Festivals & Events
January
Nov 15 - Jan 6 Winnipeg – All That Glows: Then and Now Manitoba Electrical Museum
Nov 26 - Jan 7 Portage la Prairie – Island of Lights
Dec 3 - Jan 2 Winnipeg – Canad Inns Winter Wonderland
Jan 1 Winnipeg – New Year’s Levee, Manitoba Legislative Building
Jan 1 - Feb 28 Winnipeg – Arctic Glacier Winter Park
Jan 1 - Feb 28 Winnipeg – Saison Voyageur
Jan 8 Winnipeg – The Winnipeg Art Gallery Jazz under the Rooftop
Jan 20 - Feb 6 Winnipeg – Master Playwright Festival
Jan 21 Newdale – Journey for Sight Lions Club Breakfast
Jan 28-30 Winnipeg – 11th Annual River Pond Classic Shinny Hockey Tournament
February
Feb 1-4 Winnipeg – New 2011 Music Festival
Feb 2-11 Winnipeg – Dine About Winnipeg
Feb 4-6 Winnipeg – 10th Annual Frontier Toyota Ironman Outdoor Curling Bonspiel
Feb 11-12 Winnipeg – Mardi Gras
Feb 12 Winnipeg – 2011 Chinese New Year Celebrations
Feb 15-17 Gladstone – Gladstone Music & Arts Festival Spelling &Speech Arts
Feb 19 Winnipeg – 18th Annual Winnipeg Scottish Festival
Feb 26 Russell – Lake of the Prairies Ice Fishing Derby
March
Mar 2 Gladstone – Wingfield on Ice
Mar 3-6 Winnipeg – Mid Canada Boat Show
Mar 3-12 Winnipeg – Freeze Frame International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages
Mar 12 Winnipeg – ALS Society of Manitoba presents 2011 Cornflower Gala
Mar 18-19 Gladstone – Provincial Boys “A” Basketball at William Morton Collegiate Institute.
March 21-26 Winnipeg – Human Rights Film Festival
Mar 26 - Apr 2 Winnipeg –11th Annual Festival of Fools
Mar 29 - Apr 2 Portage la Prairie – Canadian Juvenile 2011 Broomball Championships
Mar 30 - Apr 5 Winnipeg – Canadian Masters Curling Championships
April
Apr 1-10 Winnipeg – The 2011 Winnipeg Comedy Festival
Apr 2-3 Winnipeg – Directions: A Day in the Life of Mother Earth
Apr 7 Portage la Prairie – Glesby Centre Wine Tasting Fundraiser
Apr 8-10 Winnipeg – 18th Annual Aboriginal Mixed Curling Bonspiel
Apr 9 Portage la Prairie – Voices of the Prairie
Apr 9 Portage la Prairie – Ladies Night Out
Apr 15 Winnipeg – University of Winnipeg Spring Powwow
Apr 15-17 Winnipeg – 2011 Scattered Seeds Craft Show & Sale
Apr 21 Gladstone – Spring into Wellness Health Fair
Apr 27-28 Gladstone – Gladstone Music & Arts Festival Vocal
Apr 28 Portage la Prairie – Prairie Players Theatre presents “David’s Mother”
Apr 29 - May 1 Winnipeg – Local Colour Art Group Annual Spring Art Show and Sale
May
May 1 Portage la Prairie – Carman Sonatrice Singers Concert & Dinner
May 1-7 Winnipeg – 2011 Winnipeg Wine Festival
May 2-5 Gladstone – Gladstone Music & Arts Festival Instrumental
May 5 Portage la Prairie – PDAC Celebration on the Arts
May 7 Gladstone – Gladstone United Church Sunday School Mother’s Day Tea & Bake Sale
May 7 Portage la Prairie – Sharing Our World
May 7 Strathclair – Strathclair Museum Luncheon
May 13 Minnedosa – Magician John Kaplan
May 14 Oak Hammock Marsh – International Migratory Bird Day
May 14 Portage la Prairie – Herman Prior Centre 25th Anniversary
May 14 Portage la Prairie – RCMP Regiment Ball
May 19 Portage la Prairie – Shrine Circus
May 20 Birtle – Birtle River Dip
May 21 Minnedosa – Chamber of Commerce Town Wide Garage Sale
May 21-23 Birtle – Birdtail Pasture Pickin’ Jamboree
May 21-23 Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site – Victoria Day Weekend
May 22 Oak Hammock Marsh – International Day for Biodiversity
May 27 Portage la Prairie – “Cruise Night” presented by Vintage Cruisers Inc. & A&W
May 28 Portage la Prairie – Portage Model Railroad Train Day
May 29 Oak Hammock Marsh – Cache the Marsh V
June
Jun 2-25 Winnipeg – Assiniboine Park – Shakespeare In The Ruins
