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Hawksley Workman
2022-04-18 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Winnipeg) | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
WPG Folk Fest Presents Hawksley Workman

Doors: 7:00 PM

Show: 8:00 PM

PLEASE NOTE: Any purchase of concert tickets through third-party sites or resellers is at your own risk. Tickets should only be purchased through winnipegfolkfestival.ca or someone you know and trust to reduce risk.

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ABOUT

Hawksley Workman is a JUNO Award-winning and Gold Record certified singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Since his ground-breaking self-produced indie debut For Him and The Girls (1999) through to chart-topping singles of 2020, Hawksley has careened between major label international smash hits to Canadiana soaked indie releases. Boasting a catalogue of 17 solo records, Hawksley’s genre-defying style strings together folk, chart pop and irrepressible cabaret. His show-stopping vocals on songs about weather, love, heartbreak and tales of end-times have garnered him a league of devoted fans.

Performing over a thousand shows worldwide, Hawksley has headlined prestigious venues like Massey Hall and The Olympia in Paris. For a uniquely Canadian artist Hawksley has built loyal fan bases in the UK, France, Norway and Australia launching many successful tours, demystifying and delighting fans while drawing on an enviable catalogue of mischievous favourites, glammy stompers and heartfelt hymns to small-town Canada

JD Edwards Band
2022-04-16 21:30 - 2022-04-17 01:00 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
Winnipeg’s favourite rock, roots and soul party band!

Bluesaplooza
2022-04-16 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Park Presents

Park Theatre presents
Bluesaplooza, Saturday, April 16th, 2022
Featuring
Blue Noise
DB and the Deadbeats
Curtis Newton
the Chris Ghidoni Band
doors open @ 7:00
show @ 8:00
Advance Tickets 25.00 plus fees

Cancer Bats + Comeback Kid
2022-04-15 20:30 - 2022-04-16 00:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Cancer Bats and Comeback Kid at the Park Theatre

Ninjacat Productions and The Park Theatre present
Friday, April 15th, 2022 at the Park Theatre
CANCER BATS
COMEBACK KID
with guests tba
Doors 730 Pm | Music 830 pm

Bullrider BAD THURSDAY
2022-04-14 21:30 - 2022-04-15 00:00 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
A wonderful mix of high energy guitars, tight bass lines, captivating rhythm sections that make you wanna dance, and it’s even legal now!!

A four piece Indie Rock band based out of Winnipeg Manitoba. With a wonderful mix of high energy guitars, tight bass lines, captivating rhythm sections that make you wanna get up and dance, and strong emphasis on songwriting makes this band a stand out creature on its own.

With each member having their own unique talents, brought in from numerous other projects, BULLRIDER reflects a well rounded and more sophisticated style of songwriting, which shines through each of the tracks from the “Hidden gems…” album. “Writing this record, from idea to completion, was like watching a picture come into focus. As different as we all are, it just makes sense. With this many compatiable writers in one room, it’s exciting to see what we can make happen next.”, says lyricist, Bobby Desjarlais.

With a slew of notable show experiences (Canada Day @ The Forks Wpg, Harvest Moon Festival, Dauphins Country Fest, ManyFest.) on a wide range of stages, BULLRIDER draws on a complete pallet of emotions – from fun loving chorus’, dark and heartbroken versus, to haunting and even psychedelic bridges. BULLRIDER’s debut album, ‘Hidden Gems and the Love of Another’, is set to release early November, 2018.

“If you are interested in alt rock music, Bullrider is a rising band that you need to check out. They can write some of the most infectious hooks we’ve heard in recent memory.”- Eartothegroundmusic

Comprised of Ben Ferguson (Ash Koley), Chris Peluk (Alverstone, Mad Young Darlings), Tom Sinnott and Bobby Desjarlais (The Bokononists, Attica Riots).

Comeback Kid and Cancer Bats at the Albert!
2022-04-14 21:00 - 2022-04-15 01:00 | The Royal Albert, 48 Albert Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1E7, Canada
Comeback Kid and Cancer Bats at the Albert!

