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Canad Inns Picnic at the Park
2015-07-01 13:00 - 23:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Assiniboine Park, 55 Pavilion Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3P 2N6, Canada
CELEBRATE OUR NATION’S BIRTH AT THE ANNUAL CANAD INNS PICNIC IN THE PARK WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2015!
Highlights …

Great entertainment on the Lyric Stage from 1:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Children’s entertainment from 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Post your photos using #CanadInnsPicnic and you could win great prizes
FREE Canada Day birthday cake at 3:30 pm
Manitoba’s largest selfie in front of the Lyric Stage at 4:00 pm
Spectacular FIREWORKS at 10:40 pm

PARK’N’RIDE
Park your vehicle at the Canadian Mennonite University as of 1 pm and the Asper Jewish Community Campus as of 6 pm and ride Winnipeg Transit to the Park courtesy of Canad Inns.
For more info call 1-888-33-CANAD or go online: canadinns.com

Hamilton @ Winnipeg
2015-07-02 19:30 - 22:30 | Investors Group Field, 315 Chancellor Matheson Road, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 1Z2, Canada

Summer Music Series at the Lyric Theatre: Streetheart
2015-07-03 20:30 - 22:00 | Assiniboine Park, 55 Pavilion Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3P 2N6, Canada
There are few things better than spending a warm summer evening at Assiniboine Park listening to the melodies and harmonies from the Lyric Theatre mingle with the rustle of the leaves in the breeze.
Showtime: 8:30 pm to 10 pm

WWE Live SummerSlam Heatwave Tour
2015-07-04 19:00 | MTS Centre, 300 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 5S4, Canada
The WWE will return to MTS Centre on Saturday, July 4, 2015 for its SummerSlam Heatwave Tour!
Expected to make an appearance are:

WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins
Roman Reigns
Ryback
Bray Wyatt
Bad News Barrett
and many more!

Tickets start at $15.

WWE Live
2015-07-04 19:30 - 22:00

Journey 2015 Canadian Tour
2015-07-06 19:30 | MTS Centre, 300 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 5S4, Canada
Blazing hotter than ever with the lineup of founder Neal Schon (lead guitar and backing vocals), Jonathan Cain (keyboards and backing vocals), co-founder Ross Valory (bass and backing vocals), Deen Castronovo (drums, percussion and backing vocals) and Arnel Pineda (lead vocals), Journey has created some of the best-known songs in music, such as “Wheel In The Sky,” “Separate Ways,” and “Faithfully.”
The group’s seminal anthem – “Don’t Stop Believin’” – is one of the top-selling catalog tracks in digital history, after being featured in the last scene of the electrifying series finale of HBO’s ‘The Sopranos’ and then reaching another level of stratospheric success when it was covered by the cast of FOX’s wildly successful series ‘Glee.’ Three decades after its original release, “Don’t Stop Believin'”has reached a new class of young fans and multiple generations are welcoming this legendary band, as it continues to bring its signature sound of classic hits and new favorites around the world.
Over the years Journey has earned multiple accolades, including 19 Top 40 singles; producing 25 Gold and Platinum albums; and receiving a Diamond certification for its Greatest Hits album, marking U.S. sales in excess of 15 million. In 2011, they drew nearly a million fans to their Eclipse World Tour and was awarded the prestigious “Legend Of Live Award” at the Billboard Touring Awards in honor of their significant and lasting contributions to live music and the touring business, and in acknowledgement of their commitment to the fans and the art of performing live.

Journey
2015-07-06 19:30 - 22:30

John Mellencamp: The Plain Spoken Tour
2015-07-08 19:30 | Centennial Concert Hall, 555 Main St, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 1C3, Canada
John Mellencamp will be playing Centennial Concert Hall on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 for his The Plain Spoken tour.
The Grammy winner will embark on an 80-date tour starting that kicks off in January. At 62-years-old, hes considered one of rock’s great voices of the American heartland. John Mellencamp has been actively recording and touring for nearly four decades.
Known in his early career as Johnny Cougar, and later John Cougar Mellencamp, he celebrated numerous hits in the 1980s, including “Jack and Diane,” “Lonely Ol’ Night,” “Pink Houses,” “Hurts So Good” and “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.”
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Wiz Khalifa with Classified and P Reign
2015-07-08 20:00 | MTS Centre, 300 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 5S4, Canada
The show will highlight Wiz’s 2014 album Blacc Hollywood – blacc referring to the early 80’s rock and roll feel- and will feature numerous hits such as “Black and Yellow”, “Work Hard, Play hard”, “We Dem Boys”, and his latest #1 single from the Fast and Furious 7 soundtrack, “See You Again”.
Wiz Khalifa is known for bringing a new indie flare to hip-hop and an original feel to each album. On his 2009 tour, Deal or No Deal, Wiz earned the title of “Rookie of the Year” from multiple top media sources such as BET and MTV. Wiz has made multiple appearances on Forbes list and Grammy award categories.

