🦟 West Nile Virus has been found in Ottawa mosquitoes for the first time this year. While one person has tested positive for West Nile Virus in Ontario this year, it wasn’t in Ottawa. Ottawa Public Health advises everyone to keep up their anti-mosquito routines. – City of Ottawa

🎾 Elmdale Tennis Club, Tennis Centre West Ottawa, and Ottawa Tennis Club have all reported their clay courts are free of asbestos. There was fear from Québec tennis court operators after clay from an American supplier was found to have asbestos that their courts may be compromised, but like the Ottawa courts, no toxins were found. – CBC

🌊 General Burns Pool will be closed for the rest of the summer for more repairs. The pool was originally expected to reopen July 18 but further needed repairs were discovered, resulting in a new opening date of September 9. – William Eltherington at CTV

🚨 A Gatineau police officer has been charged with assault and uttering threats. The officer, who was accused of committing the crimes during a ‘police intervention’ on June 9, has been placed on paid leave. – Ottawa Transit Riders

📻 The Sens have a new French language broadcaster in 104.7 Outaouais. The Sens play-by-plays were last heard on the station in 2012. – NHL.com 

WEDNESDAY

• Bring your doggo to Overflow Brewing’s Puppies & Pints from noon to 3:00 pm. Pups get to frolic in a splash pool, and you can enjoy a cold craft beer. 

• At 5:00 pm, Broadhead Brewery’s Pints, Pups, and a Patio (Ottawa Craft Beer Week edition) will keep you and your canine friend cool through the evening. 

• Tonight’s spectacle at Les Grands Feux is brought to you by none other than Canada. 

• Break the monotony of the week with a visit to Parkdale Night Market (5:00 pm to 9:00 pm). 

• Ottawa Rapid FC takes on AFC Toronto at 7:00 pm. 

• Florence Y’alls play the Ottawa Titans in the second of a three game matchup.  

• 🆓 Ventanas play original music in any of 20 languages on the Wood Terrace outside National Arts Centre. 

• Where are you taking your Ottawa Craft Beer Week passport today?  

• Weather permitting, A Company of Fools’ The Comedy of Errors plays Laroche Park in Mechanicsville from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. 

• Hamilton continues at the NAC. 

• ByTowne Cinema: My Mother’s Wedding, 2025 Cat Video Fest, Detour: True Stories  

• Mayfair Theatre: Eddington, Sorry, Baby, Magnolia  

  Gigs

• Jazz Jam: Beeched Wailers. Irene’s Pub

• Chloe Boulianne, Illiyah Rose, OK Naledi. Akoustik at St. Charles Market (135 Barrette St.)

• Marie Claude Trio. Bar Robo

• Lulu Lamontagne, Bella Donna, Sun Dried Flies. House of TARG

• Rabi Houtie. Avant-Garde Bar

• Rare Groove Wednesdays. Atomic Rooster

• Lives Like Skyscrapers, August Darula. Art House

THURSDAY

• 🆓 Enjoy sounds from CH20 et AKA Big Sam, and JS runner at the Shed (Sparks St). 

• 🆓 The uOttawa Summer String Academy perform solo and chamber works at Rossy Pavilion, NAC. 

• A drink is included in the $10 entry fee to Saunders Farm Trivia Night. 

• 🆓 Metcalfe Plaza’s Opening Party will showcase this pop-up ‘open-air social hub’ (141 Metcalfe St.) with a DJ and dancing. 

• 🆓 Watch as top rated athletes from Indigenous communities around the world compete in the Masters indigenous Games (today through Sunday). The opening ceremonies run tonight from 6:00 pm.  

• Performing at Overflow Brewing Co’s Shadow Karaoke Edition is almost like being on the Masked Singer: You stand behind a curtain to sing.

• Make it an evening of art, shopping, and food at Urban Art Collective's Hintonburg Night Market. 

