March 31 – April 2
Posted Every Tuesday before 7 PM.
FEATURED EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Tobogganing Spots in City of Winnipeg Operated Parks
Toboggan Hills Open
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- Civic Park, 901 Kimberley Ave
- Victoria Jason Park, 255 Redonda St
- Harbourview Recreation Complex Open, 1867 Springfield Rd
- Westview Park, 1 Midland St
Winter Slides Closed
All slides are now closd at Bunn’s Creek Park, Fraser’s Grove Park, Kings Park, and St. Vital Park
Festival of Fools
Date: March 25-31
Time: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Venue: Rm 201, The Forks, 1 Forks Market Rd
This 7-day free family festival features jugglers, clowns, acrobats, swinging trapeze and circus workshops and tons of hilarious shows! The WICF “passes the hat” for donations at the end of each show to both present the best in family entertainment and to keep the festival affordable for everyone!
Opening of Inuit Sanaugangit: Art Across Time! @ WAG
Date: March 31
Time: 7 PM – doors open, 7:30 PM – program and cash bar
Venue: 300 Memorial Blvd
Celebrate this massive exhibition featuring over 400 works of art dating from 200 BCE to present day. This evening event will feature throat singing from Inuk artist Goota Ashoona, beats by The Kaptain and a cash bar plus time to explore the exhibition.
Exhibition openings are FREE for everyone, we can’t wait to see you there!
Annual Community Friendship Powwow
Date: April 1
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Venue: Turtle Island Community Centre, 510 King Street
Free Event for anyone to attend and enjoy! Come join us! There will be a feast for all, as well as spot dances, and invited drums.
For more information please contact [email protected]
DOWNTOWN
Free Admission to Winnipeg Police Museum
Date: Open Tuesday to Friday
Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Venue: Winnipeg Police Headquarters, 245 Smith Street
Free Admission
The Winnipeg Police Museum displays many artifacts related to the history of the Winnipeg Police Force, dating from its beginning in 1874.
Free Admission to Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Date: Open Tuesday to Friday
Time: 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Venue: Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 85 Israel Asper Way
Free Admission
The only museum entirely devoted to human rights for all. It is situated on Indigenous ancestral lands on Treaty One Territory and the birthplace of the Métis
Ladies Free Until 10 PM @ The Palomino Club
Date: Every Friday
Time: 9 PM
Venue: Palomino Club, 436 Main St
TGIF! It’s Ladies’ Night at the #PalominoClub! They also got Buns of Steel going down tonight. Don’t miss out!
Winnipeg Scottish Festival
Date: April 1
Time: Solo events start at 9am, bands at 1pm.
Venue: University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Ave
Details TBA.
AROUND WINNIPEG
Easter Egg-stravaganza!!
Date: Mar 31
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Venue: Judy Lindsay Team Reality, 2031 Portage Avenue
FREE 🐣 Egg Hunt
FREE 📸 Photos with 🐰 The Easter Bunny
FREE 🎨 Crafts with the Kiddos
FREE ☕️Hot Chocolate, Treats and MORE!!
Spaces may be limited and RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED so please either call 204.925.2900 or email [email protected] to reserve your spot!
Live Entertainment at Cineplex Junxion
Date: Mar 31
- 6-6:45pm; 8-8:45pm – Chenoa McKelvey
Venue:
Cineplex Junxion, Kildonan Place, 1555 Regent Ave W
Cineplex Junxion features FREE live entertainment every month – no ticket or admission required!
Valour Community Centre Open Gym Times
Clifton Site, 1315 Strathcona St
Friday, March 31 st 6-9pm
Sunday, April 2 nd 10:30am-5:30pm
Isaac Brock 715 Telfer St. N
Friday, March 31 st 6-10pm
Saturday, April 1 st 1-6pm
Sunday, April 2 nd 4:30-6:30pm
Orioles Site, 448 Burnell St.
Friday, March 31 st 6-8pm
Saturday, April 1 st 10:30am-5:30pm
Critical Mass Winnipeg
Date: Fridays
Time: 5:00 PM (leave at 5:30)
Venue: Central Park, 367 Ellice Ave
Critical Mass (CM) is a super fun leaderless group bike ride to celebrate human-powered transportation. We ride slow and together as a group and claim our right to the road!
Hundreds of cities around the world participate every month!
