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Today - Watch a virtual Lunch and Learn from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Today’s topic: Taking action toward Reconciliation, hosted by Brenda Gunn with Jimmy Durocher and Dale LeClair.
- Think you’ve got stein-holding skills? Take them to Ridge Rock Brewing in Carp for Oktoberfest today, where you’ll also find live music, trivia, a costume contest, and more. Reserve your table by calling 613 470 2337.
- The Ottawa 67s meet the reigning OHL champs, the Peterborough Petes, in the season Home Opener tonight. 7:00 pm at the arena at TD Place. Also to note: Friday night $5 beers are again a thing this season.
- Pumpkins After Dark celebrates Halloween in a big way, with its walk through a pathway of lit, hand carved pumpkins with synchronised music and special effects. Photo ops, wandering performers, and live pumpkin carving demos round out the experience, which is designed to be enjoyed by the entire family. Book your timed entry tickets in advance. Until October 31 at Wesley Clover Parks.
- Gladstone Theatre raises the curtain on the Company of Adventurers production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. It’s a fundraiser for the theatre and tickets are free, but a hat will be passed around the audience after each show. Tonight and two shows tomorrow at 910 Gladstone Ave (at Preston).
- Stittsville Haunted Heritage Tours is back for the fifth time with scary wanderings throughout the old Ottawa neighbourhood. Tickets from $24.96.
- Mac My Cheese Fest 2023 serves up the ultimate in comfort food at City Hall today through Sunday. It’s going to be cheesy.
- Tonight’s screening at the 6th Ottawa Korean Film Festival is actor-turned-filmmaker Jung Woo-sung’s action movie A Man of Reason.
- Ottawa Artisans’ Pick of the Patch Online Shopping Event gives you access to 200 vendors and easy pickup (at your choice of six Ottawa locations). It runs this weekend from 7:00 pm tonight to 9:00 pm on Monday.
- The annual Ottawa Wine Auction in support of Music and Beyond returns to Carlton Dominion-Chalmers Centre.
- Metcalfe Fair continues with the Open Sheep Show, the Holstein Show, Heavy Horse Hitch, the Heavy Horse Pull, and live entertainment on the stage.
Music - Annie Martel, Adeline. City Sounds Live, Wedel, Westboro Village
- Angela Hunter Trio vinyl release party with Jesse Green Band. Overflow Brewing
- Wolf Castle. National Arts Centre Fourth Stage
- John Kofi Dapaah (Piano), Raphael Weinroth-Browne (Cello). Piano Place Studio
- A Night at the Noise Hotel. SAW
- Gerry Wall, Jerome Jeffrey, Matt Chaffee. Red Bird
- The Barrow Gang. Atomic Rooster
- Horojo Trio. Rainbow Bistro
- James Blonde. LIVE on Elgin
- Friday I’m in Love. 27 Club
Sports - NHL Ottawa Senators play host to Winnipeg Jets
Tomorrow
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - The programme on Parliament Hill begins with a 90-minute gathering Remembering the Children. Produced by the Aboriginal People’s Television Network and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, the multi-lingual broadcast will honour residential school survivors, their families and communities, and the children who did not return home. The event begins at 1:00 pm on Parliament Hill, or watch the broadcast on APTN.
- Buildings across Canada, including the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, will be lit in orange from tonight at 7:00 pm to sunrise tomorrow. The OTTAWA sign in ByWard Market will also be illuminated in orange.
- Beechwood Cemetery will be partnering with the Assembly of Seven Generations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society for a day of education, action, and activities including a screening of The Spirit Bear: Honouring Memories, Planting Dreams! Following the screening there will be a 45 minute Reconciliation Tour. At 2:00 pm the Children’s Sacred Forest will be unveiled at the Cemetery.
- Admission to the Canadian Museum of History is free all day today from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, and you can reserve your timed ticket here. The Museum will be screening the film Picking up the Pieces: the Making of the Witness Blanket throughout the day.
- Seven Ottawa Public Library branches will be open and offering activities in support of reflection and learning. Paint remembrance rocks, take part in the building of a heart garden, watch NFB films about the residential school system, or just check out the truth and reconciliation reading list.
- Maker House will be donating 10% of all in-store sales to the Orange Shirt Society. 987 Wellington St. West.
- The Sens' Fan Fest returns today from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, featuring the Senators’ team practice, autograph session, interactive games, a Sens Store sale, a kids’ press conference and entertainment throughout the venue. Fans who received a wristband at 9:00 am can receive an autograph from a Senators player. Admission is free but registration is required.
- Students of Rouge Studio of Dance take over Queen St Fare with a showcase of their burlesque, belly dance, jazz and gogo dancing.
- Bid on collectibles, antiques, home decor, sporting goods, and more at Our Lady of the Visitation’s Annual Auction. 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the OLV Banquet Hall, 5338 Bank St in Gloucester.
- Parkdale United Church is holding a rummage sale from 9:00 am to noon. 429 Parkdale Avenue.
- Orléans Brewing Oktoberfest offers two sessions of live music, German inspired food, games, prizes, and beer.
