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‹ 2024-2025 Season

Upcoming Events

NAC Create Your Own Mix and match from all the offerings this season!

NAC Create Your Own

Mix and match from all the offerings this season!

3 events or more for 15% off

Mix and match 3+ events for 15% off!

Wish List events to start planning your package. Learn more ›

Dec 5 - 8

2024

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NAC Dance

The Nutcracker

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Dec 5 - 8, 2024

Southam Hall
Ages 4
Family Dance Ballet Holidays

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Dec 5 7:30 PM EST
2024

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NAC Popular Music and Variety

The Irish Descendants

Christmas Concert
Dec 5, 2024 - 7 PM EST

Babs Asper Theatre

Music Folk Holidays

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Dec 5 - 7

2024

NAC French Theatre

Cispersonnages en quête d’auteurice

 Theatre, uninhibited
Dec 5 - 7, 2024

Azrieli Studio
Français
Francophone Family Theatre Comedy

Tickets

Offers available
Dec 5 8 PM EST
2024

NAC Popular Music and Variety

Bibi Club

with Simone Provencher
Dec 5, 2024 - 8 PM EST

Fourth Stage

Francophone Music Pop

Tickets
Dec 6 8 PM EST
2024

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NAC Popular Music and Variety

Cuff The Duke

with Matt Paxton & the Pintos
Dec 6, 2024 - 8 PM EST

Fourth Stage

Music Country

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Dec 7 7:30 PM EST
2024

NAC Popular Music and Variety

Kellylee Evans

Winter Song
Dec 7, 2024 - 7 PM EST

Babs Asper Theatre

Music Jazz Holidays

Tickets
Dec 10 - 14

2024

NAC Indigenous Theatre

Bear Grease

Shack Up for the Winter - Holiday Special
Dec 10 - 14, 2024

Babs Asper Theatre
English
Family Indigenous Music Rock

Tickets

Offers available
Dec 11 - 13 8 PM EST

2024

NAC Orchestra

Elf, Movie in Concert

Pops Series
Dec 11 - 13, 2024

Southam Hall
English
Family Music Classical Theatre

Tickets
Dec 14 - 15 3 PM EST

2024

NAC French Theatre

Les musiciens de l’orage

Theatre of the imaginary
Dec 14 - 15, 2024

Azrieli Studio
Ages 5-10 Français
Francophone Family Music Theatre

Tickets
Dec 14 8 PM EST
2024

Presented by The Janice & Earle O’Born Fund for Artistic Excellence

Barbara Hannigan & Bertrand Chamayou

in recital
Dec 14, 2024 - 8 PM EST

Southam Hall

Music Classical Vocal Piano

Tickets

Offers available
Dec 18 - 19 7 PM EST

2024

NAC Orchestra

Handel’s Messiah

with the NAC Orchestra
Dec 18 - 19, 2024

Southam Hall

Music Classical Masterworks Vocal

Tickets

Offers available
Dec 21 7:30 PM EST
2024

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NAC Popular Music and Variety

Good Lovelies
Dec 21, 2024 - 7 PM EST

Babs Asper Theatre

Music Folk Holidays

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Dec 21 8 PM EST
2024

NAC Popular Music and Variety

Céleste Lévis
Dec 21, 2024 - 8 PM EST

Fourth Stage

Francophone Singer Holidays

Tickets
Dec 22

2024

NAC Popular Music and Variety

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy: A Celtic Family Christmas
Dec 22, 2024

Southam Hall

Family Violin Holidays

Tickets
Jan 10 - 11 8 PM EST

2025

NAC Orchestra

Final Symphony: Music from FINAL FANTASY

Pops Series
Jan 10 - 11, 2025

Southam Hall

Classical Pops

Tickets

Offers available
Jan 15 - 17 8 PM EST

2025

NAC Indigenous Theatre

Qaumma

Created by Vinnie Karetak and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory
Jan 15 - 17, 2025

