LEARN MORE ABOUT MANITOBA HOMECOMING 2010 INSIDE! TO ALL THE THINGS SEE AND DO WINNIPEG VISITOR’S GUIDE WELCOME TO WINNIPEG This year’s Guide is your ticket to everything happening in Winnipeg in 2010. Destination Winnipeg has teamed up with Manitoba Homecoming 2010 and Travel Manitoba to bring you a Visitor’s Guide packed with even more attractions and special events! Add to this, Winnipeg’s designation as one of Canada’s Cultural Capitals for 2010 and you have even more reasons to make this year your best vacation ever. Welcome to Winnipeg – you ain’t seen nothing yet! 2 Your ticket to arts, culture, This year, Destination Winnipeg along with eight local arts groups, Travel Manitoba and festivals, special events and more! Manitoba Homecoming 2010 launched Winnipeg has always off ered visitors a wide the Culture on Every Corner campaign to range of things to see and do, but with so promote Winnipeg’s busy year-round calendar much going on in 2010, it’s an embarrassment of performances and exhibits. The website, www.cultureoneverycorner.ca and online of riches. This year’s Guide is evidence of this community, the Cultured Club is a fantastic way as it’s our largest and most comprehensive of having your fi nger on the pulse of Winnipeg’s ever. The special Manitoba Homecoming 2010 arts scene, including access to special ticket off ers section at the back is your go-to guide for for upcoming shows and more. Homecoming’s signature events. Add to this Travel Manitoba’s listing of the province’s top events and you have a complete Guide to the Book online and get biggest, the smallest, the most popular, the the package deal quirkiest and the best of what Winnipeg and With so much going on, you’ll want to take Manitoba have to off er you, your family and advantage of our package off ers. From family your friends in 2010. getaways, to girlfriends’ shopping and spa packages, to couples’ escapes and more, our Winnipeg’s designation as one of Canada’s packages come complete or a la carte so that you Cultural Capitals for 2010 solidifi es what we can choose from a great selection of attraction here have always believed; Winnipeg is a hub passes based on what you like to see and do. for some of the fi nest cultural and performing To book online packages, visit the Destination arts groups in Canada. Planned events to Winnipeg website and select the book in recognize and support the many benefi ts of Winnipeg link, or go direct at arts and culture in the community include a www.destinationwinnipegreservations.ca. free River Barge Festival at The Forks, a story- Select from our regular attraction passes and telling project in every neighbourhood, the packages or build your own from a large fi rst Canadian International Cello Festival, a assortment of Winnipeg-based Homecoming 2010 off ers. A complete list of Manitoba-wide massive multi-site exhibition of contemporary Homecoming packages can be found at indigenous art from around the world, and www.manitobahomecoming2010.com. much more. We’ll continue to update activities on our online calendar of events and with links to the Winnipeg Arts Council. Winnipeg – your ticket to fun in 2010 Top left : Assiniboine Credit Union River Trail Bottom Left: Winnipeg Skyline Above: Winnipeg International Children’s Festival 3 A Message from the Premier A Message from the Mayor Message du premier ministre Message du maire Welcome to Manitoba. From all corners of our It is my pleasure to welcome you to Winnipeg, province we are thrilled to present an array of the Heart of the Continent. world-class getaways. I invite you to fi nd the An exciting and event-fi lled year is planned for right destination for you and your family with Manitoba Homecoming 2010. This year-long the 2010 travel guides. celebration is the perfect time to experience the Whether it be the untouched wilderness and very best our city has to off er, from unique dining, pristine lakes of our provinicial and national great shopping destinations, exciting live sporting parks, the remarkable variety of restaurants, events and arts and culture on every corner. music, visual arts, festivals and cultural events While here, I invite you to take in one of our city’s in our vibrant multicultural urban sities, or many exciting year-round festivals. Discover your watching the Aurora Borealis dance in the joie de vivre at the Festival du Voyageur, take a trip northern sky, the great destinations of Manitoba around the world at Folklorama, enjoy live outdoor are sure to please. music at the Winnipeg Jazz Festival or take in a If you are a fi rst time visitor to our great cutting-edge performance at the Winnipeg Fringe province or a local explorer searching for new Theatre Festival. Whatever your interest, there is experiences, I encourage you to discover something for everyone in