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What to do in Ottawa in November 2026

223 events from Sunday, November 1 to Monday, November 30, 2026. Free: 8. Busiest venues: National Arts Centre, The 27 Club, Bronson Centre Music Theatre.

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Sep 6

Qikiqtait: Where Inuit Knowledge and Innovation Come Together

Canadian Museum of Nature · Centretown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 29

Wi'k+palu'k Sam Glodeo'q ta'n wetapeksitaq: Honouring the Belonging of Sam Glode

Canadian Museum of History · Gatineau (Hull)
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 28

Diego Rivera Meets Henry Moore

National Gallery of Canada · Lower Town / Sussex Drive
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 10

Napoleon – The Immersive Saga

Canadian Museum of History · Gatineau (Hull)
- Visual arts
$20–$30
Visual arts
until Jan 10

Wild Colour

Canadian Museum of Nature · Centretown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Apr 30

Mélanie Myers: Humidité Relative Humidity (CUAG Centretown)

Carleton University Art Gallery · Carleton University
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jun 11

Timescapes: Journey through the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art

Ottawa Art Gallery · Lowertown / Arts Court
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 17

Sacred Journey

Canada Science and Technology Museum · Ottawa East / Alta Vista
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Nov 29

Wonder World

Canadian Museum of History · Gatineau (Hull)
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Spotlight on Soccer

Canadian Museum of History · Gatineau (Hull)
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 8

Haleta: The Threshold of Being

Ottawa Art Gallery · Lowertown / Arts Court
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 3

2026 Sobey Art Award Exhibition

National Gallery of Canada · Lower Town / Sussex Drive
- Visual arts
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Visual arts
until Jan 17

Marion Wagschal: Cyclops and Other Tales

National Gallery of Canada · Lower Town / Sussex Drive
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Mar 14

Frame by Frame: Animation in Ottawa

Ottawa Art Gallery · Lowertown / Arts Court
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 23

Body Politics: Art, Protest and the State

SAW Gallery · Lowertown / Arts Court
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 13

Faisa Omer: Threading Roots

Carleton University Art Gallery · Carleton University
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 13

Joi T. Arcand: The Shape of Words

Carleton University Art Gallery · Carleton University
- Visual arts
Free
Theatre
until Nov 21

Bonfire: Improvised Tales of Terror

Arts Court · Sandy Hill
- Theatre
Tickets
Visual arts
until Dec 31

Canada at War Against Japan, 1941–1945

Canadian War Museum · LeBreton Flats
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Sep 26

Canada's Unknown Soldier

Canadian War Museum · LeBreton Flats
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 28

Close to Conflict – Canada and the American Civil War

Canadian War Museum · LeBreton Flats
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 8

Victoria Laube | Exfoliation

Ottawa Art Gallery · Lowertown / Arts Court
- Visual arts
Free
Theatre
until Nov 1

Rogers v. Rogers

Great Canadian Theatre Company · Wellington West
- Theatre
Tickets
Visual arts
until Feb 7

Memory Palace

Ottawa Art Gallery · Lowertown / Arts Court
- Visual arts
Free
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Theatre
until Nov 14

Jane Eyre

Ottawa Little Theatre · Sandy Hill
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
until Nov 7

Leonard Cohen: Ten Years Gone

The Gladstone Theatre · Centretown
- Music
- Theatre
$22–$70 Tickets
Music
until Nov 1

The Rembros

The Carleton Tavern · Hintonburg
- Music
Music
5:30 PM

The Wrecks @ Bronson Centre

The Wrecks · Worry Club · Kid Sistr

Bronson Centre Music Theatre · Centretown
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Hot Mulligan

Canadian Museum of History · Gatineau (Hull)
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

The Wrecks

The Wrecks · Worry Club · Kid Sistr

Bronson Centre Music Theatre · Centretown
- Music

Monday, November 2, 2026

Literature
7 PM

Between The Pages: The 2026 Giller Prize Shortlist

Ottawa International Writers Festival · Downtown (Library and Archives Canada)
- Literature
$25 Tickets
Music
7 PM

cupcakKe @ Overflow Brewing Co.

