s a market, a costume party, and an all around fun evening. Get your photo taken by Algonquin Photography Students at the Photo Booth.
- It’s the Annual Halloween Costume Party at the Log Farm. Do all the usual fun things at the farm, only in costume.
- Out of the Box Fibre Artists are holding Fall Fling, a show that will double as a holiday shopping event.
- Pub 101 becomes Purge 101 in a Halloween event designed to get everyone on the dance floor.
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Lynne Hanson. StoneCropAcres Winery Taylorween Taylor Swift Dance Party. The Show Hawksley Workman with Murray A. Lightburn. Babs Asper Theatre, NAC Open Mic. Happy Goat (Main St) Baby Richman, Central Station, Pettycache. LIVE on Elgin Don’t Call her Betty. Moose McGuire’s Good to Go. Irene’s Pub X & Y Coldplay tribute band. Overflow Brewing Co Hippie Halloween. Atomic Rooster The Fugitives. First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa Halloween Horror Bash Night 2. Dominion Tavern Rocktoberfest. Rainbow Bistro Crius Saxophone Quartet. Gigspace
Sunday
- Plant & Curio hosts a Halloween Party and Raffle with guests Arlington Five and The Box of Life. The raffle will raise money for the Ottawa Humane Society.
- The Vampire Circus (described as a ‘fusion of Tim Burton and Cirque du Soleil’) brings its spooky but family friendly show to Algonquin Commons Theatre.
- The Ottawa Writers Festival starts with a conversation with Newfoundland writers Donna Morrissey (Rage the Night) and Michael Crummey (The Adversary). The live event is sold out but you can watch online for $20.
Then, poet and author Rhonda Douglas hosts a chat with authors Claudia Day (Daughter) and Yasuko Thanh (To the Bridge) in a conversation about Family.
Then, three novelists speak about love and connection: Kate Heartfield (Valkyrie), Eva Crocker (Land of the Living), and Emma Donoghue (Learned by Heart).
The Cold War era is explored in Peter Schneider’s conversation with Jenny Erpenbeck (Kairos) and David Bergen (Away from the Dead).
Author Bob Joseph closes the the Festival's Fall edition with a talk about his bestseller 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act.
- It’s all happening on Elgin St, with free fun for families including balloon artists, trick or treating, temporary tattoos, contests, and giveaways. Just outside Pot & Pantry there will be a selfie station for you and your dog. 11:00 am to 2:00 pm rain or shine.
- City at Night invites you to dance to Afro House all night. Don’t forget to wear your Halloween costume.
- The Ottawa Wedding Show’s Fall Edition promises advice, inspiration, and experts. At the EY Centre today.
- Jack Astor’s (Lansdowne) is making it angsty with an Emo-themed Halloween bash.
- This week’s Sunday Night take home dinner from Maker Feed is a Swedish feast of meatballs, lingonberries, mashed potatoes, and a side chef salad. $24.99 per person. Order now to pick up between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm. 2607 Old Montreal Rd, Cumberland.
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