Wiz Khalifa
2015-07-08 20:00 | MTS Centre, 300 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 5S4, Canada

Montreal @ Winnipeg
2015-07-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Investors Group Field, 315 Chancellor Matheson Road, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 1Z2, Canada

Summer Music Series at the Lyric Theatre: Ultimate Escape
2015-07-10 20:30 - 22:00 | Assiniboine Park, 55 Pavilion Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3P 2N6, Canada

Reebok Spartan Race
2015-07-11 | Grunthal Motocross Recreation Centre, 28 Westland Drive Steinbach, Grunthal, Manitoba, R5G 1N4, Canada
Reebok Spartan Race is the world’s largest obstacle race that challenges entrants to discover their “inner warrior”. The courses are 5km+ with 15+ obstacles scattered throughout. The participants go off in limited size waves every 30 mins starting at 8:00am. At the finish line, all successfully completed racers receive a Spartan t-shirt and medal to show off with pride as we celebrate with live music and beer gardens on-site. This obstacle event is for all levels of fitness and promotes self-esteem, teamwork and accomplishing goals!

2015 Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival
2015-07-15 - 2015-07-26
The 28th Annual Winnipeg Fringe Festival will take place from July 15 – 26, 2015. Original, accessible, cheeky – these are just some of the adjectives used to describe North America’s second-largest Fringe Theatre Festival. For 12 days every July, more than 180 companies from around the world present comedy, drama, dance, improv, musicals and more while Old Market Square comes alive with non-stop entertainment on the Outdoor Stage.

Summer Music Series at the Lyric Theatre: Ron Paley Big Band
2015-07-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Adrenaline Adventures, 600 Caron Rd, Headingley, Manitoba, R4H 1B4, Canada
There are few things better than spending a warm summer evening at Assiniboine Park listening to the melodies and harmonies from the Lyric Theatre mingle with the rustle of the leaves in the breeze.
Showtime: 7 pm to 8:30 pm.

MTS Super-Spike 2015
2015-07-17 - 2015-07-18 | Maple Grove Rugby Park, 190 Frobisher Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2N 3Z1, Canada
MTS Super-Spike is a combination of Western Canada’s biggest beach/outdoor volleyball tournament, mixed in with a two day outdoor concert series, all set in a festival atmosphere. No other festival is like it, and it has truly become one of Manitoba’s most anticipated weekends each summer. 2015 will mark the 14th anniversary for MTS Super-Spike, and plans are in the works to make it the biggest and best event to date! Best part yet, Super-Spike is a not-for-profit charitable event with every dollar raised going to support the Winnipeg based National Women’s Volleyball Team.

Ai-Kon 2015
2015-07-17 - 2015-07-19 | RBC Convention Centre, 375 York Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 3J3, Canada
Are you ready for Manitoba’s premiere anime convention? Ai-Kon is coming back for another non-stop weekend celebrating the geekish hobbies we know and love, from Japanese animation to comics, video games, costumes and so much more!
Ai-Kon has continued to grow due to local demand for a nearby convention surrounding Japanese animation and its’ associated media and subcultures. If you’re in the area, please stop by and check it out; we’re certain you’ll like what you see. And for any travellers among you, Winnipeg is a city rich with history and culture, so a trip to Ai-Kon may have even more than you bargained for.
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and priced as follows:
All 3 days: $50
Fri: $24
Sat: $34
Sun: $22

Marvel Universe Live!
2015-07-23 - 2015-07-26 | MTS Centre, 300 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 5S4, Canada
Watch your favourite Marvel Super Heroes including Spider-Man and The Avengers (Iron Man, Black Widow, Hulk and more) and threatening villains come to life in an action-packed arena extravaganza.
Winnipeg Show Dates:

Thursday, July 23 at 7:00pm
Friday, July 24 at 7:00pm
Saturday, July 25 at 11:00am
Saturday, July 25 at 3:00pm
Saturday, July 25 at 7:00pm
Sunday, July 26 at 11:00am
Sunday, July 26 at 3:00pm

Marvel Universe LIVE! will captivate audiences with an authentic and original story that brings more than 25 Marvel icons together on one epic quest. The Cosmic Cube, the source of ultimate power and one of the most feared and coveted treasures in the Marvel Universe, has been shattered into pieces by the Mighty Thor in order to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. With the pieces scattered across the globe, Thor’s villainous brother Loki devises a scheme to clone its powers, inciting a threat that could not only decimate Earth but also obliterate the Universe.
You’ll definitely feel the energy with cutting-edge special effects, pyrotechnics, aerial stunts, martial arts, motorcycles and more. It’s being hailed as the most technically advanced live show ever. Join Marvel fans of all ages for this monumental performance. The fate of the universe depends on it!