- The Greek International Film Festival stops in Ottawa today and tomorrow. A Golden Pass ($50) gives you access to all Ottawa screenings, which are scheduled at the ByTowne and the Mayfair theatres. Tonight, see the 2022 feature I Love Greece. In French and Greek with English subtitles at the ByTowne Theatre, 325 Rideau St.
- Whisky Ottawa offers tastings and masterclasses at the Shaw Centre.
- Ottawa Artisans’ Pick of the Patch Online Shopping Event gives you access to 200 vendors and easy pickup (at your choice of six Ottawa locations). It runs until 9:00 pm on Monday.
- Mac My Cheese Fest 2023 continues to serve up the ultimate in comfort food at City Hall today through Sunday. It’s going to be cheesy.
Music - Disco Inferno. Heart & Crown Barrhaven
- Enfants Sauvages, Passenger Princess, Mufflier Crunch,Sunshine Overhead. House of TARG
- River Cit Junction. Atomic Rooster
- Antisocial Surf Club on Tour. LIVE on Elgin
- Neon Ghosthouse, Soficacide, Candyboys, Doveaura & DIM. Cafe Dekcuf
- Cam Cole, Srkibe. Rainbow Bistro
- The de Valk Three. Irene’s Pub
- Tyler Kealey. Red Bird Live
Sports - CFL Ottawa RedBlacks play host to Montréal Canadiens
Sunday - The ByWard Barket welcomes your mutts all day at ByWard Market. There are prizes for costumes, special vendors, a dog size and kid size Barbie booth. Our cats have made every effort to sabotage today’s ottawan.
- HOMECOMING: Art Market and Music features local creatives and musical performances. 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm at Vanier HUB - 271 Marier Avenue.
- Register to walk in support of the Centretown Community Food Centre in the Walk for the Centre from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm. If you can’t participate in the walkathon, donations are always welcome.
- The aroma of fresh new apples, live music, and cider to taste are all part of the plan at the Farmgate Fall Harvest event from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. You can also take guided orchard tours, watch apple pressing demos, and bring your own picnic blanket to make a lazy afternoon of it. 4547 Mohr’s Road, Arnprior.
- October is Caribbean Heritage Month in Ottawa, with the official Opening Ceremony happening today at Arts Court. 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm at Club SAW. Presented by the West Indian Youth Association of Ottawa.
- Today at Ottawa Korean Film Festival, catch Killing Romance. Free, but you must book a ticket.
- Mac My Cheese Fest 2023 continues to serve up the ultimate in comfort food at City Hall today. It’s going to be cheesy.
- Ottawa Artisans’ Pick of the Patch Online Shopping Event gives you access to 200 vendors and easy pickup (at your choice of six Ottawa locations). It runs until 9:00 pm on Monday.
- The Ottawa launch of writer-comedian JD Derbyshire’s new book Mercy Gene: The Man-Made Making of a Mad Woman gets underway at Octopus Books from 6:00 pm. 116 Third Ave.
- Thompsontown Maple in Clayton is opening this weekend only for hiking to their photogenic lookout and maple syrup sampling. You can also buy maple syrup to take home. It's all part of the Fall in Love with Maple campaign. Today and tomorrow from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at 780 Black Rock Lane, Clayton.
- The Merrickville Art Gould Studio Tour takes you where the magic happens, as you embark on a self-guided journey to artists’ studios in the historic village. Meet the artists, view their work, and even make purchases on the spot if you’re moved to. From 10:00am to 5:00 pm today.
Music - Seeing-Jin Cho. National Arts Centre
- Acoustic Coffee House. Red Bird Live
- Birdie Whyte, C.A. Jackson, Sal Valley, Sonny Aiken and Marc Albert. Irene's Pub
- Cabaret. Meridian Theatres at Centrepoint
- Neon Ghosthouse and Candy Boys. Café Dekcuf
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Monday - To launch Library Month, Ottawa Public Library presents The Right to Read: An open book on Intellectual Freedom. The panel discussing Intellectual Freedom includes Canadian novelist Farzana Doctor, Indigenous Canadian author David Alexander Robertson, Canadian journalist Desmond Cole, and Canadian broadcaster Adrian Harewood. Listen in person at the SAW Centre or watch online.
- Possible Worlds and Digital Arts Resource Centre present a screening of Knust: The Pioneers of Riso Printing, a documentary about the Fluxus art movement, and Knust, the 1980s Dutch movement that came after, and the technique of Riso printing.
- Today’s Ottawa Korean Film Festival screening is Walk Up by HONG Sangsoo. Free screening at the ByTowne Cinema, but you must book a ticket.
- Ottawa Artisans’ Pick of the Patch Online Shopping Event gives you access to 200 vendors and easy pickup (at your choice of six Ottawa locations). It runs until 9:00 pm on tonight.
Music - February Hate Club, Arthritis Kid, Cooling. LIVE on Elgin
- Bluegrass Mondays featuring Monroe Sisters. Red Bird Live
- Lil Tjay. TD Place Arena
Just Announced / Now Booking - Inside Out, the 2SLGBTQ+ Ottawa Film Festival, is only days away (October 6-8). Buy your pass or ticket package now to view selections from TIFF and Inside Out Toronto Festival.
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