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Festival du Voyageur is in the books for its 49th year and drew in 93,400 people over the 10 days.
According to numbers released Monday, attendance at official sites was up this year, but attendance at Voyageur Park dropped 10 percent. Officials contribute the latter to cold weather during Festival’s first weekend and changes in ticketing, mainly limiting the number of people who can enter Voyageur Park each day.
By Michelle Bailey (@MichelleBailey1)
WINNIPEG — Stefan Riel fondly remembers when his parents and siblings were the official voyageur family of Winnipeg’s Festival du Voyageur “at some point in the early 90’s.”
“That was a lot of fun and the cabane à sucre was always one of my favourite stops during festival,” Riel said, as he held his two-year-old son Everett who was having his inaugural lick of snow maple taffy while inside the popular sugar shack.
WINNIPEG — Western Canada’s largest winter festival is underway at the 49th annual Festival du Voyageur. An easy fix for those winter blues can be as easy as making a visit to Voyageur Park in St. Boniface.
WINNIPEG — Festival du Voyageur officials are prepared as ever to put on Western Canada’s largest winter festival for the 49th year beginning Friday.
With a new executive director at the helm, visitors will notice some changes this year as the festival refocuses its efforts on attracting families.
Western Canada’s largest French-Canadian winter festival is coming up quickly and ChrisD.ca wants to send you there!
Festival du Voyageur is February 16-25, making for 10 days of fun at venues across the city, bringing you music, food, culture and plenty of outdoor winter activities at Voyageur Park in St. Boniface.
WINNIPEG — Festival du Voyageur has always been family-friendly, but organizers are doubling down on all-ages entertainment this year to mark the 49th edition of western Canada’s largest outdoor winter festival.
The 2018 lineup was unveiled Tuesday at Fort Gibraltar, setting the stage for what visitors can expect next month.
WINNIPEG — A wintry race at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers is calling out volunteers to assist.
The Wild Winter Canoe Race on February 19 is a friendly competition on groomed snow tracks where teams of five race with one leg in and one leg out of a canoe.
Between Movember, Decembeard and now the upcoming Festival du Voyageur Beard Growing Contest, many Winnipeg men are rocking the scruffy look.
Four categories will determine the best beard: clean shaven, open, voyageur beard (wild and woolly) and novelty (groomed moustache or beard).
