Winnipeg 
Louis Riel Day Weekend in Winnipeg 2020: February 14 – 17, 2020
A list of activities and events taking place in Winnipeg during Louis Riel Day Weekend.
Road Closures this weekend – Here
Louis Riel Day Long Weekend in Manitoba
FREE Admission to Manitoba Parks during February
I. Family & Kids Activities this weekend
- Free Park Entry for the month of February in all provincial parks. No vehicle permits required!
- Winter Family Fishing Weekend from Feb. 15 to 17. Anglers will be able to fish without a licence province wide. Conservation limits will apply and a federal licence will still be required to fish in national parks. Details
Festival du Voyageur
Festival du Voyageur is a 10-day province-wide celebration of sights, sounds, snow and spirit. Every winter since 1970, Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg’s French quarter, is transformed into a winter paradise and becomes host to the largest winter festival in Western Canada. Details
February 14 – 23, 2020
Voyageur Park
Voyageur Pass: Child (6-12) $10, Senior (60+)/Teen (13-17) $50, Adult (18+) $75
Parks Canada: Fun at The Forks
Join Parks Canada for a free hands on activity to get to know the rich heritage housed at national historic sites and national parks. Details
Friday, February 14, 2020 | 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Forks, 1 Forks Market Road, Winnipeg
Free
The Ice Chute
The Ice Chute is a toboggan slide made of ice located at the south end of The Forks. Details
Opens February 5, 2020 Until the cold weather lasts.
South end of The Forks, Winnipeg
Free
Arctic Glacier Winter Park
until February 23, 2020
The Forks, Winnipeg
Free
Breakfast with the bears
Enjoy breakfast with a view from the Tundra Grill as you look out over the Journey to Churchill exhibit and the polar bears that call it home. You’ll learn all about our polar bears at an exclusive Zoo Chat with one of our animal care professionals. Details
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Assiniboine Park & Zoo, 2595 Roblin Boulevard, Winnipeg
Regular Zoo admission applies. Breakfast must be purchased separately
The World’s Largest Snow Maze
Join the Masse family at The World’s Largest Snow Maze. Home of the Guiness Book of World Record’s Largest Snow Maze! Enjoy warming areas with bonfires, slide down the giant snow mountain, relax in the warming barn or hop on a sleigh ride! Details
Until February 29, 2020
A Maze In Corn, Saint Adolphe
$10 – $12; Ages 3 and under Free
Illuminate 150
Illuminate 150 will light up the capital of Manitoba and also the launch of a year long effort to shine light on the unique beauty of Manitoba. Details
December 14, 2019 to July 2020
Manitoba Legislative Building, Broadway, Winnipeg
Free
Let’s Roam’s Winnipeg Scavenger Hunt
This is an app-lead Winnipeg scavenger hunt that winds through The Forks and St. Boniface in search of iconic buildings and cultural attractions. Details
June 15, 2019 – June 6, 2020
280 Memorial Blvd, Winnipeg
Day Pass $24.45/role
Voyageur Day
Live the life of a Voyageur! Experience the challenging life of Voyageurs through contests, competitions and games. Learn to make bannock and participate in our “Concours des meilleurs”. Details
Monday, February 17, 2020 | 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Oak Hammock Marsh, 1 Snow Goose Way, Stonewall
Regular admission
Franco-Fun Day
At the Children’s Museum, Louis Riel Day is an opportunity to celebrate French Canadian Culture. Kick things off with a performance from TiBert le Voyageur and enjoy our special themed crafts, activities, and French story times throughout the day! Don’t miss our very special Franco-Fun Day. Details
Monday, February 17, 2020 | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Children’s Museum, 45 Forks Market Road, Winnipeg
$11 + GST
Other Activities
- Leisure Centres
Enjoy the many free activities offered at City of Winnipeg’s Leisure centres. - At the library
Winnipeg Public library offers plenty of free activities to choose from for all ages including toddler story times. Plan ahead to attend some of the free activities in the following weekends: Program & Event posters. Click here to know the daily schedule for the library. - There is always something to do at The Forks and at FortWhyte Alive.
- Mini Mondays – Join us on Mondays for a fun-filled morning of creative and stimulating programming exclusively designed for toddlers. Mondays, January 6 – April 27, 2020 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
- Connect with the natural world during Alive in the Woods on Saturdays | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM @ FortWhyte Alive
- Learn about our prairie past during Sod House Pioneers on Sundays | 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM @ FortWhyte Alive
- Listen to some of our favourite tales during Storytelling by the Fire on Sunday, February 16, 2020 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM @ FortWhyte Alive
- Get outdoors and learn about your favourite Zoo animals from the people who care for them during Monthly Zoo Chats. Saturday – Sunday, December 2019 to March 2020 | 11:00 AM @ Assiniboine Park & Zoo
- I Love To Read Month – We’ll be celebrating our love of reading with a variety of crafts, activities, and special guests. Saturday – Sunday, February 1 – 29, 2020 | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM @ Children’s Museum
- Valentine’s Day in Winnipeg
Movies
- Kids’ Day – Sunday – Landmark Cinemas: 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
- Movies Releasing During Winter
- Visit participating Cineplex theatres near you and watch a family favourite film each week for only $2.99.
