Events Calendar
Thursday, Jan 01 to Thursday, Mar 26
Oyster Nights Under Patio Lights
The Common and Raw Bar Oyster Co. are back with Oyster Nights Under Patio Lights!
Patio season doesn’t have to end in summer. Join us every Thursday this winter for fresh oysters and seafood paired with a drink from The Common. Whether you are skating in or stopping by, settle in by the fire and enjoy the winter ambiance
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: The Forks Market Patio
Sunday, Jan 04 to Thursday, Mar 26
Learn to Winter: DJs on Ice
Enjoy lively tunes as you skate with local DJs spinning tunes under the canopy throughout the day!
SCHEDULE
- JAN 4 - Princess Die
- JAN 11 - M.C. LUV
- JAN 18 - Afro Child
- JAN 25 - Wanda G
- FEB 1 - DJ Kap
- FEB 8 - DJ Kap
- FEB 15 - DJ Kilusan
- FEB 22 - Dray
- MAR 8 - DJ Kap
- MAR 15 - DJ Kilusan
- MAR 22 - Apt 300
- MAR 29 - Wanda G
Programming will run each weekend, weather permitting. Stay tuned to social media (Instagram: @TheForksWinnipeg and Facebook) for any updates due to weather cancellations or changes.
A huge thank you to Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries for sponsoring this year's Learn to Winter! Your support is making it that much easier for visitors to get outside and enjoy all of what winter has to offer.
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: The Canopy
Sunday, Jan 04 to Monday, Jan 26
Learn to Winter: Storytelling in the Teepee
Join Elder Barbara Nepinak around the fire in the teepee for stories and drumming.
Programming will run each weekend weather permitting. Stay tuned to social media (Instagram: @TheForksWinnipeg and Facebook) for any updates due to weather cancellations or changes.
A huge thank you to Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries for sponsoring this year's Learn to Winter! Your support is making it that much easier for visitors to get outside and enjoy all of what winter has to offer.
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: The Forks Market Patio
Sunday, Jan 04 to Saturday, Feb 28
Learn to Winter: Learn to Skate
Take to the ice with guided skating lessons every Sunday from a series of local instructors. Lessons are offered on a drop-in basis, first-come, first-served. Participants must meet in the Tower Atrium of The Forks Market.
All ages and skill levels are welcome. Guests are invited to bring their own equipment. Skate rentals are available at Iceland's Skate Rentals in The Forks Market.
Programming will run each weekend weather permitting. Stay tuned to social media (Instagram: @TheForksWinnipeg and Facebook) for any updates due to weather cancellations or changes.
A huge thank you to Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries for sponsoring this year's Learn to Winter! Your support is making it that much easier for visitors to get outside and enjoy all of what winter has to offer.
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: The Canopy
Sunday, Jan 04 to Saturday, Feb 28
Learn to Winter: Winter Wellness
Join local fitness instructor, Matt Koldon, for a different winter workout each Sunday in the CN Field.
Programming will run each weekend, weather permitting. Stay tuned to social media (Instagram: @TheForksWinnipeg and Facebook) for any updates due to weather cancellations or changes.
A huge thank you to Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries for sponsoring this year's Learn to Winter! Your support is making it that much easier for visitors to get outside and enjoy all of what winter has to offer.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: CN Field
Sunday, Jan 04 to Sunday, Mar 29
Learn to Winter: Ice Basketball
Join the Winnipeg Sea Bears each month for ice basketball on the Nestaweya River Trail.
DATES:
- January 4
- February 8
- TBA March
Programming will run each weekend weather permitting. Stay tuned to social media (Instagram: @TheForksWinnipeg and Facebook) for any updates due to weather cancellations or changes.
A huge thank you to Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries for sponsoring this year's Learn to Winter! Your support is making it that much easier for visitors to get outside and enjoy all of what winter has to offer.
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: CN Field and Stage
Wednesday, Jan 14 to Monday, Feb 16
Learn to Winter
Discover the joy of winter with The Forks Learn to Winter programming! Join us every weekend from January to February for free activities that celebrate our proud winter city.
Activities
Click here for a full list of each week's events and registration links.
All Learn to Winter activities are free and open to the public and will run each weekend, weather permitting. Stay tuned to social media (Instagram: @TheForksWinnipeg and Facebook) for any updates due to weather cancellations or changes.
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Multiple Locations
Saturday, Jan 24 to Monday, Feb 16
Warming Huts Tours
Discover new and fan favourite Warming Huts on a free one-hour tour at The Forks!
Tineke Buiskool-Leeuwma will take visitors to the Nestaweya River Trail and guide them through the art and architecture competition on ice.
Tours will leave from the Travel Manitoba building at The Forks. Please arrive on time. If you are late, you will join the tour along the way and will likely find the group on Nestaweya River Trail.
TOUR DATES: January 24, January 31, February 7, February 14, February 16 (Louis Riel Day).
**Tours take place outside and are weather permitting. Please dress for the weather and wear appropriate footwear. In case of extreme weather, the tour will be cancelled by 10:00AM on the day of and participants will be notified by email. Tour participation is at your own risk.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: Nestaweya River Trail
Wednesday, Jan 28 to Saturday, Feb 28
Learn to Winter: Storytelling in the Teepee
Join Elder Barbara Nepinak around the fire in the teepee for stories and drumming.
Programming will run each weekend weather permitting. Stay tuned to social media (Instagram: @TheForksWinnipeg and Facebook) for any updates due to weather cancellations or changes.
A huge thank you to Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries for sponsoring this year's Learn to Winter! Your support is making it that much easier for visitors to get outside and enjoy all of what winter has to offer.
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: The Forks Market Patio
Saturday, Jan 31
BeattheCold Triathlon
Beat the Cold is an annual triathlon hosted by 1JustCity and TriFactor Triathlon Club where weekend warriors, super athletes and fun-letes will run, bike, and skate in the frigid February weather.
January 31 2026, 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: The Event Space (2nd floor, The Forks Market)
Saturday, Jan 31
Full Moon Ceremony
The Full Moon Ceremony is a collaboration between Sunshine House, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc MMIWG Liaison Unit (MKO), The Link, Manitoba Moon Voices (MMVI), Women’s Health Clinic (WHC), Inaadiziwin, Native Clan Organization, Inc. (NCO), Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities and Medicine Bear, Ka Ni Kanichihk. This Ceremony is open to the community at large; all genders and cultures are invited to join together for teachings about feminine energy’s relationship with Grandmother Moon. Anyone who identifies with feminine energy is invited to participate in the Ceremony. Those who identify with masculine energy are invited to attend, but will observe. If you can, we ask relatives to bring your own chair, rattles and/or drums, as well as a water container to fill and take home after the Ceremony (if you wish).
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Oodena Celebration Circle