Ninjacat Productions presents
Thursday April 14 2022 at the Royal Albert
Comeback Kid
Cancer Bats
Withdrawal
Meantime

Doors 8pm – Show 9pm
Tickets $25 advance – $30 door

Bad Thursday 2022 w/ The Perpetrators and Fu Fu Ch
2022-04-14 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Bad Thursday, 2022

Bad Thursday 2022
w/ The Perpetrators & Fu Fu Chi Chi Choir
The Park Theatre
Thursday, April 14th, 2022
Doors 7 pm | Show 8 pm
Tickets $20 adv
The Perpetrators front-man and founding member Jay Nowicki is rated one of Canada’s tastiest guitar players. Together with the “meat-and-mashed-potatoes” rhythm section of Ken McMahon and John Scoles, they deliver a tight, raw and intense blues experience that is sure to make you get up and shake it.
The Perpetrators’ albums have garnered WCMA awards and Juno nominations. Their ability to stay grounded to their Winnipeg roots, coupled with the raw energy and extreme talent makes this one of the best groups to come out of Canada.
The Fu Fu Chi Chi Choir is a ten-piece alt-folk band hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba

A Tribute To Lucinda Williams feat. Madeleine Roger and Sierra Noble
2022-04-12 20:00 - 23:00 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
Lucinda Williams Tribute feat. Madeleine Roger, Sierra Noble, Liam Duncan, Kris Ulrich, Austin Parachoniak and Joanna Miller.

Hot Water Music
2022-04-12 20:00 - 23:00 | MB
F7 Entertainment Presents

Hot Water Music
Tuesday, April 12th

Orit Shimoni
2022-04-11 20:00 - 22:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
The Park Theate and Wit’s End Presents

Orit Shimoni w/ Friends
Keri Latimer and Jaxon Haldane
At the Park Theatre
Monday, April 11th, 2022
Doors 7 pm | Show 8 pm
Tickets are $25 plus fees in advance
or $10 advance for fellow musicians and students

All The Right Lights
2022-04-10 19:00 - 21:30 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Live at the Park Theatre

All The Right Lights
Sunday, April 10th, 2022
Doors at 6 pm
Show at 7 pm
$10 plus fees in advance

Andrew Neville and The Poor Choices plus Mulvey St Maniacs
2022-04-09 21:30 - 2022-04-10 01:00 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
A classic Winnipeg double highball: Andrew Neville and The Poor Choices plus Mulvey St Manics. Bottoms up!

North Graffiti’s “Modern Relics” Album Release Party
2022-04-09 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
North Graffiti’s “Modern Relics” Album Release Party

Saturday, April 9th
Doors @ 7pm
Show @ 8pm
Tickets are $12 in advance plus fees

Call it Boutique Punk. Call it Punk & Roll. Pulling together sounds of The Clash, Against Me! & The Gaslight Anthem – North Graffiti adds a modern flair to a vintage aesthetic.
April 8th marks the release of their debut album “Modern Relics…and other ways to remember our time together”. The following night, they’ll take the stage at the Park Theatre to celebrate in full swagger.
Rounding out the night will be the incomparable Mobina Galore as well as The 12/21.

Manitoba Metalfest 2022 fundraiser
2022-04-08 22:00 - 2022-04-09 01:00 | Good Will Social Club, 625 Portage, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 2G4, Canada
Manitoba Metalfest 2022 fundraiser!

Ninjacat Productions presents
Friday April 8 2022 at the Good Will Social Club
“Manitoba Metalfest 2022 fundraiser” featuring:
ARCHAGATHUS
REGURGITATED GUTS
SOLANUM
TOILET PIG
$10 tickets available on Eventbrite and at the door.
Doors 9pm – Music 10pm

The D.Rangers plus The Wrigley Brothers (aka Double The Trouble)
2022-04-08 21:30 - 2022-04-09 00:30 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
The Band That Built The High & Lonesome Club, plus an 18th Birthday Celebration opening set by The Wrigley Brothers (Double The Trouble).

Plants And Animals
2022-04-07 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
MRG Presents Plants and Animals

Park Theatre
April 7th, 2022
Doors 7 pm
Show 8 pm

Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra - The Last of the Blue Devils
2022-04-07 19:30 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra: The Last of the Blue Devils – Thursday, April 7 at 7:30pm

In the 1920s thousands of dance bands were scattered across America. Toiling in obscurity, these territory bands played an endless series of one-nighters no more than a days drive from their headquarters. Sporting names like The Twelve Clouds of Joy, The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, The Bostonians (from Kansas), and The Blue Devils these groups were seldom recorded and would travel from gig to gig until the money ran out often leaving musicians stranded hundreds of miles from home. More than just colourful stories about life on the road, Territory Bands played an important part in shaping jazz history, eventually ushering in the Swing Era and an explosion in mainstream popularity. Join the WJO as we explore some of the rarely-played music from that era alongside hits from the wild and raucous Kansas City jazz scene.
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COVID-19 Protocols
The West End Cultural Centre will continue to require that patrons wear facemasks and show proof of vaccination for all events in the venue.
We will continue to evaluate this policy as circumstances evolve.

