

# The Best Things to Do in Ottawa This Weekend

- **Subtitle**: Poutine, spring vibes, and festival people watching all over the city
- **Category**: Festivals
- **Type**: category

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## About

This weekend in Ottawa is very “I should probably leave my couch” energy. Festival season is quietly revving up, and the city’s food trucks, crystal people, and outdoorsy types are already out, claiming their corners. With more than 22,000 people heading to events across town, expect busy transit, lineups for snacks, and that classic Ottawa move: complaining about crowds while still queueing for gravy-soaked carbs.

If you want the loud, messy version of the city, Orléans is where the gravitational pull is strongest. Orléans Poutinefest & Street Food Frenzy (paired with the Orléans Ribfest & Poutine crew) is the one you book first if you’re rolling with friends. It’s plastic-cutlery chaos: deep-fried everything, sauce on your shoes, kids running feral, and way too many options for what is, at the end of the day, fries and cheese. It’s exactly the kind of low-commitment, high-reward outing that defines things to do this weekend in Ottawa.

For a completely different vibe, the Ottawa Rock N' Gem Show and the Ottawa Mystic Market – Beltane are where the crystal collectors, cottage witches, and geology nerds quietly clean up. Think: people who know the difference between seven kinds of quartz and have strong opinions about moon phases. It’s indoors, it’s browse-y, and it’s ideal if you like your weekend plans structured around slow wandering and impulse buys you’ll later defend as “energy investments.”

If your seasonal personality is more “sun on my face, mud on my shoes,” there’s a cluster of spring-forward events like Hop Into Spring / Sautez à deux pieds dans le printemps and Spring Fling 2026 gently dragging Ottawa out of hibernation. Expect families, pastel everything, and that first real taste of outdoor-weekend routine. Meanwhile, Mountains on Stage Summer Edition 2026 – Ottawa is for people who watch climbing films and then immediately google hiking trails they may or may not ever attempt. It’s big-night-out energy for the outdoors crowd, minus actually having to sleep in a tent.

Here’s how to play it:

- Orléans Poutinefest & Street Food Frenzy (with Orléans Ribfest & Poutine): For messy group hangs, cheap thrills, and people-watching over a mountain of fries.
- Ottawa Rock N' Gem Show: For collectors, curious kids, and anyone who can spend an hour debating which rock “feels right.”
- Ottawa Mystic Market – Beltane: For tarot girlies, spiritual dabblers, and anyone building their altar one market at a time.
- Hop Into Spring / Sautez à deux pieds dans le printemps & Spring Fling 2026: For families and chronically online adults looking for wholesome seasonal photos.
- Mountains on Stage Summer Edition 2026 – Ottawa: For adventure-film superfans and the friend in your group who uses the word “stoked” unironically.
- Major’s Hill Park & downtown spots like Ottawa – Your restaurant: For a post-event wander, a patio stop, or a low-key date after the daytime chaos.

## Festivals Events in Ottawa

- **Event Name**: Afro-Caribbean Kinkolé Festival
  - **Description**: Afro-Caribbean Festival | July 24–26, 2026, Britannia Beach: music, DJs, cultures, and authentic flavors brought together in Ottawa.About this EventEnglish Version:🔥 AFRO-CARIBBEAN KINKOLÉ FESTIVAL OTTA
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  - **Date**: Fri Jul 24 2026 at 10:00 am – Sun Jul 26 2026 at 10:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/afro-caribbean-kinkolé-festival/100001983638985604
  - **Venue**: 2805 Carling Ave
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: festivals, art, entertainment, concerts, performances, music, business, food-drinks, fashion, kids, music-festivals
- **Event Name**: Monster Spectacular
  - **Description**: 🌟 Be part of history at Monster Spectacular, an extraordinary gathering that will captivate your imagination! 🏛️ The prestigious Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, ON sets the stage for an u
  - **Date**: Fri May 22 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/monster-spectacular/2300026262358335
  - **Venue**: Canadian Tire Centre
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  - **Price**: USD 57 to 83
  - **Categories**: trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Capital Ribfest & Great Canadian Backyard "Smoke Off" Competition Music City Ottawa LIVE
  - **Description**: WE ARE BACK! Join us for the Biggest and Best Capital Ribfest yet, celebrating 10 years of BIG STICKY Awesomeness and the NEW Great Canadian Backyard "Smoke Off" Competion and more.
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  - **Date**: Fri Jun 05 2026 at 11:30 am – Sun Jun 07 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/capital-ribfest-and-great-canadian-backyard-smoke-off-competition-music-city-ottawa-live/200029483383345
  - **Venue**: 2451 Riverside Dr, Ottawa, ON K1H 7X7, Canada
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  - **Categories**: contests
- **Event Name**: 2026 - Orléans Craft Beer Festival
  - **Description**: 🍻 Orléans Craft Beer Festival 2026 is back!