Skating
Wipe away those winter blues! Grab your skates and join us throughout the winter season at Winnipeg’s skating rinks.
Arctic Glacier Winter Park is open until February 23, 2020
Arctic Glacier Winter Park Sunday Programming is open till Sundays, February 23, 2020
Public Skating:
- Drop in for public skate at one of the public skating arenas, the park skating ponds or the outdoor skating rinks
- Canlan Ice sports offers various public skating programs for the whole family.
- Enjoy skating at Sturgeon House Community Centre or the public skating rinks at the Southdale Community Centre.
- Dig out your skates and head out to the Carydon Community Centre skating rinks or the indoor and outdoor rinks at the South Winnipeg Community Centres.
- Gateway Recreation Centre offers public skating on Sundays from 3:00 to 4:30 PM.
More To Do
II. Live Music
You might like:
- Music ‘N’ Mavens on Tuesday and Thursday, January 14 – March 12, 2020 | 2:00 PM @ Rady JCC
- Weekly Traditional Irish music sessions on Thursdays, June 2020 | 7:00 PM @ Irish Association of Manitoba
- Soul on Ice! on Sundays, until February 16, 2020 | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM @ The Forks
- Earl Stafford, Ariel Barnes on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 | 7:30 PM @ Westminster United Church
- La Nef and Sean Dagher, Sea Songs & Shanties on Thursday, February 13, 2020 | 7:30 PM @ West End Cultural Centre
- A Salute To Stompin Tom on Thursday, February 13, 2020 | 7:00 PM @ Club Regent Event Centre
Once Upon a Love Song
February 14 – 16, 2020
Centennial Concert Hall, 555 Main Street, Winnipeg
$23.75 – $99
Attica Riots, The Zolas, Yes We Mystic, Fowler
This is the lineup for the Tente Rivière-Rouge BellMTS on February 14th. Details
Friday, February 14, 2020 | 6:45 PM – 12:00 AM
Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Boulevard, Winnipeg
Voyageur Pass: $10 – $75
William Prince
William Prince, Presented by Winnipeg Folk Festival. Details
February 14 – 15, 2020 | 8:00 PM
West End Cultural Centre, & 586 Ellice Ave., Winnipeg
$35
Theory of a Deadman
Theory of a Deadman with Guest W3APONS. Details
Friday, February 14, 2020 | 7:00 PM
Club Regent Event Centre, 1425 Regent Ave. W., Winnipeg
$30.45 – $51.45
Élage Diouf, Yves Lambert, Le Winston Band, Gadelle
This is the lineup for the Caisse Financial Group Sugar Shack on February 15th. Details
Saturday, February 15, 2020 | 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Boulevard, Winnipeg
Voyageur Pass: $10 – $75
The Beaches
The Professional Tour 2020. Details
Saturday, February 15, 2020 | 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
The Garrick, 330 Garry St, Winnipeg
$24.50 – $125.00
Legends of Motown
Legends of Motown is a 16-piece cast of singers and musicians performing live look-a-like/sound-a-like tributes to The Supremes, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Jackson 5, Martha and the Vandellas and more! Details
Saturday, February 15, 2020 | 8:00 PM
Burton Cummings Theatre, 364 Smith St., Winnipeg
$31.6 – $59.5
Bedouin Soundclash
Formed nearly two decades ago and named after Israeli dub artist/producer Badawi’s 1996 release, Bedouin Soundclash debuted in 2001 with the album Root Fire. Details
Saturday, February 15, 2020 | 8:00 PM
The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg
$30
Vilain Pingouin with Parazar Et Ya Ketchcose
Presented by Festival du Voyageur and the Université de Saint-Boniface’s Réseau des diplômés, A Vilain Pingouin show is a night to be nostalgic about past memories and to make new ones. Details
Saturday, February 15, 2020 | 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM
Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Boulevard, Winnipeg
$25
III. Theatre/Performing Arts
Desautels Chamber Opera Group – Opera Scenes
February 12, 14, 2020 | 7:30 PM
John J. Conklin Theatre in the Gail Asper Performing Arts Hall, Tache Arts Complex, 162 Dafoe Rd., Winnipeg
$20 adults/$12 students
Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is an exuberant comedy and feminist revisioning of Shakespeare’s Othello and Romeo and Juliet. It takes us from a dusty office in Canada’s Queen’s University, into the fraught and furious worlds of two of Shakespeare’s best-known tragedies, and turns them upside-down. Details
January 31 – February 15, 2020
Colin Jackson Theatre – Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg
$10 – $27
Two Birds One Stone
A documentary-style investigation of a Jewish-Canadian/Muslim-Palestinian friendship between two women. Details
February 8 – 16, 2020
Berney Theatre, C148-123 Doncaster Street, Winnipeg
$15 – $42