Bell Tower Community Café
Date: March 31
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Venue: Westminster United Church, 745 Westminster Avenue
The Bell Tower Community Café is bringing people together from West Broadway, Wolseley and across Winnipeg. We’re a Friday night coffee house (bi-weekly) where people from all walks of life are making good things together: free eats, free coffee & tea, free live music, and free food hampers for people in the neighbourhood.
Hundreds of cities around the world participate every month!
University of Winnipeg Screening of Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor: Transgender Day of Visibility
Date: March 31
Time: Doors Open: 5:30 PM, Introduction and Film: 6:00 PM
Venue: The UWSA Hive (1st Floor Lockhart Hall), University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage
Introduction by Ande Brown and Brie Villenueve, UWSA 2SLGBTQ+ Students’ Director
Entrance: Pay what you can at door, $10 suggested donation – Donations will be gratefully accepted. No one turned it away for lack of funds.
DAWN, HER DAD & THE TRACTOR is an independent film created and shot in Nova Scotia. It tells the story of a young trans woman returning home after the death of her mother to make peace with her estranged father. As Dawn and her dad begin to restore the old family tractor, they cautiously rebuild their relationship and come to understand the mechanics of the heart.
Live Music @ The Copa
Date: Fridays
Time: 9:30 PM – 2:00 AM
Venue: Kildonan Motor Hotel, 2100 Main St.
No Cover Charge. Food+Drinks $$
Live Music @ Silver Spike Fridays & Saturdays
Date: Every Friday and Saturday
Time: 9:45 pm-1:00 am
Venue: Silver Spike Saloon, 202 Bond St
No Cover Charge. Live band at Silver Spike.
Band On stage at 9:45 PM
At Winnipeg’s best live music destination
LIVE BAND KARAOKE! @ The Good Will – Social Club
Date: April 1
Time: 8:00 PM
Venue: The Good Will, 625 Portage Avenue
Free Admission. Drinks + Food Extra $$$
You’ve always known you’re a rock star, now prove it! It’s your turn to take the spotlight.
Be the leader of the Live Band Karaoke Band, featuring an all-star cast of local musicians! Forget boring midi backing tracks, and rock out with a real band!
Bunny Bash Eggstravangza @ Glenwood CC
Date: April 2
Time: 11:00 am-2:00 pm
Venue: Glenwood Community Center, 27 Overton St
Easter candy scavenger hunt, skate with the Easter Bunny, bouncy castle, crafts and children’s activities, and canteen will be open. This is a free event, however donations towards our Christmas hampers would be greatly appreciated. Please note all children 12 and under must be supervised.
Annual World Autism Day Walk
Date: April 2
Time: 1:00 PM
Venue: Manitoba Legislative Building, 450 Broadway
April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day, come join PACE to walk and raise Autism Awareness!
Free Sportball Trial – Champlain CC
Date: April 2
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Venue: Champlain Community Centre, 282 Niverville
Please join our open house for our Sportball Multi-Sport programs in Winnipeg. Please reserve only one place for your child. No parent registration is required.
Come and try our programs free of charge. Space is limited.
APRIL FOOL’S: Farm Dog Spring Market in WINNIPEG!
Date: April 2
Time: 3 PM – 8 PM
Venue: Robert A. Steen Community Centre, 980 Palmerston Ave.
Free Admission
Farm Dog’s FESTIVAL OF FOOLS Market is just around the corner! Featuring carnival foods, a photo booth, games, a live DJ, 50/50, and a silent auction, this event is perfect for the whole family! Admission is FREE; come and shop over 35 local vendors and grab a hot dog (or veggie dog) while you shop!
Winnipeg Circus Club ~ Practice & Play!
Date: Sundays
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Venue: Broadway Neighbourhood Centre, 185 Young St
Meet ups are FREE for first timers!
Join us for our regularly scheduled WEEKLY programing!
~ Try a Variety of Circus Props Including Unicycle & Tight Rope
~ Explore New Props & Old Favourites!
NEAR WINNIPEG
Manitoba Wildlife Imaginary
Date and Times: March 4-25
Venue: St. Andrews Heritage Centre, 374 River Rd, Saint Andrews, MB
From March 4th-25th, the St. Andrews Heritage Centre will be exhibiting Manitoba Wildlife Imaginary, a whimsical collection of 20 paintings and stories from the inner life of Manitoba animals by artist Brian Longfield.
Free admission.
Free refreshments every Friday!
