Festivals in Winnipeg

A celebration of new music in North America with art, food and adventure to stimulate and challenge. Details

Celebrating Scottish Heritage with bagpipers and drummers, vendors and cultural display! Details

Western Canada’s largest winter festival for the whole family with lots of entertainment including music, dancing, jigging, French-Canadian food, meeting historical characters, sculptures and much more. Details

A time to enjoy cool, clean and compelling feature films, documentaries and shorts from around the world. You can also meet filmmakers who can answer any questions you might have about films. Details

A one-of-a-kind event supporting the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. Over 170 products will be featured including Scotch, Irish, Bourbon, Tennessee, Welsh and Canadian Whiskies along with some Cognac, Rum and Tequila. Details

This unique festival presents films from all over the world, exciting workshops, and free events for the whole family. Programming is offered in both French and English. Details

The Winnipeg Baroque Festival features an innovative and exciting season of 17th and 18th century music alongside contemporary musical responses! Details

The Festival of Fools is a free family festival featuring the very best international variety artists, acrobats, jugglers, and magicians. Details

Science Rendezvous is Canada’s largest celebration of the amazing feats of science and engineering. Over 6,000 of Canada’s greatest innovators, researchers, engineers, and scientists from 80 partner organizations will open their doors and close city streets to present exciting demonstrations, hands-on activities, and boom explosive experiments. From the physics of rock and roll to the chemistry of ice-cream, Science Rendezvous has something for everyone! Details

Metal Music Festival. Details

Showcases the best films from Asian filmmakers locally and abroad while offering opportunities to learn and connect through them. Details

The Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival presents the best feature-films and documentaries from around the globe, on subjects of Jewish identity, culture, history and diversity. Details

Winnipeg’s LGBTTQ communities and their supporters come together during this 10-day festival to celebrate their pride. Details

The Nunavut International Film Festival celebrates Canadian, Greenlandic, and Circumpolar films in support of Inuit language, culture, and stories. Details

Explore some of Winnipeg’s most fascinating buildings and enjoy many walking tours and events. If you love history, and appreciate unique architecture, come discover the tales held within some of Winnipeg’s most impressive walls. Details

Cluster is Canada’s most dynamic take on contemporary art and sound. Presenting thought-provoking events and an annual core festival in Winnipeg, Cluster is a platform for artists to create, to experiment, and to collaborate. Cluster is propelled by strength found in numbers and the energy created by integrating diverse artistic communities – combining collective mentality with individual sensibility. Details

Enjoy award-winning ribs (and other food trucks) and family fun. Details

Celebrating the anniversaries of composers Erik Satie and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Details

This is the largest school dragon boat event in the country. The festival is open to all schools across the province, with 50 teams coming to compete some as far as Cross Lake! Details

The festival is a fantastic opportunity for fun, entertainment, racing, and most importantly, to help Make more Dreams Come True!. Details

The Winnipeg Underground Film Festival (WUFF) is an annual weekend showcase for contemporary experimental film + video. Details

Winnipeg’s premier family festival with four days of entertainment and activities, featuring artists and groups from throughout the world. A festival that is totally packed full of positive, educational entertainment that is fun to watch in a community environment crafted just for them. Details

Central Canada’s largest electronic music festival.Details

Keeping the fires burning is one of Manitoba’s largest Aboriginal events that brings 700-800 Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people together to honour and celebrate Manitoba’s diverse and dynamic Indigenous cultures. Details

11 days of the live music from local, national and international artists. Details

Manitoba’s largest summer fair featuring nightly concerts, the world’s largest travelling midway, family-friendly attractions and some of Manitoba’s finest agricultural exhibits. Details

Enjoy a day filled with music, entertainment, and fun in recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day. Details

MEME is Western Canada’s leading electronic music and digital arts festival, featuring four days of concerts, workshops and performances throughout downtown Winnipeg. Expect to hear the latest international sounds of techno, dub, house and experimental music in a festive setting that celebrates creativity through technology. Details

Formerly known as Aboriginal Music Week, the festival presents First Nation, Metis, Inuit, Native American, and Indigenous music acts. Details

The Winnipeg Soca Reggae Music Festival is a celebration of Soca Reggae, Calypso and revelry mixed together with Caribbean flavours. Details

Celebrate Canadian Multiculturalism Day with live performances and art installations in Osborne Village. Details

A popular outdoor entertainment at Assiniboine Park with music, ballet, movies and art exhibitions. Details

Discover folk music from North America and around the world at the annual Winnipeg Folk Fest. Features a family area, camping, and delicious local and organic food in a beautiful prairie park setting. Details

The July event features many anime convention staples, such as the cosplay contest, screenings, video games tournament, and marketplace. Details

