Things to Do in Ottawa in October: Events, Activities, and Festivals happening in Ottawa during the month of October 2025.
City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave W., Ottawa
July 4, 2025 To October 18, 2025
Free
The Indigenous Walking Tours (IWT) will explore Ottawa downtown monuments, art, architecture and landscape through an Indigenous perspective. These exceptional tours present a unique opportunity to learn ... »
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JAZZ@248 INC., 248 Bank St, Ottawa
July 8, 2025 To December 31, 2025
$10 cover from Tuesdays-Sundays 6pm-11pm
We are Ottawa’s ultimate Jazz jamming cafe. The home for Bebop, Ballads, Swing, Bossa Nova, Brazilian popular music, Cool Jazz, Funk, Latin, and Jazz Standards. This ... »
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Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Blvd, Orléans
September 16, 2025 To November 1, 2025
3435484966
FREE
Please join us at The Shenkman Arts Centre for Ottawa-based artist Ava Margueritte’s solo exhibition ‘Landfall’. This new photographic series explores mental health personal identity and ... »
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Old Maple Ridge Community Centre, 12820 Highway 43, Chesterville
September 19, 2025 To November 1, 2025
613-802-0190
$36 +fees
As you near the Haunt you travel through darkened cemeteries, where more than 9,000 spirits have been interred. In the dark of night many of their lost souls ... »
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Saunders Farm, 7893 Bleeks Road, Munster Hamlet - Richmond, Ottawa
September 20, 2025 To October 26, 2025
$29.99 & up
With tons of outdoor attractions available, including wagon rides, live shows, puppet shows, mild haunts, a parade, hedge mazes, choosing your perfect pumpkin, and so much more, ... »
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Calabogie Peaks Resort, 30 Barrett Chute Road, Calabogie
September 20, 2025 To October 13, 2025
613-752-2720 1710 or 1604
$15 to $20
As the leaves change colours and begin to fall, embrace the beauty of autumn from the best view in the Ottawa Valley. Take the chairlift to the ... »
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Cannamore Orchard,1480 County Road 32, Crysler
September 26, 2025 To October 31, 2025
613-448-3633
$25 to $35
Cannamore Orchard welcomes you to our 30th year of Acres of Terror, Eastern Ontario’s Most Terrifying Halloween attraction! We are proud to present this in co-operation ... »
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Proulx Maple & Berry Farm, O'Toole Road, Cumberland
September 27, 2025 To October 31, 2025
$25/victim
sKreamers is a fundraising project of the Kiwanis Club of Orleans. Local residents and rival farmers have long suspected that something unnatural has been happening out at ... »
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Metcalfe Agricultural Society, 2821 8th Line Road, Metcalfe
October 2, 2025 To October 5, 2025
$5 to $15
2025 will mark the 169th anniversary of this fall tradition. Open the Gates & Celebrate! There’s something for everyone at this annual agricultural exhibition in rural Ottawa! ... »
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Theatre du Casino du Lac-Leamy, 1 Blvd du Casino, Gatineau
October 2, 2025 To October 19, 2025
$78 & up
As the ruthless Killer Queen (Annie Villeneuve) and her army relentlessly hunt down the Bohemians, Galileo (Pierre-Olivier Grondin) and Scaramouche (Frédérique Cyr-Deschênes) join forces ... »
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Upper Canada Village, 13740 County Rd. 2, Morrisburg
October 3, 2025 To November 1, 2025
$21 to $23
Take a tour through this spectacular outdoor art exhibit of over 7,000 handcrafted pumpkins all lit at night along a kilometre long path in a picturesque 19th-century backdrop. ... »
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Nesbitt Biology Building, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa
October 4, 2025 To October 12, 2025
$5
Every year the Carleton University Biology Department hosts its annual Butterfly Show. During the days leading into the Thanksgiving weekend, over 1300 live exotic butterflies are released into ... »
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Various Locations, Ontario
October 4, 2025 To October 5, 2025
Free
Treat Accessibly Halloween Villages are happening across Ontario this October! Join Canada’s largest neighbourhood event series championing accessibility and inclusion for all children this Halloween. Treat ... »
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Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa
October 4, 2025
$59.00
Strange Magic is the authentic re-creation of legendary ’70s rock band ELO (Electric Light Orchestra), a multi-media show featuring not only music, but background imagery and film. ... »
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Southam Hall, 1 Elgin St, Ottawa
October 9, 2025 To October 10, 2025
$31.00 - $95.00
NAC Co-production. Invisible threads that bind For the creation of Ihsane, Moroccan-Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui immersed himself in the Moroccan legacy of his father, in a ... »
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Atelier Shenkman Smith, 1 Elgin St, Ottawa
October 10, 2025
613-947-7000 / Toll Free: 1-866-850-ARTS (CAN/US)
$65.00
with Stephanie Peltier Come join Stephanie Peltier of Deliaestelle Designs for this beaded earring workshop! You will receive the popular Beginner Beading Kit that has everything to ... »
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Les Serres Robert Plante Greenhouses, 4228 Navan Road, Navan
October 11, 2025 To October 12, 2025
613-835-9266
Free
Get ready for another unforgettable Thanksgiving weekend at our 2nd Annual Thanksgiving Market! 🌟 We’re bringing together 130+ incredible local vendors and artisans offering everything from handmade crafts ... »
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Robert Plante Greenhouses, 4228 Navan Road, Ottawa