FREE SWIM INDOOR POOLS
Stay healthy and have fun by taking a free swim at City of Winnipeg operated indoor pools.
Taka a free swim at City of Winnipeg operated indoor pools.
- Free Swim: designated time for safe activities for everyone; no admission fees apply;
- Loonie / Toonie Swim: designated time for safe activities for all people that meet admission requirements, admission fee for under 18 years is $ 1.00; admission fee for 18 years and over is $2.00;
- Youth Swim: designated time for safe activities for swimmers 9 – 19 years of age.
- Family Swim: designated time for safe activities for families, adults must be accompanied by children and children must be accompanied by adults;
Cindy Klassen Recreation Complex, 999 Sargent Avenue
April 2 – June 10
FREE SWIM Sat 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM
FREE TEEN SWIM Sat 6:30 PM – 9:45 PM (Not open on April 1)
St. James Civic Center 2055 Ness Ave
March 19 – June 10
FREE SWIM Sun 1:30PM – 4:30PM
FREE SWIM Fri 7:30PM-9:30PM
Margaret Grant Pool 685 Dalhousie Drive
March 19 – June 10
Free Swim Fri 8:30am – 9:25am
Free Teen Swim 9-19 years Fri 7:30-9:00pm
Eldon Ross 25 1887 Pacific Avenue West
March 19 – June 10
Loonie/Toonie Swim Sat 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm
St. James Assiniboia Centennial Pool 644 Parkdale
March 19 – June 10
FREE TEEN SWIM 9-19YRS Sat 6:00PM-8:00PM
Transcona Kinsmen Centennial 1101 Wabasha Street
March 19 – June 10
Loonie /Toonie Fri 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Free Youth Swim 9 – 19 yrs. Only Fri 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Elmwood Kildonans Pool 909 Concordia Avenue
March 19 – June 10
Free Youth Swim & Waterslide 9 yrs – 19 yrs Fri 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Free Public Swim Sat 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Seven Oaks Pool 444 Adsum Drive
March 19 – June 10
Free Teen Swim Sat 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Bonivital Pool – 1215 Archibald Street
March 19 – June 10
Free Teen Swim 9-19 years Sat 7:30 PM– 9:00 PM
Kinsmen Sherbrook Pool 381 Sherbrook Street
March 19 – June 17
Free Swim Fri 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Free Swim Sat 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Loonie/Toonie Swim Sun 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Sergeant Tommy Prince Place
March 19 – June 10
Free Swim Sun 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Loonie/Toonie Swim Fri 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Loonie/Toonie Swim Sat 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Free Teen Swim 9-19 years Sat 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Night at the Movies @ Dakota Community Centre
Date: Mar 15
Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Venue: Dakota Community Centre, 1188 Dakota St
Cost: $2 per person / $5 for family (GST Included)
Featuring Minions – The Rise of Gru
Join us for some family-friendly movie nights at Dakota Community Centre this year. We have a giant inflatable screen, a high-end sound system and Centre Ice Cafe to serve up all of your favourite snacks like popcorn, slushies, licorice, candy bars and more!
Cineplex Family Favourites #AlmostFree
Date: Every Saturday
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Price: $2.99
Venue: Scotiabank Theater Winnipeg, 817 St James St
March 31 The Secret Life of Pets 2 – Family Favourites
Weekend plans for the whole gang just got easier! Our Family Favourites program runs movies every Saturday morning, for only $2.99 +tax.
“Almost Free” Market
Date: April 1, 11 AM – 3 PM
Venue: Kilcona Park Alliance Church, 1977 Norris Rd
Join us from 11am-3pm on Saturday April 1st to peruse donated gently used items! Each item will be minimum donation of $1 each, extra donations encouraged. All proceeds will be donated towards our Refugee Fundraising Project – read more here (https://kilcona.org/refugees)!
Sunday Visits at the Winnipeg Fire Fighters Museum #AlmostFree
Date: January 22
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Venue: Winnipeg Fire Fighters Museum, 56 Maple Street
Price: Admission by donation
They offer a glimpse of what fire fighting was like from the 1874 volunteer-era to the present day.
The Manitoba Electrical Museum
Date: Tuesday-Friday
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Venue: 680 Harrow St
Price: $5.00 per person, children 5 years & under free.
Manitoba Electrical Museum and Education Centre is a museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, dedicated to the electrical history of Manitoba.
