Arts and Culture
* Theaters
Ottawa has a dynamic theatre scene that includes theatre companies and festivals.
There is something for everyone, from avant garde performances, classic theatre, to family entertainment
Ottawa has a dynamic theatre scene that includes theatre companies and festivals.
There is something for everyone, from avant garde performances, classic theatre, to family entertainment
- National Arts Centre (NAC) — offers English and French theatre programs, a dance season, and a variety of performances
- Great Canadian Theatre Company — specializing in plays by Canadian emerging and established playwright
- Centrepointe Theatre — Ottawa’s second largest performing arts space, just 15 minutes from downtown
- Shenkman Arts Centre — Ottawa's east end creative hub for bilingual multidisciplinary arts
- Arts Court — Ottawa’s arts centre housing several performing arts groups including LeGroupe Dance Lab, Odyssey Theatre, Salamander Theatre and Third Wall Theatre Company
- La Nouvelle Scène — local award-winning French-language theatre centre programming music, literature, poetry, dance and cinema.
- Ottawa Little Theatre — offers amateur theatre for all ages and interests
Ottawa is a great
place to experience art, theater and music. There are many options to
choose from depending on your interests, age, or season.
* Visual Arts
Check the variety of visual arts exhibitions classical and contemporary.
-
National Gallery of Canada– the la
rgest visual
arts museum in Canada with impressive collections of Canadian,
Indigenous, European, American, Asian and contemporary art.
- Canadian Museum of Contem
porary Photography – exhibitions of photographic art by Canadian artists
- Ottawa Art Gallery – Ottawa’s pub
lic gallery for contemporary and 20th century art
- SAW Gallery – contempor
ary artist-run centre exhibiting emerging and established artist
- Gallery 101 – non-profit art
ist-run centre showing solo and group exhibitions of Canadian and international contemporary artists
- City Hall Art Gallery – municipal professional gallery in Ottawa City Hall featuring local, national and international artists
* Music
For musical performance in Ottawa you can choose from popular acts at the Scotiabank Place, to classical music at the NAC. Or pubs, bars or music halls in the Byward Market.
For musical performance in Ottawa you can choose from popular acts at the Scotiabank Place, to classical music at the NAC. Or pubs, bars or music halls in the Byward Market.
- National Arts Centre – NAC Orchestra performances and special events by local groups such as Opera Lyra and the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra
- Scotiabank Place – information about popular national and international acts and performances
- Centrepointe Theatre – Ottawa’s second largest performing arts space, just 15 minutes from downtown
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Landsdowne Stadium – multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue hosts a variety of musical performances.