Canada
Day July 1
Parliament Hill, Major's Hill Park
and Jacques Cartier Park in Hull
Tel: 1-800-465-1867 or (613) 239-5000
Canada's Capital Region celebrates our national holiday with shows, street performers and concerts!
- Join us on Parliament Hill where some of Canada's best artists perform for the entire country.
- The whole family can share in the excitement of the festivities at sites around the Capital Region including Major's Hill Park and Jacques Cartier Park in Hull.
- Don't miss the spectacular fireworks display!
TD
Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival June 25 - July 5, 2009
Confederation Park
Tel: (613) 241-2633
Fax: (613) 241-5774
Web Site: www.ottawajazzfestival.com
The TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival is one of the National Capital Region's premiere music events. It features the finest jazz musicians from Canada and around the world performing in open air venues and intimate studio spaces where thousands can enjoy world class music.
Cisco
Ottawa Bluesfest July 9 - 19, 2009
Tel: (613) 247-1188
Fax: (613) 247-2220
Website: http://www.ottawabluesfest.ca
This award winning,
11-day, multi-staged music extravaganza is the biggest blues festival
in Canada and ranks as one of the most important music festivals in North
America. Thousands of performers are featured annually at LeBreton Flats
Park in the heart of downtown Ottawa. The site is fully licensed and offers
a wide variety of food concessions.
HOPE
Volleyball BeachFestJuly 11, 2009
Mooney's Bay Beach
1600 Merivale Road, Suite 205
Nepean, ON K2G 5J8
Tel: (613) 237-1433
Fax: (613) 237-1601
Website: www.hopehelps.com
The world’s largest beach volleyball tournament with as many as 1,000 teams and 10,000 players participating in 5, 000 games is a spectacle in and of itself. But HOPE pumps up the event a few more notches by providing six continuous hours of live entertainment from its main stage featuring prominent headliners drawing in upwards of another 20,000 spectators. Since its inception 23 years ago, the BeachFest has raised more than 5 million in support of over 100 local charities.
Ottawa
International Chamber Music FestivalJuly 25 - August 8, 2009
Tel: (613) 234-8008
Web Site: www.chamberfest.com
From July 25 to August 8, the world’s finest musicians will gather in Ottawa for two weeks of superb music-making beginning with an outstanding opening benefit concert featuring Grammy and Juno award winner James Ehnes and Jon Kimura Parker.
