Saturday's yours — live music, theatre, and a farmers market before the sun sets.

Morning. It's warm enough to be outside without a jacket, mostly cloudy skies overhead, and the sun won't drop until 8:31 PM — so you've got a real evening ahead of you if you want it. UV's sitting at 8 (high), so if you're heading out, sunscreen's still worth the five seconds. The air's clean too.

Nothing's going to trip up your getting around today — weekend traffic's lighter anyway, and if you're heading downtown or across to the Market, you're golden. One thing to flag if you're using the O-Train regularly this month: St-Laurent Station's facing weeks of shutdown work to fix crumbling concrete, so plan around it if that's your usual stop.

On the local front, former Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod's taken herself out of the mayoral race — quality-of-life stuff on her mind, which resonates. Also worth knowing: West Nile's been picked up in Ottawa mosquitoes as the summer peaks, so if you're heading out this evening or tomorrow, keep that in your back pocket. And police are investigating a sexual assault in East Ottawa near Truro and Carpenter — if you were in that area and saw something, they're looking to hear from you.

If you're thinking lunch, the Lansdowne Farmers' Market's worth a wander beyond the usual suspects — there's life there beyond organic eggs. For dinner, Arlo on Somerset just landed in an exclusive 50 Best Discovery guide, which is the kind of quiet big deal that matters if you're planning ahead. Kozhi's also opened in Chinatown as Somerset keeps transforming into a proper eating street. Spicy Man over on Merivale does authentic Chinese heat to your taste — that's a solid backup if you want something hot and honest.

Tonight's got options depending on your mood. Mamma Mia! is playing both a 1 PM matinee and a 7:30 PM show at the NAC — if you want to sing along to ABBA in a theatre full of people doing the same, that's your lane. If live music's more your speed, Cole Swindell's at the Hard Rock Casino at 7 PM, or Mac Saturn's over at The 27 Club, same time. Either way, you've got a solid 14-plus hours of daylight, so a farmers market run in the afternoon and live music or theatre tonight is totally doable without rushing.

Get out there. It's a good Saturday to be in the city.