WINNIPEG – Canadian Heritage is giving four festivals in Manitoba communities more than $50,000 in funding for their 2015 events, Provencher MP Ted Falk said Tuesday morning.
The Sugaring Off Festival at the St-Pierre-Jolys Museum, the Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair, the Festival of Friends at St. Malo Provincial Park and the City Festival of Arts and Culture in Steinbach will each get more than $10,000.
The St-Pierre-Jolys Sugaring Off Festival in April, an annual celebration of Métis heritage that centres on traditional maple syrup production, will get $14,300, the biggest of the four grants.
The 20th annual Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair, which includes music, dance, choral performances and an artisans show, will get $13,800. The fair happens in June.
St. Malo’s Festival of Friends, which celebrates Francophone and Métis heritage with music and dance in February, will get $11,400.
The June Steinbach arts festival, which includes concerts, art, artisan demonstrations, kids’ art activities, music and dance performances, will get $10,800.
“When it comes to great local talent, our communities have a lot to offer their residents and visitors alike,” Canadian Heritage Minister Shelly Glover said in a news release. She was not at the announcements.
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