Saturday Fam Jam

Kurrent Motion
Hula Jam
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm @ Town Hall

Karrie Blackburn’s talent extends far beyond the stage! Founder of Kurrent Motion Hoops and President of the Winnipeg Circus Club, Karrie is a passionate Hoop instructor, circus arts enthusiast, and an expert hoopsmith. Her super power is proving that everyone can hoop! For classes, hoops, performances, and more visit KurrentMotionHoops.com.

Mama Cutsworth
Family-Friendly DJ
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall

Beginning in 2015, all generations of Winnipeg dancers have been able to enjoy Mama Cutsworth's Family Dance Party. These all-age events often feature bubble machines, costumes and plenty of interactive dancing games. Don't expect to hear typical "kids' music" or the theme song from Frozen. Whether it's Bruno Mars or Blondie, David Bowie or Daft Punk, it's all played at reasonable volume levels that won't damage kids' precious ear drums! The Family Dance Party has grown in such popularity that Mama Cutsworth has taken the event to the Manitoba Children's Museum, Festival du Voyageur, Riding Mountain National Park, and now the Assiniboine Zoo!

Third + Bird Market
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Third + Bird will be stopping by Polar Town to host a mini-market with rotating Canadian artisans. This will be a great opportunity to pick up a unique holiday gift!

Sunday Fun-Day

FortWhyte Alive
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ the Icy Forest
Take part in a magical snow shoe hike!

FortWhyte is more than just a nature centre, wildlife refuge, or place for education - our 640 acres of protected green space is an award-winning destination for incredible outdoor experiences. We connect human with nature through a variety of unique programs and events that foster sustainability in our community, as well as offering every day nature exploration, recreation, adventure and discovery - leaving our visitors inspired, with a new and memorable experience, each time they visit. Experience our passion for the outdoors and the things we care about - active people, a healthy planet, and a vibrant community.

Manitoba Children's Museum
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Eaton's Fairytale themed craft

The Children’s Museum exists to spark kids’ creative learning. As a non-profit charitable organization, we believe in the potential of all children and provide an interactive learning environment that nurtures the power of imagination and spirit of self-discovery. For over 30 years, we have been the place for families to play, laugh, learn and grow. They are located at The Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Sing-along caroling and instrument petting zoo

Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts motivates and supports Manitobans to achieve their music education goals through:
• Reaching for Excellence
• Opening Doors to Music
• Building Community

Green Action Centre
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Eco-friendly gift wrapping station and make your own unique holiday card. 

Green Action Centre is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, based in Winnipeg and serving Manitoba since 1985. We are a registered charity, governed by an elected community board. We promote greener living through environmental education and encourage practical green solutions for households, workplaces, schools and communities. Our primary areas of focus include green commuting, composting and waste reduction, sustainable living and resource conservation. 

Fit Kids Healthy Kids
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Town Hall & outside Town Hall
Physical activities for families: spike ball, horse shoes, schlockey, floor curling, ladder golf, pool noodle hockey, balance tug-a-war, bowling. PLUS visit the motion zone for stomp and catch, scoops, and balance boards.

Fit Kids Healthy Kids is a Physical Literacy program founded as a partnership between Doctors Manitoba and Sport Manitoba. It teaches children and their adult leaders the fundamentals of movement that make kids confident and competent in sport, recreation, and life. The goal of the program is fit, healthy kids that are active for life. We believe in a holistic approach to these skills through various activities such as low organized games, stationed play, dance, modified sport and free play.

Third + Bird Market
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Third + Bird will be stopping by Polar Town to host a mini-market with rotating Canadian artisans. This will be a great opportunity to pick up a unique holiday gift!

Zoo Lights Festival is closed for the day. 

Dance Night

Swing Dance Winnipeg
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm @ Town Hall
Take in a swing dance performance, then show off your moves during a swing dance workshop.

Winnipeg Swing Dancers are dedicated to promoting Lindy Hop, Blues, and Vernacular Jazz in Winnipeg. We’re dancers dedicated to investing back into our community and all its future events. Our mission is to promote classic and modern swing and blues dances and music within Winnipeg and the surrounding area through lessons, dances, workshops, and the free promotion of related local and international events

Asham Stompers
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm @ Town Hall
Dance Performance

The Ashom Stompers mission is to help re-capture and preserve the history of the Métis people through the traditional dancing of the Red River jig. To have FUN and enjoy the richness of the Métis tradition through the Red River Jig combined with square dancing which has been done in the First Nations Communities for so many years aptly named the Red River Dance. Their group members are half Metis and half First nations.

Their Purpose is to help bring hope to their children in Aboriginal Communities by taking something right out of the community (The Fiddle and Jig) to the World Stage Successfully and independently. The Fiddle and Red River Jig have a long history in our communities and the rest of the World is embracing it. The Stompers recieve standing ovations wherever they perform and it is not about the Stompers, it is about the dance which has been pasted down by their ancestors. They plan to pass the Jig on to their youth and therefore have youth in their group at almost every performance.

Salsa Explosion
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Salsa dance performance and workshop

Our mission is to promote classic and modern swing and blues dances and music within Winnipeg and the surrounding area through lessons, dances, workshops, and the free promotion of related local and international events

PLUS:

Family-friendly Axe Throwing
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Market Square

Get Your Game On!

Come and play in Polar Town! Big games, bingo, and the Winnipeg Goldeyes prize wheel in Town Hall. Plus, fun family activities with Fit Kids Healthy Kids and Badminton with the Winnipeg Winter Club outside.

Bingo Night with Outside Joke (RobYn Slade & Jane Testar)
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm @ Town Hall

Jane and RobYn are members of Outside Joke, a Winnipeg-based improvisational theatre company. Since forming in 2002, they have performed in festivals and theatres across Canada, including Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal. Creating a brand new improvised musical every time they take the stage, Outside Joke brings a playful energy and an open heart to their craft.

Winnipeg Winter Club
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @Town Hall
Big games - badminton, ball hockey, kids games and more!

The Winnipeg Winter Club is a private, member-owned club that offers a one-of-a-kind combination of sports and amenities in a 100,000+ square foot facility unlike any other in Manitoba. It offers a unique balance of recreation, relaxation and refreshment in the heart of Winnipeg.

Fit Kids Healthy Kids
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @Town Hall
Physical activities for families: spike ball, horse shoes, schlockey, floor curling, ladder golf, pool noodle hockey, balance tug-a-war, bowling. PLUS visit the motion zone for stomp and catch, scoops, and balance boards.

Fit Kids Healthy Kids is a free, physical literacy program that teaches children and their adult leaders the skills that make them confident in sport, recreation and life.

Winnipeg Goldeyes Baseball Club
5:00 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Come say hello and spin to win great prizes with Goldie and the Winnipeg Goldeyes Street Team!

PLUS:

Family-friendly Axe Throwing
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Market Square

Andrea Gallagher-Courteau @ The Teepees in The Village
Presentation on culture and traditions

Andrea Gallagher-Courteau is an Anishinaabe citizen of Sagkeeng First Nation and a graduate of the University of Manitoba. She received a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Political Studies and Bachelor of Arts degree in Native Studies. She went on to complete her Masters of Arts degree in Political Studies, with a focus on Canadian and Indigenous politics. In her professional life, Andrea is passionate about Indigenous education, having spent time at the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba, the Manitoba Department of Education, and as a sessional instructor at both the University of Manitoba and the Canadian Mennonite University.

Andrea is a French-speaking member of the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba's Speakers' Bureau and strongly believes in the importance of the Treaty relationship and the need for reconciliation in Canada. Andrea is proud of her Anishinaabe and Canadian heritage and was a jingle dress dancer as a kid. She takes part in cultural practices and ceremonies whenever she has the opportunity to do so.

The Village Idiots - Live in Polar Town

Village Idiots LIVE in Polar Town
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Musical Performances

House Handshake
5:30 pm - 6:10 pm

This strikingly harmonic six-piece sensation has been making waves since their debut in 2018. Their passion and purpose is evident when they perform at any scale. Whether you catch them playing in a smaller venue or at a larger festival; they will draw you in and make you feel things as if they were playing a personal show just for you. House Handshake is comprised of two insanely complimentary lead singers - Sarah and Quinton (who doubles as one of the group's two guitarists), Tanner (a marvelously cheeky pianist), Darrell (a bassist who can’t sit still), Tate (a free spirited lead guitarist) and Brennan (a classically trained jazz drummer).

Thrill Thrill
6:30 pm - 7:10 pm

Thrill Thrill is going to take you on a ride. The four piece band lifts off from Winnipeg Manitoba. Through tightly crafted songs, spunky tempos, and dizzy narratives, the band smashes the senses while restoring the faith in the music and the lifestyle. From Reggae to Metal, Funk to Classical, Van Gogh to Pollock, the band draws from not just one influence but rather the very essence of art itself. The band members are: Sid Bellinger(Lead Vocals/Guitar), Jesse Nikkel (Lead Guitar), Travis MacLean (Drums/BG Vocals), and Mitch Kruse (Bass/BG Vocals).

