Cultural happenings for you to enjoy
By / Par Robin Etherington
Summer is an amazing season to walk around our neighbourhood gardens, parks, and cultural places.
L’été est une saison incroyable pour se promener dans les jardins, les parcs et les lieux culturels de notre quartier.
GALLERIES – GALERIES
Galerie Jean-Claude Bergeron
150 St. Patrick Street
An ongoing program of exhibitions featuring Canadian and international contemporary artists.
Galerie St-Laurent + Hill
293 Dalhousie Street
Contemporary art gallery featuring leading Canadian and local artists.
L.A. Pai Gallery
13 Murray Street
21st annual National Jewelry Student Competition
Late summer 2024
City Hall Art Gallery
110 Laurier Avenue West
#hopeandhealingcanada by Tracey-Mae Chambers
May 30 to August 18, 2024
Signs of the Times by Egils Rozenbergs
August 29 to November 24, 2024
National Gallery of Canada 380 Sussex Drive
Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch – retrospective of work by Mohawk artist Shelley Niro
June 21 to August 25, 2024
Radical Stitch
Until September 30, 2024
Ottawa Art Gallery
50 Mackenzie King Bridge
A Glimpse, A Fragment, A Memory Brought to Life (group exhibition)
Until June 30, 2024
Art School Confidential
Until September 22, 2024
Visions and Views: Landscape and Abstraction in the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art
Until January 5, 2025
Karsh-Masson Gallery
110 Laurier Avenue West
Requiem by Christine Fitzgerald
(2023 Karsh Award Laureate)
Until July 21, 2024
Origin Story (group exhibition)
August 1 to October 27, 2024
Barbara Ann Scott Gallery
110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa Rocks! Reunion Tour
Until September 3, 2025
Ottawa School of Art 35 George Street
145th anniversary events and programs
MUSEUMS – MUSÉES
Canadian War Museum
1 Vimy Place
Outside the Lines – Women Artists and War
Until January 5, 2025
Canadian Museum of History 100 Laurier Street, Gatineau
Canada’s Got Game – acquisitions from the Order of Sport Collection
Until October 6, 2024
First Royals of Europe
Until January 19, 2025
Musée Bytown Museum 1 Canal Lane
90 Years of Impact: Celebrating the Jewish Federation of Ottawa
Opens May 17, 2024
Capital Healers: Ottawa’s Health Care Story
Until April 2025
Vanier Museoparc 300 avenue des Pères-Blancs
Un musée communautaire dédié à la francophonie de Vanier et entièrement rénové avec un parcours numérique vous attend.
PERFORMANCE
National Arts Centre 1 Elgin Street
Ottawa Little Theatre
400 King Edward Ave
Hilda’s Yard by Norm Foster
July 17 to August 3, 2024
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens
August 21 to September 7, 2024
The Saw Gallery 67 Nicholas Street
Zasaan by Barry Ace
Until April 6, 2026
+ an ongoing schedule of fabulous events at Club Saw!
La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins 333 King Edward Avenue
Ce centre de production et de diffusion des arts présente une programmation théâtrale variée de ses quatre compagnies résidentes d’Ottawa
FESTIVALS
Ottawa Jazz Festival
June 21 to 30, 2024
Venues: Confederation Park, City Hall, National Arts Centre, Lord Elgin Hotel
Ottawa Blues Festival
July 4 to 14, 2024
Venue: Le Breton Flats
CityFolk
September 11 to 15, 2024
Venue: Lansdowne Park