Information Posts

August 28, 2015

Neon Steve l Sherbrook Street Festival l Denny's Kick Butt for Cancer l Opening Cabaret FemFest 2015 l Prairie Love Festival 2015 l The Room - Movie Night and Game Lounge l Gimli Wellness Expo l Lee River Design & Gifts

September 10, 9:00 pm - 2:00 am
The Pyramid Cabaret, 176 Fort Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1C9
Tickets: $5 for the first 20, $7 in advance 

Neon Steve plays high energy sets that blend and twist conventional genres. 
Besides remixes, many of his releases on Bombstrikes, including two vinyl releases, topped Juno charts as best sellers and his original track, Got This Feeling, was featured in MixMag as Tune of the Month.
With Locals: CHRIS KOMUS and NATHAN ZAHN

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September 12, 12:00 pm
Sherbrook Street between Wolseley and Westminister, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Sherbrook Street Festival 2015
Beer garden + food by The Handsome Daughter and The Tallest Poppy
Activities for kids - Live bands - Children's performers
Mural unveiling by Synonym Art Consultation 
Vendor village

MAIN STAGE:
The Reverend Rambler
The Catamounts
Carly Dow & The Whole Dam Band
JD & The Sunshine Band
Patrick Alexandre & The Reservoir Tips Blues Band
The Madtrappers
The Backhomes (Victoria BC)
A La Mode
Animal Teeth

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September 12, 8:00 am
Kildonan Park, 2015 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Tickets Available

Denny's Kick Butt #8 For Colorectal Cancer 3k or 5k Walk/Run
Help us kick colorectal cancer's butt on behalf of CancerCare Manitoba Foundation

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September 12, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Asper Center for Theatre & Film, 400 Colony Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Opening Cabaret FemFest 2015
Featuring an exciting mix of artists from all disciplines! Join Sarasvati Transformative for an afternoon of shows culminating in our opening night cabaret. An exciting variety show, offering a unique smorgasbord of entertainment.

Hosted by Susan Tymofichuk, CTV 
•Opening Welcome with drummers and singers: Cheryl James, Lisa Strong, Justine James 
•KC Adams – Perception 
•RED – excerpt from the play by Rachel Smith
•Terry Cooke – prose writing
•Sitaraha excerpt 
•Is It My Turn - a film by Shelagh Jane Carter
•katherena vermette – poetry reading
•The Dance-Off of Conscious Uncoupling by Frances Koncan excerpt 
•music by Karenina

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September 12 
FortWhyte Alive, 1961 McCreary Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 2K9

Prairie Love Festival 2015
A celebration of yoga, music + art in the land of big skies and big hearts.
September 12 - Yoga Workshops, Speakeasy sessions, creative workshops, 
                        guided runs + Saturday night dance party
October 4 - Yoga Workshops, Speakeasy sessions, creative workshops, guided runs 
FREE activities for the family + Prairie Vendor Village all weekend long!

Vendor village open to the public + free to attend:
Yoga with Kayce
Corey Lakusiak
Sweet Spirit Apothecary
Inner Fire
Radiance Gifts
Boon Burger Cafe
Provencher Family Chiropractic Centre
2 WHOLE Gals
Velvet Plume
Prairie Naturals

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September 13, 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 2B9
Tickets    

Pure Cheese Presents: The Room - Movie Night and Game Lounge
You haven't seen The Room yet? 
Called "The Citizen Kane of bad movies", this independent production has become the biggest cult movie craze since Rocky Horror
Director/Writer/Producer/Leading Man Tommy Wiseau plays Johnny, a rose-sniffing masochist who possesses an alarmingly unnerving giggle, mentors a drug dealing man child, loves doggies, and isn't aware that his best friend is sleeping with his future wife. 
Tommy himself says that you need to see it at least twice to understand it all.
Plastic Spoons Welcome

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September 13, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Gimli Rec Center, Gimli, Manitoba

Gimli Wellness Expo - discover recreational and community programs starting this fall! 
Everyone is welcome as we encourage community involvement & healthy lifestyles.
Keep busy as winter rolls in to help it pass by more quickly!  The Recreation Centre provides many programs such as Kickboxing, Swimming, Yoga, Music, Art, etc. 

