Festivals & Events
JANUARY
Jan 1 – Feb 28 Winnipeg — Saison Voyageur
Jan 8 Neepawa — Olympic Torch Relay
Jan 9 Russell — Malanka Ukrainian Dancing
Jan 16-17 Winnipeg — The Wonderful Wedding Show
Jan 22-24 Winnipeg — Kitchen & Bath Renovation Show
Jan 20-24 Winnipeg — BDO Classic Canadian Open “Legends of Rock Return”
Jan 21 – Feb 7 Winnipeg — Millerfest — Master Playwright Festival
Jan 22-24 Portage La Prairie — Northern Lifestyles and Winter Survival Workshop
FEBRUARY
Feb 2 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) — World’s Wetlands Day Celebration
Feb 2-11 Winnipeg — Dine about Winnipeg
Feb 6-12 Winnipeg — International New Music Festival
Feb 8 Winnipeg — Bear Your Heart
Feb 10 – Apr 11 Winnipeg — The Beatles! Backstage and Behind the Scenes
Feb 12-21 Winnipeg — Festival du Voyageur
Feb 12-13 Winnipeg — Mardi Gras
Feb 13-14 Minnedosa — Skate The Lake Pond Hockey Tournament
Feb 18-19 Russell — Mission Montgomery
Feb 15 Winnipeg — Franco Fun Day
Feb 17-21 Winnipeg — Disney on Ice Princess Classics
Feb 19-21 Portage La Prairie — Western Canadian Pond Hockey Championships
Feb 20-21 Winnipeg — The Winnipeg Baby & Kids Show
Feb 20 Winnipeg — 17th Annual Winnipeg Scottish Festival
Feb 28 Portage La Prairie — 2010 Ice Racing Championships
MARCH
Mar 4-14 Winnipeg — Freeze Frame international Film Festival
Mar 4-7 Winnipeg — Mid Canada Boat Show
Mar 6 Shoal Lake — Shoal Lake Flying Club Social
Mar 10-14 Winnipeg — Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company Presents: Swan Lake
Mar 11-14 Winnipeg — Manitoba RV Show and Sale Mar 13 Winnipeg — GroundSwell
Mar 15-27 Winnipeg — Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival
Mar 18-21 Winnipeg — Home Expressions Home and Garden Show
Mar 18 Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre — Astronomy Nights Spring Constellations
Mar 19 – May 27 Winnipeg — One Freakish Friday
Mar 20 Portage La Prairie — Spring Craft Fair and Flea Market
Mar 21 Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre — Snowbird Beach Day
Mar 25 Portage La Prairie — Glesby Wine Tasting
Mar 26-28 Winnipeg — Orchid Show & Sale
Mar 26-28 Winnipeg — World of Wheels
Mar 27 Portage La Prairie — Voices of the Prairies
Mar 27 – Apr 3 Winnipeg — 10th Annual Festival of Food
Mar 29 – Apr 1 Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre — Wild, Weird & Wonderful Week
APRIL
Apr 5-9 & 12-16 Minnedosa — Rolling River Festival of Arts
Apr 7-8 Winnipeg — Shen Yun
Apr 8-11 Winnipeg — Winnipeg Comedy Festival
April 9-11 Winnipeg — Quilt Reflections 2010
Apr 17 Portage La Prairie — PDAC Dance Recital
Apr 18 Birtle — Snake Creek 3D Archery Shoot
Apr 18-23 Winnipeg — World Clown Convention 2010
Apr 22 Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre — Earth Day Celebration
Apr 24-25 Winnipeg — Winnipeg’s Ultimate Women’s Show
Apr 25 Winnipeg — Manitoba Table Tennis Championships
Apr 25-26 Winnipeg — Winnipeg Beauty Show
Apr 25 – May 1 Winnipeg — Winnipeg Wine Festival
Apr 27-28 Gladstone — Gladstone Vocal Music & Arts Festival
Apr 30 Winnipeg — The Rainbow Society Mardi Gras 2010 Auction
MAY
May 6 Portage La Prairie — Celebration of the Arts
May 12-15 Neepawa — Manitoba’s 140th Birthday Celebrations
May 14-16 Portage La Prairie — Delta Marsh Birding Festival
May 15 Russell — Manitoba Homecoming Social
May 15 Shoal Lake — Manitoba Homecoming 2010 World’s Largest Social
May 19 Portage La Prairie — Shrine Circus