cupcakKe

Overflow Brewing Co. · Ottawa South
- Music
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Stampeders

Algonquin Commons Theatre · Nepean (Algonquin College)
- Music
Music
Time not announced

cupcakKe

Overflow Brewing Co. · Ottawa South
- Music

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Literature
7 PM

Earthrise: A Canadian Astronaut's Journey Into Deep Space

John Larsen · Jeremy Hansen

Ottawa International Writers Festival · Downtown (Library and Archives Canada)
- Literature
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Amble

Bronson Centre Music Theatre · Centretown
- Music
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Music
until Nov 4

Matinée Café: A Concert To Remember With Grey Jazz Big Band

Shenkman Arts Centre · Orleans
- Music
- Jazz
- Swing

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Music
10 AM

Toddler Mornings

Ottawa Art Gallery · Lowertown / Arts Court
- Music
Music
7 PM

QW4RTZ - Dernier tour de piste | Gatineau

855, boulevard de la Gappe
- Music
Music
8 PM

Paolo Fresu Improvvisi

National Arts Centre · Downtown (Confederation Square)
- Music
- Jazz
$25 Tickets
Music
8 PM

Storgårds, Beethoven & Dvořák and Élisabeth Pion's Debut

National Arts Centre · Downtown (Confederation Square)
- Music
- Classical
$33 Tickets

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Music
6:30 PM

Korpiklaani @ Overflow Brewing Co.

Korpiklaani · Crimson Shadows · Blackguard

Overflow Brewing Co. · Ottawa South
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Kyla Cobbler: Gone Rogue

Algonquin Commons Theatre · Nepean (Algonquin College)
- Music
Theatre
7 PM

L'Orestie The iconic classical trilogy revisited by Alice Ronfard

National Arts Centre · Downtown (Confederation Square)
- Theatre
$33 Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Open Mic

769 Bank St
- Music
Music
8 PM

Storgårds, Beethoven & Dvořák and Élisabeth Pion's Debut

National Arts Centre · Downtown (Confederation Square)
- Music
- Classical
$33 Tickets
Music
8 PM

Zachary Lucky

National Arts Centre · Downtown (Confederation Square)
- Music
- Country
- Folk
$20 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Boyhood

Fono · Centretown
- Music
Music
Time not announced

GREATHUNTER + Lac Vertigo + Paradise Sprites

House of TARG · Old Ottawa South
- Music
$10–$15
Music
Time not announced

Korpiklaani

Korpiklaani · Crimson Shadows · Blackguard

Overflow Brewing Co. · Ottawa South
- Music
$35
Cinema
Time not announced

Restoration: The Devils

ByTowne Cinema · Sandy Hill / ByWard Market
- Cinema
Tickets
Music
until Nov 11

Veterans’ Week at the Diefenbunker 2026

Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum · Carp / West Ottawa
- Music

Friday, November 6, 2026

Literature
7 PM

Ebola, Bombs, and Migrants

Joanne Liu

Ottawa International Writers Festival · Downtown (Library and Archives Canada)
- Literature
Tickets
Theatre
7 PM

L'Orestie The iconic classical trilogy revisited by Alice Ronfard

National Arts Centre · Downtown (Confederation Square)
- Theatre
$33 Tickets
Theatre
7:30 PM

EODL One-Act Play Festival

Kanata Theatre · Kanata
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

The Darcys @ The 27 Club

The Darcys

The 27 Club · ByWard Market
- Music
Tickets
Music
8 PM

Aswell à Gatineau

Centre Culturel Du Vieux-Aylmer - Cabaret La Basoche
- Music
Music
8 PM

B.A. JOHNSTON + Remi Royale + The Good Fits

House of TARG · Old Ottawa South
- Music
$10–$15
Music
8 PM

Ben Dunnill

National Arts Centre · Downtown (Confederation Square)
- Music
$20 Tickets
Music
8 PM

Pocketboy Solid @ Avant Garde Bar

Pocketboy Solid

Avant Garde Bar · Lowertown
- Music
Tickets

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