The Ottawa Wedding Show is presented twice per year: in the Fall and Spring at the new Ernst & Young Centre. There are over 100 of Ottawa's leading wedding professionals at each of our Shows. Our next show is on October 19 & 20, 2013. Hope to see you there. [Read More...]

We want you to maximize the benefits you receive from the Show. We have prepared some quick tips to help you get the most out of your time. We have also listed some additional wedding resource sites to assist you with your planning.[Read More...]


Be part of Ottawa’s most popular wedding shows – twice per year – Spring and Fall. Boost your business – with more than 5,000 visitors each show (including 1,500 to 2,000 brides to be). [Read More...]


The Ernst & Young Centre is Eastern Ontario’s largest and best-equipped purpose-built event space with plenty of convenient parking. The Ernst & Young Centre is at 4899 Uplands Drive located near the Ottawa airport and just minutes from downtown Ottawa by car or public transport. [Read More...]

Show Dates & Location

Fall Show:   October 19 & 20, 2013
Spring Show:   April 5 & 6, 2014
LOCATION:   Ernst & Young Centre
4899 Uplands Drive
HOURS:   Saturday & Sunday 11-5
Admission:   TBA

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Ottawa Wedding Blog

The Wedding Guest List

I think if any couple has survived doing the mandatory marriage course (a prerequisite for most church weddings) and not ended up in a major disagreement over some of those hot topics, the next category to test the unity of the dearly intended is … [Read More...]

Getting the Bridal Couple to Kiss~Wedding Games

Okay we have all been at weddings when the clinking of glasses start sometimes followed by shouts of “Kiss the bride” or “Kiss-Kiss” and then sometimes whistles or hollers.  Other than looking around and picturing your fellow guests at the … [Read More...]

Wedding Music for 2013

Every young couple in planning their wedding has to decide on minimally two different selections of music. One is for the actual wedding ceremony the other list of tunes is for the wedding reception. Often the wedding ceremony music is much more … [Read More...]

Guest lounge at the wedding receptions all the rage!

An emerging trend in wedding receptions, once again, is to include a guest lounge at the wedding reception. This is a place where your wedding guests can mingle and relax away from the dance floor and enjoy snacks and refreshments. This area can be … [Read More...]

Icing-and-Decorating-Your-Own-Wedding-Cake-Part-Two

Well this month raced by and it is now time for the second part of how to design and ice your own wedding cake. The prerequisite for this blog is the previous blogs “icing-and-decorating-your-own-wedding-cake-part-one).” … [Read More...]

Icing and decorating your own Wedding Cake Part One

In my last post I briefly discussed how my brother-in-law baked my wedding cake and I promised in another post to discuss how I iced and assembled it. Well this is the “next post” I will attempt to recall (it has been 21 years!) what was … [Read More...]

Wedding Cake

There are many types of customs in wedding ceremonies... there are even more types of confectionery monuments to help celebrate the big day. The majority are known traditionally as “the wedding cake.” A little girl dreams forever of her … [Read More...]

Wedding Nails

Wedding Nails Well I was away from regularly blogging for much of the summer and early fall.  I do hope that everyone had a great summer. With fall already here many of you are in the midst of planning weddings within the next year and a … [Read More...]