As a non-profit, charitable organization, the Winnipeg Folk Festival relies on the support of our community to keep bringing world-class musical experiences to Winnipeg. We are so grateful for the generosity of all our donors for keeping the Festival strong.
$10,000+
- Howard E. Mandshein - In Memory of Lori Sigurdson
$5,000 - $9,999
- Gerry & Chris Couture
- Jonathan Paterson & Angeline Rivard
$2,500 - $4,999
- Amanda Douglas
- Eric Kananoja & Kristine Betker*
- Ocean Trailer
- Wayne Drury - In Memory of Beda Drury
$1,000 - $2,499
- Anonymous
- Gail Asper, O.C., O.M., LL.D & Michael Paterson
- Ted Bock & Liane Chalmers-Bock*
- Tim & Shelly Borys
- Dave Christianson & Vera Steinberger
- Shandra & Brent Czarnecki
- Ben & Shari Diamond
- Jane Frayer - In Loving Memory of David Frayer
- Marie Friesen
- Cathy & Wayne Harder
- Zoë Kogan & Laurence Katz
- Katrina Lee-Kwen & Jeff Neufeld
- Lorne Mack & CindyMarie Small
- Neire Mercer*
- Stuart Murray & Ashleigh Everett
- Herb Peters & Donna Peters-Small
- Rae Optical Ltd.
- Jon Singleton - In Memory of Barbara Hiebert
- Dr. Garry Smith
- David Strang & Kristel van Ineveld*
- Donni and Allan Stern Family Fund
- Phil Veldhuis & Vona Guiler*
- Les & Terry Wiens*
$500 - $999
- Carolyn & Jamie Abbott
- Anonymous
- Kathryn Bernard
- Wally Borysyk
- Lucy Brandes*
- Karen-Denise Cyr & John McLennan*
- Erin Knight & Brendan O'Shaughnessy
- Graeme Findlay & Samantha Frost
- Irene Friesen-Hughes
- Peter Funk & Michelle Montsion
- Ashlea George - In Honour of Arthur & Stephanie George*
- Marty Greenfeld
- Amy Greenwood*
- Adam Hanson
- Linda A. Harlos & Adrian Wildsmith
- Rob Henry - In Memory of Victoria Sawatzsky*
- Karen Hurst
- Jonathon Kovacs & Vanessa Burokas - In Memory of John Prine*
- Andrew Macfarlane
- Michael Paluk
- Cynthia Plett
- Iris Reimer
- Naomi Russell
- Terry Sargeant & Margaret Haney*
- Lynne Skromeda - In Memory of Jim Skromeda*
- Brian D. Smith
- Stantec Consulting Ltd.
- Susan Stephen*
- Marlene Stern - In Memory of Susan Stern and Jocelyn Katz
- Helene Sward - In Memory of David W. Sward
- Lucy & Louis Szkwarek
$250 - $499
- Bill Ayers
- Ed Bachewich & Elizabeth Rowbotham
- Ron Bailey*
- Stacy Bender*
- Barbara Bowen - In Honour of Margaret Pidlaski*
- Billy Brodovsky & Libby Yager*
- Roger Chaput*
- Karen Dana & Harry Havey - In Memory of Wendy Elliot, Eddie Jeff Cahill, Bob "Smitty" Smith and Barbara Hiebert
- Ruby Duxbury*
- Lottie Enns-Braun
- Karla Ferguson & Sean McManus
- Colin and Bronwyn Findlay
- Katherine Fox*
- Chris Frayer & Miriam Jezik
- Kevin Frayer & Family - In Memory of David Frayer
- Wilma & Rob Geschiere
- Deborah Handziuk
- Colette Havens & Michael Jerch*
- Althea Howard*
