Hosts Jay West and Jen Covert from the National Arts Centre talk about some of the many great festivals taking place around the time of PAB.

Photo: Musée canadien des civilisations by JPDaigle.

Thank you very much to the NAC, Jay West, Jen Covert and Martin Jones for producing this fantastic series of podcasts to help out-of-town PABsters and their families learn about Ottawa and the amazing things they can do while visiting our city.

Hosts Jay West and Jen Covert from the National Arts Centre talk about some of the many great festivals taking place around the time of PAB.

For more information about the great festivals in Ottawa, check out OttawaFestivals.ca.

Other popular summer festivals include the Ottawa Jazz Festival (June 24-July 4), Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest (July 6-18), Ottawa Chamber Music Festival (July 24-August 7), Ottawa Folk Festival (Aug 13-15) and Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival (September 3-6).

Photo: Dragon Boat Race Festival IX: Headin’ Out photo by jessica @ flickr

Hosts Jay West and Jen Covert from the National Arts Centre share recommendations of local gifts and markets.

Local gifts

Markets

Thanks to our friends at the National Arts Centre, we have a series of podcasts to help you get the most out of your trip to Ottawa this June. We include this in the Canadian Podcast Buffet episodes and felt it would be useful to have here as well.

Enjoy!

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