Odder Than The Otters
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm

Odder than the Otters float between uptempo folk and bluesy rock, playing a riverside soundtrack that paints a playful picture of a modern world. In spring 2018, they joined Lloyd Peterson (The Weakerthans, The Wailin' Jennys, Big Dave McLean) at Paintbox Recording to get started on their debut release. Their first single, “Hola Luna,” made “top 50 finalist as judged by CBC Music producers,” in the CBC Searchlight 2018 competition. In April 2018, The Port of Lopez EP was released and supported with a Western Canada tour in fall. Odder than the Otters are Cody Goertzen, Adam Hill, Joe Johnson and Mitch Kruse.

The Village Idiots
We are music promoters/video producers/fanatics in Winnipeg, MB. We created the web series Live at The Roslyn where you can watch bands play full sets, from the comfort of your own home, on Facebook Live. To date we’ve completed 3 seasons (77 episodes) and begin our fourth in November 2019. Plus, we recorded 34 singer-songwriters on the offshoot called Sunroom Sessions. We also put on and promote local music shows/festivals in Manitoba among other art based initiatives.

PLUS:

Third + Bird Market
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Third + Bird will be stopping by Polar Town to host a mini-market with rotating Canadian artisans. This will be a great opportunity to pick up a unique holiday gift!

Barb & Clarence Nepinak @ The Teepees in The Village
Storytelling with local elders from Pine Creek First Nation

TGIF - First Friday in Polar Town with Synonym Arts Consultation 

Synonym Arts Consultation
5:00 pm - 8:30 pm @Town Hall
Interactive and family-friendly drag performances and workshops.

Synonym Art Consultation is presenting an evening of interactive, animal-themed, family-friendly drag performances and workshops. Synonym’s Drag Curator, Prairie Sky, will invite local drag queen and special effects make-up specialist Lita Takeela to facilitate a live make-up tutorial for the public. After the tutorial is complete, youth will be invited to have a mini “drag transformation” by Lita, painting them as an animal! Throughout the evening, there will be live performances by Prairie Sky, Lita Takeela, and Lady Quinzarr. Synonym Art Consultation’s co-founders Andrew and Chloe will keep the animal-themed music flowing all evening!

PLUS:

Third + Bird Market
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Third + Bird will be stopping by Polar Town to host a mini-market with rotating Canadian artisans. This will be a great opportunity to pick up a unique holiday gift!

Rob Malo (TiBert le Voyageur) @ The Teepees in The Village
TiBert Le Voyageur performance

Raised in a Franco-Manitoban Métis family, Rob Malo, also known as TiBert le Voyageur is a storyteller, author, stage performer, juggler, poet, and community builder who shares his passion for history and culture with people of all ages. Recognized by Storytellers of Canada as being a Master Storyteller, Rob draws on his background as an Educational Programs Developer at the Manitoba Museum and as a Professor in the Tourism Department of l'Université de St. Boniface to delight audiences through storytelling, music and song. Rob has been awarded Certificates of Excellence from Interpretation Canada for both TiBert le Voyageur live presentations and digital educational tools.

Saturday Fam Jam

100 Decibels
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm @Town Hall

100 Decibels is a high-energy Physical Comedy troupe that is comprised of a diverse group of Deaf artists. Hailing originally from The Philippines, Manitoba and Poland, these performers have been professionally trained in mime, physical comedy and storytelling by the award winning Hot Thespian Action’s Shannon Guile. Their aim is not only to entertain audiences with their incredibly crisp and clean physical illusions but to reach-out with the beauty of Deaf Culture and build bridges between the hearing and Deaf worlds. 100 Decibels have brought audiences to their feet – making them laugh, cry and say ‘I never thought of it that way’.

Mama Cutsworth 
Family-Friendly DJ
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall

Beginning in 2015, all generations of Winnipeg dancers have been able to enjoy Mama Cutsworth's Family Dance Party. These all-age events often feature bubble machines, costumes and plenty of interactive dancing games. Don't expect to hear typical "kids' music" or the theme song from Frozen. Whether it's Bruno Mars or Blondie, David Bowie or Daft Punk, it's all played at reasonable volume levels that won't damage kids' precious ear drums! The Family Dance Party has grown in such popularity that Mama Cutsworth has taken the event to the Manitoba Children's Museum, Festival du Voyageur, Riding Mountain National Park, and now the Assiniboine Zoo!

Third + Bird Market
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Third + Bird will be stopping by Polar Town to host a mini-market with rotating Canadian artisans. This will be a great opportunity to pick up a unique holiday gift!

Late Night Party in Polar Town
9:00 pm - 12:00 am @ Tundra Grill Ice Bar

Stay late for a party in Polar Town! We'll be hosting an outdoor party at the Tundra Grill Ice Bar complete with a live DJ, dancing, and s'mores by a toasty fire pit.

PLUS:

Blair Robillard @ The Teepees in The Village
Local knowledge keeper and teacher hosting traditional Aboriginal games, demonstrations and fun activities.

My name is Blair Robillard, the name that carries me is North Star Man (The Welcome Home Star). I have researched, been gifted and shared Indigenous games and the philosophy related to them for over 40 years. I have been honoured to teach as a Sessional Instructor at the University of Manitoba for 20 years. I have walked the path of an Oskapewis (a Working Warrior) for many years, and have been honoured in being identified as Akitchite (a Great Heart). A large part of my satisfaction comes from my passion to learn, practice and share traditional Indigenous history, culture and worldview.

Sunday Fun-Day: Paint Night

Painting on the Prairies
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Paint your own ornament

Painting on the Prairies was one of the very first mobile paint party providers on the Manitoba scene in July 2015 and has hosted hundreds of paint parties since then for children, adults and seniors. No experience necessary, they offer painting parties not a painting lessons! Painting on the Prairies will be bringing a fun and creative night of painting ornaments in the comfort of the Town Hall at the Zoo Lights Festival.

Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Sing-along caroling and an instrument petting zoo

Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts motivates and supports Manitobans to achieve their music education goals through:
• Reaching for Excellence
• Opening Doors to Music
• Building Community

Third + Bird Market
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Third + Bird will be stopping by Polar Town to host a mini-market with rotating Canadian artisans. This will be a great opportunity to pick up a unique holiday gift!

PLUS:

Blair Robillard @ The Teepees in The Village
Local knowledge keeper and teacher hosting traditional Aboriginal games, demonstrations and fun activities.

My name is Blair Robillard, the name that carries me is North Star Man (The Welcome Home Star). I have researched, been gifted and shared Indigenous games and the philosophy related to them for over 40 years. I have been honoured to teach as a Sessional Instructor at the University of Manitoba for 20 years. I have walked the path of an Oskapewis (a Working Warrior) for many years, and have been honoured in being identified as Akitchite (a Great Heart). A large part of my satisfaction comes from my passion to learn, practice and share traditional Indigenous history, culture and worldview.

Zoo Lights Festival is closed for the day. 

Polar Town Cabaret

Songs and stories from Polar Town! Featuring Mayor Freezin', The Parks Officers and more with music by Boogie The Beat.

Boogey The Beat
5:30 pm - 9:00 pm @ Town Hall
DJ performance

Boogey The Beat is an Anishinaabe DJ and Producer from Winnipeg, Canada who blends traditional Indigenous songs with modern electronic beats. His DJing skills have landed him on stages for the Indspire Awards, Canada Day 150 Main Stage in Ottawa, National Aboriginal Day LIVE presented by APTN, and multiple festivals across Turtle Island. His first single, HOKA, reached number 1 on the Indigenous Music Countdown and landed him licensing opportunities providing music for CBC, APTN, and Vice Media. His latest single, “The Sage Is On Fire”, also reached number 1, making it his 3rd single to reach the top of the charts on the Indigenous Music Countdown.

Fill the (W)hole
Host of Polar Town Cabaret @ Town Hall

Fill The (W)hole is a Winnipeg-based collective founded by Lindsay Johnson, Rayna Masterton and Brigitte Plouffe in 2015 with a common goal of promoting human understanding through theatre. They are a collective who produce multidisciplinary theatre aimed at raising up women’s voices and sharing their stories. FT(W) collaborate with a range of artists and community members to showcase authentic and honest narratives.

Walk and Talk Theatre
Performance @ Town Hall

Walk&Talk Theatre Company is a Winnipeg-based, award-winning theatre company founded by three young multidisciplinary artists: Duncan Cox, Tanner Manson and Ben Townsley. They have consistently been creating and producing original works of music-theatre since 2016. Walk&Talk looks at creating original theatre and original music in new and innovative ways & how they can be integrated. They are a collective of talented performer/creators looking to create new multidisciplinary work that engages the heart and the brain through music, movement and writing.

Patriarchy Clowns
Clowns @ Town Hall

Ady and V and The Patriarchy are a mischievous acapella duo who sing riddlesome songs. A couplet of the goofy sort of kind, a tickling good time, a smashing hit in the fuzzy armpit and only a slightly bit outrageous. Stay for a while, we'll laugh and we'll smile and don't you know it's contagious.

