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2025 Mainstage Schedule

Saturday, August 23rd — 11:00 am to 12:00 midnight
 

Cottonwood Acres — Provincial Road 331, RM of Portage la Prairie

11:00 am: Gates Open (10:00 am for tent campers)

11:45 am: Indigenous Blessing 

12:00 pm: Opening Greetings from Dignitaries & Emcee Remarks 

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm: Johnny Dietrich

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm: Katherine Fischer

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Tracy K & Jamie Steinhoff Blues Duo

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm: Linden Drive

5:15 pm - 6:30 pm: High Gravity Stew Brew Fusion Workshop: 

Featuring Valdy (Host), Kelly Bado, and Tracy K Blues Duo - joined by Chris Messytone and Gareth Rice

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Leaf Rapids

8:20 pm - 9:20 pm: Valdy

9:40 pm - 10:40 pm: Kelly Bado

11:00 pm - 12:00 am: Midbrain Surfers

Midnight: Closing Remarks; Campfire Jam Sessions hosted by Peter Adams

(all attendees who aren't registered to camp must depart the festival grounds after midnight)

Sunday, August 24th — 12:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Ukrainian Connection Bandstand — Island Park, Portage la Prairie
"Folk in the Park" - Free Concerts






 

12:00 pm: Park Venue Opens

12:45 pm: Opening Remarks

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Shawn Pallister

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm: The Janzen Boys

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Valdy

4:30 pm: Closing Remarks

Red Barn / Harlequin Hangout Schedule

Acoustic Open Jam Sessions between acts (at 2:30 pm, 3:45 pm, 5:15 pm, and 7:00 pm)

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm: Arnie Clark

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm: Roger Fournier

4:45 pm - 5:15 pm: Arnie Clark

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm: Roger Fournier

8:00 pm - 8:20 pm: Fernanda

9:20 pm - 9:40 pm: Fernanda

10:40 pm - 11:00 pm: Fernanda

12:00 am - Campfire Jam Sessions Begin (hosted by Peter Adams)

Saturday, August 23rd — 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm

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Big Top / Family Tent Schedule

MUSIC:

1:00 pm - 1:15 pm: Judy & Ruby (Children's Music)

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm: Judy & Ruby

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm: Judy & Ruby

4:45 pm - 5:00 pm: Judy & Ruby

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm: TBA

ACTIVITIES:

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Creative Corner Art Station hosted by Visions of Independence (bubbles, photo stand-in board, all-ages arts and crafts (t-shirt stamps and felting), colouring books, hula hoops, painted rock scavenger hunt, etc.)

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Big Games hosted by Basement Theatre (Giant Connect 4, Giant Yahtzee, and Lawn Darts)

3:00 pm: Storytelling with Rachel Clarke

Saturday, August 23rd — 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm

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