One of the summer’s biggest events is on now to July 16. RBC Bluesfest takes place at LeBreton Flats with dozens of acts large and small. Headline acts include Toby Keith on Thursday, Melissa Etheridge on Friday, 50 Cent on Saturday, and P!nk on Sunday.
http://www.ottawabluesfest.ca/
Watch top athletes compete to break records on home soil at the Canadian Track and Field Championships, on through Sunday at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility on Riverside Drive. Catch Rio 2016 stars like Andre De Grasse and athletes Melissa Bishop and Sekou Kaba, among others.
http://athletics.ca/championnat/ottawa2017/#sthash.k370kGuk.eqNaAnjM.dpbs
Heighten your senses at Sky Lounge, an exclusive culinary flight of fancy that will take you 150 feet in the air to discover Ottawa’s fine dining like never before. Treat yourself to Andaz Feast+Revel’s Chef Stephen La Salle and his team’s appetizing creations — while enjoying a spectacular view of the nation’s capital. This unique Ottawa 2017 signature event runs Friday, July 7 through Saturday July 22.
http://www.ottawa2017.ca/events/signature-events/sky-lounge/
Canada Day may be over but the Canada 150 celebrations continue as Ottawa Welcomes the World. This Friday, experience the culture of Rwanda at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne. Then, on Sunday, experience everything Taiwan has to offer.
http://calendar.ottawa2017.ca/events/ottawa-welcomes-the-world-rwanda/
http://calendar.ottawa2017.ca/events/ottawa-welcomes-the-world-taipei-economic-and-cultural-office/
If you haven’t seen it yet, you owe it to yourself to check out MOSAÏCANADA 150 at Gatineau’s Jacques-Cartier Park. Canadian art and history as interpreted through horticultural sculpture. The theme of the Gatineau exhibit will reflect 150 years of history, values, culture and arts in Canada, represented by some 40 different arrangements. Admission to the MOSAÏCANADA 150/Gatineau 2017 exhibit in Jacques-Cartier Park will be free. The exhibit will be in the form of a route extending over almost one kilometre. Each visit will last approximately 90 minutes.
http://www.gatineau2017.ca/mosaicanada-150gatineau-2017/
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