Events in Ottawa: March 17 to 19, 2017

1. Science Workshops at Lee Valley Tools

Round up your kids or grand kids and become scientists with Scientists in School and Lee Valley Tools! Details

2. Stanley Cup Homecoming

As part of the Stanley Cup’s 125th anniversary celebrations, take your photo with the oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in North America, right next to the portrait of Lord Stanley himself, Canada’s 6th governor general and donor of the Cup. Details

3. Rogers Hometown Hockey

The Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour is the ultimate hockey fan experience, making stops in communities across Canada. Our FREE festival kicks off on Sparks Street starting at 12pm on Saturday March 18th and will feature family-friendly programming and activities all weekend long. Help us celebrate Canada’s game by picking up a virtual autograph inside the Rogers Tent, meet your favourite NHL Alumni in the Scotiabank Community Locker Room, and cheer for your local minor hockey teams in the Cheer Like Never Before contest.  Details

4. Family Sunday: Time Travel

Step back in time to meet characters from the past and future on a time travel tour of the Gallery. Watch a live performance of dances from different time periods, then try your moves on the dance floor!  Details

5. Sugar bush

Visit the historical farm site, see all kinds of animals on the farm site, have taffy on the snow,  warm up at the bonfire while waiting for the wagon ride that will take you out to the sugar bush..  Details

1. Fred Eaglesmith

Fred Eaglesmith can talk to you about almost anything. Chances are, he’s had that car, tractor, job, relationship, idea, and hat. But throughout his life and experiences there is always one thing that has remained the same: his undeniable gift for writing a song. Details

2. Matthew Good

Warner Music recording artist Matthew Good has gone into the famous Bathouse Recording Studio to record new versions of select songs from his most iconic album, Beautiful Midnight. Good will celebrate the release of this EP, titled I Miss New Wave: Beautiful Midnight Revisited with a 28 date Canadian tour, in which he will perform Beautiful Midnight in its entirety. Details

3. Spectacle de Paul Daraîche et Guylaine Tanguay

Paul Daraîche and Guylaine Tanguay, two artists with remarkable success, will hit the stage of the Theatre du Casino to present a Country music show. A performance that promises to be rich in emotions. Details

4. Alejandra Ribera

Alejandra Ribera has been writing about the unexpected places we find light since the release of her critically acclaimed debut album La boca. In her sophomore release THIS ISLAND, the award-wining songwriter continues her exploration of luminescence – this time leaving the depths of mythological waters and delving firmly into the experience of the human heart. Details

5. Stanley Cup 125th Anniversary Tribute Concert

The Ottawa 2017 Bureau, the National Hockey League, Live Nation Canada and the Ottawa Senators are pleased to announce that the Stanley Cup® 125th Anniversary Tribute Concert will feature musical performances by Metric, The Sheepdogs and bilingual artists Bobby Bazini and Kevin Bazinet, who will showcase their talent in both French and English. Details

6. Mozart’s Requiem

Mozart’s timeless Requiem is the centerpiece for an evening of glorious choral singing led by our very own NAC Principal Guest Conductor John Storgårds. Details

7. Steve Hill

2015 Juno Award Winner for Blues Album of the Year, 2015 Maple Blues Award Winner for Electric Act of the Year, Guitarist of the Year, Recording/Producer of the Year and Entertainer of the Year. Details

8. Songs Of Muslim Women

Songs Of Muslim Women: An event where local Muslim women musicians share original and traditional songs from various music styles sharing a spiritual thread.
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9.All-Canadian Jazz in Tribute of Canada’s 150th!

Celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday through music! Compositions by jazz musicians across the country, and even in Ottawa’s own backyard!
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10. Ottawa Jazz Orchestra

Join vocalist Diane Nalini and an eight-piece group from the Ottawa Jazz Orchestra as they perform joyful and intimate songs from Brazil and France, alongside some new original material composed and arranged by Diane. Details

11. Angela Hewitt: Bach Odyssey II

Angela Hewitt’s journey through the complete keyboard works of J.S. Bach in her twelve-concert Bach Odyssey continues with his six simply stunning French Suites. Presented in partnership with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Details