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Lee River Design & Gifts
9 Wassahow (end of Lee River Road), Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba
(204) 345-9218

Effective September 14, Lee River Design and Gifts will be partnering with Soul Medicine, 136 Provencher, Winnipeg. 
You will be able to shop Lee River Collections in Winnipeg, all year round!
Clothing, jewelry, purses, yard decor and gifts
You can spend the day with your girlfriends, moms, daughters....... shop for a new outfit, have a psychic reading, then go out for lunch in one of the amazing restaurants on the street. What fun!

August 25, 2015

Forum Art Centre Open House & Classes l MB Hydro Farmers' Market l Farmers' Feast 2015 l Shelmerdine Events l ManyFest l Dr. Jane Goodall l Deadbeats VI


Forum Art Centre, 120 Eugenie Street, Winnipeg
Free parking, wheelchair access. call 204-235-1069

Saturday, August 29, 1 pm – 4 pm
Open House & Registration 
Register now up to start of classes. 
For Everything Art Classes start September 14 

For 51 years we’ve been offering fine art instruction in a creative, relaxing atmosphere! 
Day, Evening, Weekends – 30+ artistic options. 

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September 10, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
360 Portage Avenue

MB Hydro Farmers' Market
Businesses from all over Manitoba will be there selling their homemade food and crafts.
Come and support your downtown as well as a great charity - MB PUG RESCUE!

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September 10, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
St. Norbert Farmers’ Market, 3514 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3V1A1

Farmers' Feast 2015
St. Norbert Farmer’s Market, draped in chandeliers with live music, transforms into a rustic chic harvest fete. At this unique gourmet celebration restaurant and farm team up to create uniquely Manitoban dishes. 
With a glass of wine or beer in hand wander beneath the canopy, engaging with chefs, while tasting the dozens of creative dishes.
Tickets are $100 (with $35 charitable tax receipt).
All proceeds support Food Matters Manitoba and the St. Norbert Farmers' Market.

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To register or for more info please call 204.895.7203 ext 204 or email 

September 10 at 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Terrarium Workshop Event 

Spend a relaxing hour with our florist planting your own terrarium and becoming an expert on their care. Terrariums are intriguing, miniature worlds that are easy to enjoy and make fantastic gifts. 
This is a make-and-take workshop. 
$65 per person; all materials included. Call or email to register.
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September 26 at 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
September 27 at 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Ladies' Night

Call up your girlfriends for a fun afternoon out! 
Tickets are $25 each and proceeds benefit Agape Table. 
Enjoy wine and hors d’houevres by The Gates on Roblin, door prizes, a live fashion show, gifts with purchase and save 15% off all your purchases! 
Call, drop by or email to buy your tickets!

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Sept. 11 to 13

ManyFest is taking over Broadway!
This year, they've added an after-hours pub crawl with a lineup of female DJs and art from Synonym Art Consultation at several locations downtown including Fools and Horses Coffee Co., The Merchant Kitchen and Carbone Coal Fired Pizza.

Manito Ahbee will also be participating with performances, hoop dancers and drumming.
There will also be aboriginal art at the Artisan Market, and indigenous short films screened before the festival's movie at Memorial Park.

Sport Manitoba is bringing in some activities for kids.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will be at the fest for a pancake breakfast on the Sunday.
Bands include: Slow Leaves, Sweet Alibi, Don Amero, Attica Riots and 
a family dance party from Mama Cutsworth

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September 11, 7:00 pm
515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9
Axworthy Distinguished Lecture Series with Dr. Jane Goodall
Her lecture will be free and open to the public. 
The keynote lecture will be followed by a Q&A session and book signing.
The series relies on donations; please consider donating to the Axworthy Lectureship. 

