Wednesday, May 16, 2012 • 11:36 pm
Site Map | OttawaStart Blog | Add Your Site
Advertising Info | About Us | Contact Us
Community News | Twitter Facebook

Local weather forecast...

Popular Guides: Community News | Events | Television | Radio | Food & Restaurants | Kids & Families | Birthdays | Jobs | Singles | Weddings
Tulip Fest | Victoria Day | Great Glebe Garage Sale | Farmers' Markets | Festivals | Biking | Weather | Gas Prices | Summer Camps

Ottawa Festivals Guide

Ottawa is home to dozens of festivals, representing dozens of different topics and interests. From Winterlude in the cold months of February, to the Tulip Festival in the spring, to Bluesfest in the heat of July, festivals are a great way to enjoy our city.

Ottawa Festivals By Month

May 2012

• April 6-May 1: Ottawa Writers Festival (spring edition)
• May 4-6: Heart Fest
• May 6-23: Tulip Festival
• May 13: MEC Bikefest
• May 25-27: Gatineau Beer Festival (known in French as Le Festibière de Gatineau)
• May 26: MEC Paddlefest
• May 30-June 3: Ottawa International Children's Festival
• May 11-21: Victoria Day Festival
• May 25-27: North Grenville Dandelion Festival (Kemptville)

June 2012

• May 30-June 3: Ottawa International Children's Festival
• June 1-2: Dickinson Days (Manotick)
• June 1-3: Orleans Festival
• June 2: Ottawa Bicycle Festival / Capital VeloFest
• June 2-3: The New Art Festival
• June 7-17: Italian Week Festival
• June 8-10: Westfest
• June 8-16: Canada Dance Festival
• June 14-16: Festival Franco-Ontarien
• June 14-17: Ottawa Explosion Weekend
• June 16-26: Fringe Festival
• June 15-16: RockFest (Montebello, Quebec)
• June 15-17: Ottawa Ferrari Festival
• June 16: Carivibe
• June 16: Russell CelticFest
• June 17: Ottawa Valley Music Festival
• June 21-24: Summer Solstice Aboriginal Arts Festival
• June 22-24: Dragon Boat Festival
• June 20-24: The International Chicken-Rib Cook-Off on Sparks Street aka Ribfest
• June 21-July 1: Ottawa International Jazz Festival
• June 14-17: Piggyback Fringe Festival (Wakefield)
• June 30-July 1: Escapade Music Festival

July 2012

• July 1: Canada Day
• June 30-July 1: Escapade Music Festival
• July 4-15: Bluesfest
• July 4-14: Music and Beyond
• July 6-8: Osgoode Medieval Festival
• July 6-8: Almonte Celtfest
• July 13-August 5: Classical Theatre Festival (Perth)

• July 20-22: Stewart Park Festival (Perth)
• July 14: Hope Volleyball BeachFest

• July 26-Aug 10: Chamber Music Fest

• July 24: Herbfest (Almonte)
• July 28-29: Morrisburg Antiquefest

• Smith Falls Canal Railway Festival
• Ottawa Turkish Festival
• Lebanese Festival Ottawa
• Ottawa Summer Muslim Festival
• Tubie Festival (Morrisburg)
• Merrickville Canalfest
• Centretown Movies Film Festival

August 2012

• July 13-August 5: Classical Theatre Festival (Perth)

• July 26-Aug 10: Chamber Music Fest

• Aug 2-6: Busker Festival
• Aug 3-6: Rideau Canal Festival
• Aug 4, 11, 18: Lumière Festival
• Aug 10-Sept 2: Classical Theatre Festival (Perth)

• Aug 11-12: Puppets Up!
• Aug 10-12: Capital Hoedown
  Sparks Fly for Ottawa's Biggest Summer Party Taylor Swift tops star studded Capital Hoedown 2012 line-up
  
• Aug 11-12: Perth Garlic Festival
• Aug 11-12: Carp Garlic Festival
• Aug 15-19: St. Albert Curd Festival / Festival de la Curd
• Aug 17-26: Pride Week (Capital Pride Festival)
• August 19: Ottawa Valley Music Festival
• Aug 31-Sept 3: Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival
  
• House of Paint
• Ottawa Ska Fest
• Winchester Dairy Fest
• Musicqu'en Nous
• Greek Festival
• Ottawa International Film Festival
• Wakefest (Wakefield)
• Upper Gatineau Whitewater Festival

September 2012

• August 10-Sept 2: Classical Theatre Festival (Perth)

• Aug 31-Sept 3: Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival
• Sept 6-9: Folk Festival
• Sept 19-23: Ottawa International Animation Festival
• Sept 30: Ottawa Valley Music Festival
• La Vendemmia
• DIGI60 Filmmaker's Festival
• O-Town Hoedown
  
  

October 2012

• O-Town Hoedown
• Teen Author Fest
• Latin American Festival
• Forest Festival (Gatineau Park)
• One World Film Festival
• Aware Festival
• Ottawa Writers Festival (spring edition)
• Oktoberfest Ottawa

November 2012

• Ottawa Tea Festival
• Electric Fields 2010
• 25th European Union Film Festival
• International Storytelling Festival

December 2012

• European Union Film Festival

February 2012

• Feb 2013: Winterlude
• undercurrents
• Wakefield International Film Festival

March 2012

• Feb 28-Mar 4: VerseFest (Ottawa Poetry Festival)
• March 8-17: Ottawa Irish Festival including the St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 10.
• March 25-April 1: Maple Sugar Fest
• Feb 19-April 1: Wakefield International Film Festival
• March 30-April 1: Gatineau Salsafair

April 2012

• April 10-28: Kiwanis Music Festival
  Around 4,000 competitors are expected to participate in the 2004 Kiwanis Music Festival. The Festival was created in 1945, and has been held every year since then. Vocalists and instrumentalists, both children and adults, will compete in dozens of categories during the festival.
• April 6-May 1: Ottawa Writers Festival (spring edition)
• April 28: Perth Festival of the Maples
• April 29: Veg Fest

More Links

• OttawaFestivals.ca
  The official website of Ottawa Festivals, a not-for-profit member-based organization representing Ottawa's not-for-profit festival industry. In addition to news, updates and information about the industry and our member festivals, special events and fairs, the website features industry job opportunities and linkages to our social networks designed to interact with event guests, participants, volunteers, supporters and the community at large.
• Festivals and Events Ontario (FEO)
  Festivals & Events Ontario serves as the “voice” of the festivals & events industry within the province.

Related Guides

• Ottawa Concerts Guide
• Ottawa Events Guide
• Ottawa Music Guide
• Ottawa Tourism Guide
• Ottawa Hotels Guide
• Ottawa Weather Guide

©1998-2012 OttawaStart Internet Services

Privacy Policy | Suggest A Site | Subscribe (free!) | Contact Us