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Buskerfest |
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(Events - Best of the City) |
August 2008
Sparks St Sparks Street Mall, Ottawa K1P 5E3 • 613-230-0984 • FAX: 613-230-7671
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Canada's second largest busker festival, this unique event gives area performers a chance to strut their stuff, so to speak. Ideal for the entire family, the festival features jugglers, comedians, storytellers, fire-eaters, mimes, musicians, magicians and dancers. |
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Christmas Lights Across Canada |
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December 2008
Downtown, Ottawa
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All across the country, government buildings, museums and other public spaces get the twinkle light treatment for the month of December. Capital regions such as Ottawa take special pains to create glittering displays with hundreds of thousands of lights, making the holiday season extra festive. |
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Winterlude / Bal de neige |
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(Events - Best of the City) |
February 6 - February 22, 2009
1001 Queen Elizabeth Driveway Rideau Canal & Dows Lake, Ottawa K1S 5K7 • 613-239-5000 • FAX: 613-239-5188
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This popular February event attracts more than 700,000 visitors. Activities include dog sledding, snowmobile races, ice carving, horse-drawn sleigh rides and snow golf. Enjoy ice-skating on the more than four-and-a-half miles of the world's largest naturally frozen ice rink, the Rideau Canal. |
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Festival Canadien des Tulipes |
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(Events - Best of the City) |
May 1 - May 18, 2009
1001 Queen Elizabeth Driveway Dows Lake Pavillion, Ottawa • 613-567-5757 • FAX: 613-567-6216
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Known as the tulip capital of North America, Ottawa fittingly hosts the world's largest tulip festival. This is an ten-day May event showcasing more than three million tulips. The festival originated in 1945 after the city received 100,000 tulip bulbs from the Netherlands' Princess Juliana. There are various admission costs, depending on what you want to see and do. |
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Le Festival Franco-Ontarien |
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(Events - Best of the City) |
June 11 - June 13, 2009
ByWard Market and others, Ottawa K1N 9K1 • 613-321-0102
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Held each June, this lively festival celebrates the Ottawa-Hull region's French heritage. Events take place on both sides of the river, from busking and musical performances to pub crawls, parades, and special art exhibits. Special venues during this mid-summer's event include the ByWard Market, Times Square Building and most of the city's major parks. |
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Festival international de jazz d'Ottawa |
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(Events - Best of the City) |
June 25 - July 5, 2009
Elgin St at Laurier Ave Confederation Park, Ottawa K1P 6H7 • 613-241-2633
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For more than 25 years, this June-July festival has been a summer favorite. The artist lineup features a variety of national and international performers in genres ranging from Dixieland to Fusion. |
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Canada Day Celebrations |
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(Events - Best of the City) |
July 1, 2009
Mackenzie Ave at Murray St Major's Hill Park, Ottawa • 613-239-5000 • FAX: 613-239-5063
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Under the watchful eyes of the Canadian Parliament buildings, Ottawa celebrates Canada Day every July 1st. The celebration features food stalls, entertainers and one of the year's best firework displays. Many other events take place across the region. |
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Bluesfest of Ottawa |
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(Events - Best of the City) |
July 9 - July 19, 2009
Booth St at Scott St LeBreton Flats, Ottawa • 613-247-1188 • FAX: 613-247-2220
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This internationally acclaimed music festival, started in 1994 and held each July, has seen such performers as Blues Traveler, James Brown, R. L. Burnside, Wilson Pickett, and George Thorogood & the Destroyers. The multi-stage event centers around the area of City Hall. |
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Festival international de musique de chambre d'Ottawa |
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(Events - Best of the City) |
July 25 - August 8, 2009
50 Rideau St Rideau Centre, Ottawa K1N 1A3 • 613-234-8008 • FAX: 613-234-7692
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Operated by the Ottawa Chamber Music Society, this two-week festival features an astounding repertoire of world-class soloists and musical ensembles. Past artists have included the likes of violinist Cho-Liang Lin, pianist Angela Hewitt, London's Schubert Ensemble, the Beaux Arts Trio and the Emerson String Quartet. Performances and concerts are held in various venues around town including the Basilique Notre-Dame, Freiman Hall, Christ Church Cathedral and Rideau Hall. Contact the festival office for details. |
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* All distances are
approximate "straight-line" distances.
See Directions for actual "travel distances."
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