Ottawa's Festival of Ideas Since 1997

Single Tickets

To purchase tickets à-la-carte, pick the events below you will be attending, then click Add to Cart at the bottom of the page.

Alternatively, for our spring and fall festival seasons, you can create-your-own-pass for a discounted price.

Tuesday Oct 03, 2023

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
with Naomi Klein
7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each

Tuesday Oct 10, 2023

Seeking Social Democracy
A Conversation with Ed Broadbent
7:30pm • St John the Evangelist • 154 Somerset Street West • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each

Monday Oct 16, 2023

The Bone Hacker
with Kathy Reichs
7:00pm • St John the Evangelist • 154 Somerset Street West • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each

Wednesday Oct 18, 2023

Between the Pages An Evening with the Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists
6:00pm • National Gallery of Canada • 380 Sussex Drive • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each

Wednesday Oct 25, 2023

Wednesday Pass
Includes admission to these events:
Becoming a Matriarch — 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
Home On Native Land — 8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  Passes at $40 each
Individual Tickets:
Becoming a Matriarch
with Helen Knott
6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each
Home On Native Land
with Alicia Elliott, Katherena Vermette and Cherie Dimaline
8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each

Thursday Oct 26, 2023

Thursday Pass
Includes admission to these events:
Moon of the Turning Leaves — 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
The Good Life — 8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  Passes at $40 each
Individual Tickets:
Moon of the Turning Leaves
with Waubgeshig Rice
6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each
The Good Life
with Darrel J. McLeod, Zalika Reid-Benta and Elaine Feeney
8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each

Friday Oct 27, 2023

Friday Pass
Includes admission to these events:
Wine Witch on Fire — 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
Makes You Stronger — 8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  Passes at $40 each
Individual Tickets:
Wine Witch on Fire
with Natalie MacLean
6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each
Makes You Stronger
with Nathan Whitlock, Amy Jones and Terry Fallis
8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each

Saturday Oct 28, 2023

Saturday Science Pass
Includes admission to these events:
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution — 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
Her Space, Her Time — 1:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
The Deepest Map — 3:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
Message in a Bottle — 4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  Passes at $50 each
Saturday Evening Pass
Includes admission to these events:
Every Happy Family — 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
Another World — 8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  Passes at $40 each
Individual Tickets:
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
with Cat Bohannon
12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each
Her Space, Her Time
with Shohini Ghose
1:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each
The Deepest Map
with Laura Trethewey
3:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each
Message in a Bottle
with Holly Hogan
4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each
Every Happy Family
with Amy Stuart, Ashley Audrain and Karma Brown
6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each
Another World
with Catherine Leroux, Sean Michaels and Mona Awad
8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each

Sunday Oct 29, 2023

Sunday Pass
Includes admission to these events:
The Tempest — 1:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
Family Matters — 3:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
Loves Labour — 4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
The End and the Beginning — 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
21 Things We Need To Do After The Indian Act — 8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  Passes at $80 each
Individual Tickets:
The Tempest
with Donna Morrissey and Michael Crummey
1:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each
Family Matters
with Claudia Dey and Yasuko Thanh
3:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each
Loves Labour
with Kate Heartfield, Eva Crocker and Emma Donoghue
4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each
The End and the Beginning
with Jenny Erpenbeck and David Bergen
6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each
21 Things We Need To Do After The Indian Act
with Bob Joseph
8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St. • more info
  General admission tickets at $25 each
  Senior/Student tickets at $20 each