Azrieli Studio
English
Indigenous Theatre

Tickets

Offers available
Jan 15 - 16 8 PM EST

2025

NAC Orchestra

Shelley, Strauss & Goosby's Debut

with the NAC Orchestra
Jan 15 - 16, 2025

Southam Hall
Bilingual
Classical Violin

Tickets

Offers available
Jan 16 - 25

2025

NAC English Theatre

Salesman in China

推销员在中国
Jan 16 - 25, 2025

Babs Asper Theatre
Ages 14+ English
Theatre Drama

Tickets

Offers available
Jan 18 8 PM EST
2025

NAC Popular Music and Variety

Classic Albums Live: Prince

Purple Rain
Jan 18, 2025 - 8 PM EST

Southam Hall

Rock R&B Soul

Tickets
Jan 18 8 PM EST
2025

NAC Popular Music and Variety

Akawui
Jan 18, 2025 - 8 PM EST

Fourth Stage

Indigenous Hip-hop

Tickets

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Packages and series

Create your own French Theatre 3 or more events for 15% off
In total, fifteen shows grace the stage of the 2024-2025 French Theatre season. Fifteen thrilling propositions, each a vibrant call to break...
Create your own Indigenous Theatre 3 or more events for 15% off
Join us as we celebrate Indigenous leaders, artists, and storytellers—sharing stories, histories, and perspectives. Awe-inspiring...
Create your own NAC Dance 3 or more events for 15% off
Create a custom-made dance experience! With the 2024-25 season, we invite you to explore the multiple worlds of Canadian and international...
Create your own NAC Create Your Own 3 or more events for 15% off
Create your own tailor-made experience by putting together your own package of three or more shows!
Create your own NACO Family 3 or more events for 15% off
Looking for a fun (and affordable) activity for your family? Join us to explore the wonders of music. ...
Create your own Orchestra 3 or more events for 15% off
Create your very own customized package: Explore the NAC Orchestra Season, pick your favourite concerts, buy 3+ shows and get...
Create your own English Theatre 3 or more events for 15% off
Create a custom-made theatre experience by choosing 3 or more plays from our full season lineup. Pick the shows that suit you, and your...
NAC Orchestra Chamber Music
Up close and personal with the music and the musicians Join members of the NAC Orchestra and special guests for intimate Sunday afternoon...
NAC Popular Music and Variety Classic Albums Live
Classic Albums Live takes the greatest albums and recreates them live on stage – note for note, cut for cut – using the best musicians.
NAC Dance Dance with Live Orchestra
It’s undeniable: dance and music are deeply interconnected, and when live orchestral music and dance come together, something magical...
Days of Truth and Reconciliation
In observance of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day, we proudly present a collection of virtual and...
NAC French Theatre En famille
This year again, you will be witnessing something so sublime and sudden. From the still stage to minuscule particles celebrating, the...
Epic Love Adventures
Travel through the depths of love in all forms – from passion, strength, and defiant stories to dark and haunting melodies. Whatever...
NAC Orchestra First Time at the Orchestra
Ready for a new experience? Here are our picks for your very first concerts with the NAC Orchestra, from easy-to-enjoy music to...
NAC Orchestra For the Piano Fans
For all the fans of piano: all the masterpieces and the guest pianists at a glance Save 15% when you buy tickets to any 3+ shows.
NAC Orchestra For the Violin Fans
For all the fans of violin: all the masterpieces and the guest soloists at a glance Save 15% when you buy tickets to any 3+ shows.
NAC Dance Get Into Dance
Dance transcends mere movement; it's a fascinating artistic journey, an art form that speaks volumes. Dance powerfully conveys ideas,...
NAC French Theatre Grand Public
Through cringe sketches interpreted by recently graduated performers, a magical game of mirrors and metamorphoses, a powerful act of...
NAC Dance Group Force
Watching dancers move on stage is incredibly captivating. When their movements perfectly synchronize, gradually intensifying like a...
NAC Indigenous Theatre Healing Across Generations
Embrace captivating stories shared across our generations. Feel the presence of the matriarchs, follow the light of family in the face of...
Free activities Les lundis des tout-petits French story time with Luana French story time with Luana
Join us on Mondays for French story time with Luana! Toddlers are invited to delight in tales that will sweep them away on journeys through...
NAC Orchestra NACO Family
Looking for a fun (and affordable) activity for your family? Join us to explore the wonders of music. ...
NAC Orchestra Orchestra +
The boundaries of artistic expression are shattered when the NAC Orchestra collaborates with dance, theatre, and multi-disciplinary artists....
Ottawa’s Artistic Haven: The Studio Experience
Imagine a space where creativity knows no bounds, where artistic expression flows freely, and innovation thrives. Welcome to the intimate...
NAC Orchestra POPS
A night at the Pops is more than just a show—it's a perfect night out! Sing along to show-stopping hits with Broadway stars, laugh...
NAC French Theatre Rattle the cage
Do you like your shows to be irreverent, to challenge you, to shake you to the core? The 2024–2025 season will be packed with works...
NAC French Theatre Revisit the past
Do you love the classics, those timeless works that beg to be constantly reimagined? From a revamped feminist tale to the story of Jesus,...
NAC French Theatre Step outside yourself
Isn’t theatre by definition a place of illusion, even metamorphosis? Blending humour and virtuosity, here are four superb examples of...
NAC Popular Music and Variety Small stage, big spotlight Fourth Stage concerts and... Fourth Stage concerts and events
Join us at the Fourth Stage, the NAC’s home for emerging, inclusive and boundary-pushing artists. This relaxed, casual venue is...
ASL and LSQ Interpreted Events
The NAC’s offering of ASL (American Sign Language) and LSQ (Langue des signes québécoise) interpreted performances...

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