Autumn’s In The Air 2019 Events Guide Now until Sept 15. CityFolk. Featuring Sept 20-21. Fifty-Five Plus Lifestyle Sept 22. Dean Brody and Dallas Smith. Leon Bridges, Dear Rouge and Larkin Poe. Show. EY Centre. Free. fifty-five-plus.com $57+. canadiantirecentre.com Lansdowne Park. cityfolkfestival.com Sept 20-21. Beau’s Oktoberfest. Beer, Sept 23. Coronation St. – Roy & Brian. Now until Sept 22. Gardenlicious. Barvarian-inspired cuisine, music and Featuring David Neilson and Peter Gunn. Garden-fresh culinary experiences. family-friendly activities. Vankleek Hill Algonquin Commons Theatre. $50+. gardenpromenade.ca Fairgrounds. $32+. beausoktoberfest.ca algonquinsa.com Now until Sept 29. Festival of Small Sept 20-21. Arohafest. A bilingual festival Sept 25-27. Jane Goodall: Inspiration in Halls. Over 30 concerts in community celebrating the arts of India. Shenkman Action. $77+. meridiancentrepointe.com halls across Eastern Ontario. Arts Center. arohafinearts.ca Sept 25-29. thefestivalofsmallhalls.com Ottawa International Sept 20-22. Living Statues on Sparks. Animation Festival. Showcasing quirky Now until Sept 29. Mòshkamo: Living statue artists, face painting, live and original animated features. $10+. Indigenous Arts Festival. In celebration music and more. sparkslive.com animationfestival.ca of the launch of Indigenous Theatre’s first Sept 26-29. season. nac-cna.ca Sept 21. Fall Horse Festival. Horse Ottawa Fall Home Show. demonstrations and RCMP Musical Ride. Featuring Bryan Baeulmer. EY Centre. Sept 14. Nature Sleepover for Adults. $5+. wesleycloverparks.com $13. ottawafallhomeshow.com Sleep overnight in the museum with food, Sept 27. $40+. Algonquin science and music. Museum of Nature. Sept 21-22. War of 1812 Weekend. Jimmy Rankin. th Commons Theatre. algonquinsa.com $165. nature.ca 19 Century military re-enactments. $10. glengarrypioneermuseum.ca Sept 15. Buffy Sainte-Marie. $31+. nac-cna.ca Sept 21-22. Parent & Child Expo. Nepean Sportsplex. $10. parentandchildexpo.ca Staff Picks Sept 17. Feast of Fields. Food prepared by the city’s best culinary talent. City Hall. Sept 21-22. Ottawa Pinball and Fairs and festivals $75. carefor.ca Gameroom Show. Nepean Sportsplex. Sept 19-22. Richmond Fair. Celebrating $20. ottawapinball.com 175 years with helicopter rides over the Sept 19. Breakfast on The Rideau. Featuring fair. Demolition Derby on Sept 19. $10+. Frank O’Dea, co-founder of Second Cup. Sept 21-Oct 31. Haunting Season and richmondfair.ca Horticulture Building. $65. tdplace.ca Frightfest (Munster). Hayrides, mazes and haunted houses. $20+. saundersfarm.com Sept 21. Canada’s Coolest Curds. 100% Sept 19. Paint Jam. Music, food, silent Canadian cheese including winners of auction and live art demonstrations. Lago Sept 22. Army Run. Half-marathon, 10K and Canada’s best. $20+. Agriculture and Bar and Grill. $50. ottawapaintjam.com 5K run. Canadian War Museum. armyrun.ca Food Museum. ingeniumcanada.org Sept 20. 613nightMRKT. Handmade Sept 22. Make Strides for Melanoma. Sept 26-29. Carp Fair. 156th year. items and antiques while enjoying beer Ride, walk or run supporting melanoma Rawhide Rodeo on Sept 29. $12. or wine. Aberdeen Pavilion. 613flea.ca patients. Andrew Haydon Park. carpfair.ca melanomanetwork.ca Sept 20. Midnight Moose Ultra Oct 17-20. Merrickville Jazz Festival. (Gatineau). 160K, 100K, 50K and 25K trail Sept 22. Capital Comic Book Convention. Performances by Steven Taetz, races. $50+. 