Dean Lewis: The Epilogue World Tour
2025-05-16 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin St, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5W1, Canada
Since his emergence in 2017, Dean Lewis has gathered over 13 billion streams and dozens of multiplatinum, platinum, and gold certifications worldwide. Dean’s 2019 gold-certified debut, A Place We Knew, housed the hits “Waves” and “Be Alright”—which also reached rarified air as a member of the Spotify “Billions Club.” He has picked up 3 ARIA Awards and 2 APRA Awards. Moreover, he has amassed a cumulative social media following of nearly 7 million fans. Not to mention, collaborated with everyone from Kygo, Martin Garrix, and Tiësto to Ruth B. and Julia Michaels.
On the road, he’s enraptured audiences at packed headline shows in addition to touring with AJR and James Arthur. Speaking to his impact, he regularly averages north of 17 million monthly listeners on Spotify and has consistently soared as one of the “Top 5 Most Viewed AU Artists on TikTok.” During 2022, Lewis unveiled his sophomore effort The Hardest Love to critical acclaim. EUPHORIA. hailed it as “an emotionally rich record,” and Atwood Magazine raved, “His gut-wrenching and powerful storytelling has captivated hearts, and now he’s coming back with a bang.”
In the end, The Epilogue is the start of the best chapter of Dean’s story.

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Metcalfe Farmers' Market
2025-05-17
Farm-fresh produce, baking, flowers, bedding plants, pottery, furniture and more including the Sunflower Café.

Wakefield Market
2025-05-17 | 38 Chemin de la Vallée de Wakefield, Wakefield, J0X 3G0, 38 Chemin de la Vallée de Wakefield, Wakefield, J0X 3G0
Experience the charm of the Wakefield Market, a lively outdoor market happening every Saturday from May to October. Each week, around 30 passionate vendors come together to showcase farm-fresh produce, handcrafted goods, and delicious homemade treats. With live music setting the mood and special events sprinkled throughout the season, the market offers a warm and festive atmosphere.
Since its beginnings in 1997, the market has remained a vibrant hub for local producers and artisans to connect with visitors and neighbours alike. From handcrafted goods to seasonal delights, every visit brings something new to discover. Soak in the lively energy, grab a bite, and make the most of the warm months in beautiful Wakefield!

All Things Bookish Market
2025-05-17 | 55 ByWard Market, Ottawa, K1N 9C3, 55 ByWard Market, Ottawa, K1N 9C3
Book lovers unite at the All Things Bookish Market! Discover hidden gems, meet local authors, and shop unique finds like blind date books and bookish totes. Enjoy exclusive author signings and more at this outdoor event hosted by PreLoved Pages. Don’t just read—experience.

Desi Dhamaka - A Celebration of South Asian Arts & Culture
2025-05-17 | 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, K1P 5W1, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, K1P 5W1
Stop by the NAC for an unforgettable afternoon of vibrant rhythms, colourful traditions, and joyful connection at Desi Dhamaka!
Experience the rich cultural tapestry of South Asia through live artistic performances representing India, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan – including a special performance by JUNO Award-winning band Autorickshaw. Enjoy the captivating energy of a live DJ, get a beautiful henna design, and bring the little ones for a family craft activity filled with creativity and fun.
Whether you’re reconnecting with your roots or exploring something new, this free event is open to everyone. Come celebrate!
This event is proudly supported by Aroha Fine Arts and Radio Huns.

Fun Philippines Ottawa Street Festival
2025-05-17 - 2025-05-18
Experience the vibrant spirit of the Fun Philippines Ottawa Street Festival! Celebrate Filipino culture with delicious food, electrifying entertainment, and exciting activities for all. Discover rich traditions, reconnect with community, and enjoy a festival filled with joy, flavor, and fun!

Weekend Bikedays
2025-05-17 - 2025-05-19 | Throughout urban and rural Ottawa and Gatineau, Ottawa-Gatineau, Throughout urban and rural Ottawa and Gatineau, Ottawa-Gatineau
On weekends—and even some weekdays—you can bike, walk, run and in-line skate on several car-free parkways in the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
Weekend Bikedays (previously Sunday Bikedays) creates additional space and time for people to enjoy environmentally friendly outdoor recreation in Canada’s capital. During the warm months, people can safely exercise during select periods on Saturdays and Sundays (as well as select weekdays) on scenic roadways along the Ottawa River, the Rideau Canal and in Gatineau Park.
Full details on locations schedules are listed on the National Capital Commission website.

Westboro Farmers' Market
2025-05-17 - 2025-10-25 | PO Box 4465 Ottawa Postal Station E, ottawa, K1S 5B4, PO Box 4465 Ottawa Postal Station E, ottawa, K1S 5B4
Discover more than 60 local vendors in Westboro every Saturday from May to October. Wander beneath the tree canopy as you shop for the freshest seasonal produce, meat, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and more. Enjoy lunch at the food court while listening to live music. Everything is authentic, with no resellers and produced within 100 kilometers of Ottawa.