PLUS:

Family-friendly Axe Throwing
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Market Square

Barb & Clarence Nepinak @ The Teepees in The Village
Storytelling with local elders from Pine Creek First Nation

Get Your Game On

Come and play in Polar Town! Big games, bingo, and the Winnipeg Goldeyes prize wheel in Town Hall. Plus, fun family activities with Fit Kids Healthy Kids and Badminton with the Winnipeg Winter Club outside

Please note: Town Hall will be closed indoors until 6:30 p.m. for a private event. Join us at 6:30 for Bingo Night!

Bingo Night with Talentless Lumps
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm @ Town Hall

Swampy greetings! We are out-of-town artists. We love gambling and are honoured to call BINGO on your behalf! We also love the dabbers used in BINGO because they are amazing human inventions. But most of all, we like winning at BINGOing, so Beware the Distractions as we entertain you into a haze not unlike The Man They Call Revene. You may be acting chicken and forgetting to do the dabbing. It’s a silly dance move anyways.  Recent credits: Odd Jobs and Cream Corn Wrestling 

Winnipeg Winter Club
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Town Hall
Big games - badminton, ball hockey, kids games and more!

The Winnipeg Winter Club is a private, member-owned club that offers a one-of-a-kind combination of sports and amenities in a 100,000+ square foot facility unlike any other in Manitoba. It offers a unique balance of recreation, relaxation and refreshment in the heart of Winnipeg.

Fit Kids Healthy Kids
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Town Hall
Physical activities for families: spike ball, horse shoes, schlockey, floor curling, ladder golf, pool noodle hockey, balance tug-a-war, bowling. PLUS visit the motion zone for stomp and catch, scoops, and balance boards.

Fit Kids Healthy Kids is a free, physical literacy program that teaches children and their adult leaders the skills that make them confident in sport, recreation and life.

Winnipeg Goldeyes Baseball Club
5:00 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Come say hello and spin to win great prizes with Goldie and the Winnipeg Goldeyes Street Team!

PLUS:

Family-friendly Axe Throwing
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Market Square

Andrea Gallagher-Courteau @ The Teepees in The Village
Presentation on culture and traditions

Andrea Gallagher-Courteau is an Anishinaabe citizen of Sagkeeng First Nation and a graduate of the University of Manitoba. She received a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Political Studies and Bachelor of Arts degree in Native Studies. She went on to complete her Masters of Arts degree in Political Studies, with a focus on Canadian and Indigenous politics. In her professional life, Andrea is passionate about Indigenous education, having spent time at the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba, the Manitoba Department of Education, and as a sessional instructor at both the University of Manitoba and the Canadian Mennonite University.

Andrea is a French-speaking member of the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba's Speakers' Bureau and strongly believes in the importance of the Treaty relationship and the need for reconciliation in Canada. Andrea is proud of her Anishinaabe and Canadian heritage and was a jingle dress dancer as a kid. She takes part in cultural practices and ceremonies whenever she has the opportunity to do so.

LIVE in Polar Town

West End Cultural Centre LIVE in Polar Town
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performances

Micah Erenberg
5:30 pm - 6:10 pm

Canada's Micah Erenberg knows the risk in wearing your heart on your sleeve. The 26-year-old also understands the importance of a shared experience. One that can make someone feel brighter, understood, less alone. The songwriter's second album Love Is Gonna Find You is intended to be shared. Lyrically, the album paints a scrambling collage of navigating the loss of love while also providing a rolling, self-effacing pep talk. It's a kaleidoscope of memories and is ultimately positive and downright life-affirming.

TJ Blair & Jess Reimer
6:30 pm - 7:10 pm

Be it snowed-in, wool-wearing imagery or dirt under your nails, ‘sweating through the yellow silk’, the extremes and heartiness of Manitoba are in Jess’ songs. Listening to Reimer it is clear she is unwaveringly connected to the soul of traditional North American music. There are times when she sounds as if she’s on stage at the Grand Ole Opry circa 1963. Jess has been a part of Winnipeg, MB’s roots music scene for years, and with her latest album, The Nightjar and The Garden, she’s been embraced by a wider audience. “The Nightjar and the Garden traverses the road between the personal and the profound, the sacred and the profane”. It’s “a highly literary effort” says Zachary Houle – Pop Matters. She has released 3 other bluegrass/country records. Her original, ‘Knockin’ placed her a finalist in the International Songwriter’s Competition. And, literary magazine, Rhubarb, published it. Besides performing, Jess has taught song writing in Elementary schools and plays for a cancer care program, ‘Music to my Ears’, to patients in a MB hospital.

The Lockdown
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm

The Lockdown is a musical project ranging from solo performance to eight-piece band. Described as gritty/dirty-folk, The Lockdown loves performing everywhere - from grungy warehouse parties, to porches and living rooms, to beautiful Winnipeg music venues. Two recent highlights include opening for Orville Peck at the WECC and performing the songs of Patti Smith at the Good Will Social Club. They released a demo in 2018 and will begin recording their first full-length album in the fall.

About the West End Cultural Centre

The West End Cultural Centre (WECC) was established in 1987 when the founders and a team of committed volunteers set out to renovate an old church into a community arts facility. The first concert ever to take place in the hall, on October 23rd of 1987, featured Spirit of the West and proved to audiences that the WECC was ready to fill a void in the music community, dedicating itself to the best in almost every genre of music and art. Since then, the WECC has entertained audiences with a large variety of productions including dance, literary readings, concerts, and festivals. Primarily a music venue, the WECC is a non-profit, charitable organization that promotes local, national, and international artists by fostering artistic development. We present, enable and encourage live music and artistic expression and provide a meeting place for artists and the community.

PLUS:

Third + Bird Market
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Third + Bird will be stopping by Polar Town to host a mini-market with rotating Canadian artisans. This will be a great opportunity to pick up a unique holiday gift!

Barb & Clarence Nepinak @ The Teepees in The Village
Storytelling with local elders from Pine Creek First Nation

TGIF: Roots Concert Night

Nation of Two
5:30 pm - 6:10 pm @ Town Hall
Musical Performance

Founding member of The Duhks, fierce songbird Jessee Havey and partner Nathaniel Good have found so much to see inside each other that they have formed a musical Nation Of Two. Their partnership in life is mirrored in their musical lives as they perform as two halves of the same whole. The music that results comes from such a place of trust and adoration that listeners can't help but be entranced by the magic unfolding before their eyes.

Hay Fever
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm @ Town Hall
Musical Performance

Roots radicals living in Winnipeg, Mason Melle (vocals/guitar), Zohreh Gervais (Vocals/fiddle), Maddy Hildebrand (Bass), Greg Hay (Banjo/dobro/mandolin/fiddle) and Ameena Bajer-Koulack (Fiddle/Banjo) come from a wide range of opposite musical backgrounds that ended up walking together down a dirt road in the prairies. Original folk, bluegrass, and blues bring the fever to every stop they hit along that dusty old road.


Raine Hamilton
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm @ Town Hall
Musical Performance

Resonant, acoustic chamber folk with an otherworldly edge, and a lyric presence that cuts deep. Prism-clear vocals and strings; A combination of vocal agility and power.  Raine’s latest album, Night Sky (March 2018), tips between the earthly and the otherworldly; it is anchored in relatable lived experience, while reaching into the space just beyond, thinning the veil between here and there, affording safe passage to the rough and beautiful places. Raine’s ethereal voice and lyrics are at the forefront of these powerful and relatable tunes, written both in English and in French. Alongside cello + double bass, and with Raine on violin or guitar, these songs have a moving string quartet feel with a cosmic reach.

PLUS:

Third + Bird Market
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Third + Bird will be stopping by Polar Town to host a mini-market with rotating Canadian artisans. This will be a great opportunity to pick up a unique holiday gift!

Rob Malo (TiBert le Voyageur) @ The Teepees in The Village
TiBert Le Voyageur performance

Raised in a Franco-Manitoban Métis family, Rob Malo, also known as TiBert le Voyageur is a storyteller, author, stage performer, juggler, poet, and community builder who shares his passion for history and culture with people of all ages. Recognized by Storytellers of Canada as being a Master Storyteller, Rob draws on his background as an Educational Programs Developer at the Manitoba Museum and as a Professor in the Tourism Department of l'Université de St. Boniface to delight audiences through storytelling, music and song. Rob has been awarded Certificates of Excellence from Interpretation Canada for both TiBert le Voyageur live presentations and digital educational tools.

Saturday Fam Jam

Kurrent Motion
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm @ Town Hall
Hula Jam

Karrie Blackburn’s talent extends far beyond the stage! Founder of Kurrent Motion Hoops and President of the Winnipeg Circus Club, Karrie is a passionate Hoop instructor, circus arts enthusiast, and an expert hoopsmith. Her super power is proving that everyone can hoop! For classes, hoops, performances, and more visit KurrentMotionHoops.com.

Mama Cutsworth
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Family-Friendly DJ

Beginning in 2015, all generations of Winnipeg dancers have been able to enjoy Mama Cutsworth's Family Dance Party. These all-age events often feature bubble machines, costumes and plenty of interactive dancing games. Don't expect to hear typical "kids' music" or the theme song from Frozen. Whether it's Bruno Mars or Blondie, David Bowie or Daft Punk, it's all played at reasonable volume levels that won't damage kids' precious ear drums! The Family Dance Party has grown in such popularity that Mama Cutsworth has taken the event to the Manitoba Children's Museum, Festival du Voyageur, Riding Mountain National Park, and now the Assiniboine Zoo! 

