June 2026 Events (588 events)
Browse festivals, concerts, cultural events, sports, and more in Ottawa during June 2026.
Les lundis des tout-petits: French story time with Luana
Join us on Mondays for story time with Luana. Delight in tales that will sweep you away on journeys through magical worl…
Doors Open Ottawa 2026
Explore 89 fascinating buildings and sites across Ottawa for free during Doors Open Ottawa 2026, part of the 25th annive…
Destress with Dogs! | Déstresser avec des chiens!
Attention teens! Meet and interact with professional therapy dogs to de-stress from your exams. ****Attention, ados! Ren…
Thriving Together: Affordability and Financial Well-Being
A community lunch at Ceylonta Restaurant featuring two experts on practical grocery saving strategies and helpful Ottawa…
Canadian blood services
In honour of National Blood Donor Week the Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library invites you to a talk by Canadi…
Summer Indigenous Art Market
Gather with us on Sunday June 7 from 11am-5pm in the Gail & David O’Brien Atrium as we host Indigenous artists and artis…
Les lundis des tout-petits: French story time with Luana
Join us on Mondays for story time with Luana. Delight in tales that will sweep you away on journeys through magical worl…
Luv2Groove: Groove Mode ON! / Mode Groove: ACTIVÉ!
Groove Mode: ON! Get into the groove in this highly energetic and interactive dance session! Participants will explore s…
Powwow Life-Drawing
Come join us for this two-hour life-drawing session where you can capture the dynamic beauty of powwow dances and their…
Les lundis des tout-petits: French story time with Luana
Join us on Mondays for story time with Luana. Delight in tales that will sweep you away on journeys through magical worl…
Disarranged Marriage
Rory has found himself the perfect fiancée – Serenade, who ran away five years ago against her parents’ wishes. He gets…
The Etymology of Love
What is love? Is it romance, or something deeper? Love is the invisible thread connecting us across race, country, dista…
Adult Craft Night: Mini Birdhouses
Join us for a fun evening of crafting! We will be painting mini decorative birdhouses. All supplies are provided. Please…
HOME(sic)
The multi-award wining team behind Generic Male returns with a spectacular fusion of movement, illusion, and dynamic phy…
Onwards!
ONWARDS, hurtling through the chaotic balancing act of life vs robots. Dark comedic storytelling + virtuoso singing by o…
Schedule of Loss
In February 2023, an apartment building in Ottawa was destroyed by fire. In a matter of hours, Claire Biddiscombe lost h…
Black Fish
The story of a young woman who is challenged by simple questions about whether to leave or to stay. The conflict of her…
Homecumming
Homecumming follows a woman who loses her orgasms… and loses herself. While orgasms are the inciting incident (and an en…
Small Fish
Small Fish is a living room dance routine gone nuclear. Glenys Marshall (beautiful libra woman) and Maggie May Harder (l…
Rainbow Conceptions
A true-ish story of Greer, a Queer wobbling along the STRAIGHT path to parenthood. With Fab, a witchy best friend, Billi…
Rat Academy
Come along with Fingers and Shrimp, the last rats in Alberta, and learn how they survive in a world that hates them. Fin…
Emo Majok: African Aussie
Award-winning South Sudanese-Australian comedian Emo Majok brings his hit show African Aussie to the stage with raw stor…
john jack josie – JUICE
A three character, one clown, solo storytelling show. Join Juice as they reveal their truest self along with a fair bit…
Joplin: Rock on Out
A raw, soulful journey through the music of Janis Joplin by way of a tribute concert honouring her voice and her story.…
Umugisha
A DIY micro-poem musical about a second-gen Burundian queer who, through constant questioning of their belonging, decide…
9 Lives, 8 Near-misses : life lessons from near-death events
A car crash full of kids. A knife-wielding madman. True love, pernicious patriarchy, and the perils of both. A kungfu ca…
Argile verte
Sarah just lost her mother. Shit’s hitting the fan. She needs to go back to her hometown to face her ghost. A fantastiqu…
Mom Jokes
We hear dad jokes everywhere – on t.v., social media, family dinners, posters on the dentist’s bathroom door. Where are…
Barry Potter and the Magic of Wizardry
From 21 x Fringe Fest award winner Tim Motley (Dirk Darrow): Experience the wonder of world-class wizardry in a realm of…
Working Title
WORKING TITLE is a devised performance piece that combines visceral movement with live-cued soundscapes to explore how t…
Crabs! The Musical
Three giant mutant crabs crawl out of the polluted deep and claw their way into the big human city—with songs, dances, r…