October 11, 2025 To October 12, 2025
613-835-9266
Free to attend
Get ready for another unforgettable Thanksgiving weekend at our 2nd Annual Thanksgiving Market! 🌟 We’re bringing together 130+ incredible local vendors and artisans offering everything from handmade crafts ... »
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Harold Shenkman Hall, 245 Centrum Boulevard, Ottawa
October 14, 2025
$30.00 - $40.00
The Canadian security intelligence and law enforcement community has long been a member of the ‘5-Eyes’ intelligence sharing partnership. While each change in US Administration has brought ... »
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Smiths Falls Heritage House Museum, 11 Old Slys Road, Smiths Falls
October 17, 2025 To October 25, 2025
$11.98
Join the museum for your spookiest tour yet, the Smiths Falls Heritage House Museum is transforming into a Haunted House. Are you prepared to go through our 1860’... »
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Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa
October 17, 2025
$59.00
ABBA REVISITED recreates the magic of the iconic Swedish pop group with authentic costumes, spectacular harmonies, and note-perfect musicianship, taking their audiences on a musical journey back ... »
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Nepean Sportsplex, 1701 Woodroffe Ave, Nepean
October 18, 2025 To October 19, 2025
$13.25 to $15.00
WELCOME TO OTTAWA’S BIGGEST & MOST POPULAR PARENTING & KIDS SHOW IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION! The Ottawa Parent & Child Expo is the capital’s longest running Parenting & ... »
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Ottawa Conference and Event Centre, 200 Coventry Road, Ottawa
October 19, 2025
$12 Online | $15 At the Door
Your dream wedding starts here! Capital Wedding Show gathers the best of Ottawa’s Wedding Industry under one roof for the ultimate wedding planning weekend. The best ... »
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Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa
October 20, 2025 To October 21, 2025
613-580-2701
$56.25 - $96.25
Entering its 20th Season The Debaters is the CBC hit comedy radio show where comics go toe-to-toe in a battle of laughs and logic. Hosted by Steve ... »
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Aberdeen Pavilion, 1000 Exhibition Way, Ottawa
October 23, 2025 To October 26, 2025
$4.00 - $8.00 +fees
Signatures is a uniquely Canadian handmade marketplace in Ottawa that features the works of over 130 artists, artisans, makers, and designers from coast-to-coast. Since 1983, Signatures has been Canada’... »
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The Gladstone Theatre, 910 Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa
October 23, 2025 To November 1, 2025
613-233-4523
$21.00 - $70.00
A cult-classic rock musical celebrating sexual liberation, campy sci-fi, and outrageous fun through Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s wild world. *Fishnets not included In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad ... »
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Billings Estate National Historic Site, 2100 Cabot Street, Ottawa
October 25, 2025 To October 26, 2025
613-580-2088
$27.93 per group, plus tax
Mischief is afoot at Billings Estate National Historic Site! Troublesome ghouls keep trying to sneak away with all our Halloween candy. To keep it safe, we’ve ... »
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Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, 2940 Old Montreal Road, Ottawa
October 25, 2025 To October 26, 2025
613-580-2988
$23.35
Celebrate all things silly, fun and a little bit spooky at Cumberland Heritage Village Museum. Pumpkins have taken over the museum! From the scavenger hunt to the ... »
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Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa
October 26, 2025
$147.25 - $197.25
Join us for a very special evening with renowned singer and songwriter Marwan Khoury. Known for his soft voice and heartfelt lyrics, Marwan Khoury has touched audiences ... »
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Great Canadian Theatre Company, 1233 Wellington Street West, Ottawa
October 28, 2025 To November 9, 2025
(613) 236-5196
$15.00 - $58.00
If America is a show, then John Wilkes Booth was its first star. A well-known stage actor, Booth shot Abraham Lincoln during a performance on April 14, 1865. In ... »
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Ottawa Little Theatre, 400 King Edward Avenue, Ottawa
October 29, 2025 To November 15, 2025
613-233-8948
$16.00 - $32.00
Years earlier, a young governess was hired to look after two orphaned children in an idyllic country house where both she and the children began to see ... »
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Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa
October 29, 2025
613-580-2701
$67.00 - $107.00
Tom Morello: A Night of Stories & Music. Rock God. Justice fighter. Rabble-rouser. Ivy Leaguer. An American renegade and fearless truth teller. Rage Against the Machine’s ... »
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Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum, 3929 Carp Road, Ottawa
October 30, 2025 To October 31, 2025
613-839-0007
$13
Bring your little ones for a day of fun to get them into the Halloween spirit. Come dressed in your favourite costume and explore hidden Halloween surprises ... »
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Algonquin Commons Theatre, 1385 Woodroffe Ave, Nepean
October 30, 2025
$42.50 + fees
Internationally celebrated artist Jess Moskaluke continues to break barriers in country music with her powerful voice, pop-infused hooks, and sonic versatility. Her new single, Life For Me, ... »
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Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and everyone knows that Thanksgiving means a delicious feast of stuffed turkey, cranberry sauce, and other hearty sides. Restaurants and caterers ... »