Third + Bird Market
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Third + Bird will be stopping by Polar Town to host a mini-market with rotating Canadian artisans. This will be a great opportunity to pick up a unique holiday gift!

Late Night Party in Polar Town
9:00 pm - 12:00 am @ Tundra Grill Ice Bar

Stay late for a party in Polar Town! We'll be hosting an outdoor party at the Tundra Grill Ice Bar complete with a live DJ, dancing, and s'mores by a toasty fire pit.

Hañwakañ Blaikie Whitecloud @ The Teepees in The Village

Hañwakañ Blaikie Whitecloud (Hañwakañ = 'Northern Lights' in Dakhóta) travelled extensively until age 5 but has since called Winnipeg home. His parents are both Indigenous lawyers who started their lives living on the land. He attended College Jeanne Sauvé and grew up in St Vital close to the U of M where his mother has taught for over 25 years. Hañwakañ has been engaged in the business and skateboarding community as a mentor and leader, supporting youth to strive for their best selves. He even has some skate-sons, as he’s stepped into to be a father figure for youth in need. As a filmmaker his work focuses on building identity for urban Indigenous youth. His latest documentary project is about Pow Wows across Canada. Hañwakañ is also an active volunteer, especially with 1JustCity, at their overnight emergency warming center. He’s a punctual man but those 6:30am volunteer shifts are easy to get to as his wife, Tessa, is the Executive Director. Hañwakañ and his wife co-facilitate workshops on reconciliation, systems change, and generally just have tons of fun together trying to make the world a better place.

Hockey Night in Polar Town

Winnipeg Ice Hockey Club
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Get in the game! Join in as we celebrate Canada's favourite game.

PLUS:

Third + Bird Market
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Third + Bird will be stopping by Polar Town to host a mini-market with rotating Canadian artisans. This will be a great opportunity to pick up a unique holiday gift!

Blair Robillard @ The Teepees in The Village
Local knowledge keeper and teacher hosting traditional Aboriginal games, demonstrations and fun activities.

My name is Blair Robillard, the name that carries me is North Star Man (The Welcome Home Star). I have researched, been gifted and shared Indigenous games and the philosophy related to them for over 40 years. I have been honoured to teach as a Sessional Instructor at the University of Manitoba for 20 years. I have walked the path of an Oskapewis (a Working Warrior) for many years, and have been honoured in being identified as Akitchite (a Great Heart). A large part of my satisfaction comes from my passion to learn, practice and share traditional Indigenous history, culture and worldview.

Zoo Lights Festival is closed for the day. 

Cabaret Tuesday: Big Top Performances

Rob Malo (TiBert le Voyageur)
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Host of Cabaret Tuesday @ Town Hall

Raised in a Franco-Manitoban Métis family, Rob Malo, also known as TiBert le Voyageur is a storyteller, author, stage performer, juggler, poet, and community builder who shares his passion for history and culture with people of all ages. Recognized by Storytellers of Canada as being a Master Storyteller, Rob draws on his background as an Educational Programs Developer at the Manitoba Museum and as a Professor in the Tourism Department of l'Université de St. Boniface to delight audiences through storytelling, music and song. Rob has been awarded Certificates of Excellence from Interpretation Canada for both TiBert le Voyageur live presentations and digital educational tools.

Teakle Family Circus
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm @ Town Hall
Circus performance

The Teakle Family Circus is made up of three super talented and internationally award-winning, Winnipeg-based siblings that will entertain and inspire!  They bring their unique brand of sibling antics combined with truly world class skills to every performance!

Kurrent Motion
7:15 pm - 8:00 pm @ Town Hall
Hula Jam

Karrie Blackburn’s talent extends far beyond the stage! Founder of Kurrent Motion Hoops and President of the Winnipeg Circus Club, Karrie is a passionate Hoop instructor, circus arts enthusiast, and an expert hoopsmith. Her super power is proving that everyone can hoop! For classes, hoops, performances, and more visit KurrentMotionHoops.com.

Anastatsia Evsigneeva & Anna Protsiou
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm & 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Contortionist performances

Anna Protsiou (Greece) and Anastasia Evsigneeva (Russia) are graduates of the Professional program of the School of Contemporary Dancers, Winnipeg, Canada. Pursuing dance career from the early childhood, both artists have discovered a fascinating art of contortion and circus later in their professional path and totally loved it. They have been working together as a dance and contortion duo for more than three years now, that has helped to establish good connection and relationship in between each other, which is crucial for partner work. Anna and Anastasia both loved working with Fete Jockey Events and True North Sports and Entertainment on “Stage Frights” two years ago. They are looking forward to participating in the Zoo Lights Festival!

PLUS:

Family-friendly Axe Throwing
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Market Square

Barb & Clarence Nepinak @ The Teepees in The Village
Storytelling with local elders from Pine Creek First Nation

Get Your Game On!

Come and play in Polar Town! Big games, bingo, and the Winnipeg Goldeyes prize wheel in Town Hall. Plus, fun family activities with Fit Kids Healthy Kids and Badminton with the Winnipeg Winter Club outside.

Bingo Night hosted by Talentless Lumps
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm @ Town Hall

Swampy greetings! We are out-of-town artists. We love gambling and are honoured to call BINGO on your behalf! We also love the dabbers used in BINGO because they are amazing human inventions. But most of all, we like winning at BINGOing, so Beware the Distractions as we entertain you into a haze not unlike The Man They Call Revene. You may be acting chicken and forgetting to do the dabbing. It’s a silly dance move anyways.  Recent credits: Odd Jobs and Cream Corn Wrestling

Fit Kids Healthy Kids
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Town Hall
Physical activities for families: spike ball, horse shoes, schlockey, floor curling, ladder golf, pool noodle hockey, balance tug-a-war, bowling. PLUS visit the motion zone for stomp and catch, scoops, and balance boards.

Fit Kids Healthy Kids is a free, physical literacy program that teaches children and their adult leaders the skills that make them confident in sport, recreation and life.

Winnipeg Winter Club
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Town Hall
Big games - badminton, ball hockey, kids games and more!

The Winnipeg Winter Club is a private, member-owned club that offers a one-of-a-kind combination of sports and amenities in a 100,000+ square foot facility unlike any other in Manitoba. It offers a unique balance of recreation, relaxation and refreshment in the heart of Winnipeg.

Winnipeg Goldeyes Baseball Club
5:00 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Come say hello and spin to win great prizes with Goldie and the Winnipeg Goldeyes Street Team!

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Family-friendly Axe Throwing
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Market Square

Andrea Gallagher-Courteau @ The Teepees in The Village
Presentation on culture and traditions

Andrea Gallagher-Courteau is an Anishinaabe citizen of Sagkeeng First Nation and a graduate of the University of Manitoba. She received a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Political Studies and Bachelor of Arts degree in Native Studies. She went on to complete her Masters of Arts degree in Political Studies, with a focus on Canadian and Indigenous politics. In her professional life, Andrea is passionate about Indigenous education, having spent time at the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba, the Manitoba Department of Education, and as a sessional instructor at both the University of Manitoba and the Canadian Mennonite University.

Andrea is a French-speaking member of the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba's Speakers' Bureau and strongly believes in the importance of the Treaty relationship and the need for reconciliation in Canada. Andrea is proud of her Anishinaabe and Canadian heritage and was a jingle dress dancer as a kid. She takes part in cultural practices and ceremonies whenever she has the opportunity to do so.

Times Change(d) - Live in Polar Town

Times Change(d) LIVE in Polar Town
5:30 pm - 8:10 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performances

The Perpetrators
5:30 pm - 6:10 pm

The Perpetrators front-man and founding member Jay Nowicki is rated one of Canada’s tastiest guitar players. Together with the “meat-and-mashed-potatoes” rhythm section of Emmet VanEtten & John Scoles (or sometimes founding member Ryan Menard) they deliver a tight, raw and intense blues experience that is sure to make you get up and shake it. The Perpetrators’ albums have garnered WCMA awards and Juno nominations. Their ability to stay grounded to their Winnipeg roots, coupled with the raw energy and extreme talent makes this one of the best groups to come out of Canada.
 
Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices
6:30 pm - 7:10 pm 

After the release of two legendary albums, and a 10-year stand of Wednesday nights at the various incarnations of what is now the Handsome Daughter, Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices changed direction a little, raising families instead of cane. Although they play a little less now, they are still Winnipeg’s best-loved outlaw country attraction, and their mix of originals and country classics will make you believe you’re in the Texas honky-tonk of your dreams.

Leaf Rapids
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm

It started the way all good things do, with a story, one that emerged from the time-shrouded attics of Keri Latimer’s family history. A tale of the great-grandmother she knew only as tiny and soft-spoken, a gentle soul who only spoke Japanese. Who would have guessed that once, in her youth, that same little old lady stabbed a man with a pair of barbershop shears? That tale became the torch to light a new journey. As the years turned, Keri plunged into the depths of her family’s ancestral memories, resurfacing with stories like jewels that had been tucked away and forgotten. These she polished and kept safe, waiting until it was time to hold their colours up to the light once more.

