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Welcome to Downtown Rideau

where culture lives!

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Located just a block east of Parliament Hill along Rideau Street, Ottawa's Arts, Fashion & Theatre District offers an abundance of cultural activity and the biggest names in fashion retailing spanning 53-blocks.

Cliffhanger

Theatre Oct. 17 to Nov. 3 7: 30 pm by Ottawa Little Theatre

Cliffhanger

This ingeniously plotted and humorous thriller follows many unexpected twists and turns when a mild-mannered professor is driven to extremes to protect his reputation and…

Fresh Meat 7 – Week 2

Festivals & Tourism, Film & Media Oct. 18 to Oct. 20 7: 00 pm by Arts Court Theatre

Fresh Meat 7 – Week 2

Dubbed “Ottawa’s freshest theatre festival,” the 7th edition of Fresh Meat features 30+ local artists performing 12 original experimental works. Six shows play each weekend…

Chilly Gonzales at National Arts Centre

Music & Concerts Oct. 22 8: 00 pm by National Arts Centre

Chilly Gonzales at National Arts Centre

Pianist and producer Chilly Gonzales’ performances feature cabaret-style vocal jazz, goofy up-in-the-clouds new age ambience and electronic funkiness.

Art Battle

Arts Oct. 22 7: 00 pm - 11: 00 pm by Arts Court Theatre

Art Battle

Art Battle® is stoked to be at Arts Court! Join us for an amazing evening of live competitive painting as artists have 20 minutes to…

Shawn Jobin, Fridays at the Fourth

Downtown Rideau Presents, Music & Concerts Oct. 26 8: 30 pm by National Arts Centre

Shawn Jobin, Fridays at the Fourth

Darkly poetic, Fransaskois hip hop artist Shawn Jobin combines literate social narratives over obsidian rhythms. The Trille D’or award winner has performed at countless festivals…

CreativeMornings Ottawa with Amen Jafri

Conversations & Presentations Oct. 26 8: 30 am - 10: 00 am by Arts Court Theatre

CreativeMornings Ottawa with Amen Jafri

Join us on October 26 at Arts Court Studio for our talk on Honesty with Amen Jafri. Amen has spent a decade working the 9…

The Peptides

Music & Concerts Oct. 27 8: 30 pm by National Arts Centre

The Peptides

The Peptides are larger than life! Hailing from the national capital, the nine-member band is infamous for extravagant performances fusing funk and disco, all centered…

Moon v. Sun

Downtown Rideau Presents, Music & Concerts Oct. 30 7: 30 pm by National Arts Centre

Moon v. Sun

Few English Canadian singer-songwriters embody the word “anthemic” like multiple JUNO winners Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida (also of Our Lady Peace). Combining the couple’s…

Sarah MacDougall

Music & Concerts Oct. 30 8: 30 pm by National Arts Centre

Sarah MacDougall

Whitehorse-based, Western Canadian Music Award-winning artist Sarah MacDougall is an up-and-coming artist known for her honest and poetic songs, passionate performances, and unique voice. Born…

Safia Nolin au CNA – Ottawa

Music & Concerts Nov. 1 8: 30 pm by National Arts Centre

Safia Nolin au CNA – Ottawa

Literate, incisive, and unpretentious: Sofia Nolia is perhaps one of Canada’s most idiosyncratic singer-songwriters. Within the spectrum of Quebec’s music industry star system, Nolin defies…

MICHÈLE PROVOST Everything must go / Liquidation totale

Arts Oct. 11 to Jan. 13 7: 30 pm by Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG)

MICHÈLE PROVOST Everything must go / Liquidation totale

Gift cards. Umbrellas. Notebooks. Scarves. Sensual allure. In a society in which personality is commerce, and revenue-generating endeavours are favoured, how do artists and the…

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Score Pizza and Cumberland Pizza make top pizzas list

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Waller St. Brewing Turns 3

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The role of the Downtown Rideau B.I.A.

The Downtown Rideau Business Improvement Area (Downtown Rideau B.I.A.) represents the 600+ member businesses and organizations surrounding Rideau Street and is the leading voice guiding the transformation of Downtown Rideau into a world-class shopping and cultural destination.