12. Bangers & Mash

BANGERS & MASH is an ode to the fresh soul music scene in Ottawa, Ontario. On Saturday March 18, we’re hosting 7 bands and 4 DJs in 2 venues over 5 hours. Details

13. Stephen Fearing

Folk-rocker Stephen Fearing is one of the most respected names in the North American roots music scene, earning praise from industry heavyweights, collaborating with artists across the continent, and collecting major awards along the way. Aside from a Canadian Folk Music Awards / Prix de musique folk canadienne and a West Coast Music Award, Fearing can claim one Juno win for his solo album Yellowjacket and another with his group Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. Details

14. Mehdi Cayenne

Mehdi Cayenne Club is bilingual punk couscous. An intergalactic whack!, edgy, serious and smiling. Tunes by sensitive guys with something bizarre, risqué, and raw about them. It’s groove funk, screaming folk and then whispering folk. Together they form a trio; as a solo it’s just Mehdi and his many personalities. They released the album Luminata in 2011 and NA NA BOO BOO in 2013; now they’re back in 2016 with AUBE. Details

15. Joel Plaskett

When Bill Plaskett and his son Joel Plaskett get together to write songs the result, as Bill describes it, is “a touch of the traditional mixed in with the new, and a lot of the unexpected, arrived at through experimentation.” The result is Solidarity, an album that welds Bill’s traditional folk leanings with Joel’s long and acclaimed history in the Canadian rock landscape. Details

16. Venetian Vespers by Candlelight

Be transported to the splendours of 17th-century Venice with a candlelit performance of music by Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Aleotti and their contemporaries. Details

17. Chris Stapleton

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Catch Me If You Can The Musical

 Catch Me If You Can follows the adventures of Frank Abagnale Jr., a suburban kid in the early 1960s who leaves home before graduating from high school and parlays a gift for telling tall tales and forging checks into an around-the-world spree. Doggedly pursued by FBI agent Carl Hanratty, Frank manages to pose as an airline pilot, an emergency room doctor and a lawyer, and wins the heart of nurse Brenda Strong along the way.  Details

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1. Ottawa Valley Farm Show

Of particular interest to farm families and other rural residents, the show displays everything from machinery, seed, and equipment, to agricultural associations and financial services. We also feature several pieces of machinery outside. Details

2. Ottawa Irish Festival

Ottawa Irish Festival is held each year to celebrate the contributions of the peoples who immigrated from Ireland over the years to build this country and have left a legacy of several generations in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. Featuring a variety of cultural and social events, including the annual St. Patrick’s Parade and Party, and the Erin Luncheon in support of St. Patrick’s Home of Ottawa. Details

3. Ottawa Storytellers – Voices From The Adoption Files

Voices from the Adoption Files written & directed by Lesley Parlane, performed by Steafan Hannigan, Lesley Parlane, Beverley McKiver, Louise Profeit-LeBlanc, and Neal Shannacappo. Details

4. Shamrock Shindig

Join us to celebrate St. Patrick’s at the SHAMROCK SHINDIG featuring local band Sticks ‘n Stones. Enjoy dancing, games, beer & wine, and pizza! All proceeds raised will go towards the annual rent of the Osgoode Co-operative Nursery School. Details

5. Stanley Cup Tribute

Ottawa is the place to be for all things related to the legendary Stanley Cup in 2017! From a special gala event to a concert, to a brand new monument, it seems that the city just can’t get enough of this timeless award. March 17: Head to Lansdowne’s Aberdeen Pavilion to meet some NHL alumni and have your picture taken with the Stanley Cup. And in the evening, a Stanley Cup 125th Anniversary Tribute Concert will take place at Canadian Tire Centre. On March 18, 2017, there will be a ground-breaking ceremony for a new Stanley Cup monument that will be installed at the corner of Sparks Street and Elgin Street. The monument will include a chalice and a hockey puck-shaped bench set up on an ice rink. Details

6. Eve Film Festival

Eve Film Festival (EFF) is a feminist event that showcases and supports work by women* (cis and trans) and genderqueer directors in film.   Details

7. Ottawa Gatineau International Auto Show

See over 30 manufacturers and over 300 vehicles in 8 pavilions on 4 levels at the show. See the latest exotics, luxury, trucks, minivans electric vehicles and more.Details