Posted by Tyler Sutherland Five-time Grammy Award winner Robert Cray is coming back to Winnipeg in support of his record This Time. The American blues guitarist last performed in Winnipeg back in 2007. Tickets for the October 3 show at the Garrick Centre go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday through Ticketmaster for $37.50. [...]

Australian country music stars Jetty Road were in town Wednesday night for the first of two shows at the Pyramid Cabaret. The band is no stranger to Manitoba, having previously performed at Dauphin’s Countryfest in 2008. The country music “Group of the Year” is made up of identical twin sisters, Lee and Paula Bowman, and [...]

Winnipeg fans of Aerosmith are eager to see the legendary rockers after numerous cancellations, but on Wednesday, September 8, the band will definitely be here. Singer Steven Tyler and the rest of the gang are playing MTS Centre in just over a week and ChrisD.ca wants to send you to the show. We’re giving away [...]

It was all about the past over the weekend as the 38th Annual Cooks Creek Heritage Day was held Sunday in the RM of Springfield. The yearly event highlights the prominent Ukrainian settlement in Cooks Creek, and recognizes the other handful of ethnic members in the community. The skies cleared from the dreary weather which [...]

The first ever River Barge Festival at The Forks is in the books and organizers couldn’t be more pleased. Despite the rainy weather on Saturday, the festival pushed forward as planned, albeit under the canopy to keep the performs and their equipment dry. Thousands of people made The Forks a stop on their schedules, as [...]

Hundreds of people at The Forks took in a number of stellar performances on Wednesday from the many bands in this year’s River Barge Festival lineup. The first-ever event is unique for Winnipeg, and one that Arts for All hopes will return next year based on its early signs of success. On the first day, [...]

Australian country music stars Jetty Road are coming to Winnipeg next month with special guests Keith and Renée. The band is currently on tour playing some of Canada’s biggest musical festivals, and will be in the city September 1 and 2, 2010. Tickets for the show at the Pyramid Cabaret are $10 at Ticketmaster, Kustom [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein Grammy award-winning artist Judy Collins will play the Winnipeg Art Gallery on Monday, November 8. The 71-year-old has over 30 albums to her name and an induction into the Grammy Hall of Fame for her recording of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now.” Collins recorded her first album when she was 22 [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland A unique venue has been created for a five-day music festival this week at The Forks. The River Barge Festival runs August 25-29 and will see bands performing on a floating barge in front of the Forks’ Historic Port. The free festival includes performances by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Manitoba Theatre [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein American country music singer-songwriter Brad Paisley will bring his H2O World Tour to MTS Centre on Thursday, October 7 with special guests Darius Rucker and Justin Moore. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 27 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for $50 and $93.50. Paisley’s Western Canadian tour will also take him [...]

CLEAR LAKE, Man. — Ghosts and goblins don’t usually appear until late October, but in Clear Lake over the weekend, an exception was made. Children ran up and down the streets of Wasagaming, Manitoba on Saturday collecting candy as part of Manitoba Homecoming 2010′s weekend celebrations. Stores and restaurants in the downtown area handed out [...]

The 100th anniversary of Lockport’s St. Andrews Lock and Dam was celebrated over the weekend, complete with a commemoration delivered by a stand-in for former Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier on Saturday. The main stage provided free family entertainment all weekend long under bright skies and warm Manitoba air, including performances by the Foster Martin [...]