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Starting Dec. 14, head to the Arts Court for Pique winter edition. The festival’s got music, visual and interdisciplinary arts, artisan food vendors, and drag and ballroom performances to pique your interest.

Once a month, the Hyde and Seek nightclub in downtown Ottawa buzzes with the sounds of Afro house, Amapiano and Afrobeats. A crowd of bodies surround the DJ, panting and waiting for the beat to drop, and when it does, the energy is enough to blow the roof off.