List of festivals in Ottawa
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This is a list of festivals in Ottawa
, Ontario
, Canada
. The city hosts several large festival
s each year, including North America's largest Country Music Festival
, Canada's largest, and North America's second largest Blues Festival
, as well as the worlds largest hockey tournament
.
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The city hosts several large festival
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
s each year, including North America's largest Country Music Festival
Capital Hoedown
The Capital Hoedown is an annual outdoor music festival that takes place each August in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The three day festival is North America's largest country music festival.- 2010 :...
, Canada's largest, and North America's second largest Blues Festival
Ottawa Bluesfest
The Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest is an annual outdoor music festival that takes place each July in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. While ostensibly focused on blues, the festival has increasingly showcased mainstream pop and rock acts in recent years...
, as well as the worlds largest hockey tournament
Bell Capital Cup
The Bell Capital Cup, formerly the Bell Canada Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament staged in Ottawa, Ontario. It is open to youth teams aged 9–13, from all over the world...
.
- Canada Dance FestivalCanada Dance FestivalThe 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...
- Canadian Tulip Festival
- Capital HoedownCapital HoedownThe Capital Hoedown is an annual outdoor music festival that takes place each August in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The three day festival is North America's largest country music festival.- 2010 :...
- Capital Idea!Capital Idea!Capital Idea! was a nine-day music festival in Ottawa, 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...
- Capital Pride (Ottawa)Capital Pride (Ottawa)The Capital Pride Festival is the annual Pride event in Canada's National Capital Region, which includes the cities of Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec. It has been held annually since 1986.Capital Pride is a non-profit organization...
- Carnival of CulturesCarnival of CulturesThe Carnival of Cultures, also known as Ottawa's International Folkloric Festival, consists of cultural performances, featuring music, song and dance from around the world...
- Centretown Movies Outdoor Film FestivalCentretown Movies Outdoor Film FestivalCentretown Movies Outdoor Film Festival is an open air pay-as-you-can community film festival held in Ottawa in late summer. It started in 2001 and has used a variety of locations in downtown Ottawa. The current location is Dundonald Park...
- Ottawa Chamberfest
- Inside Out Film and Video FestivalInside Out Film and Video FestivalThe Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival is an annual film festival in Toronto, Ontario, devoted to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film and video works...
- International Folkloric Festival
- Juno Awards of 2012Juno Awards of 2012The Juno Awards of 2012 will honour Canadian music industry achievements in the latter part of 2010 and in most of 2011. The awards presented in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada during the weekend of 31 March and 1 April 2012...
- Music and BeyondMusic and BeyondMusic and Beyond is a new classical music festival that features classical music in all its forms: orchestras, choirs, bands, baroque groups and small ensembles. In its inaugural season from July 5 to July 14, 2010, Music and Beyond presented performances by internationally renowned artists in Ottawa...
- Ottawa BluesfestOttawa BluesfestThe Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest is an annual outdoor music festival that takes place each July in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. While ostensibly focused on blues, the festival has increasingly showcased mainstream pop and rock acts in recent years...
- Ottawa Dragon Boat Race FestivalOttawa Dragon Boat Race FestivalThe Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival is a yearly event that attracts 5500 paddlers and over 70,000 spectators in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Historically, it is part of a Chinese tradition dating back almost 2400 years. It began as a rite in the banks of southern China to guarantee abundant crops...
- Ottawa Folk Festival
- Ottawa Fringe FestivalOttawa Fringe FestivalThe Ottawa Fringe Festival, founded in 1997, is a celebration of the non-mainstream performing arts. Held indoors and out, it is a ten-day event, held in June.-Performance Spaces:Performances all take place in downtown Ottawa...
- Ottawa International Animation FestivalOttawa International Animation Festival-History:In 1976, the Canadian Film Institute founded the biennial Ottawa International Animation Festival . First held August 10 to 15, 1976, the OIAF created a gathering place for North American animation professionals and enthusiasts to ponder the craft and business of animation...
- Ottawa International Children's FestivalOttawa International Children's FestivalThe Ottawa International Children's Festival is an annual June event in Ottawa, Canada featuring theatre, dance, and music for children.The performing arts festival was established in 1985 and has hosted performers from Brazil, Peru, Holland, France, England, Germany, Denmark, China and Kenya, as...
- Ottawa International Film FestivalOttawa International Film FestivalThe Ottawa International Film Festival is an Ottawa-based, publicly-attended film festival that held its first annual competition in 2010. The festival runs annually for five days at the end of August. The festival screens shorts and feature length films of any genre and of any country of origin...
- Ottawa International Hockey FestivalOttawa International Hockey FestivalThe Ottawa International Hockey Festival is an annual championship held in early January. This tournament features more than 400 teams from Canada, the US, Europe, and Asia competing for the Bell Canada Cup....
- Ottawa International Jazz FestivalOttawa International Jazz FestivalThe TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival was founded in 1980 and is now a multi-week festival of jazz music, featuring performers from all around the world. It is held in the summer in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and takes place at various locations throughout the city. The main events...
- Ottawa International Writers FestivalOttawa International Writers FestivalThe 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 bring over Irish poets and writers," but would expand...
- Ottawa Irish FestivalOttawa Irish FestivalThe Ottawa Irish Festival is an annual celebration of Irish and Irish-Canadian culture that takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada held one week surrounding St. Patrick's Day...
- Ottawa Reggae FestivalOttawa reggae festivalThe Ottawa Reggae Festival is a non-profit, volunteer driven music festival held annually in Lebreton Flats, Ottawa. Founded in 2008, it is led by Benjamin Williams--Founder, CEO, and President of the festival.- History :...
- Ottawa SuperEXOttawa SuperEXOttawa SuperEX is an eleven-day annual exhibition that takes places every August at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The exhibition provides exhibits, entertainment and amusements indoors in the buildings on site and outdoors on the grounds...
- Rideau Canal Festival
- WestfestWestfestWestfest is a free festival in Ottawa, Ontario, that takes place every year during the second weekend of June and is billed as a three day celebration of Canadian art and culture...
- WinterludeWinterludeWinterlude is an annual festival in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec that celebrates winter.Winterlude is run by Canada's National Capital Commission and was started in 1979. The event is one of Ottawa's most important tourist draws, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year...