Note: Due to COVID19, many of these are closed. However, when things resume…
Ottawa has an incredible array of music festivals around the clock. Here’s the Central Website for Ottawa Festivals
JUNE
- What: a large street party, art, cultural and music festival
- Where: Laroche Park, 52 Bayview Rd, Ottawa
- When: first weekend of June
- Cost: free
- What: Giant block party (10 blocks!) with DJs and live bands, artwork, and all in the dark with glow sticks, lights and fluroescence
- Where: Bank street in the Glebe, Ottawa
- When: 3rd weekend in June
- Cost: free
- Quoi : musique francophone;
- Quand :3e fin de semaine du mois de juin;
- Où : Major Hill’s Park, Ottawa;
- Coût :
- Adultes : 20$;
- Enfants : gratuit.
Ottawa International Jazz Festival
- What: Music festival (jazz, blues)
- When: last 2 weeks of June
- Where: downtown Ottawa both indoors and outdoors
- Cost:
- Single tickets: $20-65/show depending on event
- Festival pass: $200-325 depending on number of venus; youth $90 all access
- What: Electronic music festival
- Where: Rideau Carleton Entertainment Centre, 4837 Albion Road
- When: last week of June
- Cost: 2-day pass $149
JULY
- What: Music festival (pop, rock, alternative, and more)
- When: first 2 weeks in July
- Where: Lebreton flats, Ottawa
- Cost:
- 2 week pass: 240$;
- Nightly pass: 40-60$.
AUGUST
- What: Independent music festival
- When: 3rd week of August
- Where: outdoors historic sites throughout the city
- Cost: Daily pass $25, full festival pass $60
SEPTEMBER
- What: Music festival (mostly indie, folk, alternative);
- When: 3rd week/weekend in September;
- Where: Landsdowne Park, Ottawa;
- Cost:
- Day pass $56
- Multi-day: 2-day pass $90, 3-day pass $99, Full pass $129