Carp Farmers’ Market
2025-05-17 08:00 - 13:00 | Carp Farmers’ Market
The largest producer-based farmers’ market in Eastern Ontario, with over 100 vendors offering produce, baked goods and crafts.

North Gower Farmers' Market
2025-05-17 08:30 - 13:00 | North Gower Farmers’ Market
Come purchase vegetables, honey, meat, sauces, cheese, and other goods from local producers in rural Ottawa. The market was founded in 1994 by local residents Carolyn Seabrook and Andrew Harkness. Carolyn sold Andrew on the idea of a farmers’ market in her family’s vacant barn, and together they launched the project.

Main Street Farmers' Market
2025-05-17 09:00 - 14:00 | Main Street Farmers’ Market, PO Box 4465 Ottawa Postal Station E, ottawa, K1S 5B4
Support your local farmers’ market every Saturday from May to October! Discover the finest fresh produce, baked goods, pantry staples, crafts, hot meals and more. As a producer-only market, all vendors make, bake and grow everything within 100 kilometers of Ottawa. Enjoy live music and special programming while you shop.

Spring Up Market
2025-05-17 10:00 - 17:00
Celebrate the beauty of spring with creative workshops, hands-on planting activities, and kid-friendly fun. Join Cherrish Art for a spring-themed art session and plant seedlings with Just Food Ottawa. Explore nature through interactive activities with the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library.

613Flea
2025-05-17 10:00 - 23:59 | TD Place, 1015 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 3W7, Canada
Don’t miss the ever-changing 613flea marketplace that features eclectic goods, handmade, antiques, vintage clothing, great foods and one-of-a-kinds at Lansdowne Park. The 613flea marketplace is always on a Saturday (and always free to attend) but the dates change each month.

Desi Dhamaka - A Celebration of the South Asian Arts & Culture
2025-05-17 15:00 - 18:00 | Desi Dhamaka – A Celebration of the South Asian Arts & Culture, 1 Elgin St
Desi Dhamaka – A Celebration of South Asian Arts & Culture
Saturday, May 17 | 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Peter A. Herrndorf Place, National Arts Centre
Free Event – Everyone Welcome!
Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of vibrant rhythms, colourful traditions, and joyful connection at South Asian Celebration Day!
Experience the rich cultural tapestry of South Asia through live artistic performances representing India, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan – including a special performance by JUNO Award-winning band Autorickshaw. Enjoy the captivating energy of a live DJ, get a beautiful henna design, and bring the little ones for a family craft activity filled with creativity and fun.
Whether you’re reconnecting with your roots or exploring something new, this free event is open to everyone. Come celebrate with us!
This event is proudly supported by Aroha Fine Arts and Radio Huns.

Rhiannon Giddens
2025-05-17 20:00 - 22:00 | National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin St, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5W1, Canada
Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue is Giddens’ much-anticipated return to her North Carolina roots and the old-time music tradition that launched her career. 2x GRAMMY, MacArthur “Genius”, and Pulitzer Prize winner Giddens has pulled together a remarkable band that represents an incredible array of talent and American musical traditions to celebrate her new album What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, a fiddle-and-banjo record made in collaboration with Justin Robinson. Joining them on stage will be celebrated multi-instrumentalist Dirk Powell, bassist Jason Sypher, guitarist Amelia Powell, and bones player and rapper Demeanor.
What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow features a mix of North Carolinian instrumentals and traditional songs. Thompson was one of the last musicians of his era and his community to carry on the southern Black string band tradition. Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue pay homage to that legacy and shepard it into a new era.
Giddens’ new album, What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow is out April 2025.
Rhiannon Giddens has pledged to donate $1 per ticket to a charitable cause of her choice.

Nia Nadurata
2025-05-17 20:00 - 23:00
Nia Nadurata is heading across Ontario with a series of live performances presented by Modo Live and Programme.
Do not miss this rising star live on stage with special guests.

May Show Festival
2025-05-18
Celebrate arts, crafts, music, dance, and delicious food at the May Show Festival. This lively event brings together fantastic vendors and entertainment for all to enjoy. Explore, shop, and soak in the festive vibes. Admission is free.

Orleans Blooms
2025-05-18
Celebrate the beauty of spring at Orleans Blooms. Shop a variety of premium garden plants, get expert gardening tips, and explore stunning artwork from local artists. Kids can enjoy a fun, hands-on educational corner. Rain or shine, everyone is welcome to this vibrant garden event. Entry is free.

