Aboriginal Advisory Group

The Winnipeg Folk Festival has an Aboriginal Advisory Group that offers guidance on our relations with the Aboriginal community. This group coordinates a Sacred Fire Ceremony at the opening of each festival, and assists in the development of the year-round community outreach programs we offer.

Celebrating Our Indigenous Roots

To the indigenous people of Manitoba, the site of the Winnipeg Folk Festival at Birds Hill Provincial Park is significant in that it is located in the geographical centre of the continent, between – The Forks in Winnipeg, and Manitou Api in Whiteshell Provincial Park. For centuries past, these places have been home to gathering, sharing, and ceremony by indigenous people from all over the region.