✍️ ByWard Market would be perfect for a new Canadian gallery of graffiti, says a senator and a former City councillor. Senator Andrew Cardozo and former City councillor Mathieu Fleury note that Canada does not have a gallery devoted to graffiti, and think that Ottawa would make a great location. – Ottawa Citizen

💰 Paid parking has now been expanded to new areas of Ottawa. New meters are now found in Little Italy South, ByWard Market and surrounding areas, Glebe South, Downtown, and Vanier and Rideau Streets. – Rachel Morgan at CityNews 

🏡 Always a hit every month, CTV Ottawa looks at what kind of house you can buy for $723,000 in eight Ottawa neighbourhoods. The neighbourhoods are Barrhaven, Blackburn Hamlet, Britannia, Findlay Creek, Kanata, Lowertown, Orléans, and Stittsville. – Josh Pringle at CTV

TUESDAY

• ✳️ If the weather allows, A Company of Fools presents The Comedy of Errors in Weston Park (Elmvale Acres)  from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. 

• 🆓 Whether you’re a master or you want to learn to play, check out the Chess Hive Pop-Up in Uncommon Space in the heart of Centretown this evening. 

• Play unlimited games at House of TARG for just $12.50 per person (plus tax). 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm. 

• 🆓 John Kofi Dopaah plays a midday jazz piano concert in the NAC’s Atrium O’Brien. 

• ByTowne Cinema: The Phoenician Scheme, Samia, Together 

• Mayfair Theatre: Eddington, Sorry, Baby, Boogie Nights 

  Gigs

• BigXthaPlug. Bronson Centre

• Trivia Tuesday. Irene’s Pub

WEDNESDAY

• If the weather allows, A Company of Fools presents The Comedy of Errors in Claudette Cain Park from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

• 🆓 Bring your own lawn chair to Andrew Haydon Park to catch a free concert by the Nepean Concert Band. 

• At Les Grands feux, take a journey through Australia and Canada that "pays tribute to the cultural and musical ties between the two nations. From nostalgic classics to current hits, each pyrotechnic scene bridges generations through music, water, and stars."

• Bring your pup to the Red Apron patio for the Dog Costume Contest, and you just might win a gift card.  

• Bring your own chair to the Akoustik music series at St. Charles Market (135 Barrette St). 

• ByTowne Cinema: Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight, Restoration: Singin’ In The Rain, Together 

• Mayfair Theatre: Sorry, Baby, Eddington, American Gigolo 

  Gigs

• The Prime Rib Big Band. Irene's Pub

• Bluegrass Wednesdays with Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road. Red Bird 

• Jazz Night with Teighan Couch. Bar Robo

THURSDAY

• If the weather allows, A Company of Fools presents The Comedy of Errors in Fisher Park (near Wellington Village and Hampton Park)  from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. 

• 🆓  Rain or shine, the 8th annual Bowman’s Bar & Grill’s IPA Day returns Wednesday August 8 with live music, raffle prizes, and, naturally, the best IPA from seven local breweries (5:00pm til 11:00pm ).  A portion of the proceeds will benefit Operation Come Home, which assists youth experiencing homelessness to achieve their goals. NOTE: the party takes place in the parking lot, so if you must drive there, you'll have to seek parking elsewhere.   

• It’s Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones at the Broadway Bar & Grill Central's Trivia Night. 

• A (Bad) Night at the Movies is screening the gloriously cheesy dystopian story The New Barbarians (1983), which looks like it cobbled together its futuristic mise-en-scène with leftover, first-generation Battlestar Galactica props and shoulder pad-era Cybertruck prototypes. 

• Pay just $10 at the door at the weekly Thursday Swing Dance by Ottawa Vintage Swing. 

• ByTowne Cinema: Samia, Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Together 

• Mayfair Theatre: Eddington, Sorry, Baby, Boogie Nights 

  Gigs

• Spike and the Gimme Gimmes. Bronson Centre Music Theatre

• Victor Nesrallah. Night Oat

• Broken by Friday, Mori Dori, Fire Manic. House of TARG

• Cardamom Years, Lady Grey & the Phantoms, Apostlebird, Ceippo. Rainbow Bistro

• Irene’s Blues Sessions with Guest Host Dave Bignell. Irene’s Pub

JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING

• Back by popular demand, the fundraising Beer Gardens at Unitarian House of Ottawa is a crowd pleasing dinner and beer experience. Friday August 29 beginning at 4:30pm. 

• Elevator Theatre Company’s production of Dogfight, playing at LIVE on Elgin from September 10 to September 21, is shaping up to be a sell out. So, if you want to catch this play about a single night in the lives of a hardened soldier and a kindhearted waitress, get your tickets now. 

• The Ottawa 2025 regionals of the Canadian Culinary Championship are coming up fast (Monday September 22). Be there as Simon Beaudry (Les Fougères, Chelsea), Michael Hauschild (InHaus Cooking),  Mitch Lacombe (Gitanes), Simon Laroche (Restaurant Caméline), and Jason Sawision (Stofa) compete for the chance to represent our city at the Canadian Culinary Championship in January 2026.