Festivals & Events
January
Jan 3-26 Winnipeg – “Fiddler on the Roof”
Jan 15-21 Asessippi Ski Area & Winter Park – National Ski & Board Week
Jan 18 Binscarth – Binscarth Park & Pool Fundraiser
Jan 19 Winnipeg – Winnipeg Art Gallery Presents “Jazz under the Rooftop”
Jan 11-13 Winnipeg – Kitchen & Bath Renovation Show
Jan 18-20 Winnipeg – The Wonderful Wedding Show
Jan 19 Winnipeg – Banff Mountain Film Festival
Jan 20 Asessippi Ski Area & Winter Park – Rail Wars
Jan 21 Portage la Prairie – Glesby Rocks Youth Concert
Jan 26 Assiniboine Park – Blow Away Your Blues
Jan 29-Mar 27 Winnipeg – Music ‘N’ Mavens 2008
February
Feb 2-3 Winnipeg – The Winnipeg Baby & Kids Show
Feb 3-5 Asessippi Ski Area & Winter Park – Half Pipe Competition
Feb 4-16 Winnipeg – The Manitoba Wildcrafters & Artist Showcase
Feb 5-7 Winnipeg – Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers Tradeshow
Feb 6-21 Winnipeg – Circus Incognitus
Feb 8-10 Portage la Prairie – Western Canadian Pond Hockey Tournament
Feb 9 Portage La Prairie – Winterfest
Feb 9-10 Winnipeg – Golf & Travel Expo Canada
Feb 9-10 Minnedosa – Skate The Lake Pond Hockey Tournament
Feb 9-10 Shoal Lake – Thunder & Ice Festival
Feb 10 Neepawa – Winter Wonderland at Park Lake
Feb 15-16 Winnipeg – 4th Annual Mardi Gras
Feb 15-24 Winnipeg – Festival du Voyageur
Feb 20 Winnipeg – The Magic of Ireland
Feb 21-24 Winnipeg – Canadian National Pond Hockey Regional Championships
Feb 21-24 Winnipeg – Mid Canada Boat Show
Feb 23 Neepawa – Winter Wonderland
Feb 26-28 Winnipeg - Riverdance
Feb 29-Mar 2 Rossburn – 3rd Annual Scrapbook & Spa Retreat
March
Mar 1 Winnipeg – Josh Ritter Live in Concert
Mar 1-2 Winnipwg – Freedom to Read Marathon
Mar 1-2 Winnipeg – R.V. Camping & Leisure Show & Sale
Mar 2 Winnipeg – Corb Lund Live in Concert
Mar 3-4 Beausejour – 45th Annual Canadian Power Toboggan Championships
Mar 7-8 St. Laurent – The Manipogo Festival
Mar 8 Asessippi Ski Area & Winter Park – Slope Style
Mar 8 Minnedosa - Winterfest
Mar 8-15 Winnipeg – Got Art?
Mar 8 Winnipeg – Grassroots Women Manitoba 2nd Annual Awards Night
Mar 14-23 Winnipeg – Freeze Frame international Film Festival
Mar 15 Minnedosa – Minnedosa’s Winterfest
Mar 17 Winnipeg – St. Patrick’s Festival
Mar 20 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Astronomy Night Spring Constellations
Mar 22 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Work Day for Water
Mar 30 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Snowbird Beach Day
Mar 31-Apr 4 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Wild, Weird & Wonderful Week
April
Apr 3-6 Winnipeg – Home Expressions Show
Apr 5 Asessippi Ski Area & Winter Park – Big Air Competition
Apr 8-13 Winnipeg – Winnipeg Comedy Festival
Apr 10 Portage la Prairie – Glesby Wine Tasting
Apr 11-13 Winnipeg – Quilt Reflections Show
Apr 11-13 Russell – Yachminka Ukrainian Dance Festival
Apr 12 Minnedosa - Minnedosa Recreation 11th Annual Sports Dinner
Apr 12-13 Winnipeg – Winnipeg’s Ultimate Women’s Show
Apr 14-16 Neepawa – Fine Arts Festival
Apr 18-19 Portage La Prairie – Spring Home, Leisure & Sport Expo
Apr 20 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Earth Day Celebration
Apr 24 Portage La Prairie – Prairie Player’s Performance
Apr 29 Portage La Prairie – Aaron Pritchett in Concert
May
My 1-3 Winnipeg – Wine Festival
May 4 Portage La Prairie – Spring Children’s Concert
May 11 Winnipeg – Red River Valley Swap Meet & Old Car Festival
May 12 Portage La Prairie – Shrine Circus
May 12 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Manitoba Day Celebration
May 16-18 Birtle – Birdtail Pasture Pickin’ Weekend
May 17 Minnedosa – Town Wide Garage Sale
