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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Ottawa Grassroots Festival update on the COVID-19 virus
March 19, 2020 -The world is being faced with an unprecedented outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. As of March 15. Ottawa’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Vera Etches, estimates there could be up to 1,000 cases of COVID-19 currently in Ottawa. She urged residents to...
Ottawa Grassroots will deliver an energy filled experience rich with local Folk, Indigenous sounds and foot stomping entertainment
February 26, 2020 - The Ottawa Grassroots Festival (OGF) celebrated their 9th launch event yesterday with an impressive Tuesday afternoon crowd at the iconic, Irene's Pub in the Glebe. Bob Nesbitt, Founder and Festival Producer, revealed another gender balanced roster...
Ottawa Grassroots and Algonquin College Performing Arts launches ACES in 2020.
Passer à la version française… January 30 2020, Ottawa. - The Ottawa Grassroots Festival (OGF) is pleased to announce an exciting partnership with Algonquin College Performing Arts called ACES! This spectacular juried event will take place at Algonquin College,...
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.