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September 11, Doors 8 / Show 9:00 pm - 11:55 pm
The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 2B9

Deadbeats is a party we throw every now and then. We bring out some of Winnipeg’s best punk bands and get them on stage. But, when the show ends the party doesn’t. Drinks, relevant jams and fun in the lobby till the wee hours. 
Real happy that Triggers, a four piece pop-punk band from Winnipeg, will be releasing their new EP with us this time around.  With guests Dangercat, Elder Abuse, and Fox Lake.

August 19, 2015

McNally Robinson: September Music and Events l Dog Walk l Sound & Sky Benefit Concert: Hedley & Sloan l Twin Shadow l End of Summer Luau & Beach Battle of the Bands

McNally Robinson: September Events 
Phone 204-475-0483  (Toll-Free 1-800561-1833)


Blazz Trio
Friday September 4, 8:00 pm
Jazz

Helen White Trio
Saturday September 5, 8:00 pm
Jazz

Matchstalk Men
Friday September 11, 8:00 pm
Jazz

Bob Watts Trio
Saturday September 12, 8:00 pm
Jazz

Chloé Plamondon & Brian Zimmerman
Friday September 18, 8:00 pm
Classical/Jazz

Nightfall
Saturday September 19, 8:00 pm
Jazz

The Burton Trio
Friday September 25, 8:00 pm
Jazz

The Blue Noise Duo
Saturday September 26, 8:00 pm
Acoustic/Blues


September 2, 7:30 pm
Phyllis Gussin Goldberg  Whose Couch is it Anyway?: Moving Your Millennia
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September 3, 7:00 pm
Armin Wiebe Armin’s Shorts
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September 4, 7:00 pm
Jerry Storie Becoming Family: Living and Learning at Frontier Collegiate
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September 4, 7:00 pm in the Community Classroom
Free Korean Movie Night
Showing Hot Young Bloods (Pikkeulneun Cheongchun) with English Subtitles.
Doors open at 6:50 pm - all are welcome! 
Contact The Korea Times at 204-663-5051 or e-mail tkoreatimes@gmail.com
Donations are welcome and appreciated.
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September 6, 2:00 pm
Helen Kish Hastman Displaced Person
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September 8, 7:30 pm
Pauline Holdstock The Hunter and the Wild Girl
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September 10, 7:00 pm
Linda McIntosh & Steven Fletcher  Master of My Fate
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September 11, 7:30 pm
Caterina Edwards  The Sicilian Wife 
with guest reader Carmelo Militano  Sebastiano’s Vine
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September 15, 7:00 pm
Clara Hughes, her memoir Open Heart, Open Mind
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September 16, 7:00 pm
Elinor Berglund Barr  Swedes in Canada: Invisible Immigrants 
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September 16, 7:30 pm
On the Same Page 2015/16 Shortlist Readings
Some of the nominated contributors will read and discuss their work.
Vote instore or visit http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/onthesamepage.asp to vote online.
The poll closes Friday September 18.
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Winnipeg International Writers Festival Events
An Evening with Camilla Gibb, Thursday September 17, 7:00 pm
Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes The Illegal  September 20, 2:00 pm
David R. Boyd, Wednesday September 23, 7:00 pm   DavidRichardBoyd.com
Douglas Gibson, Tuesday September 29, 7:00 pm a special theatrical presentation based on his book Across Canada by Story
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THIN AIR Afternoon Book Chat
Elizabeth Hay & Mike Steeves, Monday September 21, 2:30-3:30 pm
Marnie Woodrow & Paul Yee, Tuesday September 22, 2:30-3:30 pm
Garry Thomas Morse & George Murray, Wednesday September 23, 2:30-3:30 pm
Michael Christie & Jon Chan Simpson, Thursday September 24, 2:30-3:30 pm
Alexandra Grigorescu & David Nickle, Friday September 25, 2:30-3:30 pm
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September 23, 7:30 pm
Stefan Epp-Koop  We’re Going to Run this City: Winnipeg’s Political Left After the General Strike with guest speakers Brendan Reimer and Judy Wasylycia-Leis.
Wasylycia-Leis worked as MP for Winnipeg North from 1997–2010. In Ottawa, Judy was critic of Heath, Finance, Status of Women, Immigration and Persons with Disabilities. Judy resigned to run for Mayor in 2010 and in 2014.
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September 26, 7:00 pm
Adara Goldberg  Holocaust Survivors in Canada: Exclusion, Inclusion, Transformation, 1947-1955 featuring guest speaker Dr. Jeremy Maron
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September 29, 7:00 pm
Joanne Kelly’s Book Club: Kimberly Elkins’ What is Visible, a fictional treatment of the life of Laura Bridgman, the first deaf and blind person to learn language. 
Get in touch with John by calling 204-453-0424, ex 227.

