Events in Winnipeg: April 7 to 9, 2017

1. Manitoba Remembers Vimy Ridge

Manitoba Army Cadets, a parade will march from Vimy Ridge Park to the Provincial Legislature, via the Cenotaph on Memorial Boulevard. Details

2. Family Paint Night

Have you been wanting to do something relaxing and different as a Family? Why not come in to create a fabulous and useful keepsake! Create and keep this one-of-a-kind family Easter Egg platter!
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4. Family Movies

Cineplex Cinemas:

Family Favourites: See Cineplex Family Favourites on Saturdays @ 11:00 AM for $2.99

April 8, 2017: The Land Before Time

Kid’s Day – Sunday

Every Sunday, $12.49 gets your kid a movie ticket, Snack Pack (popcorn, drink, choice of candy treat) and out of the house! Every movie, every Sunday @ Landmark Cinemas

More To Do

1. Concerts on Weekdays

1. The Last Waltz Remembered @ Burton Cummings Theatre on Monday, April 03, 2017 | 7:30 PM
2. Mac Lethal @ Pyramid Cabaret on Monday, April 03, 2017 | 8:00 PM
3. SOSRI Benefit Concert featuring Scott Nolan, Katie Murphy, JD Edwards on Thursday, April 6, 2017 | 07:15 PM

2. The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer

In reality, Shawn ‘The Harpoonist’ Hall and Matthew ‘The Axe Murderer’ Rogers evoke much more than just grisly nautical imagery. Armed with an arsenal of harmonicas, a mess of foot percussion, and a road-worn Telecaster, the duo kick out raw and primal blues in the tradition of a ‘decades-deep blues style’ (Scott Brown, What’s up Yukon), while infusing the genre with a jolt of renewed energy. Details

3. – South Pacific

The full WSO teams up with Rainbow Stage to bring you South Pacific as never before! On an island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who is being courted for a dangerous military mission. This unique collaboration brings new life to the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical to create a fun and lively concert experience you will not soon forget! Details

4. The Watchmen

Beloved Canadian rockers The Watchmen will release their first official live album, Live And In Stereo on April 7th via Fifth Kid Records/Fontana North that was recorded at the Burton Cummings Theatre in front of a hometown crowd in Winnipeg on March 24, 2016. The album comes as an 8-song limited edition vinyl package with an accompanying digital release containing the full concert. Details

5. Dali Quartete

With an artist’s grace and a Caribbean soul, the Dalí Quartet is today’s freshest voice in Classical and Latin- American music. Details

6. Isolation

To our great delight, John Wiens waves his magic wand over us again in 2017, offering contemplative a cappella early music at its finest – a perfect start to Easter week. Isolation features music and composers who express the depth and beauty of profound isolation, including Cardoso, Josquin des Prés, White, Créquillon, Browne and not-so-early Balfour. Despite some of this music being over 400 years old, it all points to catharsis in our own moment in time. We are thrilled to rediscover the beautiful acoustics of the St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church for this concert. Details

7. Great Brass, Great Cause

The Manitoba Trombone Collective present Great Brass – Great Cause for Hands of Hope, a local charity that provides required household items to those in need. The Brandon University and University of Manitoba trombone studios will join the Collective to showcase their own music, and then join the Collective in a mass trombone ensemble conducted by Manitoba composer Kenley Kristofferson. Details

8. Winnipeg Chamber Music Society

Gwen Hoebig, violin; Karl Stobbe, violin; Daniel Scholz, viola
Yuri Hooker, cello; David Moroz, piano. Details

1. Winnipeg Comedy Festival

Canada’s funniest comics converge on Winnipeg for seven days of hilarious stand-up, sketch, and improvisational comedy. This nationally televised festival delivers the laughs at venues throughout Winnipeg ranging from large theatres to intimate clubs. Details

2. Kill Me Now

Widower Jake has been unwavering in his commitment to taking care of his disabled son Joey. As Joey enters adolescence, Jake finds himself in a morally ambiguous position when it comes to charting his son’s passage from a puberty-ravaged teenager to a self-assured young man. Details

3. Bittergirl: The Musical

Howlingly funny and achingly relatable, Bittergirl: The Musical explores the bond formed between three women after they each find themselves unceremoniously ditched by their dream guy. Details

4. The Debaters

Familiar to hundreds of thousands of Canadians as the host of CBC Radio One’s hit show “The Debaters”, Steve Patterson is a veteran headline comic who has performed across Canada, North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia. His material is a combination of off-the-cuff and meticulously crafted, up-to-the-moment social commentary. Details

5. The Birds and the Bees

It’s nearly time for the last-ever annual Turkey Days Festival and the excitement in town is palpable. Sarah, a turkey farmer, has just left her husband and moved back home with her mother Gail who raises bees. Enter Ben, a 23-year-old virgin and an eager, athletic young grad student majoring in entomology, intent on studying the declines in the local bee population. A raucously funny play with a huge, honeyed heart. Details

 

1. Winnipeg Jets

2. Manitoba Moose

1. Winnipeg Home + Garden Show

The 43rd annual Winnipeg Home + Garden Show presented by REALTORS® is the most trusted resource for every home improvement project, inside and out. With Canada’s favourite home and landscaping specialists including HGTV Canada’s Bryan & Sarah Baeumler of Bryan Inc., Carson Arthur and Tiffany Pratt from HGTV Canada’s Home to Win, the best local experts, and more than 270 exhibitors and features designed to whip any home and garden into shape, there’s innovation, inspiration and expert advice at every turn. Details

2. Vimy Ridge Memorial Evening

An evening to commemorate Vimy Ridge and the importance in Canada’s history. A dinner will be served along with presentation ( on screen & display). Details

3. From Hand To Paper

Why is a raven like a writing desk? It isn’t, but if you ARE curious about the evolution of writing desks, and other writing tools including pens, pencils and sealing wax through the ages, then this illustrative talk with Ines Bonacossa is for you! Details

4. Ciao! Chocolate Fest

Satisfy your sweet tooth all month long at Ciao! ChocolateFest presented by Piazza De Nardi. This annual event sees restaurants around Winnipeg offering decadent chocolate creations for only $7 a piece. Sample indulgent chocolate drinks, exquisite desserts, and even cocoa-spiked savoury dishes all made with everyone’s favourite flavour. Details

5. Rhythm & Brunch

Spring is here, and what better way to start it off than with RHYTHM and BRUNCH! The city’s R&B day party and brunch just keeps getting better, once again with celebrity chef Chef Rob, special guest DJ Matt Henry. Details

6. Sunday Brunch Collective

The Sunday Brunch Collective series continues, proudly presented by The Winnipeg Free Press in partnership with Manitoba Music and the Winnipeg Folk Festival. Our one-of-a-kind event features a four-course, fixed-menu brunch (with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options) prepared by Chef Ben Kramer (Table for 1200, Grazing in the Field), accompanied by a performance from a celebrated Manitoba musician. Come for the delicious food, stay for the world-class music! Details