Calendar of Events

The Ottawa Fringe Festival provides all performing artists, both emerging and established, with the opportunity to produce their work – regardless of content, form or style – and makes the Festival as affordable and accessible as possible.

The Ottawa International Jazz Festival is the premier music event to take place in downtown Ottawa and we are proud to be part of the continuing tradition of bringing jazz to the National Capital Region.

The Official Canada’s Drag Race Tour returns to theatres with an all-new cast & production for 2022! Join your Queen of the North, Brooke Lynn Hytes and your favorite queens from Season 2 as they hit the stage on a multi-city tour across Canada.

Lebreton Flats Gates open at about 5 PM on all festival days, with programming beginning at around 6 PM. If you purchase a General Admission pass, viewing access is first-come, first-serve. The earlier you arrive, the better your chances are of being close to the stage. Box office and will call open prior to gates. 2022 hours are not yet confirmed.

HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right - hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation’s first treasury Secretary.

Travel to another world, another time and be whoever you want! Huzzah! Be a part of the Realm and add to the experience by dressing in costume, perhaps even develop an alter ego?

Winner of six Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the 2018 Grammy Award, DEAR EVAN HANSEN is the deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it.

If you enjoy the music of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, then you will love the Nostalgia Music Festival experience. The event features fifteen professional tribute bands, and a customized environment to recreate the sights, sounds and all-around good vibes of our youth.

Every September, the Ottawa International Animation Festival presents the world’s most cutting-edge, quirky and important animation — and transforms Ottawa into the centre of the animation universe.

Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from book writer TINA FEY (“30 Rock), composer JEFF RICHMOND (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), lyricist NELL BENJAMIN (Legally Blonde) and director CASEY NICHOLAW (The Book of Mormon).

The Day of the Dead Festival is a non-profit organization focused on promoting the richness of Mexican culture through art, gastronomy, music and dance that appeal to the senses of all ages.

Every year, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we gather in memorial parks, community halls, workplaces, schools and homes to stand in honour of all who have fallen.