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Assiniboine Park & Zoo, 2355 Corydon Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 2N6

September 2, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Boston Terrier & Pug Rescue of Southern Manitoba (BTPRSM)'s Dog Walk 
This is a public park and all dogs must be ON LEASH at all times! 
Bring water/bowl, poop bags and mosquito spray! 
Make sure your dog is wearing it's City of Winnipeg License.
We will meet at the Pavillion area. 
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September 4, 5:30 pm
Tickets $34.95 online or at the Assiniboine Park Pavilion or the Zoo entrance
Any questions e mail  
featuring multi-platinum selling, award winning pop group Hedley with special guests Sloan!
A spectacular open-air concert event.
Proceeds support the Assiniboine Park Conservancy.

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September 2, 7:00 pm
Garrick Centre, 330 Garry Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2G6
Tickets  
All Ages Welcome 
unionevents.com presents Twin Shadow, with guests

That moment when something pure and constant is broken, where you’re filled with vulnerability, that moment is what I live for in art, George Lewis, Jr. (Twin Shadow)

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September 5, 3 pm - 10 pm
Gimli Beach, Manitoba

End of Summer Luau
Come out!  Dress the part!!
Hula your way to some prizes!
Don’t forget your lei!!

Enter your band into the Beach Battle of the Bands. 

Submit a clip of your music 
with BEACH BATTLE in the subject line to gimlicdc@rmgimli.com

August 14, 2015

Alzheimer Society's Coffee Break® l The Secret Garden Auditions l Oddblock Comedy Festival l Randy McAllister & His Band l Movies in the Park l Gentil Mis l Dog Walk

September 17, 11 am - 2 pm
Winnipeg Square (beside Scotiabank)

Join the Alzheimer Society on 
the 20th Anniversary of Coffee Break®!
Celebrate with us by hosting an event during September and October.

Participants make a donation for a cup of coffee. You can host an event anywhere you can serve coffee. You can offer tea and juice as well as coffee, and add cookies or pastries to increase the donations. 

The money raised in Manitoba stays in Manitoba to help support local programs, services and the search for a cure.

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August 24, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Room 107 - 167 Lombard (at Rorie)

The North Kildonan Community Players are proud to announce the auditions for The Secret Garden (musical).  The production will run November 18 to 22 at St. Boniface University Theatre.  Audition times MUST be confirmed in advance. Please email to book your slot.

Rehearsals begin September 7: Saturdays (1-4 Full cast); Sundays (6-9 leads/small groups in early rehearsals; full cast later in the run) and Mondays (6-9 full cast).

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The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 2B9

August 27 - August 30     Get tickets
Oddblock is Winnipeg's new block party style, four-day comedy festival!

The festival will take place in multiple venues within a two block radius in Winnipeg’s South Osborne neighbourhood. Venues include The Park Theatre, Luxalune Gastropub, Deseo Bistro, Monticchio, and Vera Pizzeria. Each venue will host multiple comedy shows, featuring international touring comedians, national headliners and local comedians.

Oddblock will provide a localized, high-density and intimate setting for experiencing comedy. Patrons are encouraged to bike, bus, or drive to the area and spend the whole day in one location, attending multiple events. The comedic talent will lean more ‘alternative’ and will feature a wide array of performers, from international touring comedians to standout stand-ups from the local scene.
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August 31, Doors 7 / Show 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Advance tickets $20 at The Park Theatre, Music Trader, and online at ticketfly.com 

Texas singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Randy McAllister & His Band.
McAllister has released 10 critically praised albums, beginning with his debut "Diggin' for Sofa Change", followed by "Grease, Grit, Dirt and Spit", the much heralded "Double Rectified Bust Head", 2002 GRAMMY NOMINEE "Givers and Takers", "Temporary Fixes" and "A Little Left of Center”.

