Ottawa Vinyl and Book Fair

Sunday, August 23, 2026, 11AM–5PM
SAW + Arts Court (67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa)

Admission: $5 (includes workshops)
Free for children, students and seniors

Drink specials all day, including $2 iced coffee, $5 SAW Lager and the launch of new beverages from Collective Arts Brewing

100% of proceeds will be donated to Book Clubs for Inmates.

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Join us at the Ottawa Vinyl and Book Fair to browse thousands of new and used vinyl records, DVDs and books. Enjoy a full day of activities including a live CKCU broadcast of This Island Earth, an artist spotlight on Indigenous filmmaker and musician Willie Dunn, open decks with local DJs and an Almanac pop-up bakery in the SAW courtyard. Take part in a synth petting zoo, express screenprinting workshops, Risograph printing demos, an author conversation with the award-winning queer writer Conyer Clayton and the launch of a special-edition Joi T. Arcand baseball cap and tote bag.

SCHEDULE

11AM–5PM: Vinyl and Book Fair Vendors

Locations: SAW exhibition spaces, SAW courtyard and Arts Court

Vendors: Alex Hodges, Arc Poetry Magazine, Baked Goods Record Store, Birdman Sound, B-rad, Brian Tierney, Bruised Tongue, Catch & Release Urban Vintage, Chris International, Chrix Morinx, Compact Music, Dave Cooper, Doro Do Design, Geronimo Inutiq, GoodRecords4Sale, Green Valley Grooves & Grafiks, Joella Designs, Librairie Louis-Fréchette, Love Lyla Books, Matt’s DVD Collection, Mosaïque Interculturelle / Salon du livre afro-canadien, North Power Marketing, Octopus Books, Off the Beaten Track, Philip Rose, Pre Loved Books with Brooke, Raven and Ram, Retrola Music, Robinson’s Records, Rough Draft Events & Goods, Second Spin Records, Serge Rodrigue, Slow Rabbits Prints, Steve Kirkland, Stonemason Books, Trevor Walker, Twisted Past Vintage, Vinyl Grove Music and Memorabilia, Vividly + 613 Pink Vests



11AM–5PM: Almanac Pop-Up Bakery

Location: SAW courtyard



11AM–5PM: Open Decks

Location: SAW courtyard



11AM–5PM: Synth Petting Zoo

Location: Artengine

Presented by Cicada Sound



11AM–5PM: The Ballad of Crowfoot – Willie Dunn
Screening (on loop) • Documentary • 10 minutes • 1968

Location: DARC Microcinema

Presented by the National Film Board of Canada and the Digital Arts Resource Centre



11AM–12PM: Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology
Listening Session

Location: Club SAW



1PM–4PM: This Island Earth — Live Broadcast
In English

Location: Club SAW

Presented by CKCU



4PM–5PM: Conyer Clayton: Author in Conversation with Ellen Chang-Richardson
In English

Location: Club SAW

Presented by the Riverbed Reading Series



12PM–4PM: Express Drop-in Screenprinting Workshops

Location: SAW Nordic Lab



4PM–5PM: Risograph Printing Demo with Chris Morin

Location: SAW Nordic Lab