- Julie Johnson - In Memory of Eleanor May Fines*
- Michael Kelly*
- Linda Klann
- Jillian Kondra*
- Daniel Levin & Lilian Bonin
- Ruth Luff - In Memory of Melissa Louise Luff
- Jennifer Lundin*
- Kelly McArthur*
- Bob & Karen McManus*
- Dana Moffatt
- Cosmin Munteanu
- Yvonne Peters & Howard Miller
- Nicole Ritchot*
- Margerit Roger
- C. Patricia Sale
- Tyler Schroeder
- Kelvin Seifert & Barbara Fuller
- Maureen Sigurdson*
- Cathy Steven*
- Fran Taylor & Greg Docker
- Brenda Sue Taylor
- Lorena Trann
- Tim Turner
- James Waytowich
- Erika Wiebe
- Anita Wolfe*
$100 - $249
- Anonymous
- Mike & Kathy Baudic
- Keith Bergner
- Eugene Boychuk*
- France Adams & Stephen Brodovsky
- Gail Brown
- Tannis Buzza*
- Leslie Carignan, Virginia Helmer, Rodelyn Stoeber, and Renee Gilles - In Memory of Mary Beauchemin
- David Clement
- Nancy & Kurt Clyde
- Cheryl Cohan
- Charlyene Cosens
- Josephine Cox & Brian Falck
- Linda Cubbidge
- Beverley Doern - In Honour of Jody & Mark Smith
- Lisa Ducharme
- Ruby Duxbury
- Lisa Dveris
- Sarah Ens - In Honour of Tommy and Jessica
- Darren Fast*
- Henry Fast*
- Lisa Fehr*
- Arlene Forsyth
- Linda Freed - In Honour of Mitch, Bill, Marv and Drew
- Gail Granger
- Jenny Gerbasi
- Laura Goosen
- Morgan Hamill & Damon Mitchell
- Bessie Hamilton*
- Bryan & Berni Harley
- Kyle Hedlund*
- Sue Henderson
- Ray Hesslein
- Pravin & Aruna Hingwala
- Elsie-Ann Hogue - In Memory of Alanna Hogue-Aiello
- Ivy, Sam, Sandra & Doug
- Peter Huffam
- Debbora Hurrell
- Susan Kasian
- Georgia Kerr & Duane Cheskey*
- Shawn Kettner
- Marilyn Koval
- Ginette Lavack
- Barbara Lewthwaite
- Rowena Lunn
- Ian MacIntyre
- Anne Mahdi
- Ian Marshall - In Memory of Jakub Marshall
- Barbara Martin
- Kirsten Earl McCorrister*
- Shannon McGill*
- Mark McLoughlin*
- Gayle Michalyshyn
- Shaun Moffatt
- Kathy Mulder
- Jim Murphy
- Brent Nellis*
- Lenora Rose Patrick
- Kathy & Rollin Penner*
- John Prentice
- Merna Prentice - In Memory of Kathaleen Docker
- Bill & Pat Reid - In Memory of Bob Smith
- Carey Richards
- Jan Roberts
- Gayle Robertson - In Memory of Terence (Terry) Clifford
- Bruce Roe
- Shannon Rogalski*
- Patty Rosher
- Patrick Salstrand
- Dafna Schultz*
- Jon Seguire
- Mark & Zoe Simkin*
- Ruth Simkin
- Muriel Smith
- Audrey Smith
- Lauri Stewart
- Lisa Strong & Mike Jurkow*
- Matthew TenBruggencate - In Memory of Trish*
- Wendy Tod
- Ray Torbiak
- Teresa Truttman
- Elizabeth Tyndall - In Honour of Ella and Rhea
- Alexys Ullman
- Gwen & Helmut Waedt
$20 - $99
- Jay Adams
- Luz-elena Anderson
- Anonymous
- David Banwell
- Peter Beaudoin
- Brian Boychuk
- Jean-Francois Breton
- Patrick Burek
- Joseph & Nancy Burkhardt
- Janice Butcher
- Randy Buttassy
- Elizabeth Carlyle
- Stephen Carroll
