Free events at the Writer Festival in Ottawa
The imagination is our most valuable renewable resource. So, twice a year we convene an international celebration of ideas to recharge our imaginations. From politics to poetry, science to music, history to thrillers, More...
ReLit Awards: Ideas Not Money – Free event
October 29th, 2012 – Octopus Books • 251 Bank St. – 6:30pm ReLit Awards: Ideas Not Money Hosted by Kenneth J. Harvey Canada’s ReLit Award–founded to acknowledge the best new work More...
Free Event For The Writer Festival: Plan 99 Fiction Cabaret
Plan 99 Fiction Cabaret with Claire Tacon and Heather Jessup An afternoon of great prose presented in collaboration with the Plan 99 Reading Series, featuring Claire Tacon and Heather Jessup reading from their More...
Free event for the writer Festival: Plan 99 Poetry Cabaret
Plan 99 Poetry Cabaret with Anita Lahey, David Groulx and Chris Jennings An afternoon of great poetry presented in collaboration with the Plan 99 Reading Series featuring: Anita Lahey whose second collection, Spinning More...
Winterlude in Ottawa
Every February, Canada’s Capital Region is host to Winterlude, Canada’s winter celebration. Winterlude offers three fun-filled weekends of excitement and activity that are guaranteed to make the spirit of winter More...
Japan Film Festival at Library and Archives Canada
The CFI is pleased to once again present this annual celebration of contemporary Japanese cinema. This series is presented in collaboration with The Japan Foundation and the Embassy of Japan. Admission is free to More...
Winter Festival of Lights of Niagara Falls is free
A true winter tradition for people visiting Niagara Falls, the CAA Winter Festival of Lights is expected to attract over 1.3 million people to experience North America’s premier illumination festival from Nov. More...
Jane’s Walk Toronto – Festival of free walking!
TORONTO HIGHLIGHTS: OVER 170 FREE WALKING TOURS IN THE GTA Jane’s Walk is a festival of free neighbourhood walking tours given by locals who care passionately about where they live, work and play. Jane’s Walk More...
Jane’s Walk – Festival of free neighbourhood walking tours!
Jane’s Walk is a festival of free neighbourhood walking tours given by locals who care passionately about where they live, work and play. Jane’s Walk is a pedestrian-focused event that improves urban literacy More...
Canadian Tulip Festival
The Canadian Tulip Festival has grown into the largest Tulip Festival in the world from a gift of International Friendship given six decades ago. In the fall of 1945, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands presented More...










