Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter

Spring

  • Irish Week
  • Tulip festival 1st to 3rd week of May
  • National Capital Race Weekend last week of May

Summer

Theatrical festivals:

  • International Children's Festival
  • Canada Dance Festival
  • Italian Week
  • Carnival of Cultures
  • Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival
  • Unisong Choir Festival
  • Sound and Light on Parliament Hill
  • Canada Day
  • HOPE Volleyball BeachFest
  • Caribe-Expo (Ottawa Caribbean Carnival)
  • Ottawa Folk Festival
  • Flight Fest Ottawa
SUPEREX, Central Canada Exhibition

Music Festivals:

  • International Jazz Festival, mid July
  • International Chamber Music Festival, end of July to mid August
  • Worshipfest
  • Bluesfest early July
  • Band Governor Generals & RCMP

Fall

  • Fall Rhapsody, Gatineau Park
  • Balloon races
  • Bicycle races
  • International Animation Festival
  • International Writers Festival
  • Capital Music Conference
  • Lebanorama
  • Greek Festival

Winter

  • Curling Championships
  • International Hockey Festival
  • Winterlude mid February
  • Keskinada Loppet mid February

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