Events Calendar
Friday, Dec 27 to Sunday, Jan 05
Winter Break Activites | CMHR
This holiday season, from December 27 until January 5, enjoy free admission to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, along with a full program of creative activities!
December 27 - January 5
Location:
Wednesday, Jan 01
New Year's Day 2025
Join us on January 1, as we welcome 2025, Forks-style! A a day full of fun, sounds, movement, culture, community, and winter magic!
From 11AM - 4PM, enjoy a day full of festivities, including drag performances, live music, outdoor activities, yoga classes, crafts, storytelling, and family-friendly workshops. There’s something for everyone to enjoy as we dive into 2025 together!
Visit this New Year's Day event page for details!
11AM - 4PM
Location: Multiple Locations
Friday, Jan 03 to Saturday, Jan 04
Live Music at SMITH
This holiday season, join SMITH, at Inn at The Forks, for an unforgettable live music experience!
From December 11 to January 4, enjoy performances by talented local jazz artists:
- Fridays and Saturdays: 9PM - close
- Wednesdays: 6:30PM to close (except December 25 + January 1)
Check out the full lineup here!
Location: Inn at the Forks
Sunday, Jan 05
Learn to Winter
Learn to Winter invites people to embrace the season through getting active and spending time outside at The Forks. The program is full of activities for all ages and will run every weekend throughout January and February. Activities include:
- Skate and Snowshoe Lessons
- DJs by The Canopy
- Winter Wellness Classes
- Storytelling and Drumming in the Teepee
- Ice Basketball
CLICK HERE for a full list of each weeks' 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, Facebook and X: @TheForks) for any updates due to weather cancellations or changes.
1 PM - 4 PM
Location: Multiple Locations
Thursday, Jan 09
Oyster Nights Under Patio Lights
You're invited to come and enjoy fresh seafood and a drink on The Forks patio! We're EXTENDING INTO FEBRUARY! Every Thursday evening.
We believe evenings on the patio shouldn't be reserved for only the summer months, so The Common is partnering with Raw Bar Oyster Co. to bring you Oyster Nights Under Patio Lights.
Perhaps you skate up along the Nestaweya River Trail, or your plan on skating under The Canopy in a bit, you're snuggled up with a blanket by a bon fire under the twinkling patio lights and enjoying some delicious oysters and other seafood while drinking a glass of something special from The Common. This is what Oyster Nights Under Patio Lights is all about, and you're invited to join in on the fun!
5 PM - 8 PM
Location: The Forks Market Patio
Sunday, Jan 12
Learn to Winter
Learn to Winter invites people to embrace the season through getting active and spending time outside at The Forks. The program is full of activities for all ages and will run every weekend throughout January and February. Activities include:
- Skate and Snowshoe Lessons
- DJs by The Canopy
- Winter Wellness Classes
- Storytelling and Drumming in the Teepee
- Ice Basketball
CLICK HERE for a full list of each weeks' 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, Facebook and X: @TheForks) for any updates due to weather cancellations or changes.
1 PM - 4 PM
Location: Multiple Locations
Thursday, Jan 16
Oyster Nights Under Patio Lights
You're invited to come and enjoy fresh seafood and a drink on The Forks patio! We're EXTENDING INTO FEBRUARY! Every Thursday evening.
We believe evenings on the patio shouldn't be reserved for only the summer months, so The Common is partnering with Raw Bar Oyster Co. to bring you Oyster Nights Under Patio Lights.
Perhaps you skate up along the Nestaweya River Trail, or your plan on skating under The Canopy in a bit, you're snuggled up with a blanket by a bon fire under the twinkling patio lights and enjoying some delicious oysters and other seafood while drinking a glass of something special from The Common. This is what Oyster Nights Under Patio Lights is all about, and you're invited to join in on the fun!
5 PM - 8 PM
Location: The Forks Market Patio
Friday, Jan 17 to Sunday, Jan 19
Sunday, Jan 19
Learn to Winter
Learn to Winter invites people to embrace the season through getting active and spending time outside at The Forks. The program is full of activities for all ages and will run every weekend throughout January and February. Activities include:
- Skate and Snowshoe Lessons
- DJs by The Canopy
- Winter Wellness Classes
- Storytelling and Drumming in the Teepee
- Ice Basketball
CLICK HERE for a full list of each weeks' 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, Facebook and X: @TheForks) for any updates due to weather cancellations or changes.
1 PM - 4 PM
Location: Multiple Locations
Thursday, Jan 23
10x20x20 | Warming Huts 2025
10x20x20 is a special event created to inspire conversations about architecture, design, and creativity. It features 10 presenters, each sharing 20 slides, with 20 seconds per slide. This event's theme will be focused on the 2025 Warming Hut desings, coming to the Nestaweya River Trail this winter.
This event is free and open to everyone.