Join us June 5–6 under the big tent at 255 Centrum Blvd for an unforgettable weekend of craft beer, cider, wine &amp; spirits, delicious local eats, and live music! 🎶

Grab your friends, discover your new favou
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  - **Date**: Fri Jun 05 2026 at 04:00 pm – Sat Jun 06 2026 at 11:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/2026-orléans-craft-beer-festival/200029829580817
  - **Venue**: 255 Centrum Blvd, Ottawa, ON K1E 3V8, Canada
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  - **Categories**: Festivals, Music, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: Ottawa: David Nihill at The Laugh Lounge
  - **Description**: Leaving Dublin, Ireland where he was born and raised until the age of 22, David got drunk on travel and never quite hit sobriety of it. He has lived and worked in twelve countries and visited over seventy. His shows draw on his wide travels, cultural obse
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  - **Date**: Sun Jul 26 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sun Jul 26 2026 at 09:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/ottawa-david-nihill-at-the-laugh-lounge/200029432095440
  - **Venue**: Laugh Lounge
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  - **Categories**: contests, festivals, comedy, art, literary-art, storytelling
- **Event Name**: Barrhaven Ribfest and Poutine
  - **Description**: LET'S GET STICKY! Don't miss this year's Barrhaven Ribfest and Poutine featuring our NEW layout and expanded menu, and even more to do, see, eat, and drink.  #wegotthemeat
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  - **Date**: Fri May 15 2026 at 11:30 am – Mon May 18 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/barrhaven-ribfest-and-poutine/200028283863549
  - **Venue**: 93 Houlahan St, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- **Event Name**: Orléans Poutinefest & Street Food Frenzy
  - **Description**: Get your Poutine On!
  - **Interested Audience**:
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  - **Date**: Fri Apr 24 2026 at 11:00 am – Sun Apr 26 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/orléans-poutinefest-and-street-food-frenzy/200028204250940
  - **Venue**: Orléans Ribfest &amp; Poutine
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  - **Categories**: food-drinks, food-truck-festivals
- **Event Name**: Hop Into Spring / Sautez à deux pieds dans le printemps
  - **Description**: Spring is here, and we are hosting a day of hands-on, family-friendly activities and games to celebrate! Explore the heritage village and discover through fun, engaging play how people, plants and animals marked the turn of the season. Say hello to the Ea
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  - **Date**: Sat Apr 04 2026 at 09:00 am – Sat Apr 04 2026 at 03:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/hop-into-spring-sautez-à-deux-pieds-dans-le-printemps/200029791708930
  - **Venue**: 2940 Old Montreal Road , Ottawa, ON, Canada, Ontario K4C 1G3
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  - **Categories**: exhibitions, easter, easter-bunny
- **Event Name**: SAMEDI 13 JUIN 2026 - KIMYA - JAY SCØTT
  - **Description**: 🔥 SAMEDI 13 JUIN 2026 – SOIRÉE 🔥 

On termine le Festival Franco-Ontarien 2026 en beauté.

