| Festival du Voyageur | |
|---|---|
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Winter festival |
| Date(s) | February 16-25, 2024 |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Venue | Voyageur Park |
| Location(s) | Whittier Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Years active | 55 |
| Inaugurated | 1969 |
| Attendance | 76,000 (2023) |
| Budget | $4.1m (2023) |
| Website | heho |
The Festival du Voyageur is an annual 10-day winter festival that takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The event is held each February in Winnipeg's French quarter, Saint-Boniface, and is western Canada's largest winter festival. It celebrates Canada's fur-trading past and unique French heritage and culture through entertainment, arts and crafts, music, exhibits, and displays.
The word "Voyageur" refers to those who worked for a fur-trading company and usually travelled by canoe. In the case of Festival du Voyageur, the title of "Official Voyageur" is given to ambassadors of the festival.[1]
- ^ "Official Voyageurs". Festival du Voyageur. August 29, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2021.