Nashville MB Songwriters Round
2022-04-07 19:30 - 22:00 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
Our monthly Nashville MB Writers Round continues, this month featuring Tyler Del Pino (host), Madeleine Roger, Celia Palli, and Roman Clarke

Sk8 Skates Presents Stone Cold
2022-04-06 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Sk8 Skates Presents

Sk8 Skates is stoked to present the first Winnipeg Skateboard video premiere in 2 years! We have 3 different videos for ya. 2 Live N’ Die in WPG by Dillan Lavallee, WRECK 11 Bill Acheson and Tyler Geurts, and the new Sk8 Skates video “Stone Cold” by Kian Smeall featuring Fane Smeall, Erik Penton, Issiah Parasian, Sean Coughlin, Kian Smeall, and more. Videos are all filmed in Winnipeg, with Stone Cold having a lot of other clips in Canada including Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Gonna be a crazy night, all 3 videos are bangers.
Tickets are only $5 so get them before they’re gone!

Sarah Harmer
2022-04-05 20:00 - 23:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Winnipeg Folk Fest Presents

Doors: 7:00 PM
Show: 8:00 PM
PLEASE NOTE: Any purchase of concert tickets through third-party sites or resellers is at your own risk. Tickets should only be purchased through winnipegfolkfestival.ca or someone you know and trust to reduce risk.
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ABOUT
Are You Gone – the first album in a decade from Sarah Harmer – is a deeply personal and momentous collection of songs motivated by life’s beauty and love’s mysteries. Two decades since her heralded debut “You Were Here”, Sarah returns with a deepened, electric exploration of nature and human nature.
From the opening frame of “St. Peter’s Bay,” Harmer conjures the essence of the album. An ‘end of the night, end of the love affair’ story set against a hockey game on the frozen bay off of Prince Edward Island, the song pits the hardness of winter against the fragility of the relationship. As guitar melodies and drums swell into a haunting and bittersweet refrain Still we had a good skate, didn’t we babe, “St. Peter’s Bay” makes instantly clear that this is Harmer’s most sonically detailed and darkest record to date, still crisply capturing the glint of outdoor ice in the northern night.
Are You Gone is also about stepping away – quieting one’s own voice for a matter of time, and using that force in different ways. If you’re too tucked away, and you can’t see the sun, Harmer muses on the breathtaking “Just Get Here,” imagining the Canadian poet Al Purdy’s A-frame cottage, a haven for writers in 1960’s rural Ontario. Like generations of poets before her, Harmer gleaned the magic of the place while visiting a writer-in-residence there in summer 2019. “I decided on the album title while staying for a night,” Harmer recalls, “thinking about time and time capsules, and our need for isolation but also for community,”
On “What I Was To You” she recounts an early friendship with beloved rock star Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip. Harmer traces an effortless melody with emotional range that deftly rolls between the late Downie’s ambling, ecstatic solo work, and the oblique chorus blasts of his band. Looking back on stories of the fellow musicians’ time coming up together in the Southern Ontario scene, “What I Was To You” simultaneously captures the intimacy of their friendship and the feeling shared by the legions of souls touched by Downie, during and beyond his lifetime-
Are you gone?
Good for you to go
I hardly know what that took.
So long, I’ll be walking with you if you happen to look
Harmer nurtured the twelve songs of Are You Gone close to home. Some lingered for ages – like the undeniable melody of “Take Me Out” – while others appeared behind the barn at dusk like the sweet, autumnal “Squeaking Voices,” and the homebound “Little Frogs.” Each story paints a different picture over the course of this album’s making, threading Are You Gone with both personal intimacy and the shared strands of life. Featuring eleven originals and one cover, the eerie “Wildlife” by Kingston songwriter Dave Hodge, Sarah co-produced the album with Marcus Paquin (Aidan Knight, Arcade Fire, Timber Timbre) in Toronto, Montreal and Kingston. Long-time musical collaborators included Jon McCann on drums, Ben Whiteley on bass, Gord Tough on guitar, and Christine Bougie, Kevin Fox, Benji Perosin and Jason Euringer on steel, cello, trumpet, stand-up bass and harmonies. Howie Beck recorded additional tracks and mixed the album in the spring of 2019.
On album centrepiece “The Lookout,” Harmer takes us to a tempting height, Something to be warned about knowing with certainty that the ground will fall away. With spare piano and the strain of distant strings, the entire album suspends in this moment – a heartbreaking chorus doubling as reprieve, with a closing refrain that hangs in the breathless space: The beauty of the place was blocked by the way I held you too close
The melody for penultimate track “Shoemaker” was written looking out the porthole of a ship in the Canadian high arctic in 2015 while on an educational trip with students from around the world in, and developed after Sarah discovered an old book and census of her great-great Glaswegian grandfather who made an immigrant’s crossing to Canada in the early 19th century. “Shoemaker” calls to mind the softly ominous, slowly shifting chords of Sparklehorse before transforming into a gorgeous, crescendo show of Sarah’s vocal range.
“See Her Wave” wraps the album with an acoustic shanty send-off to another dear friend who moved on. See her wave she’s on her way. These songs are the inner ramblings of twilight, conversations with the critters in the air and on the lawn, floorboard creaks of a loved one in the next room. Some are restorative and some rock. Within them there are answers to where Sarah has been and what it means to come back now. Whether to the loyal fans that have followed Harmer’s work over the decades or to the newly initiated, Are You Gone is a resounding statement of purpose and a dedication to the indelible spirits around us

