January 2027 Events (67 events)
Browse festivals, concerts, cultural events, sports, and more in Ottawa during January 2027.
The Sound of Music
For 65 years, The Sound of Music has been one of our “favorite things.” With its timeless story and irresistibly charmin…
Dancing Queen: The Best of ABBA: with the NAC Orchestra
Sing along, dance in your seat, and have the time of your life as Rajaton fills Southam Hall with the electrifying sound…
The Diviners: Based on the novel by Margaret Laurence. Text…
An NAC Indigenous Theatre/NAC English Theatre Co-production Originally produced by the Stratford Festival ## Some truths…
The Snow Queen
Step into a magical winter wonderland in The Snow Queen, a heartwarming family adventure adapted by Stacey Lane from the…
Yoann Bourgeois & Patrick Watson: Breathtaking fusion of liv…
Music meets movement in this captivating collaboration between Patrick Watson and Yoann Bourgeois. Rooted in a shared be…
Toronto Comedy All Stars: Celebrating 12 years of sold out s…
*This show has sold out for 11 seasons in a row so purchasing advanced tickets is highly recommended* Boasting dozens of…
Mozart's Flights of Fancy: Kinderconcert series
One afternoon, Mozart and his big sister, Maria Anna, find themselves home alone for an hour of free time! Excited by th…
Mozart’s Flights of Fancy: Kinderconcert series
One afternoon, Mozart and his big sister, Maria Anna, find themselves home alone for an hour of free time! Excited by th…
Ottawa Jazz Orchestra: Grit N’ Groove
The Ottawa Jazz Orchestra, featuring vocalist Diane Nalini, serves up an electrifying evening with fresh, heavy-hitting…
Storgårds, Beethoven & Tetzlaff: With the NAC Orchestra
A few things to know... Music Director John Storgårds leads a night that journeys between bold heroism and brooding inte…
OTTAWA SUITE
Ottawa Suite invites audiences into a vivid, time‑traveling celebration of the city’s musical soul. Created by award‑win…
SWEAT
Based on extensive research and interviews, SWEAT follows a tight-knit group of coworkers who have shared their lives bo…
Storgårds & Hewitt: With the NAC Orchestra
Explore the romance and passion of Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto, one of the composer’s many musical love letters to…
Tout ça: A woman’s whole life in a single breath
The incomparable British playwright Alistair McDowall, skilfully translated here by none other than Fanny Britt, manages…
Beverly Glenn-Copeland: with Owen Pallett
Celebrating four decades since the release of his groundbreaking album Keyboard Fantasies, Beverly Glenn-Copeland return…
Classic Albums Live: Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
Rumours is the eleventh studio album by the British and American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 4 February 1977, b…
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…
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…
Canadian War Museum - Free Thursday Evenings
Free museum admission every Thursday evening with special exhibitions on Canadian military history. Reservations require…
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…
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…
Canada’s Unknown Soldier
Discover the history behind one of Canada’s most powerful symbols of remembrance. Marking 25 years since the repatriatio…
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…
Timescapes
In the context of Ottawa’s bicentennial anniversary, and the large-scale environmental transformation that has occured o…
2026 Sobey Art Award Exhibition
In collaboration with the Sobey Art Foundation, the National Gallery of Canada is proud to present works by six artists…
Marion Wagschal: Cyclops and Other Tales
Spanning five decades, this exhibition highlights the enduring relevance of the figurative practice of Montreal-based ar…
Frame by Frame: Animation in Ottawa
Shaped by artists, filmmakers, researchers and studios, animation in Ottawa has evolved through a dynamic exchange of cr…
Memory Palace
A memory palace is an imagined place in the mind, organizing memories and experiences—past and potential. More than a me…
Winners of the National Youth Remembrance Contests 2026
Each year, students across the country submit artwork, poetry, essays and videos to the National Youth Remembrance Conte…
Takao Tanabe: Inside Passage
Featuring more than sixty paintings, Inside Passage showcases Takao Tanabe’s seven-decade career, while also marking his…
Sites of Agency: Studio Photography
More than any other medium, photography offers the possibility of being seen, remembered and affirmed. Gallery: Special…
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“Safe?... don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good.…