Kimya et Jay Scøtt prennent la scène pour une soirée marquante, vibrante et actuelle. Des voix fortes, des textes qui résonnent et une énergie qui promet de faire d
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  - **Date**: Sat Jun 13 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/samedi-13-juin-2026-kimya-jay-scØtt/200029799455619
  - **Venue**: Parc Major's Hill
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  - **Categories**: festivals
- **Event Name**: Founders' Table 2026
  - **Description**: SAVE THE DATE :  FOUNDERS' TABLE
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2026
Dickinson Days 2026 will be a little different this year.
Introducing The Founders’ Table — an open-air dining experience in front of historic Watson’s Mill, featuring a culinary collaboration among
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  - **Date**: Thu Jun 04 2026 at 05:00 pm – Thu Jun 04 2026 at 09:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/founders-table-2026/200029810133113
  - **Venue**: Watson's Mill Manotick
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- **Event Name**: Escapade Music Festival - Sunday
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: RA Centre
🏠 Address: 2451 Riverside drive, Ottawa, Canada
🌆 City: Ottawa
📍 Location: 45.3822, -75.6834🌟 Step into a world of wonder at Escapade Music Festival - Sunday, where extraordinary moments await! 🏛️ Located at RA
  - **Date**: Sun Jun 28 2026 at 05:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/escapade-music-festival-sunday/3200029568626955
  - **Venue**: RA Centre
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  - **Categories**: music-festivals, festivals, music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Westfest
  - **Description**: Westfest is a free, outdoor community festival that blends live music with visual arts and creative expressionAbout this EventWestfestDate &amp; Hours:June 13-14, 2026
  - **Date**: Sat Jun 13 2026 at 10:00 am – Sat Jun 13 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/westfest/100001985899514908
  - **Venue**: Ottawa Bagelshop and Deli
  - **Banner**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Westfest&date=Sat+Jun+13+2026+at+10%3A00+am&bg=4
  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: music, festivals, live-music, entertainment, music-festivals, art
- **Event Name**: আনন্দধারা ১৪৩৩
  - **Description**: ANONDODHARA 1433: SHUNNO LIVE IN OTTAWA! 🤘
​Get ready, Ottawa! The biggest alternative rock event of the year is coming to the nation's capital!
​We are thrilled to announce Anondodhara 1433, an unforgettable night of music, energy, and rock excellence, h
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  - **Date**: Sat Apr 18 2026 at 05:30 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/আনন্দধারা-১৪৩৩/200029372345802
  - **Venue**: Kailash Mital Theatre
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  - **Categories**: art, theatre, pop, festivals, music, entertainment, live-music
- **Event Name**: Ibrahim Maalouf in Ottawa
  - **Description**: 🎤 Join Ibrahim Maalouf LIVE at Confederation Park on Sunday, June 28, 2026! 🎤  
Here is the moment you've been waiting for! Ibrahim Maalouf is coming to Confederation Park on Sunday, June 28
  - **Date**: Sun Jun 28 2026 at 06:00 pm – Sun Jun 28 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/ibrahim-maalouf-in-ottawa/3300029509902908
  - **Venue**: Confederation Park
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- **Event Name**: CARIVIBE STREET FESTIVAL
  - **Description**: Caribbean culture takes over the city at Carivibe Street FestivalAbout this EventCARIVIBE STREET FESTIVAL ☀️🌴Caribbean culture takes over the city
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  - **Date**: Sat Jul 25 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sun Jul 26 2026 at 03:00 am (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/carivibe-street-festival/100001984208923303
  - **Venue**: Skate &amp; Play
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  - **Price**: CAD 12 to 49
  - **Categories**: festivals, food-truck-festivals, parties, entertainment, brunch, kids, reggae

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  - **Venue**: National Arts Theatre Southam Hall
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- [Festivals Events This Weekend in Ottawa](https://allevents.in/ottawa/festivals--this-weekend)
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- [Festivals Events in May in Ottawa](https://allevents.in/ottawa/festivals--may)

## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Festivals events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** Afro-Caribbean Kinkolé Festival (Fri Jul 24 2026 at 10:00 am at 2805 Carling Ave), Monster Spectacular (Fri May 22 2026 at 07:00 pm at Canadian Tire Centre), Capital Ribfest & Great Canadian Backyard "Smoke Off" Competition Music City Ottawa LIVE (Fri Jun 05 2026 at 11:30 am at 2451 Riverside Dr, Ottawa, ON K1H 7X7, Canada), 2026 - Orléans Craft Beer Festival (Fri Jun 05 2026 at 04:00 pm at 255 Centrum Blvd, Ottawa, ON K1E 3V8, Canada), Ottawa: David Nihill at The Laugh Lounge (Sun Jul 26 2026 at 07:30 pm at Laugh Lounge).
- **Q**: What are the top free Festivals events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** Afro-Caribbean Kinkolé Festival (Fri Jul 24 2026 at 10:00 am at 2805 Carling Ave), Westfest (Sat Jun 13 2026 at 10:00 am at Ottawa Bagelshop and Deli).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Ottawa this weekend April 3–5, 2026?
  - **A:** Hop Into Spring / Sautez à deux pieds dans le printemps (Sat Apr 04 2026 at 09:00 am at 2940 Old Montreal Road , Ottawa, ON, Canada, Ontario K4C 1G3).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Ottawa in April 2026?
  - **A:** Orléans Poutinefest & Street Food Frenzy (Fri Apr 24 2026 at 11:00 am at Orléans Ribfest &amp; Poutine), Hop Into Spring / Sautez à deux pieds dans le printemps (Sat Apr 04 2026 at 09:00 am at 2940 Old Montreal Road , Ottawa, ON, Canada, Ontario K4C 1G3), আনন্দধারা ১৪৩৩ (Sat Apr 18 2026 at 05:30 pm at Kailash Mital Theatre).
- **Q**: How can I find Festivals events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Festivals events in Ottawa on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Festivals events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Festivals events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Festivals events in Ottawa include 2805 Carling Ave, Canadian Tire Centre, 2451 Riverside Dr, Ottawa, ON K1H 7X7, Canada.
- **Q**: What is the price range for Festivals events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** Prices for Festivals events in Ottawa range from CAD 12 to CAD 83. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Festivals events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Festivals events in Ottawa include Opulence Affairs  Official, Ticket Network Events, Capital RibFest Ottawa.
- **Q**: Are there any online Festivals events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Festivals events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Festivals events in Ottawa?
  - **A:** Follow the Festivals category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Festivals events are listed in Ottawa.

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