Dwarves & Dark Places
Under the mountains you will find the mines, and in the mines you will find the hardworking dwarves. And in these mines,…
Karl the Cat and the Junkyard Pack
Karl is an adventurous cat, exploring the garbage peaks and demolished cars of their junkyard home, but they struggle wi…
4.5 Stars or Things I’ve Learned While Dating in My 20s
What do sex and Excel have in common? How would you rate your love life? What the hell could a 24-year-old know about da…
A Lesbian in the Kitchen – A Cosy Queer Baking Show
Willow Rosenberg (she/her) invites you into her kitchen and bakes you cookies while sharing stories centred around some…
Les Aventures d’Humphrey Beauregret – Fossette Boudoir
Humphrey Beauregret, détective privé sur le déclin, tente de survivre à son existence. Son alcoolisme tenace et ses prob…
A Cabaret of Legends
Legendary songs from the collections of legendary artists, and the stories behind them. International award-winning voca…
Politicians are Puppets
This show is about politics and is not for the faint of heart. Due to the subject matter you will be taken on an emotion…
All Fall Down: An Improvised Murder Mystery
Something sinister stirs in the shadows. A classic mystery is about to unfold: a group of intriguing, often eccentric ch…
The Syllabus
Public displays of affection! Mass shootings! Drugs, deities – it’s the first day of class, and Prof. G. explains why yo…
Mommy, I’m Stuck in Highschool!
Life isn’t easy for the emo girl in a suburban town’s high school. That is until Devon — a senior who’s never quite fit…
The Persistent Stain
What do you do when you’ve followed your dream but the dream is no longer enough? “The Persistent Stain” is a second-wav…
AWOL: 2 Old Men Escape From A Care Home & Go To A Metal Fest…
Cyril doesn’t like old people, which is a shame, because he is one. When he learns his estranged granddaughter, Lily, ha…
Gander Euphoria: A Pretty Gay Goose Play
From the creators of the 17x sold-out Fringe hit A Sexy Pigeon Show! Experience the history of queer resistance like nev…
I have a dream in Chinese
A Chinese immigrant travels from Hong Kong to Vancouver while unraveling the fracture between her two names, two languag…
Completely Forgettable
What if you lived your whole life afraid of being forgotten? In “Completely Forgettable”, a hilarious and deeply vulnera…
Who’s Gonna Push Your Wheelchair?
What happens when a girl with bad boyfriends, a messy family, and a predilection for self-sabotage faces a future of dis…
La tragédie du Brise-Glace
Aboard the Ice-Breaker, Captain Hubert Kizmo sets sail with two close friends and three sailors still new to the waves.…
Robin Hood But Everyone is a Glove
Robin Hood: Outlaw. Adventurer. Icon. And, for one Fringe only, a Glove. It’s got puppets. It’s got action. It’s got tax…
Aberration
In a rural farmhouse, the dysfunctional Cain family is rocked when eldest brother Andrew reappears after a week-long dis…
Neo Soul Ties
A dance show like no other. TAP DANCE. LIVE MUSIC. IMPROVISATION. CHOREOGRAPHY. A vibrant CELEBRATION of BLACK AMERICAN…
Un moment ou un autre
Une adaptation libre du film underground danois de 1931, Et øjeblik eller et andet réalisé par Torben Rasmussen. L’histo…
A Seance Spectacular with the Mystical Medium Wolf Sisters f…
A Victorian seance gone awry. Part comedy, part scare, this 60-minute show created and performed by these ‘hilarious hos…
How To Love A Fascist
Award-winning comedian Cassie Cao (CBC, Crave, JFL) returns to Ottawa with a brand-new solo show. The only show about lo…
BELT
Big laughs. Catchy songs. Joyful chaos. BELT is a family-friendly musical where every show feels like opening night, bec…
The Rock That Boated
It’s 1804, that rascal Napoleon rules the waves, and the British Navy’s favourite tactical island has gone adrift. Can i…
A Life of My Own
After fleeing a controlling relationship and a lifetime of family pressure, Maddie begins rebuilding her life from the g…
Card Magic
“How did you do that?” Is the exact question that will be asked and answered in this Sleight of Hand Card Magic show. As…
Inhuman Resources
What’s worse? Waiting for something good to happen, or waiting for something bad? Find out in this Godot-inspired tragic…
Aliya Kanani: A Comedian’s Guide To Enlightenment
Award-winning comedian Aliya Kanani is going through the same existential crisis you are — out loud. Join her for an upr…
Mickey Mouse Shot Me In The Ass
A captivating high-energy journey through hilarious stories inspired by the unique real-life experiences of stand-up com…
Dimensions of Opacity
BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE & HEADPHONES. Choose your path. Do not feel the need to explain what you chose or why. An experime…
