2025 Summer Ottawa Jazz Festival Ticketing FAQ

Full Festival Passes

• We offer three types of full festival passes to the 2025 Summer Ottawa Jazz Festival, Gold, Bronze and Youth.
• All full festival passes include guaranteed access each and every day of the festival to our Main Stage at Confederation Park and the OLG Stage at Marion Dewar Plaza.
• In addition, full festival passes include entry to indoor shows at the National Arts Centre, subject to availability and type of pass purchased (please see below for more info.)
• Passes are transferable, day to day.
• Please choose either a digital pass or a physical pass upon checking out.
• Your physical pass includes an embedded RFID chip which will allow you to tap your pass on our readers upon entering each venue.
• If you lose or damage your physical pass, you may visit us at our on-site box office during the festival and purchase a replacement for $10.
• Physical passes will be available to be picked up beginning mid May 2025. You will receive an e-mail notification with more details once your passes are ready to be picked up.
• Digital passes are sent as a QR code PDF attachment and your QR code is scanned for entry at each venue.

NAC Admission for passholders

• Gold full festival passholders receive guaranteed entry to shows at the National Arts Centre if they arrive a minimum of 15 minutes prior to the start of the show.
• Bronze and Youth full festival passholders arriving prior to the start of a show will wait in a designated line for admittance. 5-10 minutes prior to the show start time we will begin admitting based on availability.

Children and Youth

• Children 10 and under are free when accompanied by an adult to shows at both Confederation Park and at the OLG Stage (some exceptions may apply.)
• Youth aged 11-21 may purchase a Youth Day Pass or Youth Full Festival Fass at a discounted rate which provides general admission access to shows at Confederation Park and the OLG Stage (some exceptions may apply.)
• All children attending shows at the National Arts Centre must have a valid ticket.

Seating

• General Admission access to Confederation Park does not include a seat, so feel free to bring a folding chair or a blanket along if you’d prefer to sit than stand.
• Most shows at Confederation Park will have both a standing zone and a zone for those who prefer to sit.

Latecomers and show start times

• Latecomers MAY NOT be accommodated, so please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start time of your show.
• Doors typically open 30 minutes prior to the show start time.
• Doors open to the Main Stage at Confederation Park approximately 30 minutes prior to the opening act.
• Seeing a Main Stage headliner at 8:30pm? Come early and enjoy the opening act to save your seat!