Now, all of those stories come together on Citizen Alien, the brand-new sophomore album from Winnipeg folk duo Leaf Rapids. The project is a labour of love for Keri and her husband, Devin Latimer. Through their own family’s stories they created a new world from the old, delving into the intimate truths told by voices from decades long gone. 

The Times Change(d) High and Lonesome Club
Winnipeg’s best and longest-running blues jam, now in its 30th year, moves to a new start time - 9pm. Doors open every Sunday at 8pm, Big Dave McLean and his band play from 9-10pm and jamming gets underway immediately after. Come on down, listen to some music, play some music, spend time with friends! 

PLUS:

Third + Bird Market
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Third + Bird will be stopping by Polar Town to host a mini-market with rotating Canadian artisans. This will be a great opportunity to pick up a unique holiday gift!

Barb & Clarence Nepinak @ The Teepees in The Village
Storytelling with local elders from Pine Creek First Nation

TGIF: Jazz Night

Smith's Onion
5:30 pm - 6:10 pm @ Town Hall

Smith's Onion is a trio new to Winnipeg's music scene, comprised of Jonathan Alexiuk, Chenoa McKelvey, and Brittany Mielnichuk. The group plays popular tunes of the 20's and 30's, paired with anachronistic arrangements of contemporary songs and jazz standards. With a revolving array of instrumentation including clarinet, trumpet, guitar, ukulele, bass, and percussion, combined with cheeky, colourful three-part harmonies, Smith's Onion is sure to bring their audiences back in time and get their hips swinging and toes tapping.

Erin Propp
6:30 pm - 7:10 pm @ Town Hall

There is nuance in the everyday; in its layers of love, joy, and hurt, and in its emotional currents ever present. Erin Propp and Larry Roy reach into the everyday and blur the edges, creating works that are at once deeply personal and achingly relatable. These are songs that take it all in, that read between the lines, that hear the subtext, that feel it, that say it out loud.

Their music rings true with nuance and power, with rare clarity and precision. Their musical abilities are tools of exacting expression, expertly honed. Erin and Larry’s debut album Courage, My Love (2012), was met with praise and acclaim. The recording won Best Jazz Album of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards (2013), and a Juno nomination in the category of Vocal Jazz Album of the Year (2014). Erin and Larry can do it all, from charming intimate jazz club sets, to moving concert hall performances, and key arts organizations have taken note. Erin and Larry have performed with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, and have opened for Gretchen Parlato at the Winnipeg International Jazz Festival. 

Trio Bembe
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm @ Town Hall

Trio Bembe plays infectious Latin music from around the world. Having chased their passion from the snowy Canadian prairies to Cuba, Peru, and Chile, this trio is overflowing with rhythmic energy. Their album "Oh my soul" won a Western Canadian Music Award for “World Recording of Please the Year.” 

PLUS:

Third + Bird Market
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Third + Bird will be stopping by Polar Town to host a mini-market with rotating Canadian artisans. This will be a great opportunity to pick up a unique holiday gift!

Rob Malo (TiBert le Voyageur) @ The Teepees in The Village
TiBert Le Voyageur performance

Raised in a Franco-Manitoban Métis family, Rob Malo, also known as TiBert le Voyageur is a storyteller, author, stage performer, juggler, poet, and community builder who shares his passion for history and culture with people of all ages. Recognized by Storytellers of Canada as being a Master Storyteller, Rob draws on his background as an Educational Programs Developer at the Manitoba Museum and as a Professor in the Tourism Department of l'Université de St. Boniface to delight audiences through storytelling, music and song. Rob has been awarded Certificates of Excellence from Interpretation Canada for both TiBert le Voyageur live presentations and digital educational tools.

Saturday Fam Jam: Soul-stice Night

Sheena Rattai
5:30 pm - 6:10 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performance

Sheena Rattai is a Winnipeg based singer and songwriter who has toured across Canada, Europe, the UK and parts of the US over the last eight years alongside her musical compadres the Daniels with their folk/roots/pop outfit Red Moon Road. They have released three albums and are preparing to release new music this summer. Sheena spent time studying in both the classical and jazz programs at the U of M and has shared the stage and collaborated with many of Winnipeg’s most accomplished artists and musicians. She has spent the last two years teaching voice at the Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts and also teaches violence prevention and social awareness courses to junior high and high school girls through a program called Safeteen.

Sol James
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performance

Winnipeg-based Sol James is a force to be reckoned with, with a voice to match. A unique take on roots/blues with a soulful flair, her music is joyful and honest, leaving audiences smiling, dancing, and celebrating the great stuff of life. Sol’s stage presence calls out to even the meekest of souls, breaking down walls and bringing the light in. She does this with a dependable dose of hilarity; You can hear a Sol James audience laughing a mile away. With a strong and agile voice that leaves audiences amazed and moved, Sol James puts on a powerful show.

Sacred Flames
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Fire Dancing

Sacred Flames brings warmth to the winter and light to the long night through the mystical beauty of fire manipulation. With decades of fire dance experience between them, they specialize in ritual theatre that enlightens as it entertains.

PLUS:

Third + Bird Market
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Third + Bird will be stopping by Polar Town to host a mini-market with rotating Canadian artisans. This will be a great opportunity to pick up a unique holiday gift!

Late Night Party in Polar Town
9:00 pm - 12:00 am @ Tundra Grill Ice Bar

Stay late for a party in Polar Town! We'll be hosting an outdoor party at the Tundra Grill Ice Bar complete with a live DJ, dancing, and s'mores by a toasty fire pit.

Blair Robillard @ The Teepees in The Village
Local knowledge keeper and teacher hosting traditional Aboriginal games, demonstrations and fun activities.

My name is Blair Robillard, the name that carries me is North Star Man (The Welcome Home Star). I have researched, been gifted and shared Indigenous games and the philosophy related to them for over 40 years. I have been honoured to teach as a Sessional Instructor at the University of Manitoba for 20 years. I have walked the path of an Oskapewis (a Working Warrior) for many years, and have been honoured in being identified as Akitchite (a Great Heart). A large part of my satisfaction comes from my passion to learn, practice and share traditional Indigenous history, culture and worldview.

Winnipeg Folk Festival Winter Hootenany

Winnipeg Folk Festival Winter Hootenany with The New Customs
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performance

Hardly afraid of the “F Word”, The New Customs are proud to call themselves FOLK! Deeply rooted in the tradition of capturing a story in a song, the Indie-Folk duo take a bold and evocative approach to songwriting. With two strong voices, guitar, mandolin and fiddle in hand, Emma Cloney & Dale Brown use their anthemic heart and Americana backbone to charm audiences with a bombastic electrifying sound.

PLUS:

The Pianimals
Musical performance @ Market Square

5:30 pm - 6:10 pm
6:50 pm - 7:30 pm
8:10 pm - 8:50 pm

Incredible and entertaining night of rocking pianos, An updated twist on the Vegas-style Dueling Pianos, we'll get the party going with everyone-knows-em-singalongs, era-based medleys featuring '90s supergroups and the G-Funk era and your favorite piano-based epic songs of all time. 

Blair Robillard @ The Teepees in The Village
Local knowledge keeper and teacher hosting traditional Aboriginal games, demonstrations and fun activities.

My name is Blair Robillard, the name that carries me is North Star Man (The Welcome Home Star). I have researched, been gifted and shared Indigenous games and the philosophy related to them for over 40 years. I have been honoured to teach as a Sessional Instructor at the University of Manitoba for 20 years. I have walked the path of an Oskapewis (a Working Warrior) for many years, and have been honoured in being identified as Akitchite (a Great Heart). A large part of my satisfaction comes from my passion to learn, practice and share traditional Indigenous history, culture and worldview.

Manitoba Mondays: Craft Night

Manitoba Craft Council
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Crafting workshop and display

The Manitoba Craft Council is for people who love contemporary craft: professional artists and artisans, collectors and connoisseurs, DIYers and armchair enthusiasts. It’s for people who value the originality and quality of the handmade, who find meaning in making. It’s for the dreamers and schemers who seek to reinterpret the material and cultural traditions of the past through a contemporary lens. It’s for people who have to forge, carve, weave, fold, sculpt, knit. And for their friends and supporters. It’s for you. See, smell, touch, explore the myriad expressions of contemporary craft in Manitoba and be part of a community that is shaped, motivated, and defined by its love of craft.

