Winnipeg Folk Festival Concert SeriesNew Ways is a new album by Montreal’s Leif Vollebekk, his hotly anticipated follow-up to the Polaris Prize finalist Twin Solitude. It’s a record that lives between the kick and the snare, in that instant of feeling before the backbeat.“The way that it was is the way it should be,” Vollebekk […]

Winterruption 2022 - Ila Barker, Brunswick & Bobby Dove - Thursday, January 27, 2022 at X-Cues Cafe & LoungeJonny MoonbeamBusy scrolling through his intergalactic newsfeed, lunar lad of mystery jonny moonbeam totally did not see that spy satellite he clipped, summarily crashing his spacecraft just outside Ottawa and catapulting right into the middle of a […]

Winterruption 2022 - Priyanka's Drag Show - Friday, January 28, 2022 at The West End Cultural CentreThe West End Cultural Centre, Real Love Winnipeg and our partners across 5 other prairie cities are disappointed to announce that due to the ongoing surge of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the country, Winterruption WPG 2022 will […]

Winterruption 2022 - Andino Suns / Dr. Henry / El Leon & The Strangers - Friday, January 28, 2022 at X-Cues Cafe & LoungeAndino SunsAndino 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 […]

Winterruption 2022 - The Noble Thiefs / Joe Curtis / Prairie Joggers - Saturday, January 29, 2022 at X-Cues Cafe & LoungeThe Noble ThiefsDrawing 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 […]

WINTERRUPTION 2022 - Vagina Witchcraft / DJ Kilusan / The Rules at The Handsome Daughter - Saturday, January 29thVagina WitchcraftFronted 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 […]

WINTERRUPTION - Alex Maher / Ila Barker / Vsuvius - Sunday, January 30, 2022 at X-Cues Cafe & LoungeAlex MaherAlex’s music is a masterclass in instrumentation. Fusing jazz chops with classic soul influences, funk, and electro-pop, his songwriting explores human connection in the Anthropocene. A Filipino-Canadian multi-instrumentalist and loop artist, Alex’s solo performances showcase his […]