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August 28, 6:00 pm
Bridgwater Forest     email 

The movies will be located at the baseball/soccer fields beside the Green Playground Structure off North Town Road.

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August 29, 7:30 pm
West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1Z8
Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door, available at WECC, Mars-Chells Music, Manitoba Start or by calling 204-995-6309 or texting 204-799-0980.

Gentil Mis Breakthrough Tour with Guest Musicians, Kelly Bado and Refuge. 
Gentil is a multi-talented performer whose lyrics celebrate love, courage and hope for a better world with an uplifting vibe. Prior to striking out on his own, Gentil had been recording as part of the band Exile Z, releasing the album Better Home in 2010. 

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September 1, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
2011 Main Street

KILDONAN PARK DOG WALK
This is an on-leash walk for all small dogs and their humans! 
Meet in the Food Evolution (Pavilion) Parking Lot.
There is no charge for this event, but donations are always welcome!

August 6, 2015

Downtown Farmers Market l WAG: Olympus l Boston Terrier & Pug Rescue of Southern Manitoba, Craig Street Cats & Before the Bridge Events & Adoptions l Steve Dylan at Rumors l Courier News l Close Talker with Micah Visser

Downtown Winnipeg BIZ Farmers Market
Every Thursday to October 8, 10 am – 3 pm
Manitoba Hydro Place, 360 Portage Ave.

The Downtown Winnipeg BIZ's popular farmers' market, offers fresh baking, vinegars, jams, spices, meat, sauces, fruits, vegetables and preserves.

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WAG: Olympus

Transport yourself to ancient Greece and Rome with over 160 treasures from one of the most celebrated collections in the world. As one of only two stops in North America, Olympus is Manitoba's first major exhibition of classical antiquities in over half a century.

CBC Manitoba and ICI Manitoba are proud to present the Olympus Audio Tours, which are included in your admission to the exhibition.

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Boston Terrier & Pug Rescue of Southern Manitoba Events

For the Playgroup and Walk:
Remember to make sure your dog is wearing it's City of Winnipeg License.

August 19, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm   Meet Up Link
Riverview Community Centre, 90 Ashland Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 1K6
Come on out to the BTPRSM Riverview Community Centre Outdoor Rink Playgroup!
All socialized dogs are welcome to attend. 
$2.00/family to help cover the costs of the rink rental. 
Bring your lawn chairs, mosquito sprays, water/drinks, toys! 
We will have water bowls and jugs of water for the dogs. 
We will also block any openings in the rink using baby gates and x-pens. 
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August 29, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
471 Beresford Ave. (Off Osborne) 
BTPRSM 2nd Fundraising Yard Sale
This is our last Fundraising Yard Sale of the year!! Come and see the deals we have!! 

We will start accepting donations for the yard sale on August 14.
NO Furniture & NO Clothes Please!!!
To donate, email btprmb@gmail.com and we can make arrangements to get them! 
We are also looking for volunteers.
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September 2, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm   Meet Up Link We will meet at the Pavilion area.
Assiniboine Park & Zoo, 2355 Corydon Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 2N6

BTPRSM Dog Walk at Assiniboine Park
This is a public park and all dogs must be ON LEASH at all times! 
Bring water/bowl, poop bags and mosquito spray! 

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August 21 - August 30
St. Vital Centre, 1225 St. Mary's Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2M 5E5

Craig Street Cats’ Kittenpalooza / 15
That's right - 10 whole days of kitten adoption fun! 
We'll be talking adoption at St. Vital Centre AND at 16-1421 St. James St.

