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Harvest Noir is an audience participation party like no other, a chic late summer adventure that celebrates the start of the harvest season. The event starts with an elegant "dress your best in black" secret picnic in a public place in downtown Ottawa, rain or shine, and is followed with a fiery pop-up dance parade, and then a a spectacular DJ dance party at one of Ottawa's finest cultural venues. Now in its third year, the media have called Harvest Noir "A SMASH SUCCESS" (Local Tourist Ottawa), "A DEFINING MOMENT IN THE CITY'S SOCIAL SCENE" and a "GAME-CHANGER" (Ottawa Citizen). 1,500 guests last year dressed all in black threw the second-largest "chic picnic" in Canada's history at Ottawa City Hall and the National Arts Centre.
Guests said "IT WAS LIKE STEPPING INTO ALICE IN WONDERLAND".
You'll want to bring your friends - all of them. Harvest Noir is specially designed for you to host an extravagant, daring mini-party of your friends within the larger party.
This year, the event has been moved from autumn to late summer, and promises to be much warmer* and to sell out quickly!
*Sept 7 is 6 degrees warmer, on average, than Sept 30 (last year's date).
THE PICNIC. At noon on September 7 2013, those who've managed to get on the guest list will finally learn the HARVEST NOIR secret destination in Ottawa. Arriving by bicycle flashmob, by transit, and by car-pool, the elegantly-dressed dinner guests bring picnic baskets stuffed with delicious local food they've prepared and proceed to celebrate the harvest in grand style with friends old and new. Guests will enjoy the dining experience of the year, accompanied by bottles of wine, a fantastic orchestra, prizes and surprises, and quirky performers.
THE PARADE. Lighting the Ottawa skyline with 1500 fiery sparklers, and lead by a funky parade band, the guests will depart the picnic grounds and march in a fantastic Mad Hatter Parade, leaving surprised tourists and jealous passers-by in their wake.
THE PARTY. This year's DJ dance party will take place in one of the most contemporary cultural venues in Ottawa, and have more music/dancing choices for guests of all ages with three dancefloors and possibly live music. A participatory fashion show by audience members is back by popular demand! Voted one of Ottawa's Sexiest Parties in Apt613's reader survey, this is a party you won't want to miss.