7:30PM
Location: The Event Space (2nd floor, The Forks Market)
Thursday, Jan 23 to Sunday, Feb 16
RAW:almond
RAW:almond is a three week fine dining festival created and hosted by Deer + Almond Chef, Mandel Hitzer and the founding director of RAW:Gallery of Architecture and Design, Joe Kalturnyk. Each year it takes place at outside at The Forks, in the middle of winter, in a one-of-a-kind temporary structure.
World class chefs gather to create a pop-up restaurant experience like no other.
Learn more about RAW:almond, check out the chef line-up, and get your tickets here!
January 23 - February 16
Location:
Thursday, Jan 23
Oyster Nights Under Patio Lights
You're invited to come and enjoy fresh seafood and a drink on The Forks patio! We're EXTENDING INTO FEBRUARY! Every Thursday evening.
We believe evenings on the patio shouldn't be reserved for only the summer months, so The Common is partnering with Raw Bar Oyster Co. to bring you Oyster Nights Under Patio Lights.
Perhaps you skate up along the Nestaweya River Trail, or your plan on skating under The Canopy in a bit, you're snuggled up with a blanket by a bon fire under the twinkling patio lights and enjoying some delicious oysters and other seafood while drinking a glass of something special from The Common. This is what Oyster Nights Under Patio Lights is all about, and you're invited to join in on the fun!
5 PM - 8 PM
Location: The Forks Market Patio
Friday, Jan 24
ROSEMARY SKOOL | Chukwudubem Ukaigwe's River Poetics
Join ROSEMARY SKOOL for their first event on the Nestaweya River Trail - a screening of River Poetics, where artist Chukwudubem Ukaigwe reads from the poems of NourbeSe Philip, Dionne Brand, Canisia Lubrin, Christopher Okigbo, Chimwemwe Undi, Chim Nwabueze, Sharanpai Puprai, Edouard Glissant, George Elliott Clark, Sonia Sanchez, Sylvia D. Hamilton, and Uchechukwu Umezurike.
When read to and at the site of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, these poems, and Chukwudubem's reading of them, affirm the significance of waterways for understanding diasporic relationality.
Follow ROSEMARY Gallery on instagram for updates on this event and to stay up-to-date on more programming offered at ROSEMARY Skool!
6:30PM
Location: Nestaweya River Trail
Saturday, Jan 25 to Sunday, Jan 26
Saturday, Jan 25
Soul Supreme X Winterruption
Curated by Keisha Booker of Soul Supreme, this night will feature a twelve-piece band, DJ sets, and a cash bar. Step out of the cold and into an immersive soundscape and a wash of purple lights to reunite with old friends and make some new ones, under the disco ball!
This event is presented by the West End Cultural Centre, Synonym Arts Consultation, and Winterruption.
Learn more and get your tickets here!
7:00PM
Location: The Event Space (2nd floor, The Forks Market)
Saturday, Jan 25 to Sunday, Jan 26
WINTERRUPTION | Music in The Forks Market
Wnterruption is back with FREE performances by talented Manitoba musicians!
Enjoy live music in the second floor lounge this weekend with performances by:
- SATURDAY
- Hera Nalam | 12:00PM
- KC is Lazy | 1:00PM
- Gabi Ocejo | 2:00PM
- SUNDAY
- Two Crows for Comfort | 12:00PM
- Chenoa | 1:00PM
- Cec | 2:00PM
- Keri Latimer 3:00PM
Learn more about Winterruption and view their program scheudle here!
12:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: EQ3 Lounge (2nd floor, The Forks Market)
Sunday, Jan 26
Learn to Winter
Learn to Winter invites people to embrace the season through getting active and spending time outside at The Forks. The program is full of activities for all ages and will run every weekend throughout January and February. Activities include:
- Skate and Snowshoe Lessons
- DJs by The Canopy
- Winter Wellness Classes
- Storytelling and Drumming in the Teepee
- Ice Basketball
CLICK HERE for a full list of each weeks' 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, Facebook and X: @TheForks) for any updates due to weather cancellations or changes.
1 PM - 4 PM
Location: Multiple Locations
Tuesday, Jan 28
Arbonne Product Showcase & Business Opportunity Event
Join Claire McKay, independent consultant with Arbornne, for a health and wellness product showcase and business event.
7:00PM
Location: The Event Space (2nd floor, The Forks Market)
Thursday, Jan 30
Oyster Nights Under Patio Lights
You're invited to come and enjoy fresh seafood and a drink on The Forks patio! We're EXTENDING INTO FEBRUARY! Every Thursday evening.
We believe evenings on the patio shouldn't be reserved for only the summer months, so The Common is partnering with Raw Bar Oyster Co. to bring you Oyster Nights Under Patio Lights.
Perhaps you skate up along the Nestaweya River Trail, or your plan on skating under The Canopy in a bit, you're snuggled up with a blanket by a bon fire under the twinkling patio lights and enjoying some delicious oysters and other seafood while drinking a glass of something special from The Common. This is what Oyster Nights Under Patio Lights is all about, and you're invited to join in on the fun!
5 PM - 8 PM
Location: The Forks Market Patio