Sarah Harmer
2022-04-05 20:00 - 23:00 | MB
Presented by the Winnipeg Folk Festival

Doors: 7:00 PM

Show: 8:00 PM

PLEASE NOTE: Any purchase of concert tickets through third-party sites or resellers is at your own risk. Tickets should only be purchased through winnipegfolkfestival.ca or someone you know and trust to reduce risk. (Tickets through Ticketmaster Only – https://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/11005B6F86902100)

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ABOUT

Are You Gone – the first album in a decade from Sarah Harmer – is a deeply personal and momentous collection of songs motivated by life’s beauty, love’s mysteries and the climate crisis. Two decades since her heralded debut “You Were Here”, Sarah returns with a deepened, electric exploration of nature and human nature.

The first single “New Low” is more than a return to music for the celebrated singer-songwriter and environmental activist. It is a definition of form, a call-for-uprising in light of the damage being done to our democracy and our living world. Inspired by the increase in community action after the Québec mosque shooting, the Women’s March, and climate rallies, Harmer calls out the “grey area” of personal and corporate responsibility and indifference, after meeting with the principal of Queens’ University to discuss fossil fuel divestment and receiving feeble excuses for inaction. Singing over its heedless pace and razor-sharp guitars: I wanna see if we can take this from flame to fire Heat is fleeting but hearts are beating hard.

From the opening frame of “St. Peter’s Bay,” Harmer conjures the essence of the album. An ‘end of the night, end of the love affair’ story set against a hockey game on the frozen bay off of Prince Edward Island, the song pits the hardness of winter against the fragility of the relationship. As guitar melodies and drums swell into a haunting and bittersweet refrain Still we had a good skate, didn’t we babe, “St. Peter’s Bay” makes instantly clear that this is Harmer’s most sonically detailed and darkest record to date, still crisply capturing the glint of outdoor ice in the northern night.

Are You Gone is also about stepping away – quieting one’s own voice for a matter of time, and using that force in different ways. If you’re too tucked away, and you can’t see the sun, Harmer muses on the breathtaking “Just Get Here,” imagining the Canadian poet Al Purdy’s A-frame cottage, a haven for writers in 1960’s rural Ontario. Like generations of poets before her, Harmer gleaned the magic of the place while visiting a writer-in-residence there in summer 2019. “I decided on the album title while staying for a night,” Harmer recalls, “thinking about time and time capsules, and our need for isolation but also for community,”

The result of an unshakeable inclination to make music alongside a lifestyle more attuned to privacy and local activism, Sarah wrote Are You Gone gradually over the last decade as she traded music for grassroots organizing. Between co-founding the citizen’s organization PERL (Protecting Escarpment Rural Land) and leading the coalition’s successful efforts to stop a massive quarry on the Niagara Escarpment, she became a fixture in local politics and advocacy. She kept her musical chops up playing casually with friends and the odd small show. Finally, in 2017, while pondering the ghosts of loss, capitalism’s gluttony and music’s potential as a public platform, Sarah was moved to get to work on her most sophisticated record to date.

On “What I Was To You” she recounts an early friendship with beloved rock star Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip. Harmer traces an effortless melody with emotional range that deftly rolls between the late Downie’s ambling, ecstatic solo work, and the oblique chorus blasts of his band. Looking back on stories of the fellow musicians’ time coming up together in the Southern Ontario scene, “What I Was To You” simultaneously captures the intimacy of their friendship and the feeling shared by the legions of souls touched by Downie, during and beyond his lifetime-

Are you gone?

Good for you to go

I hardly know what that took.

