Festival season is in full swing in the capital!

 Summer is the start of festival season in the nation’s capital. Ottawa welcomes crowds from all over to celebrate art, culture, food, music, and so much more. The Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival, Fringe Fest, Italian Week, and Glowfair are behind us, but there are still so many great events to

Ottawa festival season do’s and don’ts

 If you’re like me, you totally love eating uncooked Beeferoni with peanut butter coated celery sticks. Annnd, you also live for festival season! The sunshine, all the live tuneage, the discovery of a new artist, the lawn chairs…  Umm, wait, maybe not those.                                                                                                                             Each year our O-town festivals just seem

Spend a Day in Ukraine Right Here in Ottawa

 Ottawa Life’s Festival City Series is back! We'll provide a unique look at some of your favourite events. We’ll go beyond the music with artist interviews, volunteer profiles, concert reviews and spotlights on the tastes, sights and sounds of the festival season.  Your city! Your festivals and events! Like a good sunscreen,

Bud’mo Hey! Party Like a Kozak at the Capital Ukrainian Festival Korchmas

 Ottawa Life’s Festival City Series is back! We'll provide a unique look at some of your favourite events. We’ll go beyond the music with artist interviews, volunteer profiles, concert reviews and spotlights on the tastes, sights and sounds of the festival season.  Your city! Your festivals and events! Like a good sunscreen,

Ottawa Honours Its Own

 Photos by Andre Gagne As many gathered in front of televisions, inside local pubs and at a sold out Canadian Tire Centre across town as the Sens readied for round two of the playoffs, the setting sun cast amber hues over the Capital’s most iconic landmark. A few blocks away

The Capital Ukrainian Festival – In Pictures

 All photos by Andre Gagne. Full of vibrant colours, tasty foods, dancing, music and tradition, the Capital Ukrainian Festival was a sharing of culture and community for the thousands who attended. Relive some festival highlights in our photo gallery.   Ottawa Life’s Festival City Series will provide a unique look at

Two festivals combine for an evening of Ukrainian music

 All photos by Andre Gagne. September, 1891. With little more than what could be carried the first immigrants from the Ukraine left their homeland with all the fears, worry and wonder that accompany the following of hopeful dreams in an uncertain time. Hearing about the free land of Canada, a

Politics, Perogies and Celebrating Ukrainian Heritage

 Photo courtesy of Lemon Bucket Orkestra. This weekend, the first ever Capital Ukrainian Festival is bringing a handful of amazing bands and about 16,800 perogies to Ottawa. Aside from celebrating Ukrainian arts and heritage, the events will shine a light on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the country’s long struggle