WINNIPEG – A weekend filled with performances and events has been organized to celebrate the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg.
The full schedule for the weekend, including Saturday night’s main stage concert:
Friday
Official opening ceremonies
10:30 a.m.-noon
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Saturday
Info Booths
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Via Rail
The Forks Centre Court
Provencher Bridge
The Forks Historic Rail
Israel Asper Way at Mahatma Gandhi Way
Oodena Stage
10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
10 a.m. – Opening remarks
10:05 a.m. – Opening prayer by Sherry Copenace
10:10 a.m. – Nathan Lyons and Freeman White Jr.
10:20 a.m. – Shannon Bear
10:30 a.m. – J.C. Campbell
11:05 a.m. – Walking Wolf Singers and Dancers
11:35 a.m. – Paul Rabliauskas
11:45 a.m. – Eagle & Hawk Band
12:55 p.m. – Aboriginal School of Dance
1:30 p.m. – Inuit Throat Singers
1:50 p.m. – Metis Club Traditional Dancers
2:20 p.m. – Closing Remarks: Paul Rabliauskas
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Canopy Stage
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
10 a.m. – Sayisi Survivors Drummers
10:50 a.m. – 100 Decibels: A Deaf Mime Troupe
11:25 a.m. – Gearshifting Performance Works
11:40 a.m. – Break
12:40 p.m. – Don Amero
1:30 p.m. – Winnipeg Poetry Slam
2:10 p.m. – Guerrillas of Soul
Skate for Human Rights
Skatepark at The Forks
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
10:00 a.m. – Kickoff by DJ Cain Kiddell and announcements
10:15 a.m. – Live Art presented by Graffiti Gallery

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10:45 a.m. – Professional skateboard demonstration with Dane Burman, Sascha Daley and David Reyes
11:45 a.m. – Autograph signings
1:30 p.m. – Best Trick Competition – free and open to all
2:45 p.m. – Winner announced
Children’s Programming
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The atrium at The Forks
Presented by:
The Manitoba Museum
Parks Canada
Musée de St. Boniface Museum
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg Public Libraries
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Children’s Museum
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Manitoba Theatre for Young People
Centre Court Stage
Children’s performers in The Forks Market
11:15 a.m.-2 p.m.
11:15 a.m. – Aaron Burnett
12:15 p.m. – Jacques Chenier
1:15 p.m. – Al Simmons
RightsFest Main Stage
3 p.m.-5 p.m.
3 p.m. – Marijosée
3:20 p.m. – Del Barber
3:40 p.m. – Sierra Noble
4 p.m. – The Bros. Landreth
4:30 p.m. – Royal Canoe
Canadian Museum for Human Rights Concert
6:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
A Tribe Called Red – performance cancelled
Ashley MacIsaac
Marie-Pierre Arthur
Shad
Bruce Cockburn
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Sunday
Info Booths
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Via Rail
The Forks Centre Court
Provencher Bridge
The Forks Historic Rail
Israel Asper Way at Mahatma Gandhi Way
Skate for Human Rights
Skatepark at The Forks
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
10 a.m. – Kickoff by DJ Cain Kiddell and announcements
10:15 a.m. – Live Art presented by Graffiti Gallery
10:45 a.m. – Professional skateboard demonstration with Dane Burman, Sascha Daley and David Reyes
11:45 a.m. – Autograph signings
1:30 p.m. – Best Trick Competition – free and open to all
2:45 p.m. – Winner announced
Children’s Programming
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The atrium at The Forks
Presented by:
The Manitoba Museum
Parks Canada
Musée de St. Boniface Museum
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg Public Libraries
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Children’s Museum
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Manitoba Theatre for Young People
Canopy Stage
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
10 a.m. – The Slick and Lil ‘J Show Featuring Cieanna
10:40 a.m. – Esprit de Choeur Women’s Choir and Balmoral Hall Senior Girls’ Choir
11:10 a.m. – Sayisi Survivors Drummers
11:45 a.m. – Verba Ukrainian Dance Company
12 noon – Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers
12:20 p.m. – 100 Decibels: A Deaf Mime Troupe
12:55 p.m. – Levy Abad
1:30 p.m. – Break
2:30 p.m. – Ça Claque
3:20 p.m. – Namwira Folks
Oodena Stage
10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
10:00 a.m. – Opening remarks
10:05 a.m. – Nathan Lyons and Freeman White Jr.
10:15 a.m. – Shannon Bear
10:25 a.m. – Gator Beaulieu
11 a.m. – J.C. Campbell
11:40 a.m. – Walking Wolf Singers and Dancers
12:10 p.m. – Inuit Throat Singers
12:30 p.m. – Norman Chief Memorial Dancers
12:55 p.m. – Aboriginal School of Dance
1:35 p.m. – Ali Fontaine and C-Weed Band
3:15 p.m. – Closing Remarks: Paul Rabliauskas
6:30 p.m. – Thin Air: Winnipeg International Writers Festival presents “Voices from Oodena”
Centre Court Stage
Children’s performers inside The Forks Market
11:15 a.m.-2 p.m.
11:15 a.m. – Madame Diva
12:15 p.m. – LuLu and the TomCat
1:15 p.m. – Fred Penner
RightsFest Main Stage
11:55 a.m.-4 p.m.
11:55 a.m. – Special guest presentation by Peace Days in celebration of UN International Day of Peace
12:20 p.m. – Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Manitoba Opera, Royal Winnipeg Ballet
1:40 p.m. – Winnipeg Poetry Slam
2 p.m. – Sarah Sommer, Chai Folk Ensemble and Rusalka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
2:30 p.m. – Oh My Darling
3 p.m. – Dugas
3:30 p.m. – Delhi 2 Dublin
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