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Your ticket to Lowertown Brewery’s Oktoberfest celebration (today and tomorrow) includes a stein and your first beer.
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You’re invited to Studio Space Ottawa (2477-A Kaladar) to explore the vibrant studios where artists create, experiment, and bring their visions to life. Discover original artworks, expand your collection, find unique gifts, and connect with the artists behind the work. Visit tonight from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm or tomorrow from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
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The largest second hand clothing and accessories sale in the Outaouais is back. La Grande Fripe opens this evening 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm and continues tomorrow at 425 boulevard Saint-Joseph in Gatineau. It’s free entry, but please bring your own bag.
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Ride the ferris wheel or make friends with a farm animal at Metcalfe Fair.
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Genre Gems film festival continues.
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The new H&M store opens at St. Laurent at 11:00 am. Expect in-store specials, a live DJ set, and more.
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Looking for a second job? The In-Person Hiring Event - School Van Drivers will offer same-day interviews. Bring your resumé.
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Swifties: the Taylor Swift Theme: The Life of a Maker market is more than a local vendor night market. Expect Taylor Swift-inspired mocktails, her new album Life of A Show Girl playing on repeat, a make-your-own friendship bracelet station, and surprises. 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Ray Friel Recreation Complex.
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Ottawa Redblacks take on Saskatchewan Roughriders.
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ByTowne Cinema: À bicyclette (Ride Away), Eleanor the Great, The Smashing Machine, The Killer
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Mayfair Theatre: Peak Everything, The Roses, Edgar Allen Poe’s The Oval Portrait
Gigs
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Generation Alice. The Brass Monkey
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Raw Sugar. The Carleton Tavern
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The Tina Trons 80s Dance Party. House of TARG
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Blues at the Rainbow featuring Steve Hill. Rainbow Bistro
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On Track. The Prescot
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Good2go 25th anniversary show. Irene’s Pub
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Len O’neill, Claire Hunter, Abby Mboquet. Art House
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80s Dance Party with DJ Remi Royale. House of TARG
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β³οΈ Enjoy an afternoon of music, movement, snacks, and fun for the kids at the Parkdale Food Centre’s Right to Food Block Party (noon to 3:00 pm at Parkdale Park (366 Parkdale Ave).
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β³οΈ Bicycle Craft Brewing's Oktoberfest and 11th Anniversary Party are rolled into one day of fun from noon to 6:00 pm. Purchase a very cute, limited edition stein and pay $8 for 20 oz pours all day.
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β³οΈ Two exhibitions at Wall Space Gallery bring Ottawa’s forgotten diners and dark corners to life. There’s a double Vernissage this afternoon from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm for Afterglow, a solo exhibition by Toronto-born painter Brian Harvey, and Time Out, a solo photo exhibition by BΕaΕΊej Marczak. 1090 Bank St.
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β³οΈ π Capital Pop-Up Cinema closes the season with a screening of The Phantom of the Opera in Beechwood Cemetery, with a prescreening event accompanied by live music from Gatineau’s Orchidae. Bring a blanket, wear a sweater.
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β³οΈ Bike, walk, roll, or run on Robert Grant Avenue to celebrate the new segment (between Abbott East and Hazeldean Road) before the road opens to vehicles mid-October. 1:00 p m - 5:00 pm.
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π Road Trip: Downtown Arnprior comes alive for Fall Fest with vintage and antiques, contemporary decor and fashion, warm drinks, live music, and fall fun for the fam, all over town.
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Storytelling, spooky vibes, and aerial feats combine in the Shadows & S’mores show at LabO theatre.
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π The 7th Annual Fall Harvest Festival at Kiwan Farms & Garden Centre has a lineup to keep the entire family busy: a Photo Booth, pumpkin painting, and a vendor market, just for starters. It’s also pet friendly.
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The Heart & Crown Barrhaven’s Garden Party will take full advantage of the forecasted good weather, with a covered patio, DJ tunes, and drinks specials.
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The entire community is invited to Canadian Sport Martial Arts Academy’s Block Party, where you'll find bouncy castles a BBQ fundraiser, face painting, and lots more fun. 59 Iber Road.
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π The Imjin Hockey Classic is inspired by the historic games between two Canadian regiments during the Korean War.
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Genre Gems film festival continues.
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Create your best Halloween costume yet with a shopping trip to the Orpheus Musical Theatre Sale.
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In Manotick, One World Bazaar welcomes the Embassy of Indonesia for a three day cultural showcase and traditional food options.
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Donate to CHEO and enjoy a tasty pancake breakfast courtesy of Station 71 in Navan.
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Add to your collections at Geeked Out: Ottawa’s Toy & Collectible Sale.
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π A new tradition is born at Robert Plante Greenhouses today: Touch a Truck is fun for the entire family.
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π Shop with a curated selection of vendors, and try your hand at the free workshop at Square Lemon’s Spooktacular Craft Market.
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π₯¨ Road Trip: Enjoy a beer and pretzel combo for $10.00 at Base Camp Brewing’s Oktoberfest celebration in Almonte.
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If it’s time for some self-care, the Pamper Yourself Market can help. 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at Next Door.
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You could do some early Christmas shopping at 613Flea, or you could keep the treasures for yourself *shrug*.
