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[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/weekly-event-roundup250.gif) You may have heard about a little music festival known as " Bluesfest " that’s on this week in Ottawa. But you might not have heard about some of the other events in this week’s list. _ Thanks to all of our contributors for their ideas this week, including our newest contributor, Bryony. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sutcliffe.png) As we all head back to work after a great long weekend, here’s a column from Mark Sutcliffe from Friday’s Ottawa Citizen. It’s about a concept to extend Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa into a weekend or even week-long festival event. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/weekly-event-roundup250.gif) While everybody’s attention is on Parliament Hill for Canada Day and Will and Kate’s excellent Ottawa adventure , there tons of otehr great events happening this week in O-Town. Here are our contributors picks for the greatest events this week. ...

[  ](http://parliamenthill.gc.ca/text/newhillcam.jpg) Live shot of [ Parliament Hill ](http://ottawastart.com/hillcam.php) . Photo courtesy of the [ Government of Canada ](http://www.parliamenthill.gc.ca/text/camera-eng.html) . Ahhh… Canada Day Eve … the night kids have been waiting for all year long, when the Prime Minister travels across the country in his sleigh and delivers maple syrup and Celine Dion cd’s to little boys and girls who’ve been good citizens all year long. ...

Earlier this week I posted some photos of the stage set-up on Parliament Hill . Half a million people are expected there on Canada Day , but thousands and thousands more will attend local events all over our region. ...

Thanks to Arne Berg for sending along this great shot of Kate at Rideau Hall today. You can check out more of Arne’s photos here. (And in the interest of balance, if you can’t stand all this Royal Tour talk, check out these two Twitter feeds for a good dose Royal Smartass: @iscoff and @theodotblog ) ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/jcjf.jpg) The lady in the Canadian flag dress should see #4 below. Photo by [ Arne Berg ](http://yfrog.com/kjjcjfj) . Just in case you meet Will and/or Kate this weekend while they’re in Ottawa , here are some quick etiquette tips, adapted from the Canadian Heritage web site. ...

Here are some photos of the Canada Day stage on Parliament Hill , courtesy of Steve . If you’re near Parliament Hill today and tomorrow, you’ll probably hear sound sound checks and rehearsals for Friday’s shows . ...

Nine nights of comedy have been added to this year’s Bluesfest line-up at The Barney Danson Theatre, inside the War Museum at the Bluesfest site. ( Here’s the full music line-up this year. ) * ** [ July 5, 6, 7: ](http://www. ...

[  ](http://parliamenthill.gc.ca/text/newhillcam.jpg) Live shot of [ Parliament Hill ](http://ottawastart.com/hillcam.php) . Photo courtesy of the [ Government of Canada ](http://www.parliamenthill.gc.ca/text/camera-eng.html) . What are your plans for Ottawa’s biggest event day of the year? ...