The Historical Society of Ottawa presents: "History of Gays…
Gays of Ottawa (GO, 1971-1995) was Ottawa’s first 2SLGBTQ+ organization. It provided social services, led political acti…
Darkness and Light: reflections of a human rights worker on…
Nancy O’Rourke writes personal essays and memoir that braid lived experience with a lifelong commitment to social justic…
Schrödinger’s Lottery Ticket
Find the point where science, magic, and luck intersect, and you can control fate… or can you? What would you be willing…
InTouch: An Immersive Close-up Magic Show
Feel human connections in Canada’s most intimate magic show. Created by Jin Li, a featured performer with 17 years of ex…
Confidences et catastrophes
(This show is in French with English captions.) Some friendships hang on by a thread. Some friendships end before they b…
Roominant
Roominant follows Miko as she works through a rejection. Withdrawing into her internal world she comes face to face with…
CRACKS: a one trans-woman dark comedy memoir
A one-trans-woman dark comedy memoir about growing up in the Catholic Church and a JROTC military high school and the pe…
A Little Death
A new work with all-original songs, poems, and script by Thandizo Joy. Blending her Malawian heritage with poetry, rap,…
Solovela, An Improvised Solo Telenovela
Watch the sexiest, most melodramatic improv show of your life! Critics’ Choice winner Diane Jorge (2025 Orlando Fringe)…
Les lundis des tout-petits: French story time with Luana
Join us on Mondays for story time with Luana. Delight in tales that will sweep you away on journeys through magical worl…
Jimmy Hogg: Mashed
After SOLD-OUT runs across Canada in 2024 & 2025 British comedian and storyteller Jimmy Hogg (The Potato King) returns t…
The Yodeling Ranger
Who is the Yodeling Ranger? An Imposter? A Hero? A Fool? Or proof that even the most frivolous act of music can be life-…
Martin Dockery: Wanderlust
In this multi-award-winning, true odyssey, Dockery negotiates the giddiness, terror, & absurdities in travel & love, as…
Welcoming Ottawa Week 2026: Rideau Branch | Semaine d’accue…
Discover Rideau branch and visit our community resource fair. You will meet local service providers offering support in…
Mei Semones
Presented by spectrasonic with the support of Ontario Creates, SAW and Collective Arts
EEPMON
Come to the Jackson Café to discover two large murals, featuring the digital artwork of Eric Chan (aka eepmon)! In Futur…
Visions and Views
The Firestone Collection of Canadian Art is a significant art collection that spans the modern period and includes work…
Chaos Bloom – Tidal Wave
In the digital realm, EEPMON merges code and creativity, crafting intricate compositions exploring the micro and macro.…
Qikiqtait ᕿᑭᖅᑕᐃᑦ
The Qikiqtait exhibition in the Polar Knowledge Canada Northern Voices Gallery celebrates Inuit knowledge and innovation…
Toddler Tuesdays at National Arts Centre
Interactive performing arts program for children aged 18 months - 5 years. Singing, dancing, games, story time and creat…
Sylvia Safdie: TERRA
Sylvia Safdie: TERRA examines the decades-long career of Montreal-based artist Sylvia Safdie through a selection of her…
Life onto Land: The Devonian
Find out how life took its first steps onto land. Discover Tiktaalik, an iconic fossil that helps us understand how fins…
Threshold
Created by Ottawa-based artist Jennifer Macklem with studio assistance from Faezeh Maleki, these three large dragonfly w…
Diatom Rose Window
In this work, Ottawa-based artist Jennifer Macklem draws inspiration from an enlarged image of a diatom – microscopic je…
Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast
Organized by the Audain Art Museum, Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast sheds light on and celebrates women's contribut…
What’s in a Frame? 200+ Years of Community Portraits
Our upcoming temporary exhibition, What’s in a Frame? 200+ Years of Community Portraits, officially launches on May 15th…
Flightpaths: Initiations
This interactive artwork encourages visitors to handle, move, and stack magnetic shapes – moths, butterflies and childre…
becoming|un|becoming: deepening relations
The artworks by Leah Decter, a white settler artist and scholar, offer an opportunity to reflect on repair and care of r…
Contact Zones: Gerald McMaster and the Reshaping of Canadian…
An accomplished artist, author, curator and educator, Gerald McMaster has had a profound impact on how contemporary Indi…
Sàgàbigonì
This banner combines detailed images from artist Stephanie Tenasco’s beaded deer hide work Kìwàbandamogoban “he/she had…
SoulRhythms
A bilingual Afro-Caribbean movement and dance class at the NAC led by Cultural Arts Studio facilitator Suzan Richards.