3beaversracing.com Marriott Hotel. $6. facebook.com/capital- Heather Bambrick and more. comicbookconvention merrickvillesjazzfest.com Sept 27. CNIB Hero Night. Superhero walk with games and costume contest OCTOBER Staff Picks supporting the visually impaired. Aberdeen Square. cnib.ca Oct 3-6. Metcalfe Fair. Rides, games, OUT OF TOWN dancing and a demolition derby. Sept 7-Oct 27. Ski lift, Sept 27. The Bicycle Ball. A low-carbon Metcalfe Fairgrounds. metcalfefair.com F.U.N Fest. event with live music and food. farmhouse, labyrinth, rides, makeup Horticulture Building. $25+. tdplace.ca Oct 4. Grilled Cheese Festival. City Hall. artist and songwriters. Sommet facebook.com/grilledcheesefestival Saint-Sauveur. $12+. sommets.com Sept 27-29. Dief the Chief (Carp). Play Sept 12-15. Kingston Fall Fair. Featuring portraying former Prime Minister John Oct 4-5. Whiskey Ottawa Festival. country singing showdown, artisan alley, Diefenbaker. $35. diefenbunker.ca Whiskey tastings, snacks and distilleries. Canadian War Museum. $140. demolition derby and carnival rides. $5+. Sept 27-Oct 27. Pumpkinferno. whiskeyottawa.ca kingstonfair.com (Morrisburg). Over 6,000 hand-carved Sept 14-19. Niagara Grape and Wine pumpkins. $16. uppercanadavillage.com Oct 4-6. Gatineau Hills Fiddle Festival. Mill Road Community Space. $17+. Festival. Vineyard tours, food, drinks and parade. $15+. niagarawinefestival.com Sept 27-Oct 30. Acres of Terror facebook.com/GatineauHillsFiddleFest (Chesterville). Haunted wagon rides, Sept 28. Kids Help Phone Everest Oct 4-6. Mac My Cheese Fest. Mac n’ escape maze, and haunted house. Challenge (Mont Ste. Marie). Teams climb cheese festival. Festival Plaza at City $25+. cannamoreorchard.com the mountain to reach the height of Mount Hall. macmycheesefest.ca Everest. $50. climbforkidshelpphone.ca Sept 28. Etsy Made in Quebec (Chelsea). Featuring local Etsy sellers. Centre Oct 5. Zombie Run. 2.5K fun run with Oct 4-6. Toronto Fall Home Show. Meredith. facebook.com/etsyoutaouais corn maze and other spooky surprises. Enercare Centre. $10+. fallhomeshow.com Proulx Berry Farm. $50. rattlemebones.ca Sept 28. Health and Charity HOPE Gala. Oct 17-19. Montreal Burlesque Festival. Reception, 3-course meal and silent Oct 5. Sens Home Opener vs. New York An ode to Montréal’s cabaret days during auction supporting children’s hospitals. Rangers. nhl.com/senators the Prohibition era. Club Soda. $50+. $125. healthandcharity.com montrealburlesquefestival.com Oct 5. Sip Axe and Relax. Brewery tour at Sept 28. Harvest Festival (Osgoode). Flora Hall and Beyond the Pale, followed Oct 26. Halloween in Tremblant. Artisan tents, demonstrations and harvest by axe throwing. $101. brewdonkey.ca Trick-or-treat in the village. tremblant.ca supper. osgoodemuseum.ca Oct 5. Panda Game. Gee Gees vs. Ravens (football). $20+. tdplace.ca Sept 28. Hike for ALS. 7K, 5K and 1.2K Oct 12. Harvest Festival. Wagon hike and scavenger hunt for youth. Oct 5. Craft Beer & Food Truck Festival Mer Bleue Conservation Area. als.ca rides, scavenger hunt and other family (Renfrew). Low Square. renfrew.ca activities. watsonsmill.com Sept 28-29. Etsy Made in Canada. Oct 5. 