Free Your Spirit at the 10th annual
WHOOP
&
HOLLAR
Folk Festival
Music. art. nature. community.
August 24 & 25, 2024 \\ Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
2023 Mainstage Schedule
Saturday, August 26th — 12:00 noon 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)
11:30 am: Indigenous Ceremony Begins (Drum Song & Blessing)
11:55 am: Opening Emcee Remarks
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Kael Sauerborn
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm: Madeleine Roger
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Marco Castillo
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm: Mark Reeves
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Violet Vopni
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm: SUPPER BREAK
6:45 pm - 8:00 pm: High Gravity Stew Brew Fusion Workshop: Heartsleeve, Violet Vopni, Mark Reeves, and Jace Bodner joined by Chris Messytone + Gareth Rice
8:15 pm - 9:15 pm: Heartsleeve
9:40 pm - 10:40 pm: Indian City
11:00 pm - 12:00 am: Jace Bodner
Midnight: Closing Remarks; Jam Sessions begin hosted by $2 Bill and his Bad Pennies
Sunday, August 27th — 1:00 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: Nelson Little + Christa Lucas
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm: Deacon Creek
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Shay Wolf
4:30 pm: Closing Remarks
Red Barn / Harlequin Hangout Schedule
Acoustic Open Jam Sessions between acts
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm: Rhea Goertzen
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm: Rhea Goertzen
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm: Rhea Goertzen
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm: Dance In Ur Pantz (led by Monika Machado, Manitoba Country Voice People's Choice Winner)
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm: Bicycle Face
9:15 pm - 9:40 pm: Bicycle Face
10:40 pm - 11:00 pm: Bicycle Face
12:00 am - Campfire Jam Sessions Begin
Saturday, August 26th — 1:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Big Top / Family Tent Schedule
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm: LuLu and the TomCat (songs, dancing, storytelling, puppetry)
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm: LuLu and the TomCat
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm: LuLu and the TomCat
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm: $2 Bill and His Bad Pennies
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Creative Corner Art Station (bubbles, storytelling, arts and crafts, hula hoops, painted rock scavenger hunt, etc.