The end of an Era?

It feels like the end of an era. Canada’s oldest company, The Bay, may soon be closing its doors.

On a personal note, I have fond childhood memories of visiting The Bay on Portage Avenue with my parents, heading up to the sixth-floor Paddlewheel Restaurant for a meal.

I was always fascinated by the working paddlewheel; it was pure magic to me as a kid.

MARQUEE EVENTS

🍷🍽️ Visit Winnipeg’s Pumphouse as it recently named one of the top 5 buildings in the Americas (link)

🎷 Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra 🎻

• Rajaton Sings Queen; March 21 & 22; 7:30pm (link) 

• How to Grow an Orchestra; March 23; 2pm (link)

🎭 Manitoba Theatre Centre

• King James ends this weekend with performances on March 21 and 22 (link)

• Casey and Diana starts March 19th (link)

RBC CONVENTION CENTRE EVENTS

World of Wheels 2025 👽March 21 - 23: 3pm - 6pm (link)

MBiz Breakfast: 2025 Provincial Budget Review with Hon. Adrien Sala, Minister of Finance; March 21: 7:30 - 9:30am (link)

Pharmacists Manitoba Conference: March 22 - 23 (link)

Terpsichore - Dance Convention March 22 - 25 (link)

WINNIPEG WHISPERS
(lesser known Winnipeg events)

Speed Friending @ U of Manitoba designed for students at the U of M; Meet new friends at this speed friending event. It’s a fun in-person gathering designed to help you make meaningful connections quickly. March 21, 2025: 11:30am - 1pm (link) 

🍁FAMILY FRIENDLY🍁

Here are some fun things to do with the family this weekend!

🐟 Free Ice Fishing Festival @ FortWhyte Alive 1961 McCreary Road March 22; 10:00 am - 4:30 pm (link)

• It’s a family-friendly day on the ice with free admission, all fishing equipment provided, and expert guides to help you get started. Watch live seminars to improve your fishing skills, no fishing license needed! Try your luck with catch-and-release fishing, enter exciting prize drawings, and enjoy full ASL accessibility for all participants.

🖼️ Sunday Admission Free at Canadian Museum for Human Rights Canadian Museum for Human Rights; March 23 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm (link)

👩🏼‍🔬 Provincial Engineering and Geoscience Week Children’s Activities @ Kildonan Place Shopping Centre; March 23 @ 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm; (link)

• Discover the excitement of STEM through interactive activities where you can construct your own structures, engineer bridges, and excavate geological specimens; all at no cost! Parents must be with their children.

LIVE MUSIC

Friday
Belle's Kitchen + Music Hall // Cohen Sieg, Mitchell Makoons, Apple Fire, The Honest Faces (Live at Belle’s)
The Rec Room // Stephanie Westdal
Park Theatre // Bush Lotus, Peter Harder, Hera (Bands as Bands 24 – Chappell Roan x Sabrina Carpenter x Lana Del Rey)
Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club // Merin, Leon's Getting Larger, Joe Madden, Strawberry Punch
Park Alleys // The Same Old Shtick
Greendoor // Sandman, Ed Riley, Serachie

Saturday
Belle's Kitchen + Music Hall // Justin Séguin, Scott Richards, McMillan’s Camp Boys, Orvis (Live at Belle’s)
Millennium Library // Xander Boulard, Ben Notes, Skyblues (Folk Fest in the City)
La Roca // Saulo & Alex
Park Theatre // The Fuse (A Benefit for Habitat for Humanity)
West End Cultural Centre // The Arrogant Worms
Desautels Concert Hall - University of Manitoba // Anat Cohen Quartetinho (Spotlight on Izzy Asper Jazz Performance)
Public Domain // Beth, Smashed Glass, Dru Capote
Park Alleys // Adam T Elvis (At the Sock Hop)
Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club // Ridley Bent, Leaf Rapids
The Toad in the Hole // Brett Schulz
Exchange Event Centre // SNACKIE, Jerilyn Bulaong, Keisha Booker (Soul Supreme: For the R&B Girlies)

Sunday
Belle's Kitchen + Music Hall // Chris Harris, Jane Fuentez, Double Bourbon Duo, Casati (Live at Belle’s)
Fort Garry Hotel // "Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn and Joe Henderson"
Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club // Big Dave McLean