The New Art Festival

The New Art Festival (TNAF) is Ottawa's largest non-commercial outdoor art festival. Featuring over 200 artists and entertainers from a full spectrum of disciplines, this annual event draws thousands of visitors and participants from across Canada and around the world.

The New Art Festival is a non-commercial event, therefore we do not include any mass-produced goods, nor do we have any representation from large chains or corporations. We are a low carbon footprint event and feature food providers from the community.

All of the artwork, food and music at TNAF are the direct result of the artists and artisans who are featured at our festival. The organizers do not take any percentage of the artists’ sales.

The Art in the Park Festival Community is a registered Ontario not-for-profit corporation, run for artists by artists.

Originally conceived by Bhat Boy as an event to provide opportunities for up and coming artists, this important festival is truly unique. To honour our art community and all its hard-working artists and craftspeople, the event is juried.

In keeping with our mandate to include input from the festival’s home community, one juror is be chosen directly from Ottawa’s Glebe district, the neighbourhood which has supported our festival for over 25 years.