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festivals A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival c ...
of diverse types, such as regional festivals, commerce festivals,
fairs A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. Fairs are typically temporary with scheduled times lasting from an afternoon to several weeks. Types Variations of fairs incl ...
, food festivals,
arts festivals An arts festival is a festival that can encompass a wide range of art forms including music, dance, film, fine art, literature, poetry and isn't solely focused on visual arts. Arts festivals may feature a mixed program that include music, lit ...
, religious festivals,
folk festivals A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods. Handicra ...
, and recurring festivals on holidays. The city hosts several large
festival A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival ...
s each year including
Winnipeg Folk Festival The Winnipeg Folk Festival is a nonprofit charitable organization with an annual summer folk music festival held in Birds Hill Provincial Park, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The festival features a variety of artists and music from around the ...
, Winnipeg Jazz Festival, and Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival.


Arts festivals

*Dance Manitoba Festival *Winnipeg International Burlesque Festival * Winnipeg Crankie Festival


Art festivals

* Manitoba Fibre Festival *
Nuit Blanche Nuit Blanche () (White Night) is an annual all-night or night-time arts festival of a city. A Nuit Blanche typically has museums, private and public art galleries, and other cultural institutions open and free of charge, with the centre of the ...
Winnipeg * Wall-to-Wall Mural & Culture Festival * Winnipeg Design Festival


Comedy festivals

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Winnipeg Comedy Festival The Winnipeg Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival, held in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Created by the Osborne Village Cultural Centre in collaboration with CBC Radio, performances from the festival are also broadcast as a radio series on CBC Radio ...
*Winnipeg Improv Festival


Film festivals

*Architecture+Design Film Festival * Canadian International Comedy Film Festival * Cinémental * FascinAsian Film Festival *
Freeze Frame International Film Festival The Freeze Frame International Film Festival is an annual film festival, which takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The festival presents an annual program of children's films, in both English and French, at the Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centr ...
*L'Alliance Française French Film Festival * Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival *
Reel Pride Reel Pride is an annual gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and two-spirit film and video festival produced by the Winnipeg Gay and Lesbian Film Society in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Randall King"Reel Pride film fest set to celebrate 35 years" ''Wi ...
*Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival *Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival *Winnipeg Reel to Reel Film Festival *WNDX Festival of Moving Image


Literary festivals

*Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival *
Winnipeg International Writers Festival The Winnipeg International Writers Festival is a Winnipeg, Manitoba based organization that puts together an annual literary festival known as THIN AIR. The festival program runs for a week each fall, and there are also several off-season events reg ...


Music festivals

*Aggasiz Chamber Music Festival *Big Fun Festival *ChoralFest Manitoba *Cluster: New Music + Integrated Arts Festival *Community Bands Festival *Fire & Water Music Festival *
Jazz Winnipeg Festival The TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival is a Canadian jazz festival first held in 1989 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is usually held in June. The festival, organized by the Jazz Winnipeg organization and formerly called the Jazz Winnipeg Festiva ...
*Manito Ahbee Festival * Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition *Manitoba MetalFest *Matlock Festival of Music, Art and Nature *Northern Touch Music Festival *Optimist Concert & Jazz Band Festival *Soca Reggae Festival *Solo & Ensemble Festival *Summer of Sound *Together Again *
Winnipeg Folk Festival The Winnipeg Folk Festival is a nonprofit charitable organization with an annual summer folk music festival held in Birds Hill Provincial Park, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The festival features a variety of artists and music from around the ...
*Winnipeg New Music Festival


Theatre and stage festivals

* FemFest * Manitoba Drama Youth Festival * Royal MTC Master Playwright Festival (2001-2021) * Winnipeg Improv Festival * Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival


Other festivals

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Winter Wonderland *CURRENT Winnipeg *Doors Open Winnipeg *Dragon Boat Festival *Festival of Fools *Keep the Fires Burning * Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries ManyFest *MayWorks Festival of Labour and the Arts *
Pride Winnipeg Pride Winnipeg Festival is a 10-day LGBT pride festival, held annually in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. * Red River Exhibition *Rodarama * Science Rendezvous Winnipeg *Spur Winnipeg *Summer Entertainment Series at Assiniboine Park *Teddy Bears' Picnic *Winnipeg Fish Festival Children's festivals *
Winnipeg International Children's Festival The Winnipeg International Children's Festival, also known as Kidsfest, is a children's festival held annually at The Forks National Historic Park. The festival is run by "Winnipeg International Children's Festival", which is a charitable, non-pr ...
(KidsFest)


Cultural festivals

*Aboriginal Day Live & Festival *Asian Canadian Festival *Canada's National Ukrainian Festival *Culture Days *
Festival du Voyageur The Festival du Voyageur is an annual 10-day winter festival that takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The event is held during each February in Winnipeg's French quarter, Saint-Boniface, and is western Canada's largest winter festival. It ...
* Folklorama *Manitoba Ukrainian Dance Festival *Polish Fest *Tarbut: Festival of Jewish Culture *Winnipeg Chinatown Street Festival *Winnipeg Irish Festival *Winnipeg Scottish Festival


Food & beverage festivals

*Flatlander's Beer Festival *Rotary RibFest *Winnipeg Whiskey Festival *Winnipeg Wine Festival


Pop culture festivals

* Ai-Kon - Anime convention *Central Canada Comic Con *Manitoba Comic & Sci-Fi Expo *Winnipeg Comic & Toy Expo


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Festivals A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival c ...