Ottawa Grassroots Festival 2025
13th Annual Festival
Join us for this year’s Festival
April 24-27, 2025
First Unitarian Congress
30 Cleary Avenue, Ottawa
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OGF 2021 Performer Leela Gilday Wins Canadian Folk Music Award
Congratulations to Ottawa Grassroots Festival 2021 Performer Leela Gilday on being awarded the Canadian Folk Music Award for Indigenous Songwriter(s) of the Year / Auteur compositeur(s) autochtone de l'année for/pour North Star Calling! More information about her on...
Ottawa Grassroots App Designed by Algonquin College Student team Wins Showcase
Algonquin College had a showcase of student projects, the Virtual RE/ACTION Showcase, with entries from 75 student groups. The student team that developed the Ottawa Grassroots Festival App was one of the final 5 who presented during the showcase, and also won! The...
The Sweetness of Community
(April 7, 2021 - OTTAWA) Strawberry Blonde Bakery and Ottawa Grassroots Festival (OGF) are partnering to support live music and festivals, one creative cookie at a time. The new community initiative grew out of the long-time connection of Jacqui Okum, Founder and...
About OGF
The Ottawa Grassroots Festival is a non-profit, community-based, volunteer-run organization dedicated to cultivating community at the local level through a vibrant annual festival of concerts and participatory workshops.
The Festival will be LIVE at the FIRST UNITARIAN CONGREGATION of OTTAWA at 30 Cleary Avenue, Ottawa ON K2A 4A1 and IRENE’S PUB at 885 Bank St.
All daytime performances and workshops are FREE!
Kids 15 and under are admitted free to evening concerts if they are accompanied by a ticket holding adult.
If you have a disability and require the assistance of a support person, you may request a free ticket for your support person with the purchase of your ticket.