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Hañwakañ Blaikie Whitecloud @ The Teepees in The Village

Hañwakañ Blaikie Whitecloud (Hañwakañ = 'Northern Lights' in Dakhóta) travelled extensively until age 5 but has since called Winnipeg home. His parents are both Indigenous lawyers who started their lives living on the land. He attended College Jeanne Sauvé and grew up in St Vital close to the U of M where his mother has taught for over 25 years. Hañwakañ has been engaged in the business and skateboarding community as a mentor and leader, supporting youth to strive for their best selves. He even has some skate-sons, as he’s stepped into to be a father figure for youth in need. As a filmmaker his work focuses on building identity for urban Indigenous youth. His latest documentary project is about Pow Wows across Canada. Hañwakañ is also an active volunteer, especially with 1JustCity, at their overnight emergency warming center. He’s a punctual man but those 6:30am volunteer shifts are easy to get to as his wife, Tessa, is the Executive Director. Hañwakañ and his wife co-facilitate workshops on reconciliation, systems change, and generally just have tons of fun together trying to make the world a better place.

Monica's Danz Gym
Aerial dancing @ Market Square
5:30 pm - 5:50 pm
6:20 pm - 6:40 pm
7:10 pm - 7:30 pm
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm

Merry Christmas! Zoo Lights Festival is closed today. 

Merry Christmas! Zoo Lights Festival is closed today. 

Real Love - LIVE in Polar Town

Real Love LIVE in Polar Town
5:30 pm - 8:10 pm @ Town Hall

Spooky Eyes
5:30 pm - 6:10 pm

Spooky Eyes is a local super group fronted by Polaris Prize-nominated songwriter Alannah Walker (Cannon Bros.), along with her friends Brendon Yaris, David Schellenberg (Tunic), and Ian Ellis (Animal Teeth, Iansucks). Inspired by college-rock classics like The Breeders and Guided by Voices, as well as a variety of modern-pop acts, their goal is to write catchy songs that will get stuck in your head for days.

Veneer
6:30 pm - 7:10 pm

Veneer’s enchanting trifecta of sentimental souls create a universe of music that is soft, strong, and blatantly vulnerable. This multi-instrumental gaggle of creators is not your typical three-piece; accompanied by brass and woodwind instrumentals, and wielding six instruments in total, Veneer’s enticing harmonies and haunting hooks will have their tunes stuck in your head for days.

Veneer was formed by longtime pals and musical partners Sam Sarty (Living Hour) and Talula Schlegel (Animal Teeth) in August 2016, sharing vocal duties on a song recorded for a compilation album released later that year. Veneer quickly began attracting attention from local promoters and sought out drummer and vocalist Claire Boning (Basic Nature) as the steadfast final addition to the band. Veneer has since developed a loyal following with their playful, tender, and captivating live performances.

housepanther
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm

housepanther is a project started by Bailee Woods originally from Stonewall, Manitoba - the music is self defined as power pop, slacker rock for the anxious peeps of the world. Woods joined forces with childhood friend, Nick Mann in fall of 2017, and the pair have been playing live band shows with various friends since then. Club Soda Lows was the first album released in March 2018, featuring a collection of ten songs written by Woods with parts contributed by friends. The album saw some success charting at #1 on campus radio stations and #34 on the National Earshot chart in August 2018. Woods recently released a five song split EP with Montreal based artist, Wrecker in February. housepanther's current lineup consists of Bailee Woods, Nick Mann, Alannah Walker and Jeremy Haywood-Smith. The quartet recently opened for Bully and Hop Along at Sled Island 2019 and are looking to work on new material soon! 

"housepanther makes power-pop that never revisits the same idea twice, yielding tunes so ceaselessly inventive they seem too good to be true. What grounds the band’s music is vocalist and songwriter Bailee Woods’ engaging honesty and vulnerability, creating a sometimes-awkward, always-beautiful rendering of the human experience. Woods recently collaborated with Montreal’s wrecker for a collaborative EP, featuring slower ballads but never sacrificing her lyrical bite." - SLED ISLAND (2019)

Real Love Winnipeg
Real Love Winnipeg is an independent concert promotion company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Our goals are to make Winnipeg a more frequent destination for exciting underground and established touring bands, and to provide music fans with the most enjoyable, affordable and safe concert experience possible.

We put on over 50 concerts a year including Real Love Summer Fest and Winnipeg’s beloved Sherbrook Street Festival.

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Heather's Pretty Parties
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Heroes, Villains and Princesses

Heather's Pretty Parties presents a Heroes, Villains and Princesses party in the Market Square. Kids can interact with their favorite characters, have their face painted and join in fun games!

Barb & Clarence Nepinak @ The Teepees in The Village
Storytelling with local elders from Pine Creek First Nation

TGIF: Folk Night

Emily Arsenault
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performance

Emily Arsenault is 19 year old singer songwriter born in Winnipeg Manitoba. Emily is heavily influenced by jazz funk and folk music, and incorporates those genres into her interesting, vocal-focused original music.

Mario & Maria
6:30 pm - 7:10 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performance

Mario & Maria is the solo project of Mario Lagassé, Maria is his guitar. Together they write, record and perform folk/pop music about folk/pop things. Currently, they are preparing a string of self-produced singles. Mario is most well-known for his work in Efflo, Canada’s only death-pop band, as well as Bye Bye Blue, Bunny, funlife and wherever else his talents have been put into use. 

Jocelyne Baribeau
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performance

Named Francophone artist of the Year at the 2016 Western Canadian Music Awards and nominated for the SOCAN Song of the Year and Female Artist of the Year at LE GALA COUNTRY in Québe, Jocelyne was also nominated in the French Songwriter of the Year category of the 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards.

Bold yet vulnerable, as if wearing nothing but a pair of rubber boots and a mischievous smile, Jocelyne Baribeau presents her songs as a true reflection of herself, a veritable cocktail of sugar and salt. Slices of life, of her joys and excesses, of her moments of sadness, reflection and misfortune, in them one discovers a musical universe that is both charming and off-beat. Her album, Entre toi et moi, was released in 2015 and has made it's mark on the Franco-Country programming of SIrius XM and Stingray.

PLUS:

Family-friendly Axe Throwing
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Market Square

Eugene Ross @ The Teepees in The Village
Elder/Dakota history display by Eugene Ross. Eugene is from Sioux Valley and has an amazing collection of artifacts and photos that he uses to explain Dakota history, and games which use bison bones.

Manitoba 150 Celebration

Celebrate our beautiful province with a fully Manitoba-themed experience!

Brew Night
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Market Square
Manitoba brewers come together for a sampling event. Enjoy 10 free samples per person, then craft beer is available for purchase! Samples available from these brewers:

Fort Garry
Winnipeg Brew Works
Little Brown Jug 
Barn Hammer
Trans Canada Brewing
Low Life Barrel
Dead Horse Cide
Corby’s 
One Great City
Brazen Hall

Madame Diva
5:00 pm - 5:45 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performance

Madame Diva, personified by Jocelyne Baribeau, is a recipient of the prestigious Parents’ Choice Award in the United States. Since creating Madame Diva in 2009, Jocelyne Baribeau has received a number of award nominations including the Western Canadian Music Awards, the Gala des prix Trille Or, as well as the Canadian Folk Music Awards. As Madame Diva, she has travelled across the country entertaining crowds in Whitehorse, at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal (Quebec), at the Festival Franco-Fun in New Liskeard (Ontario), at the Festival d’été francophone in Vancouver (British Columbia) and at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in her home province (Manitoba).

Little Miss Higgins
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performance

From the Great Northern Plains, Little Miss Higgins struts and serenades her way onto any stage playing music brewed up in early country blues, jazz and folk.  For over 15 years, she has performed, toured, collaborated, recorded and released five independent albums. Her music has won three Western Canadian Music Awards and received JUNO and Maple Blues Awards nominations. Now, along with motherhood, Higgins has the newest addition to her list of accomplishments, MY HOME, MY HEART. Recorded at The Song Shop in Winnipeg, Manitoba, MY HOME, MY HEART is a collection of fresh songs from a unique artist, who remains true to her roots, but has ventured into new territory.  Her voice has never been richer or songwriting riper, and the crew of Winnipeg musicians Higgins has brought together on this musical steam ship shines with talent.  Co-produced with Scott Nolan and engineered by Jamie Sitar of Outta Town Sound, this album is an effortless addition to this artist’s impressive body of work. 

Dirty Catfish Brass Band
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performance

Dirty Catfish Brass Band's aim is to inspire, create and instigate - but, mostly, they just want you on your feet. Undeniably tight, yet reckless as hell, Dirty Catfish Brass Band deals in powerful phrasing and performances drenched with rhythm. Invoking the sounds of the New Orleans brass tradition, the ten-piece collectives dares to reimagine the streets of a prairie city as one that is hot, alive, and brimming with soul.

Based in Winnipeg, MB, the crew strives to surprise, challenge, tickle and pay homage to the brass band tradition by giving it a new audience in an unsuspecting locale. In true Louisiana tradition, these boys stick to the spntaneity of festivals, alleyway performance and all around late nights. The band doesn't ask permission to play, and the crowd certainly doesn't ask them to stop. 

Sacred Flames
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Fire Dancing

Sacred Flames brings warmth to the winter and light to the long night through the mystical beauty of fire manipulation. With decades of fire dance experience between them, they specialize in ritual theatre that enlightens as it entertains.

Late Night Party in Polar Town
9:00 pm - 12:00 am @ Tundra Grill Ice Bar

Stay late for a party in Polar Town! We'll be hosting an outdoor party at the Tundra Grill Ice Bar complete with a live DJ, dancing, and s'mores by a toasty fire pit.