So long, I’ll be walking with you if you happen to look

Harmer nurtured the twelve songs of Are You Gone close to home. Some lingered for ages – like the undeniable melody of “Take Me Out” – while others appeared behind the barn at dusk like the sweet, autumnal “Squeaking Voices,” and the homebound “Little Frogs.” Each story paints a different picture over the course of this album’s making, threading Are You Gone with both personal intimacy and the shared strands of life. Featuring eleven originals and one cover, the eerie “Wildlife” by Kingston songwriter Dave Hodge, Sarah co-produced the album with Marcus Paquin (Aidan Knight, Arcade Fire, Timber Timbre) in Toronto, Montreal and Kingston. Long-time musical collaborators included Jon McCann on drums, Ben Whiteley on bass, Gord Tough on guitar, and Christine Bougie, Kevin Fox, Benji Perosin and Jason Euringer on steel, cello, trumpet, stand-up bass and harmonies. Howie Beck recorded additional tracks and mixed the album in the spring of 2019.

On album centrepiece “The Lookout,” Harmer takes us to a tempting height, Something to be warned about knowing with certainty that the ground will fall away. With spare piano and the strain of distant strings, the entire album suspends in this moment – a heartbreaking chorus doubling as reprieve, with a closing refrain that hangs in the breathless space: The beauty of the place was blocked by the way I held you too close

The melody for penultimate track “Shoemaker” was written looking out the porthole of a ship in the Canadian high arctic in 2015 while on an educational trip with students from around the world in, and developed after Sarah discovered an old book and census of her great-great Glaswegian grandfather who made an immigrant’s crossing to Canada in the early 19th century. “Shoemaker” calls to mind the softly ominous, slowly shifting chords of Sparklehorse before transforming into a gorgeous, crescendo show of Sarah’s vocal range.

“See Her Wave” wraps the album with an acoustic shanty send-off to another dear friend who moved on. See her wave she’s on her way. These songs are the inner ramblings of twilight, conversations with the critters in the air and on the lawn, floorboard creaks of a loved one in the next room. Some are restorative and some rock. Within them there are answers to where Sarah has been and what it means to come back now. Whether to the loyal fans that have followed Harmer’s work over the decades or to the newly initiated, Are You Gone is a resounding statement of purpose and a dedication to the indelible spirits around us.

Forever on Fire - Feeling the Fire Within
2022-04-04 20:00 - 22:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Come celebrate spring with this unique experience. Book Launch, featuring local artists, finding and feeling your inner fire …

… interactive art exhibit with live painting and online auction.
Forever On Fire, Feeling the Fire Within, Book Launch, Poetry and Live Painting Night.
Tickets are available and include options:
Forever on Fire signed Book, virtual ticket $30
Forever on Fire signed Book, art kit delivered, virtual ticket $50
Forever on Fire signed Book, in-person ticket, art activity, snacks, cash bar $50
Art kit includes: assorted paints, paintbrush, Mini canvas
All money from the art auction will be paid 100% to the participating artists. More information about the evening can be found on social media @angelainspired
For media interviews please contact Angela Taylor, Angela Taylor, BA, PBDE, MA, PhD Student(she/her), Mental Health and Accessibility Expert, Trainer, Public Speaker, at 431-554-6248 or angelataylorscts@gmail.com
Winnipeg Artists living on Treaty 1, Street Artist Pink Panda and Kisa McIssac, join Angela Taylor for a night of Live painting both online and in person in conjunction with Angela’s book launch and a reading from of, “Forever on Fire: A love letter to Fitting in.” Event will take place on April 4 from 8 to 10pm at the Park Theatre at 698 Osbone st., Winnipeg, with the doors opening at 7pm. Tickets are available for this as both an online event and an in-person event.
In Angela Taylor’s book, “Forever on Fire: A love letter to Fitting in.” she writes about how it is to be wired differently as a neurodiverse person. The book explores both complex and confounding questions, offering a fresh perspective on neurodiverse people with their attributes and abilities that should be celebrated. In her book she shares a collection of anecdotes, journal entries, poetry and artwork to inspire others to also heal from their similar journeys or to build an understanding of those who are neurodivergent or living with other mental health challenges. As a clinical therapist, supportive person Angela expresses to others what its like to live with PTSD, childhood abuse, and trauma and the discusses the coping methods used to manage their day to day. Angela is also an artist working on a goddess project helping others with Body Positivity towards stronger mental health.
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Pink Panda (they/them/she/her), a Winnipeg Street artist, creates visual works that encourage one to explore the emotions and experiences of thought and feeling that arise in the present moment. They use colourful and intricate line work to create urban and abstract art, and cartoon work using a variety of mediums such as chalk, acrylics, spray paint, and UV reactive paints.
https://pinkpanda.ca/about
Kisa MacIsaac (she/her), is Métis, a mother, an educator, and an artist. She creates custom art and illustrations, often inspired by the beautiful floral beadwork art of her Metis ancestors. She creates art that reflects traditional teachings, medicinal plants, and the power and beauty of land and water. Kisa facilitates wellness through art workshops, and believes that art is a medicine – a powerful tool for healing and wellness.
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Kisa MacIsaac and Pink Panda are known for their support of other organizations through their art practice. They will speak on self love and respect for who they are as well as their own art practice. Guest speaking, Music, poetry, and painting will be featured throughout the evening.

