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. This list includes festivals of diverse types, such as regional festivals, commerce festivals,

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arts festivals An arts festival is a festival that can encompass a wide range of art forms including music, dance, film, fine art, literature, poetry and isn't solely focused on visual arts. Arts festivals may feature a mixed program that include music, lite ...

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folk festivals A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods. Handicraf ...

, and recurring festivals on

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. The city hosts several large

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s each year, including North America's largest country music festival, Canada's largest and North America's second largest blues festival, and the world's largest hockey tournament.

Festivals

Canada Dance Festival The Canadian Dance Festival is an annual Ottawa, Ontario event founded in 1987. Held in June, it sets the stage for Canada's most contemporary, innovative and leading edge dance choreographers and dance companies. The festival includes events at t ...

*Canadian Stone Carving Festival *

Canadian Tulip Festival The Canadian Tulip Festival (french: Festival Canadien des Tulipes; nl, Canadees Festival van de Tulp) is a tulip festival, held annually in May in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The festival claims to be the world's largest tulip festival, displaying o ...

Capital Hoedown The Capital Hoedown was an annual outdoor music festival that took place in August in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Started in 2010, the three day festival was one of the largest in North America. 2010 Artists Artists include: Emerson Drive, Lorri ...

Capital Idea! Capital Idea! was a nine-day music festival in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, organized by music blogger and concert promoter Calum Marsh. The festival took place from 21 to 30 June 2007, and featured high-profile indie acts. Despite a great deal of medi ...

* Capital Pride *Festival Franco-ontarien * Latin Sparks Festival *Lumière Festival *

Ottawa Burlesque Festival Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival The Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival is an annual festival of dragon boat races in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Begun in 1994, the festival attracts 5,500 paddlers, 200 teams and over 75,000 spectators from all around the world. It is one of the largest ...

Ottawa Fringe Festival The Ottawa Fringe Festival is an annual fringe theatre festival in Ottawa. The festival was inaugurated in 1997. The festival takes place for ten days each June. Performances are held indoors and out. Performance spaces Performances all take pla ...

*Ottawa International Buskerfest * Ottawa International Children's Festival *

Ottawa International Hockey Festival The Ottawa International Hockey Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sport ...

Ottawa International Writers Festival The Ottawa International Writers Festival is a literary festival which takes place twice annually, in spring and fall, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The festival was founded in 1997 by Irish-born Neil Wilson as, according to Wilson, "an excuse to b ...

*Ottawa StoryTellers * Ottawa SuperEX *

Rideau Canal Festival The Rideau Canal, also known unofficially as the Rideau Waterway, connects Canada's capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, to Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River at Kingston, Ontario, Kingston. It is 202 kilometres long. The name ''Rideau'', Fre ...

Westfest Westfest is a free arts festival in Ottawa, Ontario, taking place the second weekend of June, at Tom Brown Arena and Park, in the Hintonburg area of Ottawa. The festival brings in over 300 artists, 150 volunteers and 40 staff over the weekend and ...

Winterlude Winterlude is an annual winter festival held in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec (collectively known as the National Capital Region). Winterlude is run by the Department of Canadian Heritage and was started in 1979. The event is one of Otta ...

Cultural festivals

*Capital Ukrainian Festival *

Carnival of Cultures The Carnival of Cultures, also known as Ottawa's International Folkloric Festival, consists of cultural performances, featuring music, song and dance from around the world. It is usually located at the Marion Dewar Plaza in Ottawa. The festival ...

*European Festival *the Great India Festival * Irish Film Festival Ottawa *Ottawa Greek Festival *Ottawa Lebanese Festival *Ottawa Italian Week Festival *Palestinian Festival Ottawa

Film & stage festivals

Asinabka Film and Media Arts Festival The Asinabka Film and Media Arts Festival is an annual film festival in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, which programs a lineup of films related to First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other international indigenous peoples. Named for the traditional Algonqu ...

European Union Film Festival European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe a ...

Inside Out Film and Video Festival Inside may refer to: * Insider, a member of any group of people of limited number and generally restricted access Film * ''Inside'' (1996 film), an American television film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Eric Stoltz * ''Inside'' (2002 f ...

*Irish Film Festival Ottawa *Latin American Film Festival *One World Film Festival * Ottawa International Animation Festival *

Ottawa International Film Festival The Ottawa International Film Festival (OIFF) was an Ottawa-based, publicly attended film festival that held its first annual competition in 2010. The festival ran annually for three days. The festival screened shorts and feature-length films of ...

Ottawa Canadian Film Festival OCan is a Film Festival in Ottawa that celebrates Canadian film with screenings in November, usually held at the ByTowne Cinema every year. It is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit organization. Films are selected by a jury of volunteers composed of ...

Food & beverage festivals

* Ottawa Poutine Festival *Ottawa Ribfest *Ottawa Wine and Food Festival *Winter Brewfest *Orléans Craft Beer Festival *Ottawa Beer Fest

Music festivals

CityFolk Festival CityFolk Festival (known until 2014 as the Ottawa Folk Festival) is a folk music festival held annually in Ottawa, Canada. Format The festival is held on the Great Lawn at Lansdowne Park each September as a 4- or 5-day general admission ticke ...

* Escapade Music Festival *

Music and Beyond Music and Beyond is a Canadian summer music festival, featuring classical music in its varying formations (orchestras, choirs, bands, baroque groups and small Musical ensemble, ensembles) as well as a spectrum of art forms and cultural disciplines ...

O-Town Hoedown The O-Town Hoedown was an annual country music concert series that began in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 2007. The event was owned and organized by Ottawa country singer Lefty McRighty. Performing artists were typically independent and unsigned, wit ...

* Ottawa Bluesfest *

Ottawa Busker Festival Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and f ...

Ottawa Chamberfest The Ottawa Chamberfest summer festival is a music festival held by Ottawa Chamberfest, also known as Chamberfest, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This year's edition will be held between July 25 and August 8, 2019. Artists In 1994, the idea of a ...

* Ottawa International Jazz Festival *

Ottawa Reggae Festival The Ottawa Reggae Festival was a volunteer driven music festival held annually from 2008 to 2010 at Le Breton Flats Park, Ottawa. The festival was cancelled in 2010, its third year due to the financial troubles of the festival's president, Benjam ...

* Riverside Festival

Pop culture festivals

Ottawa Comiccon The Ottawa Comiccon is a fan convention with a focus on comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, and games. It is a spin-off of the Montreal Comiccon. It was launched in 2012. The event features comic books, toys, games, science-fiction, horror, anime, non- ...

*Ottawa Pop Expo

Gallery

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