Jun 3 Portage la Prairie – “Cruise Night” Presented by Vintage Cruisers Inc. & A&W
Jun 4-5 Russell & Lake of the Prairies – Lions Prairie Classic Walleye Tournament
Jun 5 Portage la Prairie – 36th Annual Antiques & Collectibles Flea Market Show & Sale
Jun 5 Riding Mountain National Park – Fort Dauphin Canoe-A-Thon
Jun 5-6 Russell – Summer Walleye Fishing Tournament
Jun 8 Gladstone – WMCI Spring Band Concert
Jun 9-12 Winnipeg – Winnipeg International Children’s Festival
Jun 10-12 Portage la Prairie – Gospel Hall
Jun 11-12 Riding Mountain National Park – Caching GPS Adventure Quest
Jun 12 Portage la Prairie – Vintage Annual Show & Shine
Jun 15-19 Winnipeg – International Cello Festival of Canada
Jun 17-26 Winnipeg – Red River Exhibition
Jun 24 - Jul 3 Winnipeg – Jazz Winnipeg Festival
July
Jul 1 Gladstone – Canada Day Celebrations
Jul 1 Minnedosa – Canada Day Celebrations
Jul 1-3 Portage la Prairie – Portage Kennel Club Dog Show
Jul 4-10 Neepawa – Manitoba Holiday Festival of the Arts
Jul 7-9 Winnipeg – Winnipeg Folk Festival
Jul 8-10 Minnedosa – Minnedosa Fun Fest and Heritage Days
Jul 9 Minnedosa – FunFest Dance
Jul 9 Russell – Kart Races
Jul 9-10 Minnedosa – Agricultural Fair
Jul 9-11 Portage la Prairie – Portage Ex
Jul 10 Minnedosa – Heritage Days
Jul 13-24 Winnipeg – Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival
Jul 16 Riding Mountain National Park – P.O.W. Interpretive Wagon Tour
Jul 17 Strathclair – Strathclair Museum Church Service
Jul 19 Strathclair – Strathclair 125th Fair
Jul 20 Shoal Lake – Shoal Lake Agricultural Society Fair
Jul 22-24 Neepawa – World Lily Festival
Jul 23-24 Oak Hammock Marsh – Dragonfly Festival
Jul 27-29 Winnipeg – Ballet in the Park 2011
Jul 28-31 Minnedosa – Rockin’ the Fields Music Festival
Jul 30-31 Minnedosa – Minnedosa Rodeo
Jul 30-Aug 1 – St. Lazare – Pioneer Day
Jul 31-Aug 13 Winnipeg – Folklorama
August
Aug 1-3 Winnipeg – Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site Treaty One Commemoration
Aug 4-18 Winnipeg – Assiniboine Park Hot Big Band Series
Aug 5-6 Birtle – Birtle Agricultural Fair
Aug 5-7 Wasagaming – Wasagaming Chamber Days
Aug 6 Portage la Prairie – Portage Potato Festival
Aug 6 Riding Mountain National Park – Kiddie Parade
Aug 7 Birtle – Birtle River Run
Aug 12-14 Gladstone – Gladstone Agricultural Society Fair & Rodeo
Aug 15-19 Binscarth – Vagabond Theatre
Aug 20 Riding Mountain National Park – Supper-in-the-Field
Aug 20 Wasagaming – Boo in the Park
Aug 20 Strathclair – Old Iron Club Tractor Derby
Aug 20-21 Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site – Harvest Celebration
Aug 27 Oak Hammock Marsh – Picnic at the Bluff
Aug 27-28 Gladstone – Third Crossing Agricultural Museum Threshing Days
Aug 27-28 Portage la Prairie – Prairie Ripples Art Tour
September
Sep 17 Portage la Prairie – Mexican Fiesta
Sep 17 Winnipeg – Prairie Dog Central Railway Fall Supper
Sep 17 Strathclair – Old Iron Club Threshing Days
Sep 18 Canada-Wide – The Terry Fox Run
October
Oct 2 Winnipeg – Winnipeg Fall Supper
Oct 7-10 Russell – Beef & Barley Festival
Oct 28 - Nov 6 Winnipeg – Aboriginal Music Week
November
Nov 2-6 Winnipeg – Manito Ahbee: Celebration of Aboriginal Music and Culture
Nov 4 Portage la Prairie – Christmas Craft Sale & Flea Market
Nov 11 Strathclair – Veteran’s Banquet
Nov 25 - Jan 7 Portage la Prairie – Island of Lights
December
Dec 2 Portage la Prairie – Santa’s Parade of Lights
Dec 2 Newdale – Newdale Community Christmas Concert
Dec 3 Strathclair – Little Saskatchewan Fish & Game Buck Night
Dec 31 Gladstone – New Year’s Eve Dinner & Dance Fundraiser for Gladstone Golf Club
Dec 31 Portage la Prairie – New Year’s Eve Dinner & Dance
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