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August 22, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Sobeys, 1939 Bishop Grandin Blvd., Winnipeg, MB

Before the Bridge Senior K9 Rescue - Adoption Event 
Adult and senior dogs make great companions. All our adoptables are fostered in foster homes; our adoption events are a great way to meet them all in one location.

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August 26, 8:00 pm
Rumor's Comedy Club, 190-2025 Corydon, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 0N5
$12 - For tickets call Patty 204-782-7119
50% of ticket sales go to MB Pug Rescue.

LAFF NITE AT RUMORS - Steve Dylan is here!  
He has a long resume of television and stand up involvement.

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The Good Will - Social Club, 625 Portage, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2G4

August 28, 9:00 pm - 2:00 am
$10
Courier News with Slow Spirit & À La Mode
Courier News reunites with a 5 piece band: 1/5 Chic Gamine, 1/5 Slow Spirit, and 3/5 Royal Canoe. Come see at least 6 new songs, though they'll probably be new for most of you. 
We expect everyone who attended the Lipton House Party release show to attend. 
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September 1, Doors at 7:00 pm Show at 8:00 pm 
18+ with valid ID 
Tickets are $10 and are available at Music Trader, The Good Will, and Ticketfly

The Good Will Social Club is proud to present Close Talker with Micah Visser
Close Talker is an indie-rock quartet from Saskatoon who released their second full-length album, Flux, via Nevado Music. 

August 5, 2015

WSO FREE Noon concerts l INSOMNIUM l Outdoor Rink Playgroup l Aboriginal Music Week: Spence Neighbourhood Block Party & Picnic in the Park & Closing Night Party l Morden Corn and Apple Festival l Slide the City Winnipeg

August 18 - the 201 Portage Courtyard
August 21 - The Cube in Old Market Square
Any questions email

Spend your lunch hour with WSO musicians at two great locations this August and be treated to two FREE noon hour concerts featuring the Calosoma String Quartet.

The Calosoma String Quartet was founded in 1997 and is comprised of four friends within the string section of the WSO: Mary Lawton, violin; Mona Coarda, violin; Laszlo Baroczi, viola; and Arlene Dahl, cello. The quartet has an eclectic repertoire: from Bach to the Beatles, Haydn to Hendrix, and Purcell to Piazzolla, providing varied programming to appeal to a wide range of musical tastes.

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August 19, 8:00 pm
The Zoo Night Club, 160 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 1Y6
Tickets online, locally and at www.ticketfly.com VIP tickets also available

Created for NINJACAT PRODUCTIONS:
INSOMNIUM / OMNIUM GATHERUM / WILT

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August 19, 7:0 0pm - 8:30 pm
Riverview Community Centre, 90 Ashland Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 1K6
$2.00/family to help cover the costs of the rink rental.   Meet Up Link

BTPRSM Riverview C.C. Outdoor Rink Playgroup
All socialized dogs are welcome to attend. 
Bring your lawn chairs, mosquito sprays, water/drinks, toys! 
Make sure your dog is wearing its City of Winnipeg License.

We will have water bowls and jugs of water for the dogs. 
We will also block of any openings in the rink using baby gates and x-pens. 

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Aboriginal Music Week produces concerts in neighbourhoods throughout the city in an effort to make it easier for families to walk to the venues, but music lovers from outside the neighbourhood are more than welcome to attend.

A family friendly environment (no beer gardens) with great sound and exceptional music in great community settings. 

Free Concerts | Free BBQs | Free Music Workshops
All Ages, Families Welcome
Please bring lawn chairs

August 19, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre, 430 Langside Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Aboriginal Music Week Stage at Spence Neighbourhood Block Party
Winston Wuttunee, Nikki Komaksiutiksak, Joe Maxim Band, and special guests!!
The concert is set for an outdoor stage beside the Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre and SNA has several other activities planned for the celebration.
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August 22, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
St. John's Park, Main Street and Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Aboriginal Music Week Stage at Picnic in the Park
C-Weed Band, Clint Dutiaume with Norman Chief Memorial Dancers, Leanne Goose, 
Mic Jordan, Steven Leveque, and special guests!!
The concert is set for an outdoor stage beside the wading pool in St. John's Park and tents will be constructed to provide shade for audiences.
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August 22, 9:00 pm - 2:00 am
The Good Will - Social Club, 625 Portage, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B2G4
$10 | 18+ I.D. Req'd

