Weekend Roundup: Quoi faire ?
Mid June has arrived, and with it, the warm weather and festivals! This weekend there are so many cool things to do that span a few days or more, that it’s going to be a doozy trying to fit everything in!
#Glowfair
Weekend Roundup: Quoi faire ?
With no fewer than four festival taking place this weekend (Fringe, Craft Beer, Franco-Ontarien, and Glowfair), there truly is something for everyone. Enjoy!
Weekend Roundup: Quoi faire?
From Glowfair to Rallycross to Craftfest to the Beer Fest, there’s something for everyone this weekend in Ottawa!
Glowfair organizers unveil programming for the annual Bank Street block party
On stage and on the street, programming includes a night market, DJs, visual artists, moonlight yoga sessions, and the festival’s signature silent disco.
Librarian-in-Residence: All about the Bibliobike
A library on wheels is a perfect fit for bike-crazy Ottawa.
Weekend Roundup: Quoi faire?
This weekend is all about celebrating summer with festivals, markets and pop-up events. Enjoy! Get your museum fix with two new exhibitions. Visit the Canadian Museum of History for their Napoleon and Paris exhibit, opening June 16. The sneak peeks on Instagram look awesome! Walk across the Alexandra Bridge to the National Gallery of Canada […]
Dragonette talks about embracing loneliness in pop music
Fresh off the release of their new single, “Lonely Heart,” Toronto’s Dragonette are coming to Ottawa for a show on Saturday at Glowfair, the free two-day music, light, and art festival that will be taking over ten blocks of downtown Bank St. this weekend. The electro-pop band is made up of singer-songwriter Martina Sorbara, drummer […]
Get your festival groove on at Glowfair
Ottawa, I know we’ve been suffering – every winter, it seems rougher than the year before. Now that it’s finally capri weather though, let’s celebrate summer with some good vibes… it’s festival season! My street has an awesome block party every summer and I’ve never been able to make it due to scheduling conflicts, so […]
Apt613 Live for June 16, 2015
This week on Apt613 Live contributor Jean McLernon sits down to chat with Island Park Distribution co-owner Martin Conley-Wood to find out what makes them unique. Plus we’re the fly-on-the-wall for a conversation between Jared Davidson and BIA chair Heather Garrod as they discuss this year’s Glowfair. Music as always throughout the program: we’re giving […]
Bank Street gets its glow on at Glowfair
Glowfair, now in its second year, proves to step it up a notch with even more emphasis on music, arts, light, and plenty of activities, including 16 musical acts, and 9 themed street blocks. On June 19th and 20th, nine-themed blocks from Slater to James streets will be closed off for 2 magical days and […]
Summer festival fever
The first day of Summer has arrived, and with it, a vast array of art, cultural, sport, and music events for all ages in the Ottawa-Gatineau region. With the weather having fully co-operated over the weekend, there was no shortage of things to take in for the eyes and ears. The Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival […]