Diego Rivera Meets Henry Moore
Diego Rivera Meets Henry Moore pairs an international loan with a work from the Gallery’s collection to tell new stories…
Intertwined
In a time marked by our increasingly complex relationship to the natural world, Intertwined brings together artists for…
Frame of Mind: 10 Years of Creative Space
Celebrating its 10th year and 9th exhibition, Creative Space is an ongoing program and part of a well-established partne…
Metcalfe Book Club
Meet your neighbours and discuss great books in a relaxed atmosphere. All are welcome!Drop-in every last Thursday of the…
Groupe de conversation en français- Jeudi soir
Profitez de notre groupe de conversation afin d'améliorer vos habiletés en français l'oral. Join our free French Conve…
confinement (2024-2025)
This exhibition explores the artist’s experience under the shadows of the pandemic. During her almost daily walks, Roxan…
Rideau Friday English Conversation Group
Do you already have some basic English language skills, and are you looking for a casual, friendly environment where you…
Groupe de conversation en français | French conversation gro…
Rejoignez notre groupe de conversation pour pratiquer le français dans une atmosphère détendue.Join our French conversat…
Memory Café
An open house for persons with dementia, their care partners and families. Fun and stimulating mental activities are pla…
Vernon Book Club
Everyone is welcome to join Vernon’s book club!Visit with your friends and neighbours to discuss great books.First Thurs…
French Conversation-Intermediate, Groupe de conversation- ni…
Améliorez votre français parlé et rencontrez des gens dans une ambiance décontractée et conviviale. Niveau intermédiaire…
Helen McNicoll: An Impressionist Journey
Helen McNicoll: An Impressionist Journey invites audiences to rediscover the career of a pioneering Canadian artist, who…
The Sunnyside 2nd Friday Book Club
Meet new people and join in discussions on selected titles in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere every second Friday of t…
Canada at War Against Japan, 1941–1945
Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, this exhibition explores different aspects of Canada’s…
Canada’s Unknown Soldier
Discover the history behind one of Canada’s most powerful symbols of remembrance. Marking 25 years since the repatriatio…
Portraits – Stories of Black Canadian Military Service
Recognizing a proud tradition through compelling accounts of service and sacrifice. Black Canadians have had an enduring…
Winners of the National Youth Remembrance Contests 2025
Each year, students across the country submit artwork, poetry, essays and videos to the National Youth Remembrance Conte…
Collage Club
Come join us for a fun collage session! Explore your creative side and piece together something beautiful. Collages make…
Wild Colour
Through nearly 200 specimens, audio stories, and immersive colour zones, Wild Colour reveals how living things use colou…
The Sunnyside Mystery Book Club
Do you enjoy reading mysteries? Share the enjoyment of good mysteries in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us for discussion us…
Teen Book Club
Calling all bookworms! Come meet new friends and expand your literary horizons at the Sunnyside Teen Book Club. We meet…
Close to Conflict – Canada and the American Civil War
Explore the ways that the American Civil War (1861-1865) shaped Canadian society, politics and military - and why its le…
Qillaniq
The artworks celebrated in "Qillaniq" are multi-vocal, multi-disciplinary and improvisational, inspired by Indigenous va…
Timescapes
In the context of Ottawa’s bicentennial anniversary, and the large-scale environmental transformation that has occured o…