July 2026 Events (463 events)
Browse festivals, concerts, cultural events, sports, and more in Ottawa during July 2026.
Splish Splash! | Splouff!
Dive into hands-on crafting fun! Make art inspired by water, waves, and the sea while discovering your artsy side! Explo…
Learn Alotl about Axolotls
Refresh your knowledge on the most curious of creatures - axolotls! With different stations and activities, there’s some…
Ahoy, Matey!
Sail the seven seas. It’s time to go on a treasure hunt! Join us and make some pirate-themed crafts fit for a captain! D…
Zine Making for Families
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll learn how to design and create your own zines! A fanzine, or zine for short…
“Sea” you at the Craft Table! Origami Aquatic Animals | Rend…
Come craft at the library. Fold paper into fish and other cool water creatures using the traditional Japanese art of ori…
Knitting + Mairi LIVE
OUTKZT Ottawa
OUTKZT Ottawa brings an all-night techno experience to City at Night in an intimate, high-energy setting with a no-photo…
DARC’s 2026 Garage Sale
Presented by the Digital Arts Resource Centre
Summer Watercolour Workshop- Loose Florals: Painting with Fr…
Learn how to paint flowers with confidence! This workshop focuses on flow rather than perfectionism! #watercolourart #wa…
Hyperfixation Showcase
Your time to passionately info-dump has arrived. Join us at Arlington Five for Hyperfixation Showcase, a fun, chaotic ev…
Dive into discovery | Plongez dans la découverte
Dive deeper. Discover more!We will be exploring the wonders of the ocean through hands-on fun. We will be creating ocean…
Stay Current!
Stay current - Thurs, July 23 at 3pm Refresh your knowledge of facts, fish, and fun! Come in for a fun game of jeopardy-…
Adult Craft Night: Paint Night at the Library
Join us for a fun evening of crafting! In July, we will be painting canvasses to a follow-along step-by-step video. All…
Starting Five Presents... SUNDOWN
Paper Quilling – Bookmarks / Quilling sur papier- signets
Paper quilling is the art of rolling, shaping, and gluing thin strips of paper to create decorative designs and intricat…
SEA you at the Craft Table | Rendez-vous à la table de bric’…
SEA you at the Craft TableDive into creativity and make your very own ocean‑inspired masterpiece—think waves, sea creatu…
Blue Planet Adventures
It’s a big place out there! Come join us as we circumnavigate this big blue sphere we all call home. We will be testing…
EEPMON
Come to the Jackson Café to discover two large murals, featuring the digital artwork of Eric Chan (aka eepmon)! In Futur…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Wild Colour
Through nearly 200 specimens, audio stories, and immersive colour zones, Wild Colour reveals how living things use colou…
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…
Free Thursday Evenings
Visit the Bytown Museum for free on Thursday evenings from 5–8 PM in July and August. Explore Ottawa’s history and enjoy…
LEGO Party | Fête en blocs
LEGO PartyCreate and build with LEGO®! Budding architects, ready to have fun one block at a time? Grab your LEGO®! Toget…
Book Talk: Manga
Share discussions and activities around your favourite light novels and manga books. Who knows, you might find your next…
Life Drawing
Art House presents weekly 'Life Drawing' sessions on Tuesdays between 7-9:30 pm. Host Shawn Hunsdale invites a different…
Royal Oak Trivia
Think you’ve got what it takes to be trivia champ? Join us for Trivia Nights at the pub! Bring your friends, grab a drin…
Life Drawing with Shawn Hunsdale
Join us for an uninstructed Life Drawing Sessions, facilitated by local artist Shawn Hunsdale. Sessions begin January 7,…
Historic Places Days
Join the Bytown Museum for fun and discovery during Historic Places Days from July 11th – 25th! This year’s theme, Commu…
Open Mic Night
Welcome to the weekly Open Mic night at Art House! Open to performances by artists of all skill levels, in all formats a…
Rural Business Touchpoint
Chat with a City of Ottawa Rural Business Liaison to ask questions about your business ideas, plans and impediments.
Teen Social: Create & Craft | Social pour ados : Créez & bri…
Drop-in to explore different crafting styles. A variety of materials will be available for you to use and explore. Our c…