Free Events and Activities Happening on Valentine’s Day
FEATURED EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Lights On the Exchange is a free winter public art festival featuring large-scale light projections and installations by Canadian and Manitoban artists. The artworks are spread throughout the Exchange District and can be explored at your own pace.
Music & Makers: Love Edition is a free two-day event celebrating local love with live music, unique makers, and small businesses at The Forks Market. Guests can enjoy performances by local artists while shopping for one-of-a-kind gifts and supporting the local creative community.
Manitoba Winter Trails Day celebrates winter trails across the province with guided hikes, snowshoe adventures, and drop-in activities at select provincial parks. Manitobans can also enjoy free access to provincial parks throughout February, with special programming on Winter Trails Day at locations including Birds Hill, Clearwater Lake, Spruce Woods, and Whiteshell Provincial Parks.
IKEA Winnipeg is bringing back its $1 Traditional Breakfast on Valentine’s Day. IKEA Family members can enjoy a classic hot breakfast from opening until 11:00 AM, with proceeds supporting Breakfast Club of Canada.
Central Park Winterfest invites families to bundle up for an afternoon of free activities, warm snacks, live music, and cozy bonfires. Wide park paths and open space make it easy to enjoy the winter vibes with kids, strollers, or sleds.
Kigamikamin brings the community together for the Sweetheart Powwow at the RBC Convention Centre. This free event features Grand Entries at 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM, a feast at 5:00 PM, host and co-host drums, head dancers, and special guests. Donations of non-perishable food items, new mitts, hats, and socks are gratefully accepted in support of Morgan’s Warriors.
DOWNTOWN
The Winnipeg Wellness Expo brings together health and wellness professionals, products, and services for a day of education, demonstrations, and inspiration focused on proactive well-being. Admission: $12.00 at the door ( general admission. children 14 and under no charge with adult)
This special Valentine’s edition of Dalnavert’s Second Saturdays program invites families to explore the historic home while enjoying free crafts and family-friendly activities.
The Women’s Memorial March of Manitoba honours Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people through a peaceful public gathering and march.
AROUND WINNIPEG
The East End Carnival Event is a multi-day community celebration featuring a hockey tournament, carnival games, a pancake breakfast, and a silent auction, with activities for all ages.
This free one-hour outdoor tour explores new and fan-favourite Warming Huts along the Nestaweya River Trail, guided by Tineke Buiskool-Leeuwma. Tours are weather permitting and ticketed.
The Mobile Ski Library brings cross-country skis, snowshoes, kicksleds, and adaptive equipment to Living Prairie Museum for a free, family-friendly winter outing. All ages and abilities are welcome.
This in-person program features a hoop dance performance by Brian Clyne with singing by Clifford Spence, followed by a short workshop exploring the origins and meaning of hoop dance for children and families.
FREE INDOOR SKATING
Free Swim and Loonie/Toonie Swims
Sat: 6:30 – 9:45 p.m. (Youth swim)
ADULTS 18+ ONLY
Catch The Goods live on the Mainstage at McPhillips Station Casino for two nights of late-night live music. This is an 18+ event.
Enjoy live performances by Crow Dogs at Loft 180 for two nights at McPhillips Station Casino. This event is open to guests 18 and older.
NEAR WINNIPEG
This guided snowshoe adventure invites youth and adults ages 11+ to explore the Nimowin Trail with a Manitoba Parks interpreter while learning to identify animal tracks, scat, and other signs of winter wildlife. Snowshoes are provided or participants may bring their own, and the experience wraps up with hot chocolate around a bonfire.
VERY CHEAP ($10/Person Or Less)
Cineplex Family Favourites presents How to Train Your Dragon, a live-action adaptation following Hiccup and his unlikely friendship with Toothless. This Valentine’s Day morning screening offers a budget-friendly way for families to enjoy a big-screen adventure together.
Cost: $5.49 per person (includes online booking fee).