May 21 Portage la Prairie – African Children’s Choir
May 23-25 Portage la Prairie – Delta Marsh Birding Festival
May 23-24 Winnipeg – Winnipeg’s Premier Truck Show
May 30-Jun 7 Winnipeg – Winnipeg International Film Festival
May 30-Jun 8 Winnipeg – Winnipeg Pride Festival 2008
May 31-Jun 1 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Sounds of Wildlife Weekend
May 31 Portage la Prairie – Canadian Forces Day
June
Jun 5-8 Winnipeg – Winnipeg International Children’s Festival
Jun 7-15 Winnipeg – Manitoba Arts & Culture Week
Jun 7 Gladstone – Around Town Garage Sales
Jun 13-22 Winnipeg – Red River Exhibition
Jun 14-15 Shoal Lake – Just 4 U Daze
Jun 15 Portage La Prairie – Vintage Cruisers Show & Shine
Jun 19 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Astronomy night – The Summer’s Collection
Jun 20-29 Winnipeg – Cool Jazz Winnipeg Festival
Jun 28-29 Portage La Prairie – Heritage Days
July
Jul 1 Canada Day Celebrations – held in communities across the nation
Jul 4-13 Neepawa – 42nd Annual Manitoba Holiday Festival of the Art
Jul 5-7 Portage La Prairie – Portage Exhibition & Fair
Jul 5-13 Minnedosa – Minnedosa 125th Homecoming
Jul 10-13 Winnipeg – Winnipeg Folk Festival
Jul 12-13 Minnedosa – 127th Agriculture Fair
Jul 13 Minnedosa – Heritage Village “Heritage Day”
Jul 15 Strathclair – Strathclair Agricultural Fair
Jul 16 Neepawa – Homecoming 125
Jul 16 Shoal Lake – Shoal Lake Agriculture Fair
Jul 16-27 Winnipeg – Winnipeg Fringe Festival
Jul 18-20 Neepawa – Lily Festival
Jul 25-27 Winnipeg – The River City Dragon Boat Festival
Jul 25-27 Lake Metigoshe (near Boissevain) – Metisville 2008
Jul 28 Boissevain – Annual Corn Maze Opening
Jul 31-Aug 3 Minnedosa – Rockin’ the Fields of Minnedosa
Jul 31-Aug 3 Minnedosa – Minnedosa Rodeo
August
Aug 1-8 Norway House – Treaty & York Boat Days
Aug 1-2 Birtle – Birtle Agricultural Fair
Aug 2-3 Neepawa – Yellowhead Roadrunners Runway Drags
Aug 3-16 Winnipeg – Folklorama
Aug 8-10 Gladstone – Gladstone Agricultural Society Fair and Rodeo
Aug 10 Boissevain – Demolition Derby
Aug 15-17 Ste. Rose du Lac – Parkland Horsemen Chuckwagon & Chariot Race
Aug 16 Portage La Prairie – Portage Potato Festival
Aug 19 Neepawa – 125th Homecoming Golf Tournmaent
Aug 29-31 Boissevain – Turtle Island Festival & Challenge
Aug 29-Sep 1 Ste. Anne – Dawson Trail Days
Aug 30-Sep 1 Ashern – Ashern Rodeo
Aug 30-Sep 1 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Labour Day Weekend Adventure
September
Sep 16 Lake Manitoba – Lake Manitoba Narrows Game & Fish Annual Walleye Derby
Sep 18 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Astronomy Night – Fall Constellations
Sep 21-28 Winnipeg – Winnipeg International Writers Festival
Sep 27-28 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Migration Festival
October
Oct 4-5 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Fall Family Fun Days
Oct 10-12 Ste. Rose du Lac – Hoof ‘n’ Holler Days
Oct 18-19 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Migration Magic Farewell Weekend
Oct 26 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Halloween Party
November
Nov 15 Shoal Lake – Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Christmas Craft Sale
Nov 30-Jan 6 Winnipeg – Winter Wonderland
Nov 20-Dec 7 Winnipeg – Festival of Trees & Lights
December
Dec 18 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Astronomy Night – Winter Constellations
Dec 20 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Winter Bird Count
Dec 22 Winnipeg – Ice Wine Festival
Dec 26 Oak Hammock Marsh (Interpretive Centre) – Marshland Wounderland
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