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Award-winning actor, writer, and director Teri Loretto leads the Intro to Screenwriting: Writing the Short workshop series, starting today at Digital Arts Resource Centre and online. Continues until October 21.
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π Take the kids to the Carp Farmers Market Harvest edition, where they can design their dream pumpkin and enter to win a pumpkin and carving kit.
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Shop and eat at Urban Art Collective’s Made by Us, Just for You: Fall Market.
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Ottawa Jazz Orchestra performs Duke Ellington’s Far East Suite on the NAC's Fourth Stage.
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Visit Miller’s Farm just south of Manotick where you’ll find seasonal veggies and decor, a pumpkin patch for picking, wagon rides, a corn maze, and even a garden centre.
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Dear Rouge headlines a night of Canadian acts at Overflow Brewing’s second annual HOPE RockFest, which will benefit the Helping Other People Everywhere non-profit.
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ByTowne Cinema: À bicyclette (Ride Away), Eleanor the Great, The smashing Machine, Boo-Towne Burlesque: Hocus Pocus
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Mayfair Theatre: Mare’s Nest, The Blue Trail, The Last One for the Road, SirΔt, Genre Gems Film Festival
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π‘ Road Trip: Enjoy all the fun of the Metcalfe Fair under a warm autumnal sun.
Gigs
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Bryan Adams. Canadian Tire Centre
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Share the Mic featuring Andrew Burr. La Fab sur Mill (8 Chemin Mill, Chelsea)
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Electric City Pulse. Barley Mow Merivale
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Women of Country. Irene's Pub
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Darsombra, Teh Burningtree, Bella Donna. Avant-Garde Bar
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ByWard Barket is all about the doggoes. Find treats, apparel, and even a doggy fashion show, and it's all pet-friendly. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
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Geeked Out: Ottawa’s Toy & Collectible Sale continues.
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Covered Bridge Brewing and Limestone Acres Farm present a Fall Harvest Festival with food trucks and live music, from noon to 4:00 pm.
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Run, walk or wheel your way through the RBC Race for the Kids and help CHEO raise $500,000. You must register before race day, and pick up your bib at one of two locations either on Friday or Saturday.
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Planet Botanix is offering 20 minute mini treatments for $25 (cash only), tea samples, giveaways, and more at the Open House (11:00 am to 4:30 pm)
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The Butterfly Run in support of Roger Neilson Children’s Hospice has raised more than $42K of its $50,000 goal, which means there is still time for more people to register to walk or sun on Sunday.
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Like THE OTTAWAN, KΕ«lt barbershop and salon in Orléans had the audacity to start up during the pandemic. They’re celebrating five years in business with a block party today from noon to 4:00 pm. What to expect: La Ha Tacos (who tell us there'll be a taco eating contest), a kids zone, a barber area, a photo booth and more food and drink vendors. 3746 Innes Road.
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Genre Gems film festival continues.
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Master Knifemaker Masashi Yamamoto will visit Knifewear Ottawa (800 Bank St) to offer blade engraving to customers. Plus, catch three of Ottawa's best chefs demonstrating their knife skills.
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π Road Trip: If you're up for some pumpkin patch perusing, corn-maze adventuring, or movie watching at one of the area's few remaining drive-in theatres, check out the list published in yesterday’s edition of Inside Ottawa Valley.
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π§Ά Road Trip: Visit the coziest craft show in McNab / Braeside, just outside Arnprior.
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π‘ Road Trip: The gates and midway of the final day of the 169th Metcalfe Fair open at 4:00 pm. Check out the intriguing sounding Grease Fire Demo at 6:00 pm.
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ByTowne Cinema: Eleanor the Great, À bicyclette (Ride Away), The Smashing Machine, The Killer
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Mayfair Theatre: The Regulars, The Ice Tower, Dracula, The Hyperboreans, Resurrection
Gigs
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The Sunday Night Revue. Irene's Pub
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Gus Englehorn, Dart Trees. Rainbow Bistro
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Pierre Bensusan. Red Bird
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Sophie’s Body, Motherland, Sourpuss. LIVE on Elgin
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Femininomenon. The Laff
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Is your garden just too bright and cheery? Is it crying out for dark and moody plants? Get the lowdown on the Goth Garden trend tonight at the Manotick Horticultural Society's The Goth Garden & Full Moon Experience + Late Fall Design Show And Goth Costume Party. Non-members may attend for a $5 entry fee.
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π Artists of all levels are invited to a two-hour Powwow Life-Drawing session at the National Arts Centre (Fourth Stage), this evening from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
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Beyond the Pale’s City Centre location has moved Insider Trading night to Mondays. From 5:00 pm to closing, the price of beer will rise and fall with demand.
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Tickets go on sale today for the Canadian Museum of Nature Open House, on Saturday October 18. Go behind the scenes at the museum's research and collections facility in Gatineau. The tickets are free, but you'll need one to get in.
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ByTowne Cinema: Eleanor the Great, The Smashing Machine Audition
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Mayfair Theatre: The Roses, Peak Everything, Edgar Allen Poe’s The Oval Portrait
Gigs
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East Coast Voices. LIVE on Elgin
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Max McNown. Bronson Centre
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Karaoke Mondays. Atomic Rooster