List of festivals in Winnipeg

This is a list of festivals in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. This list includes festivals of diverse types, such as regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays. The city hosts several large festivals each year including Winnipeg Folk Festival, Winnipeg Jazz Festival, and Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival.

Festivals of Winnipeg
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Arts festivals

• Dance Manitoba Festival
• Winnipeg International Burlesque Festival
• Winnipeg Crankie Festival

Art festivals

• Manitoba Fibre Festival^[1]
• Nuit Blanche Winnipeg^[2][3]
• Wall-to-Wall Mural & Culture Festival^[4]
• Winnipeg Design Festival^[5]

Comedy festivals

• Winnipeg Comedy Festival^[6]
• Winnipeg Improv Festival^[7]

Film festivals

• Architecture+Design Film Festival^[8]
• Canadian International Comedy Film Festival^[9]
• Cinémental
• FascinAsian Film Festival^[10]
• Freeze Frame International Film Festival^[11]
• L'Alliance Française French Film Festival^[12]
• Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival^[13]
• Reel Pride^[14]
• Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival^[15]
• Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival^[16]
• Winnipeg Reel to Reel Film Festival^[17]
• WNDX Festival of Moving Image^[18]

Literary festivals

• Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival
• Winnipeg International Writers Festival

Music festivals

• Aggasiz Chamber Music Festival
• Big Fun Festival
• ChoralFest Manitoba
• Cluster: New Music + Integrated Arts Festival
• Community Bands Festival
• Fire & Water Music Festival
• Jazz Winnipeg Festival^[6]
• Manito Ahbee Festival^[19]
• Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition
• Manitoba MetalFest
• Matlock Festival of Music, Art and Nature
• Northern Touch Music Festival
• Optimist Concert & Jazz Band Festival
• Soca Reggae Festival^[20][21]
• Solo & Ensemble Festival
• Summer of Sound
• Together Again
• Winnipeg Folk Festival^[6]
• Winnipeg New Music Festival^[22]

Theatre and stage festivals

• FemFest^[23]
• Manitoba Drama Youth Festival^[24]
• Royal MTC Master Playwright Festival (2001-2021)^[25]
• Winnipeg Improv Festival^[26]
• Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival

Other festivals

• Canad Inns Winter Wonderland^[27]
• CURRENT Winnipeg^[28]
• Doors Open Winnipeg^[6]
• Dragon Boat Festival
• Festival of Fools^[29]
• Keep the Fires Burning^[30]
• Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries ManyFest^[31][32]
• MayWorks Festival of Labour and the Arts
• Pride Winnipeg^[6]
• Red River Exhibition^[6]
• Rodarama^[33]
• Science Rendezvous Winnipeg^[34]
• Spur Winnipeg^[35]
• Summer Entertainment Series at Assiniboine Park^[36]
• Teddy Bears' Picnic^[6]
• Winnipeg Fish Festival
• Ellice Street Festival

Children's festivals

• Winnipeg International Children's Festival (KidsFest)^[6]

Cultural festivals

• Aboriginal Day Live & Festival^[37]
• Asian Canadian Festival^[38]
• Canada's National Ukrainian Festival^[39]
• Culture Days^[40]
• Festival du Voyageur^[41]
• Folklorama^[6]
• Manitoba Ukrainian Dance Festival
• Polish Fest^[42]
• Tarbut: Festival of Jewish Culture^[43]
• Winnipeg Chinatown Street Festival^[44]
• Winnipeg Irish Festival^[45]
• Winnipeg Scottish Festival^[46]

Food & beverage festivals

• Flatlander's Beer Festival^[47]
• Rotary RibFest^[48]
• Winnipeg Whiskey Festival^[49]
• Winnipeg Wine Festival^[50]

Pop culture festivals

• Ai-Kon - Anime convention
• Central Canada Comic Con
• Manitoba Comic & Sci-Fi Expo
• Winnipeg Comic & Toy Expo

References

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12. "Film Fest". Alliance Française du Manitoba. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
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31. "Event Info". ManyFest. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
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34. "Science Rendezvous Winnipeg". Global News. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
35. "Spur Festival". Downtown Winnipeg BIZ. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
36. "Summer Entertainment Series". www.assiniboinepark.ca. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
37. "Indigenous Day Live". Global News. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
38. "Asian Heritage Festival". www.theforks.com. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
39. "Canada's National Ukrainian Festival | 55th Anniversary | July 31 - August 2, 2020". Retrieved September 19, 2021.
40. Wasney, Eva (September 25, 2019). "Annual event Nuit Blanche brings out night owls to enjoy art". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
41. Hatherly, Dana (February 23, 2020). "Festival du Voyageur 2020 goes into hibernation under sunny skies — until next winter". CBC News. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
42. "Polish Fest taking place this weekend in Winnipeg". Global News. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
43. "Rady JCC Tarbut Festival 2019". www.jewishwinnipeg.org. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
44. "Chinatown Street Festival Celebrates 10th Year". ChrisD.ca - Winnipeg News. August 30, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
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47. "2019 Flatlander's Beer Festival". Manitoba Liquor Mart. May 24, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
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