Eugene Ross @ The Teepees in The Village
Elder/Dakota history display by Eugene Ross. Eugene is from Sioux Valley and has an amazing collection of artifacts and photos that he uses to explain Dakota history, and games which use bison bones.

Manitoba 150 Celebration

Celebrate our beautiful province with a fully Manitoba-themed experience!

sākihiwē festival
5:00 pm - 8:45 pm @ Town Hall
An evening of local Indigenous talent with performances ranging from traditional to contemporary in song and dance.

Boogey + Shanley
5:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Pow wow step music producer Boogey The Beat and hoop dancer Shanley Spence join forces for performances that make audiences grab their cell phones or hit dance floors at nightclubs, community celebrations, and festival stages. 

Ivan Flett Memorial Dancers + Fiddle + Band
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
The Ivan Flett Memorial Square Dancers have a passion for dance, not just any dance, but the Red River Jig and Square dance which they love performing and bringing entertainment to people everywhere they go. They consider themselves inspirational dancers who enjoy spreading and sharing their Metis culture through the Red River Jig. The Jig was established in the late 1700s and has been carried down through generations of past dancers, as a result we have this great group of young people carrying on the Metis tradition. 
 
Sebastian Gaskin Band
7:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Sebastian Gaskin is an R&B singer/songwriter and guitarist born in Thompson, Manitoba, but raised in Split Lake, a reservation about an hour and a half north of there. He released his first single titled “6AM” at the beginning of 2018, which ended up reaching the number 1 spot on the National Indigenous Countdown, and was also the recipient of the 2018 Indigenous Music Award for Most Outstanding Manitoban. He creates music for your late nights and early mornings, creating reverb-soaked soundscapes combined with heart-thumping bass and melancholic melodies. His talents have taken him across Europe and onto the stages of multiple festivals within Canada. 

Billy Joe Green Band
8:00 pm - 8:45 pm 

As one of Canada's premier blues guitar slingers, Billy Joe earned his rambunctious, no frills approach to the guitar honestly, as a swaggering sideman for countless other bands. He's worked with the drive and passion that would frustrate most musicians throughout western Canada and for a time in the western USA. Billy Joe has been described as “an incredibly talented, diverse and well-traveled musician” by SCENE Roots & Blues Magazine, and the description is well-earned. Three decades later, Billy Joe and his 3 CD efforts, have all been nominated for a Juno Award. Along with a five win sweep at the 2006 Winnipeg Blues.com Music Awards, two Best Blues CD Awards at the 2006 and 2009 Aboriginal People's Choice Awards, the Best Male Artist at the 2002 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, a Best Aboriginal Recording Award at the 2001 Western Canadian Music Awards and countless other nominations, Billy Joe still pursues his love, passion and devotion for the electric guitar.

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Sacred Flames
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Fire Dancing

Sacred Flames brings warmth to the winter and light to the long night through the mystical beauty of fire manipulation. With decades of fire dance experience between them, they specialize in ritual theatre that enlightens as it entertains. 

Eugene Ross @ The Teepees in The Village
Elder/Dakota history display by Eugene Ross. Eugene is from Sioux Valley and has an amazing collection of artifacts and photos that he uses to explain Dakota history, and games which use bison bones.

Monica's Danz Gym
Aerial dancing @ Market Square
5:30 pm - 5:50 pm
6:20 pm - 6:40 pm
7:10 pm - 7:30 pm
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm

Manitoba Mondays: Polar Town Comic Book Night

Polar Town Comic Book Night
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Town Hall
Curated by local award winning graphic novelist GMB Chomichuk with DJ Hunnicut. This is a miniature convention where visitors can meet other comic lovers, graphic novelists, illustrators, and more in Polar Town's Town Hall. Live art, opportunities to purchase merchandise, and activities all accompanied by top Winnipeg DJ Hunniccut!

DJ Hunnicut
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall

DJ Hunnicut has been DJing since 1991, both in the clubs and as a member of the Winnipeg instrumental outfit, the Hummers. As a member of Farm Fresh, Hunnicutt is was a co-founder of the acclaimed Canadian hip hop label Peanuts & Corn Records. With their unique blends of hip hop, funk, electro, rock, reggae and anything else that gets bodies moving, the dynamic duo of DJ Co-op and DJ Hunnicutt have been ruling the dance party scene in Winnipeg for nearly a decade.

GMB Chomichuk
GMB Chomichuk is an award-winning writer, illustrator and public speaker. His work has appeared in film, television, books, comics and graphic novels. He writes and/or illustrates occult suspense stories like Midnight City and Underworld, science fiction works like Infinitum, or inspirational all-ages adventure stories like Cassie and Tonk and Snow Troll’s Daughter.

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Heather's Pretty Parties
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Heroes, Villains and Princesses

Heather's Pretty Parties presents a Heroes, Villains and Princesses party in the Market Square. Kids can interact with their favorite characters, have their face painted and join in fun games!

Eugene Ross @ The Teepees in The Village
Elder/Dakota history display by Eugene Ross. Eugene is from Sioux Valley and has an amazing collection of artifacts and photos that he uses to explain Dakota history, and games which use bison bones.

New Years Eve in Polar Town

Red Moon Road
5:30 pm - 9:00 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performance

Red Moon Road (http://www.redmoonroad.com/) hosts the Manitoba Songbook. With RMR performing on their own and as the back up band, an all star cast of Manitoba musical friends has been recruited to showcase two of their own songs, and one of "Manitoba Classic" of their choice. Red Moon Road will welcome this all-star line-up of musical guests to the stage:

Kelly Bado - https://www.kellybado.com/bio
Tracy Bone - https://www.reverbnation.com/tracybone
Heitha Forsyth (aka Sol James) - https://www.soljames.com/bio
Patrick Alexandre - http://patrickalexandremusic.com/
Son Gully - (Of the Lytics) - https://thelytics.bandcamp.com/
JD Edwards - https://www.manitobamusic.com/thejdedwardsband
Rayannah Kroeker - https://www.manitobamusic.com/rayannah

Band members include: 
Ariel Posen (Guitar) - https://www.arielposen.com/
Michael Jordan (Drums) - https://www.royalcanoe.com/
Alex Campbell (keys)

Synonym Arts Consulation
5:30 pm - 9:00 pm @ Town Hall
Interactive and family-friendly drag performances and workshops. 

Synonym Art Consultation is presenting an evening of interactive, animal-themed, family-friendly drag performances and workshops. Synonym’s Drag Curator, Prairie Sky, will invite local drag queen and special effects make-up specialist Lita Takeela to facilitate a live make-up tutorial for the public. After the tutorial is complete, youth will be invited to have a mini “drag transformation” by Lita, painting them as an animal! Throughout the evening, there will be live performances by Prairie Sky, Lita Takeela, and Lady Quinzarr. Synonym Art Consultation’s co-founders Andrew and Chloe will keep the animal-themed music flowing all evening!

Sacred Flames
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Fire Dancing

Sacred Flames brings warmth to the winter and light to the long night through the mystical beauty of fire manipulation. With decades of fire dance experience between them, they specialize in ritual theatre that enlightens as it entertains.

DJ Finesse
Dance party @ Market Square

Late Night Party in Polar Town
9:00 pm - 12:00 am @ Tundra Grill Ice Bar

Stay late for a party in Polar Town! We'll be hosting an outdoor party at the Tundra Grill Ice Bar complete with a live DJ, dancing, and s'mores by a toasty fire pit.

Barb & Clarence Nepinak @ The Teepees in The Village
Storytelling with local elders from Pine Creek First Nation

Folklorama at Polar Town

Experience the best of Folklorama!

Folklorama - Stephen Kiz Band
5:00 pm - 5:45 pm @ Town Hall
8:00 pm - 8:45 pm @ Town Hall

Stephen Kiz is a Winnipeg-born accordionist / multi-instrumentalist / arranger who studied with Ted Komar and Len Hunchak. Steve has been involved with Folklorama for over 25 years performing at and arranging for many pavilions, most recently, the Spirit of Ukraine Pavilion. He has performed both as a soloist and with various groups for Folklorama Talent for over twenty-five years, appearing across western Canada and in the United States. For this particular event the four-piece band will provide music from around the world.

Hañwakañ Blaikie Whitecloud
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm @ Town Hall
Regalia, Skateboards & Reconciliation: mini docs and live performance

Hañwakañ Blaikie Whitecloud (Hañwakañ = 'Northern Lights' in Dakhóta) travelled extensively until age five but has since called Winnipeg home. His parents are both Indigenous lawyers who started their lives living on the land. He attended College Jeanne Sauvé and grew up in St Vital close to the U of M where his mother has taught for over 25 years. Hañwakañ has been engaged in the business and skateboarding community as a mentor and leader, supporting youth to strive for their best selves. He even has some skate-sons, as he’s stepped into to be a father figure for youth in need. As a filmmaker his work focuses on building identity for urban Indigenous youth. His latest documentary project is about Pow Wows across Canada. Hañwakañ is also an active volunteer, especially with 1JustCity, at their overnight emergency warming center. He’s a punctual man but those 6:30am volunteer shifts are easy to get to as his wife, Tessa, is the Executive Director. Hañwakañ and his wife co-facilitate workshops on reconciliation, systems change, and generally just have tons of fun together trying to make the world a better place.