The New Canadian Curling Club
The New Canadian Curling Club is an inspiring story of a new curling team that sorts through its differences and rise above it. Details
February 12 – March 7, 2020
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, 174 Market Avenue, Winnipeg
$27.25 – $92.75
Halka
In HALKA, the performers of the Acrobatic Troupe of Tangiers (Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger) invoke through their movement the memories of the art form that has shaped their relationship with the world. Details
February 14 – 15, 2020 | 8:00 PM
Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Blvd, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
$15 – $20
IV. Sports
You might like:
- New Canadian Skate Program on Fridays, January 10, 2020 – March 13, 2020 | 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM @ Central Park
Manitoba Moose
vs. Milwaukee Admirals on Saturday, February 15, 2020 | 6:00 PM
vs. Milwaukee Admirals on Monday, February 17, 2020 | 2:00 PM
Bell MTS Place, 300 Portage Ave., Winnipeg
Winnipeg Jets
vs. San Jose Sharks on Friday, February 14, 2020 | 6:00 PM
vs. Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday, February 16, 2020 | 7:30 PM
Bell MTS Place, 300 Portage Ave., Winnipeg
2020 Actif Epica Ultra Marathon
February 14 – 16, 2020
The 2020 Actif Epica race course begins in Winnipeg and heads south along the Crow Wing Trail with various turn around points for different race distances.
Start and End line -CN Stage at The Forks
Varies $50 – $160
Louis Riel Winter Horse Experience
Join us for a beginner Winter horse experience ! Try a lead-line horse ride, groom & interact, roast marshmallows and sip on Hot Chocolate. Great family event for ages 3 to 70+! Details
Monday February 17, 2020 | 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM
Sagehill Stables, 4180 Waverley Street, Winnipeg
$8/person
Hypothermic 1/2 Marathon
The Annual Hypothermic Half Marathon is a winter half marathon event held in beautiful winter cities across Canada. The Hypothermic Run Set features a running backpack, Neck Warmer, breakfast and a finisher’s medal. Details
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Fort Gibraltar, 866 St. Joseph Street, Winnipeg
$30 – $85
V. Exhibitions, Festivals & Other Events
Conversation Circle: Protection of rights for stateless people
Friday, February 14, 2020 | 11:30 AM & 6:30 PM
Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 85 Israel Asper Way, Winnipeg
Free ticket required
Winnipeg Wellness Expo
The Great Canadian Wellness Expo has been assembling unique products, services and practitioners who focus on education and motivating people to be PROACTIVE in their health as opposed to REACTIVE. Details
February 14 – 16, 2020
RBC Convention Centre, 375 York Avenue, Winnipeg
$8 – $10
I Love To Read With Matt Joudrey
Join us for a demonstration on the art of bookbinding with Matt Joudrey of At Bay Press. Include coffee, tea and cookies. Details
Sunday, February 16, 2020 | 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Dalnavert Museum and Visitors’ Centre, 61 Carlton Street, Winnipeg
$15 General, $13 Members
Introduction to Leather Mitten Making with Sheila Cailleau
In this class you will learn how to trace a pattern on leather and your sheep shearling lining and size the leather to fit your lining. You will learn how to cut both the leather and liner as well as learning a blanket stitch. The end result is a high-quality set of authentic leather and shearling mittens, and the ability to make more pairs for our cold winters. Details
Saturdays, February 15 & 22, 2020 | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
C2 Centre for Craft, 1-329 Cumberland Avenue, Winnipeg
Registration: $140
Exhibitions/Workshops
- Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame’s 40th Anniversary Exhibit-Join us as we celebrate our 40th Anniversary… from Billy Mosienko (1980) all the way through to Jon Montgomery (2019) and everyone in between, come and explore the stories and achievements of Manitoba’s greatest in this new exhibit bursting with artifacts and memorabilia! October 25, 2019 – May 1, 2020
VI. Food Events, Dinner Theatre & Night Life Events
Dave Hemstad
February 11 – 15, 2020
Rumor’s Comedy Club, Winnipeg
$12 – $18
Country Star
February 14 – April 19, 2020
Celebrations Dinner Theatre, Canad Inns Destination Centre, 1824 Pembina Highway
$35.50 – $67.95 + taxes + fees
We do try to make the listings as accurate as possible, but there may be typographical/oversight errors or events may be cancelled or postponed without any notice. Verify all details from concerned event Websites/officials.