- Tom Champ
- Kerry Clarke - In Memory of Allen Baekeland*
- Valerie Cook
- Barbara Dalzell
- Grant Doak
- Donna Dolski
- Shelly Doman
- Gordon Elvers
- Barbara Friedman
- Ann & Greg Fritz
- John Gariepy
- Melanie R. Gaudreau
- John Gordon
- Jennifer Halyk
- Susan Harrison
- Allison Hasselfield
- John Helliar
- Karen & Richard Howell
- Claire Huberdeau
- Tom Hutchinson
- James Irvine
- Kelly Johnston
- Kelly & Jen Kjartanson
- Joyce Klassen-Nicolson
- Michelle Kowalchuk
- Cheryl Laurie
- Craig & Melanie Leonhardt
- Jennifer Litchfield
- Gina Loewen
- Beth McKechnie
- Adam McKinty
- Craig Mealman
- Gunnar Nelson
- Jarred Nolan
- Eric Nyberg
- Victor Olson
- Gloria Pachet
- Monica Penner
- Bev Penner
- Shane Picken & Heather Sawatzky
- Jennifer Pilgrim
- Juris Plesums
- Sandy Popham
- Kristen Ramsay
- Katie Redekopp - In Memory of Kim Redekopp
- Kenzie Richter
- Jo-Anne Ringer - In Memory of Eric Crone
- Reagan Robertson
- Jim & Arlene Robinson*
- Hart Robinson
- Nicole Roch
- Alice Schoenberg
- Pamela Simmons
- Bradley Simmons
- Jonelle Simms
- Lisa Sinnicks*
- Linda Smith
- Margo Smith
- Charlie Sussman
- Jennifer Takuski - In Honour of Jake Durling
- Julia Thiessen
- Ann Tigchelaar
- Brett Tocher
- Lorraine Turenne
- Terri Turner - In Memory of Tom Turner
- Jeff Vince
- Anonymous
- Catherine Waldie
- Rob Walger
- Mary Agnes Welch - In Honour of Mike Kelly's Birthday
- Pamela Whaley
- Sam Windsor
- Megan Tate
- Alison Yakel
- Kathryne Cardwell
- Andrea Carlson
- Brian Chew
- Daniel Chuckrey
- Christine Comte
- Chris Donald
- William Haight
- Lexi Hamilton
- Craig Harlos
- James Hasnik
- Jason Hayes
- Cailee Kornel
- Marc Lagace
- Sequoia Robertson
- Janice Sanderson
- Ben Schatzlein
- Alexander Singer
- Christine Strong
- Elizabeth A Swift
- Frank Tootoo
- Jenna Usick
- Judy Wasylycia-Leis
- Oliver Wolff
- Joe Baker
- Wendy Baldwin
- Lynn Campbell
- Paige Carloni
- Rachel Cooper
- Sarah Doyle
- Bryan Foerster
- Megan Funk
- Christopher Giesbrecht
- Lindsey Jones
- Monika Klos
- Madison Larson
- Laureen Lipinski
- Julia Lowe
- Mackenzie Hayes
- Aidan Mulvihill
- Howard Nerman
- Kathryn Parsons
- Jakob Pedreira
- Ernst Pijning
- Jim Polischuk
- Monica Ruiz
- Pamela Singer
- Jillian Toews
- Lynne Unrau
- Valerie Unwin
- Michelle Waskul
- Maiya Westwood
- Mary Yackel
- CanadaHelps
- Michelle Duncan-Thorsteinson
- Jeffrey Easton
- Irene Giesbrecht
- Jane Graham
- Rodney Hick
- Jim Macgregor
- Samara May
- Melissa Novecosky
- Julie Penner
- Jeremy Plett
- Kat Polischuk
- Leslie Ross
- Wally Stewart
- Ross G. Taylor
* Denotes Monthly Donors
This list recognizes annual gifts received from January 1st, 2023 - December 31st, 2023
The Dragonfly Patron Program is currently on hiatus.