Winnipeg. Manitoba. Your next great adventure awaits you! On behalf of my esteemed colleagues at City Hall and all the citizens of Winnipeg, welcome to our city, I hope you enjoy your stay. Bienvenue au Manitoba. De tous les coins de la province, nous sommes ravis de vous présenter une panoplie d’escapades. Je vous invite à C’est avec plaisir que je vous souhaite la trouver la destination qui vous convient, à vous bienvenue à Winnipeg, au cœur du continent. et votre famille, dans les guides de voyage 2010. Une année emballante et féconde en Qu’il s’agisse de la faune et des lacs vierges événements est prévue pour Retrouvailles de nos parcs provinciaux et nationaux, de la Manitoba 2010. Cette année de célébrations variété remarquable en matière de restaurants, constitue le moment opportun pour découvrir de musique, d’arts visuels, de festivals et le meilleur de ce qu’off re notre ville, comme d’événements culturels dans nos villes vibrantes des expériences gastronomiques uniques, et multiculturelles, ou encore des aurores d’excellentes destinations de magasinage et boréales qui dansent dans le ciel nordique, les des manifestations sportives en direct des plus superbes destinations du Manitoba sauront excitantes, sans oublier les arts et la culture à sûrement plaire. chaque coin de rue. Si vous êtes un nouveau visiteur dans notre belle Pendant votre séjour, je vous invite à participer à province ou un explorateur local à la recherche l’un des nombreux festivals annuels. Découvrez de diff érentes expériences, je vous encourage à la joie de vivre au Festival du Voyageur, faites découvrir le Manitoba. Votre prochaine grande un voyage autour du monde à Folklorama, aventure vous attend! appréciez des spectacles en plein air au Festival de jazz de Winnipeg ou assistez à une pièce de théâtre d’avant-garde au Festival de théâtre Fringe de Winnipeg. Peu importe vos intérêts, il y de quoi pour tous les goûts! Greg Selinger Au nom de mes collègues hautement respectés Premier of Manitoba à l’Hôtel de ville et des citoyens de Winnipeg, Premier ministre du Manitoba je vous accueille dans notre ville et j’espère que vous profi terez de votre séjour. Warm regards, Sincèrement, Sam Katz Mayor of Winnipeg Maire de Winnipeg 4 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Corydon Avenue . .8 & 53 Gas Station Theatre . .12 Prairie Dog Central Railway . 46 Downtown . .9 Geocaching and GPS Adventures . .59 Prairie Theatre Exchange (PTE). 14 Exchange District . .9 & 53 The Golf Dome . .13 Promenade Taché / Grey Nuns Walkway . 38 The Forks . .9 Graffi ti Gallery. .31 Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders Old St. Boniface / Grand Beach Provincial Park . .50 of Canada Museum . 39 Winnipeg’s French Quarter . .9 Grand Prix Amusements . .20 Rainbow Stage . 16 Osborne Street South . .9 Grant Park Shopping Centre . .52 Red River Co-op Speedway . 16 Osborne Village . .9 & 53 Grant’s Old Mill . .36 Red River Exhibition . 26 Entertainment. 10 Harbour View Recreation Complex . .50 Red River Valley Swap Meet Family Fun . 20 Heartland Travel - & Old Car Festival . 25 Festivals and Events . 22 Haunted Winnipeg Bus Tours . .59 Riel House National Historic Site . 39 Galleries . 30 Historical Museum of Routes on the Red . 61 Homecoming Events . 66 St. James-Assiniboia . .36 Ross House Museum . 39 Museums / Historical . 34 IMAX® Theatre Winnipeg . .13 Royal Canadian Mint . 47 Of Interest . 42 Ivan Franko Museum . .36 Royal Winnipeg Rifl es Parks . 48 Johnston Terminal . .44 Regimental Museum. 39 Shopping . 52 Jazz Winnipeg Festival . .26 St. Andrews Rectory National Historic Site . 39 Sports . 54 Ken Segal Gallery . 31 St. Boniface Cathedral-Basilica . 39 Golf . 56 Kildonan Park . 50 St. John’s Cathedral and Cemetery . 39 Tours . 58 Kildonan Place Shopping Centre . 52 St. Vital Centre . 53 King’s Park . 50 St. Vital Park . 51 2010 CN Canadian Women’s Open . 28 La Barrière Park . 51 Saison Voyageur. 23 Aboriginal Day Live 2010 . 26 Leo Mol Sculpture Garden . 49 Sarasvati Productions Femfest 2010 . 28 Academy Road . 53 Little Mountain Park . 51 Science Gallery . 37 Air Force Heritage Museum and Air Park . 34 Little Opera Company . 13 Seven Oaks House Museum . 40 Assiniboia Downs . 54 Living Prairie Museum . 36 The Skateboard Plaza at the Forks . 45 Assiniboine Forest . 48 Louis Riel’s Tomb . 36 Speedworld Indoor Kart Track . 16 Assiniboine Park . 49 Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site Splash Dash River Tours, Charters Assiniboine Park Conservatory . 49 of Canada . 36 and The River Spirit Water Bus . 61 Assiniboine Park Zoo . 49 Lyric Theatre . 49 Springhill Winter Sports Park . 16 Assiniboine Credit Union River Trail . 23 Maison Gabrielle - Roy . 36 Team Canada Volleyball . 55 BDO Classic Canadian Open . 23 The Manito Ahbee Festival . 29 Teddy Bears’ Picnic .