Meet Mark Tewksbury at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
2015-07-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 85 Israel Asper Way, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 0L5, Canada
The public is invited to meet Canadian swimming legend Mark Tewksbury at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on Thursday, July 23 from 2 p.m.to 3 p.m. and view a new exhibit about sports and human rights, in which Tewksbury is featured. The exhibit has been developed for the Year of Sport in Canada (2015). It is located in the Museum’s introductory “What are Human Rights?” gallery. Regular admission fees apply.
Tewksbury won a gold medal in the 100-metre backstroke at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, but did not feel safe coming out publicly as a gay man until 1998. Since then, he has been a tireless advocate for the rights of athletes of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

Marvel Universe Live (23-26)
2015-07-23 19:00 - 22:00, 2015-07-24 19:00 - 22:00, 2015-07-25 19:00 - 22:00, 2015-07-26 15:00

One Direction
2015-07-24 19:00 - 22:30

One Direction ON THE ROAD AGAIN 2015 Stadium Tour
2015-07-24 20:00 | Investors Group Field, 315 Chancellor Matheson Road, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 1Z2, Canada
The ON THE ROAD AGAIN 2015 stadium tour has traveled through North America, Australia, Japan and South East Asia in support of their new album FOUR.
Canadian dates includes stops in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and best of all… Winnipeg!
“We could not be more excited about the new tour. We’ve started rehearsing songs from the new album and can’t wait for the fans to hear them live. We’re just so very thankful to our amazingly loyal fans – they make it possible for us to play in these incredible places and continue to surprise us every day with their unwavering support.”
With a staggering 94 number ones and over 46 million records sold, in just four short years, One Direction have gone from energetic pop upstarts to international superstars. As the band’s song writing becomes more personal with each record, FOUR is set to be their most stunning yet. The album follows the global success of their huge sell out WHERE WE ARE stadium tour and the 3D film documentary THIS IS US. Fans also had the opportunity to relive this summers’ tour with the release of their second film WHERE WE ARE: THE CONCERT FILM, which broke records as the biggest ever Event Cinema audience across one weekend. The WHERE WE ARE: THE CONCERT FILM DVD will be released on Dec. 2. Add all this to their 3 billion YouTube views, 109 million combined Twitter followers and 33 million Facebook fans and it’s clear that Liam, Harry, Louis, Niall and Zayn genuinely are a worldwide phenomenon.

Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Folklorama Kick-off
2015-07-25 16:00 - 23:00 | The Forks, 123 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 3H6, Canada
Join us in kicking off the 2015 Folklorama Festival! This is a FREE event that offers fun for the whole family, including the MTS Marketplace, interactive children’s activities and cultural demonstrations. The mainstage show, featuring cultural performing groups, starts at 6:00pm. The evening will be capped off with a spectacular fireworks display at 10:45pm.

5 Seconds of Summer
2015-07-29 19:30 - 22:30

5 Seconds of Summer
2015-07-29 20:00 - 22:00 | MTS Centre, 300 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 5S4, Canada
Pop punk sensations 5 Seconds of Summer, the Australian version of One Direction, will be at MTS Centre on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 for their Rock Out With Your Socks Out Tour.
It will be the band’s first-ever North American headlining tour. The tour kicks off on July 17, 2015 at the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas. It will stop by 30 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada. Canadian stops include Toronto, Vancouver, and Edmonton.
5 Seconds of Summer’s self-titled debut album on Capitol Records rocketed to the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 moving 258,000 units. 5 Seconds of Summer are special guests on the One Direction Where We Are World Tour.

BC @ Winnipeg
2015-07-30 19:30 - 22:30 | Investors Group Field, 315 Chancellor Matheson Road, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 1Z2, Canada

Downtown Drive-In: Back to the Future Part II
2015-08-01 21:00 - 23:00 | City Place Parking Lot, Carlton St & Graham Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C, Canada
The Downtown Drive-In is back for the second year in a row. The screening will take place at MPI’s cityplace parking lot (behind the MTS Centre) every Saturday in August.
This years movie theme is Sci-Fi and they’ve got a great line up for us:

August 1: Back to the Future Part II
August 8: WALL-E
August 15: Inception
August 22: Guardians of the Galaxy
August 29: Jurassic World

Showtime: Parking lot opens at 7:30, movies start at sundown.
The screenings are FREE for people arriving on bikes, transit, or on foot. If you prefer to take in the true Drive-In experience and be in your car, you can reserve a parking space for $10.
Parking spaces are first come first serve. Visit http://downtownwinnipegbiz.com/programs-services/events/downtown-drive-in/ to reserve your space.
Food and beverages will be available on site.