WINTERRUPTION - Ila Barker / Vsuvius / Paper Machetes
2022-04-03 21:00 - 23:30 | X-Cues Billiards, 551 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 1W4, Canada
Winterruption 2022 – Ila Barker / Vsuvius – Sunday, April 3 at X-Cues Cafe & Lounge

Ila Barker
With soul and voice as smooth as warm honey, singer songwriter Ila Barker captures audiences with her sweet melodies and dynamic presence. Ila is of mixed Anishinaabe and settler heritage with roots running deep in the Manitoban prairies, seasoning her craft with rich history and powerful textures.
Coming from a long line of storytellers, she fuses authentic and timeless notes creating moments of serenity and blissful escape. Ila has brought her craft to an array of national festivals and stages including the Regina Folk Festival, the Winnipeg Folk Festival and the sākihiwē festival. In the summer of 2019 Ila opened up a sold out show for Jeremy Dutcher at the Indian River Festival in PEI.
In February of 2020 Ila released the “Let Go” single, an atmospheric and stripped down collaboration with UK based artist Milan André that was recorded off the floor in one take in
the northern Cree nation of Nemaska, Quebec. “Let Go” landed on the National Indigenous Music Countdown, and climbed up the charts for three months straight hitting the top 15. Currently Ila is in the planning stages of future releases. Ila has been songwriting and sharing her stories for over 10 years now. In 2011 she was awarded first place in the NCI Jam for her original song “The Tree Song”. In 2013 Ila released her debut self-titled EP which continues to be heard on radio and satellite stations across North America. Her songs “Home” and “Complete” charted on the Indigenous Music Countdown and both hit the #1 spot quickly. Having started her career organically, Ila keeps roots in the community by offering and participating in artistic and professional development workshops and local art initiatives. Currently Ila is sitting on the Manitoba Music Indigenous Music Steering Committee and the FACTOR Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She created and facilitates a nationally- funded local music workshop program called AIRsessions, which primarily hires local Indigenous artists, and delivers mentorship to youth ages 13-25. During the school year she works with Indigenous youth in Cree communities in northern Quebec, teaching songwriting and music production.
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Vsuvius
Your friendly neighbourhood dynamic range production & DJ duo comprised of members V + S and based out of Treaty No. 1 Land aka Winnipeg, MB.
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Paper Machetes
Cinematic power pop with soul from the cold plains of Manitoba.
Paper Machetes is led by Christy Taronno who has been enigmatically contributing her songwriting to various projects for years. Her songs have been featured in theatre (Bizarro Obscure 2014, Manic Pixie Dream Girl 2015, Uncomfortably Live 2017,) television (Wynter 2018,) and film (CBC Short Doc – Exposed Nerves 2018, Ruthless Souls 2020.)
After Taronno made a connection with drummer Danny Nguyen playing in the alt rock band SETTLERS in 2013, they decided to form a new, more indie sounding project in 2016. That year, Paper Machetes released their first EP “The True Life EP.” In Fall 2021, after a year of distanced collaboration with producer Justin Delorme, Paper Machetes will be releasing a new EP, “Balancing Act.” It will feature an earthy, modern vintage sound that explores themes of existentialism and hope in the face of it.
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COVID-19 Protocols
The West End Cultural Centre will continue to require that patrons wear facemasks and show proof of vaccination for all events in the venue.
We will continue to evaluate this policy as circumstances evolve.

WINTERRUPTION - The Noble Theifs / Joe Curtis / The Prairie Joggers
2022-04-02 21:00 - 2022-04-03 00:00 | X-Cues Billiards, 551 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 1W4, Canada
Winterruption 2022 – The Noble Thiefs / Joe Curtis / The Prairie Joggers – Saturday, April 2nd at X-Cues Cafe & Lounge

