Ottawa soaks in the long Victoria Day weekend
National Fiddling Day, Sheep Shearing Festival and Canadian Tulip Festival happen this weekend
It's a warm Victoria Day long weekend in and around Ottawa and people have been out taking advantage.
The Canadian Tulip Festival was a big draw for people from Ottawa and beyond.
The tulips are feeling the heat, but the crowds don't seem to mind. Hundreds of ppl here. It's packed! <a href="https://t.co/io5JDO7zSm">pic.twitter.com/io5JDO7zSm</a>
—@hill_johnstoneThe Warren twins & their friends the Sullivan twins tell me why they love <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TulipFestival?src=hash">#TulipFestival</a> <a href="https://t.co/n1ARC5tZzv">pic.twitter.com/n1ARC5tZzv</a>
—@hill_johnstoneFor the first time ever, Ottawa hosted a National Fiddling Day party at city hall, bringing in nearly 50 musicians on Saturday.
A taste of National Fiddling Day, the first time it's been marked in Ottawa and second ever. <a href="https://t.co/G3eUYW8GpH">pic.twitter.com/G3eUYW8GpH</a>
—@amkfooteThere were also plenty of curious eyes on the stage inside the Old Cereal Barn at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum for a sheep shearing demonstration, part of its aptly-named Sheep Shearing Festival.
How to shear a sheep by Ross Creighton, a farmer from Clayton ON at <a href="https://twitter.com/AgMuseum">@AgMuseum</a>. <a href="https://t.co/E7YEKo2QIM">pic.twitter.com/E7YEKo2QIM</a>
—@amkfooteThe Canadian Tulip Festival is officially ends on Victoria Day but blooms remain at many parks across the capital.
Watch: Maisie Brett, 20, visiting from England says Tulip Festival is "an overload of the senses" <a href="https://t.co/AHDhAm2wuK">pic.twitter.com/AHDhAm2wuK</a>
—@hill_johnstoneOther long weekend events Sunday include a polka dot bike ride from downtown to Wellington West, afternoon home games for the Ottawa Fury and Ottawa Champions, and of course, fireworks.
with files from Hillary Johnstone