Ottawa Festivals

Specialties

Ottawa Festivals is a not-​for-​profit organization that represents the festival, special event and fair industry in Canada’s Capital Region, Ottawa, Ontario. We operate a ticket and information office at 47 William Street in the ByWard Market, where you can purchase and pick-​up tickets for any event sold through Ticketmaster, CapitalTickets, as well as many other festivals and events.

History

Established in 1996.

In the fall of 1994, a meeting was called by the president of Ottawa Tourism Commission Authority (OTCA) in response to many public inquiries relating to many new festivals. The goal was to create a communication flow between the festivals and OTCA. During this meeting, there was a consensus that most of the festivals had many common interests and that there was a need to form some ongoing group that could coordinate tourism information, and share ideas to improve their individual events.