Closing Night Party presented by RPM.FM

Tall Paul, an Anishinabe MC from Leech Lake, Minnesota, noted for Prayers in a Song.
Mariame, a Cree pop/R&B singer from Montrea, released her debut album, Bloom.
Hellnback, a co-founder of Warparty and a forward for Team Rezofficial, has re-emerged.
T-Rhyme is from northern Saskatchewan. Along with music, her artistry flows through her Beads, Rhymes & Life jewelry line.
Boogey The Beat is the principal producer behind the the introductory music for CBC's New Fire with Lisa Charleyboy.

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August 21 to 23
Morden, Manitoba

Morden Corn and Apple Festival

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August 22
Adrenaline Adventures, 600 Caron Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba R4H 1B4
Tickets  

Slide the City is coming to Winnipeg!  We'll be out at Adrenaline Adventures this year, so get your slippery self ready for a full day of slip n' slide excellence. 

August 1, 2015

Interstellar Rodeo Winnipeg with Dwight Yoakam l Ponemah & Gimli: Quilt Shows l Sandy Hook Rummage Sale & Pug Store l BBQ with Hull's Haven l Family Fun Day l ‘Forever I Farewell’

The Forks, 1 Forks Market Road, Winnipeg, R3C 4L9

August 14 - August 16       Tickets 
 
The Interstellar Rodeo is an intimate, taste-making music festival.  
This year's headliners include Dwight Yoakam, Blue Rodeo, Vance Joy, Steve Earle and The Dukes, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, JULY TALK, Hawksley Workman, Tanya Tagaq, Justin Townes Earle, Rhiannon Giddens, The Lone Bellow, Black Joe Lewis, Elliott BROOD, NQ Arbuckle, Amelia Curran, Jason Plumb & The Willing, and many more. 
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August 15       Tickets 
See Dwight Yoakam headline the Interstellar Rodeo!

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August 15 and 16, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Ponemah Beach Art Center, 27 Central Ave 
at Railway Street, Dunnottar MB
Free admission 
any questions call Betty at 204 389-5682

"Thera-Piecers Quilters" Annual Quilt Show
Quilt Display, Blue Crane Fabrics, "Quilted Selfie" Challenge, and quilt raffle. 

Same weekend: Lakeside quilt show in Gimli,
and Heidi Hunter’s studio hand-dyed fabrics.

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August 15, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
10th Avenue & Lakefront, Sandy Hook, MB

Take a short drive just north of Winnipeg Beach and check out the community centre Rummage Sale.  Enjoy the ride and help out a great cause at the same time!
MB Pug will be there with the Pug Store as well as some garage sale items....
All proceeds from the Pug Store will go to MB. Pug Rescue's vet bills.

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August 15, 11:00 am - 2:30 pm
Stonewall Veterinary Clinic, 4 Dolomite Avenue, Stonewall, Manitoba R0C 2Z0
Come join us and the amazing crew at Stonewall for their open house and Hull's Haven Border Collie Rescue adoption day!
BBQ!  Nail Trims!  Microchipping!  Raffle!!

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August 15, 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Archambault Park, 224 Rutledge Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba
5th Annual Family Fun Day / Movie In The Park
This is a FREE event.
There will be face painting, petting zoo, pony rides, 3 bouncers, relay races,
candy scramble, foam pit, laser tag, battle balls and ends with a FREE outdoor movie
on a giant 25' x 14' movie screen with free popcorn.
Hot dogs can be purchased for $2 or combo with a drink & chips for $4.
Feel free to invite your friends, family and neighbours to come along with you.

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August 15, 6:00 pm  Show 6:30 pm
The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 2B9
$10 advance and at the door
PURPLEHAZE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS: Forever I Farewell show.
featuring Broadview, Mercy Street, Helpless Shadows and Nic Dyson