Welcome to Radical Events Ottawa! Learn more about the list here. See the full calendar here.
Please Note: Events listed on this calendar are not organized by the Punch Up Collective unless otherwise noted in the event details.
Come out on Earth Day & celebrate spring! The CCA & CCHC’s annual Centretown Earth Day Festival is taking place in Dundonald Park on Saturday, April 18, 2026 (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.). What you can look forward to: Games, arts and crafts, live performances and educational talks. Dozens of organizations will host booths to […]
Concerned about issues affecting migrants, workers, youth, Indigenous peoples, tenants, or the climate? Join us for a community- building political discussion on April 18th at 2:00pm to link our struggles against Canadian imperialism and build solidarity among our organizations in Ottawa!
Bountiful Beaver 's Volunteer Open House April 19th 11am-2pm 2391 Pepin Court, Just Food Come see what projects we have going on and talk to our core volunteer team! Get your hands in the dirt and tour the farm. Bountiful Beaver is a non profit in Ottawa East , growing organic food to serve the […]
Come together to prepare for the May Day March by helping create banners, signs, and noisemakers. Art supplies provided. Kids welcome! When: 1:00pm – 4:00pm – Sunday, April 19th Where: McNabb Community Centre, Preschool Room If you have questions or would like to get involved, contact us at info@maydayottawa.org.
Tuesday Apr 21st, 2026 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM GCTC, 1233 Wellington St. W Octopus Books welcomes Joan Kuyek and Lib Spry to celebrate the Ottawa launch of The Long Sixties: Stories from the New Left, edited by Jim Harding. Sharing their stories as lifelong activists, Joan and Lib will reflect on their victories and defeats, […]
Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space, with the purpose of building connection, skill, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. Come try on a […]
In 1930s Spain, artists, organizers, unions, and leftist political parties produced thousands of stunning posters promoting revolutionary social change and opposing fascism. In 1936, the Spanish Civil War began when fascists organized a coup to overthrow Spain’s democratically-elected leftist Popular Front government, composed of a coalition of socialists, anarchists, communists, workers’ organizations and social movements. […]
Join us to celebrate the lauch of Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us with co-authors Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks, a jarring portrait of a deeply unequal Canada and how a wealth tax could rein in the destructive power wielded by today’s billionaires. As the ultra-wealthy siphon off an ever-larger share of the world’s wealth, […]
Join Cree poet and kêhtê-aya (Elder) Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer to celebrate the launch of wîhtamawik / Tell Them: On a Life of Inspiration, a new collection of memoirs, essays, and poems. Louise will be joined in conversation by Omeasoo Wahpasiw. The event will be held at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in […]
Le travail du s*xe subit une marginalisation constante, les travailleuses et travailleurs en paient le prix. Ielles n'ont pas à l'accepter pour autant. Plusieurs d'entre elleux se sont regroupé-es pour organiser leur travail collectivement, et contrer les violences faites envers les travailleuses et travailleurs du sexe, particulièrement les personnes 2SLGBTQIA+. Est ainsi formé le Collectif […]
Be a part of reviving Food Not Bombs in Ottawa! Are you the kind of person who wants to make sure no one gets left behind? Do you want to build food security in your community? Is it clearer now more than ever that the world needs cooperation and mutual aid, not greed and wanton […]
How is science knowledge communicated and circulated? How does these norms effect what is considered Science? In this month's module of the Social Production of Science reading group, we bring you "The Circulation of Science". Here we will discuss the scientific journal, the scientific conference, and the peer review and granting process as methods of […]