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Winnipeg Goldeyes Baseball Club
5:00 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Come say hello and spin to win great prizes with Goldie and the Winnipeg Goldeyes Street Team!

Blair Robillard @ The Teepees in The Village
Local knowledge keeper and teacher hosting traditional Aboriginal games, demonstrations and fun activities.

My name is Blair Robillard, the name that carries me is North Star Man (The Welcome Home Star). I have researched, been gifted and shared Indigenous games and the philosophy related to them for over 40 years. I have been honoured to teach as a Sessional Instructor at the University of Manitoba for 20 years. I have walked the path of an Oskapewis (a Working Warrior) for many years, and have been honoured in being identified as Akitchite (a Great Heart). A large part of my satisfaction comes from my passion to learn, practice and share traditional Indigenous history, culture and worldview.

Winnipeg Folk Fest Live in Polar Town

Winnipeg Folk Fest LIVE in Polar Town
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Winnipeg Folk Festival "Little Stage on The Prairies" - LIVE in Polar Town

Madeleine Roger
5:30 pm - 6:10 pm

Madeleine Roger is a folk singer-songwriter and producer from Winnipeg, Canada. While skillfully accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, it is her artistry as a songwriter and storyteller that can silence a room, uniting her magnetic voice with mature lyricism beyond her years. A former thespian and a lifelong traveler, she is prone to absorbing stories and questioning the way that things are, creating stunning songs with an honesty that bares truths about being alive.

Andrina Turenne
6:30 pm - 7:10 pm

Andrina Turenne is a singer, songwriter, composer and musician born and raised in St Boniface, Manitoba, with proud Francophone and Métis roots holding firm on the muddy banks of the Red River. Her early passion for singing was sparked around campfires, spending a good portion of her childhood harmonizing to traditional and popular songs with family and friends.

She has participated in the creation of many musical projects since 1996, notably JUNO award-winning soul/pop outfit Chic Gamine, and vocal world-music ensemble Madrigaïa. She has lent her voice to over 30 professionally released recordings and has recorded 7 full-length albums with her own groups.

Two Crows for Comfort
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm

Filled with rich harmonies, genuine, heart warming (and breaking) lyrics, folk-roots duo Two Crows for Comfort spins stories into songs and songs into stories. Their live show, which is known to be rather 'inclusive' is one you surely don't want to miss.

In 2018 the duo played back-to-back sold out shows when they released their debut album '17 Feet' at The Handsome Daughter in Winnipeg. Since then, the album has received airplay on CBC Radio One Manitoba, 104.7 Now Country, 101.5 UMFM, CFAM 950, and Heatwave Radio in Kelowna, B.C. They were also nominated for two 2018 Manitoba Country Music Awards - Roots Group/Duo of the Year and Group/Duo of the Year. 

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Holly Davidson Band @ Market Square
6:00 pm - 6:40 pm
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm

Close your eyes and you'd think she was ten feet tall, open them and there's Holly Davidson standing 4' 9.5" tall (and don't forget that half inch) proudly working audiences with her chops and powerful vocals on stage and her bubbly, humble personality off. The Holly Davidson Band is a 5 piece band that has been gaining attention as one to "check out", and it continues to grow and evolve into a project they are very be proud of, carrying a 250+ song repertoire spanning nearly seven decades and crosses multiple genres, "stagnant" is never a word that's used to describe this band!

Barb & Clarence Nepinak @ The Teepees in The Village
Storytelling with local elders from Pine Creek First Nation

TGIF: Pop Night

Glassreel
5:30 pm - 6:10 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performance

With a sound based in clarity and simplicity, Glassreel began as a partnership between longtime musical collaborators Kelly Beaton and Trevor Graumann. The songs on Glassreel's debut EP Unalike are marked by tight melodies, thoughtfully crafted arrangements and attention to sonic detail. With the addition of Andrew Workman and Ken Phillips on drums and bass respectively, the band’s music has been compared to artists such as The New Pornographers, Belle and Sebastian, and Mazzy Star. 

Funlife
6:30 pm - 7:10 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performance

90's inspired electro pop tunes about missed phone calls, shared cigarettes and messy breakups. funlife will make you want to both dance and cry.

Rayannah
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm @ Town Hall
Musical performance

Rayannah bends noise into music by running voice, breath, synth and percussion through loop pedals. Underscored by intricate beat-making, her evocative lyrics in French and English rise above dense soundscapes, pulling listeners into a world both dark and sweet.

Innovative on stage and in the studio, Rayannah has just unveiled her first full length album "Nos repaires (Our Haunts)" (March 8, 2019). This new collection of songs featuring singles "En attendant demain" and "Best of You" pursues and pushes the sounds and textures explored in Rayannah’s debut EP "Boxcar Lullabies."

Born and raised in Winnipeg, Rayannah has taken her electro-soul across Canada, to the West Coast of the US, and to Europe. Whether opening for Esperanza Spalding or Coeur de Pirate, fronting her band or performing alone on stage, Rayannah shares something raw, intimate, and transcendent all at once.

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Jensen Hoskie @ The Teepees in the Village
Navajo Storyteller

Monica's Danz Gym
Aerial dancing @ Market Square
5:30 pm - 5:50 pm
6:20 pm - 6:40 pm
7:10 pm - 7:30 pm
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm

Pride Night

Pride Winnipeg at Polar Town
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Town Hall
Family-friendly performances and activities from Winnipeg's LGBTTQ+ community.

Pride Winnipeg is excited to be apart of Zoo lights to showcase what our community has to offer.  Drag queens reading and DJ dance tunes will be featured at this family friendly event.  Suitable for all those young at heart.

Pride Winnipeg Festival Inc is Not for Profit organization that has been operating since 1997. Today, the festival is held yearly in May/June at the Forks Heritage site.  This past year, Pride Winnipeg announced the addition of our kids zone. In 2020, Pride Winnipeg will be expanding once again to host Fierte Canada Pride, with an additional Canadian national stage and Human Rights Conference.

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Heather's Pretty Parties
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Market Square
Heroes, Villains and Princesses

Heather's Pretty Parties presents a Heroes, Villains and Princesses party in the Market Square. Kids can interact with their favorite characters, have their face painted and join in fun games!

Late Night Party in Polar Town
9:00 pm - 12:00 am @ Tundra Grill Ice Bar

Stay late for a party in Polar Town! We'll be hosting an outdoor party at the Tundra Grill Ice Bar complete with a live DJ, dancing, and s'mores by a toasty fire pit.

Jensen Hoskie @ The Teepees in the Village
Navajo Storyteller

Sunday Fun-Day

FortWhyte Alive
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ the Icy Forest
Take a magical snow shoe hike!

Connecting humans with nature. FortWhyte is more than just a nature centre, wildlife refuge, or place for education - our 640 acres of protected green space is an award-winning destination for incredible outdoor experiences.

We connect human with nature through a variety of unique programs and events that foster sustainability in our community, as well as offering every day nature exploration, recreation, adventure and discovery - leaving our visitors inspired, with a new and memorable experience, each time they visit.

Experience our passion for the outdoors and the things we care about - active people, a healthy planet, and a vibrant community.

Manitoba Children's Museum
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Eaton's Fairytale themed craft station

The Children’s Museum exists to spark kids’ creative learning. As a non-profit charitable organization, we believe in the potential of all children and provide an interactive learning environment that nurtures the power of imagination and spirit of self-discovery. For over 30 years, we have been the place for families to play, laugh, learn and grow. They are located at The Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Sing-along caroling and an instrument petting zoo

Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts motivates and supports Manitobans to achieve their music education goals through:
• Reaching for Excellence
• Opening Doors to Music
• Building Community

Fit Kids Healthy Kids
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm @ outside Town Hall
Physical activities for families: spike ball, horse shoes, schlockey, floor curling, ladder golf, pool noodle hockey, balance tug-a-war, bowling. PLUS visit the motion zone for stomp and catch, scoops, and balance boards.

Fit Kids Healthy Kids is a free, physical literacy program that teaches children and their adult leaders the skills that make them confident in sport, recreation and life.

Kurrent Motion
6:30-8:30 pm @ Town Hall
Hula Jam

Karrie Blackburn’s talent extends far beyond the stage! Founder of Kurrent Motion Hoops and President of the Winnipeg Circus Club, Karrie is a passionate Hoop instructor, circus arts enthusiast, and an expert hoopsmith. Her super power is proving that everyone can hoop! For classes, hoops, performances, and more visit KurrentMotionHoops.com.

Sacred Flames
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm @ outside Town Hall
Fire Dancing

Sacred Flames brings warmth to the winter and light to the long night through the mystical beauty of fire manipulation. With decades of fire dance experience between them, they specialize in ritual theatre that enlightens as it entertains.

Family-friendly Axe Throwing
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Market Square

PLUS:

Jensen Hoskie @ The Teepees in the Village
Navajo Storyteller