Lansdowne Farmers' Market
2025-05-18 | PO Box 4465 Ottawa Postal Station E, ottawa, K1S 5B4, PO Box 4465 Ottawa Postal Station E, ottawa, K1S 5B4
Explore over 85 local vendors year-round at Lansdowne Park every Sunday.
Ottawa Farmers’ Market is a producer-only organization that features vendors from within 100 kilometres of the city of Ottawa. The market is a great place to buy the freshest local products the season has to offer directly from the people who produce them, meet friends, have lunch and enjoy musicians, buskers and special events.
Open all year round at Lansdowne Park, the Ottawa Farmers’ Market takes place outside the Aberdeen Pavilion during the warmer months and inside the historic building in the winter. In the weeks before Christmas, the market is usually open on Saturdays.

Ottawa BlackJacks Professional Basketball Club
2025-05-18 | 1015 Bank Street, Ottawa, K1S 3W7, 1015 Bank Street, Ottawa, K1S 3W7
Catch professional basketball action and family-friendly entertainment in Canada’s capital! Don’t miss the fast breaks, big dunks and impressive blocks inside the Arena at TD Place at Lansdowne.
As members of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL), the Ottawa BlackJacks play against teams from across the country from May to August. Sports fans can count on high-quality action on the court thanks to CEBL players who come from NBA G-League clubs, other Division 1 FIBA leagues around the world, top NCAA programs, the Canadian national program, and from U SPORTS.

Nepean Night Market
2025-05-18
Soak up the good vibes at Nepean Night Market! Every Sunday from 5–9 p.m., enjoy amazing local vendors, delicious food trucks and fantastic live music. Bring your dancing shoes, lawn chairs, and pups—dogs are always welcome, and treats are on hand. Glow sticks for the kids, fun for all!

Queen Victoria Birthday Celebrations
2025-05-18 | 13740 County Road 2, Morrisburg, K0C 1X0, 13740 County Road 2, Morrisburg, K0C 1X0
Join in the celebration as the 1860s Village celebrates Queen Victoria’s birthday. Sing “God Save the Queen,” hear historical patriotic speeches, see grand military manoeuvres’, lace up for the 1860s athletic games, watch the Village’s “Queen” in action (a hand-pumped fire engine), and enjoy a piece of birthday cake.

Lansdowne Farmers' Market
2025-05-18 10:00 - 15:00 | Aberdeen Pavilion, Aberdeen Pavilion
From the heart of the land to the heart of the city! Connect with 85+ local vendors in the historic Aberdeen Pavilion every Sunday. Shop for the freshest seasonal produce, meat & dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts, and more. Stop by the food court for lunch and enjoy the market musicians. Everything is authentic (no resellers) and produced within 100km of Ottawa!

Ottawa BlackJacks
2025-05-18 15:00 - 18:00 | TD Place, 1015 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 3W7, Canada
The Ottawa BlackJacks are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Ottawa. They compete in the Canadian Elite Basketball League.

Ottawa BlackJacks vs. Niagara River Lions
2025-05-18 15:00 - 23:59 | TD Place, 1015 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 3W7, Canada
Ottawa BlackJacks vs. Niagara River Lions
BlackJacks return for the 2025 CEBL Season, taking on Niagara River Lions

Tulips @ Tanger
2025-05-19 12:00 - 16:00
Enjoy live music, fun games, face painting and beautiful potted tulips for sale!

NACO Tour - Send-Off Concert, Ottawa
2025-05-20 | 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, K1P 5W1, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, K1P 5W1
Enjoy a free send-off concert with the National Arts Centre Orchestra before their tour to Japan and Korea. Experience a preview of the exciting repertoire that will be featured internationally. Registration is required, with tickets available starting May 1.

Ottawa Titans Baseball Club
2025-05-20 - 2025-05-25 | 300 Coventry Road, Ottawa, K1K 4P5, 300 Coventry Road, Ottawa, K1K 4P5
Join fellow sports fans and catch professional baseball games from May to September in Canada’s capital at Ottawa Stadium, just east of downtown.
The Ottawa Titans Baseball Club plays in the Eastern Conference of the Frontier League, which includes 15 teams from Ontario, Québec, and the U.S. northeast. The team’s mascot, Cappy, is a family favourite. During non-game days and the off-season, the 10,000-seat RCGT Park stadium is also used to host concerts, festivals and other events.
The venue is conveniently located along Ottawa’s main highway, and parking is available. The stadium is also easily accessible by public transportation via the light rail O-Train Confederation Line, which stops at the VIA Rail station just a short walk from the stadium.

Capital Music Week
2025-05-20 - 2025-05-25
Capital Music Week (CxMW) is Ottawa’s premier music industry event, featuring concerts, workshops, and professional development activities, to bring local artists, entrepreneurs, and fans together. Organized by the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition (OMIC), CxMW aims to boost Ottawa’s music scene, enhance economic growth, and elevate the city’s reputation as a top music destination.

Ottawa Titans
2025-05-20 18:30 - 21:30 | Ottawa Stadium, 300 Coventry Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1K 4P5, Canada