The Noble Thiefs
Drawing from early punk and all eras of soul music, The Noble Thiefs have cut their teeth on international festival stages for over a decade. The veteran group has created a sound that’s all their own and ever evolving.
The group’s latest hip-hop-influenced release, Superglue, will take you back to the era of music videos on the TV. Its patchwork samples and boom-bap beat shed a beacon of light on a cold, dark world. A true DIY effort, the self-produced song and video reflect a band owning the whole creative process and doing it their damn selves.
The Noble Thiefs have toured extensively over the years, playing everywhere from New Orleans and NYC to London, England. Festivals like Milwaukee Summerfest, Liverpool SoundCity and FOCUS Wales have helped them build an audience abroad. Local festivals and club gigs have made them hometown heroes in their beloved Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Joe Curtis
Joe’s music has been warmly described as an intimate and compelling blend of roots, rock, folk, pop, and blues. He creates a space filled with musical moments that borrow from the past, but live in the present. Songs carried by powerful melodies and his soulful voice. Whether playing a house concert or packed club, his shows take listeners from reflective moments to soulful searing blues and R&B, all delivered with the passion to raise people out of their seats.
In addition to working regularly playing his music around his hometown of Winnipeg, Joe is also frequently sought out for live and studio session work.
An important part of Joe’s life is his work investing time in his musical community. One example, is his 10 year plus relationship teaching and mentoring youth in programs at Broadway Neighbourhood Centre in Winnipeg. He is also a founding member of Winnipeg’s Prairie Soul Collective of Afro/Canadian musicians. Always working, you can catch Joe either solo or with his band playing regularly around Winnipeg. In addition to his ongoing work supporting many musical projects around Winnipeg, Joe is also working on his debut release.
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Prairie Joggers
As founding members of local blues-rock group Odder than the Otters, Goertzen (vocals, guitar) and Hill (drums) have played on stages across Manitoba, including Festival Du Voyageur and Rockin’ the Fields of Minnedosa. Their debut single, “Hola Luna”, was listed on the top 50 songs chosen by judges/panelists for 2018’s CBC Searchlight Competition.
Goertzen and Hill return to their roots with The Prairie Joggers, the next step in a song writing partnership that has developed through garage bands, coastal beach towns, countless bars and riverside rendezvous. Released November 2019, the duo’s first single, “Moments Happen”, is a raw and energetic first step back into the music scene, a preface for the release of their debut EP.
Recorded by Micah Erenberg at Mustard House Studios, The Prairie Joggers debut EP combines down and out barroom blues with beachy daydreams. Blending easy listening melodies with warm drum tones, raw acoustics and tremolo leads (performed by Erenberg himself), the release acts as an overview for the duos range in mood and style. The self titled EP is now available on all streaming services.
Since their spring release in 2020, the duo has kept busy experimenting with grittier tones, writing new songs and refining their inhouse recording and production. They eagerly await the day they can start booking shows, tours & anything else that gets them out of the house & back on the road.
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COVID-19 Protocols
The West End Cultural Centre will continue to require that patrons wear facemasks and show proof of vaccination for all events in the venue.
We will continue to evaluate this policy as circumstances evolve.

WINTERRUPTION - Vagina Witchcraft / Kilusan / The Rules
2022-04-02 20:00 - 23:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
WINTERRUPTION 2022 – Vagina Witchcraft / Kilusan / The Rules at the West End Cultural Centre – Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 8:00pm

Vagina Witchcraft
Fronted by nonbinary poet & activist Kayla Fernandes, Vagina Witchcraft dives headfirst into deeply personal topics concerning mental health, depression, heartbreak & anger. The 4-piece doom metal-hardcore band from Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, draws influence from classics like Black Sabbath combined with the sheer, combative energy of hardcore punk.
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Kilusan
Kilusan is a filipinx tagalog visayan queer femme interdisciplinary artist and educator born & based on Treaty No. 1 Territory (Winnipeg). Kilusan has spent their lifetime training in a variety of dance styles including b-girling, hip hop, house, vogue, waacking, dancehall and afrobeat. Their music collection is filled with their favourite funk, soul, jazz, rock, disco, hip hop, house, latin, dancehall, afro-beats, and filipino classics.
A graduate from Mama Cutsworth’s DJ Academy for All Women and Non-Binary Folks, they have been playing their favourite tracks at events all over Winnipeg since 2018. Kilusan has DJed with Queer People of Colour Winnipeg, Synonym Art Consultation, DJ Bles-sed (Montreal), DJ Maseo at Bastid’s BBQ 2019, Kay Gee and Vin Rock of Naughty By Nature, and Skratch Bastid (Toronto) for Boogie’N’Brunch.
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The Rules
The Rules are a three piece punk rock band from Winnipeg, Canada. Established in 2017, the band includes Kim (vocals/guitar), Karla (bass), and Johanna (drums).
The Rules recorded their five song EP in July 2018 at Private Ear Recording in Winnipeg with producer John Paul Peters. The first single off the EP, “Ghost Girls”, was released October 30th, 2018 on Bandcamp.com.
The band recently opened for California hardcore punk band Death By Stereo, as part of the two day punk rock SOS Fest at The Park Theatre.
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COVID-19 Protocols
The West End Cultural Centre will continue to require that patrons wear facemasks and show proof of vaccination for all events in the venue.
We will continue to evaluate this policy as circumstances evolve.

