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What to do at Festival du Voyageur: Friday

The main tent at the annual winter festival, Festival du Voyageur. The festival kicks off Friday at 6:30 p.m. Jeremy Desrochers / Global News

WINNIPEG —  Hé Ho! The Festival du Voygaeur officially kicks off Friday. If you’re itching to try out all the events, there are plenty of opportunities to channel your inner voyageur.

Here is a list of all the events and artists to check out Friday evening.

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Voyageur Park

From 5 p.m. until 9 p.m., you can stop by Global Winnipeg’s table at the Festival du Voyageur souvenir tent and have your photo taken with our green screen technology on one of three backgrounds. The photos will be featured on our website as they come in.

For opening night Friday, a torch light walk will be presented by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

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At 6:30 p.m., hundreds of candles and torch lights will take people from the main entrance of the CMHR to the Voyageur Park for opening celebrations.

Opening celebrations start at 7:30 p.m., and includes fireworks.

MTS Riviere-Rouge Tent

6:15 p.m. The Royal Canadian Navy Band of HMCS Chippawa
8:00 p.m. Dust Rhinos
9:30 p.m. Shred Kelly
11:00 p.m. Sweet Crude

Université de Saint-Boniface Portage Tent

Sugar Shack Caisse Financial Group

8 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Night

6:15 p.m. Greg Arcade
8:00 p.m. Frenglish
9:15 p.m. Les Poules à Colin
10:45 p.m. Nicolas Pellerin et les Grands Hurleurs

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La Prairie Tent

8:00 p.m. For Esme
9:30 p.m. FINN
11:00 p.m. Yes We Mystic

Snow Bar Liquor Mart

7:30 p.m. The Honeysliders

Pembina Tent Investors Group

8:00 p.m. JD and the Sunshine Band
9:15 p.m. Cheering for the Bad Guy
10:45 p.m. JD Edwards Band

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Le Garage

10:00 p.m. Jérémie & The Delicious Hounds
11:30 p.m. Jack The Giants

The Wood

9:00 p.m. Mulvey Street Maniacs

The Marion Hotel

10:00 p.m. The Nooners

Club St. B

9:30 p.m.  Tim Butler with special guests and Vince Fontaine & Friends

 

For more information about events, visit the Festival du Voyageur website here.

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