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.
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.
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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
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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
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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