North America’s second-largest Fringe Festival showcases local, national and international theatre companies, offering performances of comedy, drama, improv, dance and more. Details

The 11th annual festival has many activities to enjoy, including presentations by local scientists, storytelling, displays of live monarchs, crafts, guided hikes, a native prairie plant sale with Prairie Flora, and more! Details

MTS Super-Spike is a combination of Western Canada’s biggest beach/outdoor volleyball tournament, mixed in with a two day concert series, all set in a festival atmosphere. Details

The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival is a showcase for some of the biggest names in comedy across North America. Details

Multicultural event with traditional meals to lively performances by local, national and international entertainers. Experience over 40 cultural pavilions that feature amazing hospitality and a fun, celebratory atmosphere. Details

Tacos and Tequila Festival featuring Lil Jon, Ginuwine, and MORE is coming to Blue Cross Park. Details

JAM & JERK FEST is a new cultural celebration launching in 2026 to honor 64 years of Jamaican Independence. Rooted in heritage and powered by community, this festival celebrates the global impact of Jamaican culture through food, music, arts, and shared experiences. Details

Mega Island Fest is the ultimate summer destination for every festival fan, featuring a powerhouse lineup of DJs and High-energy performances with non-stop vibes. Details

Winnipeg’s newest country music festival, Country Rising! Details

WpgBeerFest is an outdoor event that features Manitoba Brewers and Distillers at the historic Fort Gibraltar. 18+. Details

The September Festival is unique for its pursuit format. Teams start across from each other and race in opposite directions chasing each other, in a circle, back to where they started. It’s an incredible race for spectators and paddlers alike. Details

Enjoy a lineup of Winnipeg’s most exciting emerging artists, a vintage street market, a beer garden and more fun. Details

Peace Days grew out of a desire to celebrate the United Nations’ International Day of Peace, designated as September 21st each year. Details

The Festival is a delightful gathering of all things fibre-related, including vendors, workshops, and demonstrations. Details

Teddy Bears’ Picnic in support of the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba has become an annual tradition for generations of families. Details

Winnipeg’s annual week-long literary festival with readings, school shows, and book signings for readers of all ages! THIN AIR features new and established writers, and is enjoyed by thousands of Manitobans of all backgrounds in both English and French. Details

This three-day cross-Canadian celebration of arts and culture features free activities at numerous culture venues that engage visitors with interactive displays, hands-on experiences, and a discovery of artists and their works. Details

From unique and fun ‘wine down’ events to Gala Dinner and Auction, there’s something for every wine lover at this year’s Festival. The week-long festival culminates with a signature Public Tasting.Details

An all-night art party celebrating contemporary art attracting thousands of people to the downtown area. Nuit Blanche Winnipeg is supported by Culture Days Manitoba. Details

Winnipeg’s only festival dedicated to photography. This is a biennial festival. Details

Focusing on the most innovative and ground-breaking work by Canadian filmmakers and video artists, particularly the work of Manitoba and prairie artists, the festival celebrates the impetus to create in motion picture as a means of artistic expression and brings works that may be overlooked by the mainstream to the forefront. Details

Winnipeg’s Improv festival. Details

From ghost tours to freaky flashlit night experiences navigating corn mazes to haunted houses, there are plenty of events to get spooked out during Halloween in Winnipeg.

Winnipeg Comiccon is a pop-culture fan convention that showcases artists and products from entertainment genres like: Sci-fi, Horror, Anime, video games, table top games, cosplay and, of course, comic books. Details

The Manito Ahbee Festival and the Indigenous Music and Arts Program are a celebration of indigenous arts, culture and music. This annual festival features events for the whole family with one of the largest powwows in North America, an Indigenous Marketplace and Trade Show, Jigging and Square Dance competition, Indigenous Music Conference and Indigenous Music Concert!! Details

The Winnipeg Santa Claus Parade combines the magic, wonder and excitement that heralds in the holiday season and wraps it up in one big event. A moving panorama of lights, colour and music, the parade inspires delight in the eyes of the children and those who are young at heart. Details

ChoralFest Manitoba provides choirs and conductors an opportunity to work with acclaimed adjudicators and expert clinicians from across the continent in a non-competitive annual festival. ChoralFest spans all levels and styles of choral singing including vocal jazz. Details

Take a tour of decked up Winnipeg, enjoy Christmas Lights across Canada or enjoy concerts during Canadian Pacific Holiday Train’s stop in Winnipeg. Details

Enjoy ice carving demonstrations, fire pits, and holiday entertainment while you shop for that unique gift for your loved ones. Details

Canad Inns Winter Wonderland is Manitoba’s largest drive-thru light show and provides a brilliant presentation of over one million lights in 26 different theme areas. Details

Welcome 2027 in Winnipeg – Details