• One of the fave foodie festivals, Ottawa Greek Fest, turns 50 this year.  

• Florence Y’alls play the Ottawa Titans as the three game series wraps up. 

• ByTowne Cinema: Ghost Almanac Summerween Spectacular 

• Mayfair Theatre: Sorry, Baby, My Mother's Wedding, Magnolia 

  Gigs

• Thursday Blues Sessions with guest host Lyle Odjick. Irene's Pub

• Organ Trail. Dominion Tavern

• Lulu Lamontagne, Bella Donna, Sun Dried Flies, GRFN. House of TARG

• Big Trout, Nolan Hubbard, Sun Dried Files. Rainbow Bistro

• Rabie Houti band. Avant-Garde Bar

• John Wort Hannam. Red Bird

FRIDAY

• Having launched last night, Metcalfe Plaza continues its opening weekend with Amashowza & Afroteo, DJs Obu and Coco, and lively Afrobeats from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm.

• Join in or witness the awe-inspiring spectacle of Ottawa Swing Dance Society as it celebrates what would have been Canadian jazz legend Oscar Peterson’s 100 birthday. Be near the corner of Elgin and Albert, in front of the Oscar Peterson Statue, to see dancers performing. 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. What it’s all over, everyone will stroll to the usual Friday night Summer Swing Night at 174 Wilbrod St. 

• Capital Pop-Up Cinema screens Stand By Me at Churchill Seniors Centre. 

• Fighting Back: Wrestling with Cancer events have raised more than $600K for the Canadian Cancer Society since 2011. Help C*4 Wrestling raise even more and see top notch fighters at Wrestling with Cancer 2025.

• Ontario Youth Choir starts its Peace, Nature, & Our Time tour with a stop at St. Joseph's Church (174 Wilbrod St). 

• There are sessions for kids and adults at the Th3rd Fridays: Final Summer Battle in the heart of the ByWard Market. Presented by Moov Ottawa Dance. 

• Expect an "intimate night of music, emotion, and connection" at Ottawa recording artist Rëa's EP Release party at Art House. 

• Visit Lee Valley Tools today or tomorrow for expert advice on choosing the right tools for the job. The Woodworking and Hand Tools Event runs today and tomorrow (Saturday August 16). 

• 🆓 Watch as top rated athletes from Indigenous communities around the world compete in the Masters indigenous Games (today through Sunday).  

• 10 days of rides, entertainment agricultural experiences, and local eats now stretch before us at Capital Fair in Gloucester. 

• Tungasuvvingat Inuit and Inuuqatigiit Centre presents its annual 2SLGBTQI+ Pride Coffee House at Anina’s Cafe in Vanier. 

• Pride Week kicks off with Born This Way with DJ Le Hartt (27 Club, 10:00 pm onwards). 

• ByTowne Cinema: Souleyman’s Story, It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, CFI 90th Anniversary – Sane Inside Insanity: The Phenomenon of Rocky Horror, Starship Troopers 

• Mayfair Theatre: My Mother’s Wedding, Shook, The Rocky Horror Picture Show 

  Gigs

• Jim Bryson. Mallards Milk Bar, Arnprior

• The Rambles, Hartlet, Blank Notion. Rainbow Bistro

• 90s Dance Party (vol. 2: Summer is Magic Edition). SAW Centre

• For One Hate, Klobber, Wasteland, Qwan. Dominion Tavern

• The Last of the Duke St Kings (Bruce Springsteen and Melissa Ethridge tribute band). LIVE on Elgin

• Mixtape. Brew Revolution

• Alaskan, Biipiigwan, The Dark Plains. House of TARG

• Rory Taillon. Stray Dog Brewing Co. 

• Garvies, Robb Kerr, Mike Bassett. Avant-Garde Bar

JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING

• A popular street festival returns: Taste of Manotick 2025 draws foodies to check out the flavours of Ottawa's sweetest village. 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Saturday September 13