Dance with the Dead
2022-04-02 20:00 - 23:00 | MB
Park Theatre Presents

Dance with the Dead
Saturday, April 2nd, 2022

the BUZZ Vintage and Handmade CO OP Pop Up Shop
2022-04-02 11:00 - 15:00 | The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 2B9, Canada
Vintage and Hand Made CO-OP

Saturday, April 2nd, 2022
Doors 11 am
Shop 11 am till 3:30 pm
Vintage and Hand Made

WINTERRUPTION - Andino Suns / Dr. Henry / El Leon & The Strangers
2022-04-01 21:00 - 2022-04-02 00:00 | X-Cues Billiards, 551 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 1W4, Canada
Winterruption 2022 – Andino Suns / Dr. Henry / El Leon & The Strangers – Friday, April 1st at X-Cues Cafe & Lounge

Andino Suns
Andino Suns grew out of the desire for Andrés Davalos to recreate the music he’d grown up listening to at home. His parents were exiled to Canada when a fascist dictatorship took over their homeland, Chile, in the early 70s. Though they found peace in Canada, Andrés’ parents missed terribly the way of life from which they had been violently uprooted. They continued to surround themselves with their Chilean culture, passing it down to their children through stories, traditional Andean music and folk dances, and media. It’s no surprise then that a worldview of political activism, hope, and love, underpins the music of Andino Suns.
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Dr. Henry
Portage and Mainers are reknowned for treating their seasonal affective disorder by staying inside to rock and roll when it’s 40 below but here’s a new remedy: a house call from Dr. Henry, ready to treat your SAD with an exciting hit of groovy, hip-shaking, Afro-fusion jazz! Dr. Henry band’s three core musicians met in Winnipeg after moving from Nigeria for higher education pursuits. Their cool sound is shaped by their West African roots as well as familial influences, musical inspirations and collaborations with fellow Winnipeggers. In their vibrant and colourful musical mosaic, you can hear Afro-beat inspired by its master, Fela Kuti, as well as neo-soul and polyrhythmic jazz. It’s delightfully infectious and an instant cure-all. Call the Dr. Henry band for whatever ails you.
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El Leon & The Strangers
El Leon and The Strangers aims at making you rock, dance and think critically. They write and sing original songs that go from the whimsical and fun part of life to the thoughtful and sometimes unsettling lyrics about social realities. It is a band formed by South American rockers established in Winnipeg. Together they fusion Rock with folk elements from each of their cultures of origin, using a myriad of world instruments such as hand drums, charangos, quena, accordions, among other. During their first year the band played almost every venue at their local scene of Winnipeg. In 2019 the band released their first single called “Cumbia Baby” produced and engineered at Private Ear studios in Winnipeg. Promoting that single they played in various out of province venues including The Marquee, Calgary, AB, The 40 Brandon, MB, and Fiestaval Latin festival in Calgary. In that festival they opened for the Chilean Rock Legend “Los Prisioneros”. Other Winnipeg highlights include successful performances at Folklorama, Reggae and Socca Festival, collaborations with other groups at the Winnipeg Jazz Festival. The band is preparing to hit the road in a full swing western Canada tour in 2020 and the upcoming festival season, with the release of their new self-titled EP. Their ambitious schedule for the near future includes releasing 10 songs during 2020 and completing their first ever Western Canada Tour.
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COVID-19 Protocols
The West End Cultural Centre will continue to require that patrons wear facemasks and show proof of vaccination for all events in the venue.
We will continue to evaluate this policy as circumstances evolve.

WINTERRUPTION - Morgan McMichaels
2022-04-01 20:00 - 22:30 | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B1Z8, Canada
Winterruption presents Morgan McMichaels – April 1, 2022 – 8:00pm at the West End Cultural Centre

Morgan McMichaels is the stage name of Thomas White. A local fixture in Southern California’s drag circuit, White became a reality television personality when he joined the cast of the Season 2 of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
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COVID-19 Protocols
The West End Cultural Centre will continue to require that patrons wear facemasks and show proof of vaccination for all events in the venue.
We will continue to evaluate this policy as circumstances evolve.

NOLA Night - Dirty Catfish Brass Band (sponsored by Torque Brewing)
2022-04-01 19:00 - 2022-04-02 01:00 | Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 234 Main St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C1A8, Canada
World-class 8-piece brass band playing the music of New Orleans in a funky downtown honky-tonk. What more do you need to know?

The Dirty Catfish Brass Band bring New Orleans Night back to the Times Change(d)! Early and late shows! 10pm show features an opening set by the Funky Miracles.
