Manitoba’s largest multicultural festival is getting a funding boost from the province to strengthen its viability and accessibility.
Manitoba’s largest multicultural festival is getting a funding boost from the province to strengthen its viability and accessibility.
WINNIPEG — The province’s largest multi-cultural summer festival has been axed this year.
Folklorama is taking that tradition up a notch with The Great Manitoba Social, March 16 at the RBC Convention Centre.
WINNIPEG — Folklorama’s 49th annual multicultural party is in the books for another year, but organizers are pushing forward already with bigger plans for 2019.
The Tango is a partner dance that originated in the 1880’s along the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay.
In its seventh year as a pavilion at Folklorama, organizers of Spirit of Ukraine chose to celebrate the Ukrainian holiday of Ivana Kupala.
As I took my seat at the final show of the evening at the Irish pavilion, I noticed a printed sheet listing fun facts about Irish pubs.
I chuckled when I discovered Folklorama’s Africa/Caribbean pavilion that celebrates countries known for being hot was taking place at a curling club.
WINNIPEG — Gone are the days of waiting outside in a muggy line to see your favourite Folklorama pavilion.
Folklorama is celebrating its 49th year, making the two-week multicultural event a highlight of anyone’s Winnipeg summer checklist.
Manitobans are primed to enjoy their summer at some sort of festival. Leading the events that most Manitobans will find themselves at this season is the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
The soon-to-be former executive director of Folklorama has a new position lined up with the Manitoba Theatre for Young People (MTYP).