May 21 Birtle — Birtle River Dip
May 22 Minnedosa — Town Wide Garage Sale
May 22-23 Birtle — Birdtail Valley Pasture Pickin’ Jamboree
May 28 Winnipeg — Thompson Relay for Life
May 29-30 Winnipeg — Doors Open Winnipeg
May 29 – Jun 2 Shoal Lake — 2nd Annual Ladies Night Out
May 30 Winnipeg — 24th Annual Teddy Bears’ Picnic
JUNE
Jun 5 Winnipeg — Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles
Jun 6 Winnipeg — Winnipeg Pride Festival 2010
Jun 10-13 Winnipeg — Winnipeg International Children’s Festival
Jun 11-12 Winnipeg — Red River Valley Swap Meet & Old Car Festival
Jun 13 Winnipeg — Telus Walk For the Cure
Jun 18-22 Winnipeg — Red River Exhibition
Jun 25 – Jul 4 Winnipeg — Cool Jazz Winnipeg Festival
Jun 30 – Jul 1 Winnipeg — Canada Day Street Festival
JULY
Jul 1 Canada Day Celebrations — held in communities across the nation
Jul 1 Birtle — Downhill Derby
Jul 3-9 Neepawa — 43rd Annual Manitoba Holiday Festival of the Arts
Jul 3-4 Winnipeg — Manitoba Cat Club Cat Show
Jul 7-11 Winnipeg — Winnipeg Folk Festival
Jul 9-11 Minnedosa — Minnedosa Fun Fest Weekend
Jul 10-11 Minnedosa — 198th Agricultural Fair
Jul 10-12 Portage La Prairie — Portage Exhibition & Fair
Jul 11 Minnedosa — Heritage Day
Jul 14-25 Winnipeg — Winnipeg Fringe Festival
Jul 18 Winnipeg — Butterfly Festival
Jul 22 Shoal Lake — Shoal Lake Agriculture Fair
Jul 22-25 Winnipeg — Cirque Du Soleil: Alegria
Jul 23-25 Neepawa — World Lily Festival
Jul 23-25 Winnipeg — Boardwalk Days
Jul 24 Gladstone — Plumas Agricultural Fair
Jul 24-25 Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre — Dragonfly Festival
Jul 29 – Aug 1 Minnedosa — Rocking the Fields of Minnedosa
Jul 31 – Aug 2 Minnedosa — Minnedosa Rodeo
AUGUST
Aug 1-14 Winnipeg — Folklorama
Aug 3 Winnipeg — Urban Pow Wow
Aug 3-5 Gladstone — Gladstone Instrumental Music & Arts Festival
Aug 7 Shoal Lake — Mud Bog
Aug 6-7 Birtle — Birtle Agricultural Fair
Aug 8 Birtle — River Run
Aug 12-15 Gladstone — Agricultural Fair & Rodeo
Aug 14 Portage La Praire — Potatoe Festival
Aug 21 Gladstone — 3rd Crossing Agricultural Museum Threshing Days
Aug 27-29 Morden — Morden Corn & Apple Festival
Aug 28-29 Portage La Prairie — Prairie Ripples Art Tour
SEPTEMBER
Sep 4-6 Oak Hammock Interpretive Centre — Labour Day Weekend Homecoming Celebrations
Sep 10-12 Winnipeg — Manitoba Dragon Boat Festival
Sep 11 Portage La Prairie — Mexican Fiesta
Sep 19-26 Winnipeg — Winnipeg International Writers Festival
Sep 25-26 Oak Hammock Interpretive Centre — Migration Festival
OCTOBER
Oct 12-13 Winnipeg — Fantasy Theatre for Children
Oct 15 Shoal Lake — Ducks Unlimited Banquet
Oct 30 Oak Hammock Interpretive Centre — Halloween Party
Oct 30-31 Winnipeg — Masterworks Series
NOVEMBER
Nov 3-7 Winnipeg — Manito Ahbee Festival
Nov 6 Gladstone — Plumas Craft Sale
Nov 12 Portage La Prairie — Christmas Craft Sale & Flea Market
Nov 17-21 Winnipeg — Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival
Nov 20 Shoal Lake — Christmas Craft Mart
Nov 26 Shoal Lake — Island of Lights Opens
Nov 26-Jan 4 Portage La Prairie — Manitoba Hydro Power Smart Island of Lights
Nov 27 – Jan 3 Winnipeg — Winter Wonderland
DECEMBER
Dec 3 Portage La Prairie — Santa’s Parade of Lights
Dec 3 Shoal Lake — Santa’s Parade of Lights
Dec 3 Portage La Prairie — Jingle Bell Breakfast
Dec 16 Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre — Astronomy Night — Winter Constellation
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