50th anniversary NAC Golden Gala. Oct 12-14. Garden Fall Rhapsody. Featuring 150+ local Etsy sellers. celebration featuring Sarah McLachlan and Colours of fall in the capital. Various Fieldhouse at Carleton University. the NAC Orchestra. $135+. nac-cna.ca markets.cheerfullymade.com locations. gardenpromenade.ca Oct 5-6. Yoga and Wellness Show. EY Oct 12-14. Perth Autumn Studio Tour. Sept 29. Rattle Me Bones. 10K, 5K and 1.5K Centre. $9. yogawellnessshow.com races supporting cancer research. Aviation Artisans, live demonstrations and and Space Museum. rattlemebones.ca Oct 5-26. Gatineau Park Shuttle. Shuttle garden walks. perthstudiotour.com to Gatineau Park and back on Saturdays Sept 29. Head of the Rideau Regatta. in October. ncc-ccn.gc.ca Oct 13. Fall Colours Run. Marathon, Annual fall regatta. Rideau Canoe Club. half marathon, 10K, 5K and 3K run. ottawarowingclub.com Oct 5-27. NCC Fall Rhapsody (Gatineau Heritage Village Museum. somersault.ca Park). Enjoy fall foliage while walking or Sept 29. Kidney Walk. 5K and 1K walk biking along the trails. ncc-ccn.gc.ca Oct 14. Chelsea Challenge. 10K or 2K raising funds for the Kidney Foundation walk/run raising funds for La Maison of Canada. City Hall. kidneywalk.ca Oct 6. CIBC Run for the Cure. 5K and 1K Libère-Elles. chelseachallenge.org run or walk to fight against breast cancer. Tunney’s Pasture. cibcrunforthecure.ca Oct 14. Happy Thanksgiving! Oct 10. TEDxOttawa. National Art Oct 15-16. Céline Dion. $62+. Autumn’s In The Air Centre. $50. ted.com canadiantirecentre.com Oct 16. Red Green. Performance by Oct 19. Ottawa Men’s Expo. Aberdeen Pavilion. ottawamensexpo.com comedian Steve Smith. $65. Algonquin Commons Theatre. algonquinsa.com Oct 19. 9-Run-Run (Stittsville). Half marathon, 10K, 2K, relay and chilli cook-off. Village Square Park. 9runrun.ca Oct 18. Dueling Pianos. $22+. meridiancentrepointe.com Oct 19. Ottawa Valley Craft Beer Festival (Pembroke). Best Western Pembroke Inn. $15+ ovcbf.ca Oct 18. Ghost. $50+. canadiantirecentre.com Oct 19, 20, 26, 27. The Haunted Walk’s Incident in the Bunker (Carp). $24+. diefenbunker.ca Oct 18. Glebestock. Live music, dancing, flower-crown making and food. Oct 19. World Of Dance. Featuring The Kings. $39. tdplace.ca Horticulture Building. $40. tdplace.ca Oct 19-20. National Women’s Show. EY Centre. nationalwomenshow.com Oct 18. The Head and The Heart. Oct 19-20. EY Centre. ottawaskishow.com Algonquin Commons Theatre. $54. Ski, Snowboard & Travel Show. algonquinsa.com Oct 19-20. Ottawa Antique and Vintage Market. The Fieldhouse at Carleton Oct 19. Ottawa Fire Truck Pull. University. ottawaantiqueandvintagemarket.ca Teams race to pull a fire truck 100 feet. Lansdowne Park. Oct 20. The Canada Beer Run. Run brewery to brewery and enjoy local drafts. ottawafiretruckpull.com canadabeerrun.ca Oct 20. 5K walk or run to raise awareness around pregnancy and Oct 19. Pumpkinfest (Carleton Place). Butterfly Run. Pumpkins, hay climber and scavenger child loss. Aberdeen Pavilion. $30. butterflyrunottawa.ca hunt. downtowncarletonplace.com Oct 20. Ottawa Book Expo. Horticulture Building. ottawabookexpo.ca Oct 22. Tegan and Sara. $50+. Algonquin Commons Theatre. algonquinsa.com Staff Picks Oct 22-27. RENT. 20th anniversary tour. nac-cna.ca TO DO ON A FALL WEEKEND Oct 24-26. Haunt Nights (Manotick). Haunted houses, mazes, and more. watsonsmill.com Parc Omega (Montebello). Oct 24-27. Inside Out. LGBT film festival. insideout.ca Recommended to buy one bag of carrots per person to feed the massive Oct 24-29. Ottawa International Writers Festival. writersfestival.org wapiti.