# @ottawaisnotboring on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddm5kpvS6T_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70865738-ottawaisnotboring-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-22T23:25:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Carla Salazar | Things to do in Ottawa | Blog for newcomers (@ottawaisnotboring) — https://gondola.cc/ottawaisnotboring

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OTTAWA IS TURNING 200, AND YOU HAVE TO CELEBRATE OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY! 🎉🎊

Let’s throw the party of the century!!! 🥂

What’s happening on Saturday, September 26?

🎈 Ottawa 200 Street Block Party: The city is ‘tirando la casa por la ventana’ with a free, all-ages party featuring live music, performances, food vendors, family-friendly entertainment, and a ‘fin de fiesta’ by DEF Collective, the team behind Grown Up Pizza Parties. From 10am–10pm at Marion Dewar Plaza at City Hall, 110 Laurier St W. Check out the full schedule here: ottawa200blockparty.ca

🌃 Nuit Blanche is turning the entire city into an all-night art gallery, from dusk till dawn, 7pm–7am! Are you in?? Featuring Cubo, Prismatica, a giant seesaw, a disco shower, and so much more! More info: IG nuitblancheottawa

🎨 Pique is hitting its 21st edition, and it’s FREE for the first time ever! Unreal. Expect performances and activations, immersive installations, and participatory art across multiple floors of Arts Court, 2 Daly Ave. From 4pm–4am!

🎧 Soundscape is lighting up the Plaza Bridge with a free party from 7pm–11pm. Featuring Indigenous performers, a sea shanty collective, experimental artists, and Canadian indie rock favourites Hollerado. Where: The tunnel under the bridge between the Château Laurier and Parliament Hill.

📍 Metcalfe Plaza is throwing its last party after a summer filled with fun events downtown. From 5pm–10pm at 151 Metcalfe St.

200 years of Bytown-to-Ottawa glow-up, and we’re just getting started. See you out there! 🥂

🚍 Heads up: All trips on OC Transpo will be free all weekend, from Saturday to Sunday.

🦫 Starting at 2pm: The BeaverTails store at the ByWard Market will be giving away 200 BeaverTails for free!

Why 200?

Ottawa’s founding is considered to date back to the moment construction began on the Rideau Canal. That’s 1826! 😊

#ottawa200 #ottawaevents #thingstodoinottawa #whattodothisweekend #ottawaisnotboring

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