Free Your Spirit at the 10th annual
WHOOP
&
HOLLAR
Folk Festival
Music. art. nature. community.
August 24 & 25, 2024 \\ Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
2024 Mainstage Schedule
Saturday, August 24th — 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 Ceremony Begins with Elder Darryl Taylor (Buffalo Stone) - Drum Song & Blessing
12:00 pm: Opening Emcee Remarks
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm: Fred Acoby
1:20 pm - 2:20 pm: Alana Levandoski
2:40 pm - 3:40 pm: Woody Holler & His Orchestra
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Fire & Smoke
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm: SUPPER BREAK (events in Red Barn and under Big Top; see below)
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm: High Gravity Stew Brew Fusion Workshop: Ben Sures,
Fire & Smoke, and Just Prince, joined by Chris Messytone + Gareth Rice
7:40 pm - 8:40 pm: Ben Sures
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Sweet Alibi
10:30 pm - 12:00 am: Hello Fiasco
Midnight: Closing Remarks; Campfire Jam Sessions begin hosted by TBA
(all attendees who aren't registered to camp must depart the festival grounds)
Sunday, August 25th — 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: Heather Jean Jordan
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm: Just Prince
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Yaadies
4:30 pm: Closing Remarks
Red Barn / Harlequin Hangout Schedule
Acoustic Open Jam Sessions between acts (around campfire)
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm: Bob Kriski
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm: Don Adams
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Anne-Marie Williot
7:15 pm - 7:40 pm: Elliot Feeling
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm: Elliot Feeling
10:00 pm - 10:30 pm: Simply Kara
12:00 am - Campfire Jam Sessions Begin (hosted by Roger, Kara, and the Sundawg Sideburns)
Saturday, August 24th — 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Big Top / Family Tent Schedule
1:00 pm - 1:20 pm: The Singing Gardener (song & theatre performance)
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm: The Singing Gardener
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm: The Singing Gardener
5:00 pm - 5:20 pm: The Porteous Family Old Time Band
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Creative Corner Art Station hosted by Visions of Independence (bubbles, storytelling, arts and crafts, hula hoops, painted rock scavenger hunt, etc.