What to do on

Sunday, February 2 2025

▪️ Visit more than 40 queer and trans vendors at Little Jo Berry’s 2SLGBTQIA+ Valentine’s Day Market.

▪️ Watch the Grammys broadcast from Avant-Garde Bar. 

▪️ Pick up the Tours of Winters Past booklet at the Canadian Museum of History, and wander the exhibits, looking for clues. 

▪️ Stick around the Québec side of the Ottawa River to check tunnels, snow structures, and slides in Jacques Cartier Park (350 Laurier St., Gatineau).

▪️ The horse-drawn sleigh rides and hot chocolate are free, but you’d better bring cash for the bake sale at the Mechanicsville Winter Festival. 

▪️ Today is the deadline to order Valentine’s treats from Peace By Chocolate. 

▪️ If you’re a Greyhound parent (or you just love them, or any dog for that matter), bring them along to Stray Dog Brewing in Orléans for the Pop-Up Social.

▪️ Aspie Drummer continues his odyssey to beat the Guiness World Record for drumming, with Kids’ Movie Day. He’ll be drumming to film soundtracks from your favourite kids’ movies, and the whole family is invited to dance along. 

▪️ Learn to line dance at DA Studio. 

▪️ Visit the second day of Ottawa Mystic Market. 

🆓 The Mini Pow Wow at the Canadian Museum of History runs 11:00 am to 4:00 pm with drumming, dancing, and beautiful handmade creations by local Indigenous artisans. 

▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Hard Truths, The Brutalist, Anora 

▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Flow, The Room Next Door, The Substance 

Gigs

▪️ Sunday Night Revue. Irene’s Pub

▪️ Lulu Lamontagne. LIVE on Elgin

▪️ Acoustic Coffee House. Red Bird

▪️ 56 Blvd Blues. Atomic Rooster