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Free Spence Street Festival

The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association and The University of Winnipeg present the first-ever Spence Street Festival from August 23 to September 2, 2010. Free events will take place along the Spence Street Promenade on UWinnipeg’s campus.

This festival is open to students, staff, faculty and members of the community.
Come enjoy free yoga and listen to sweet summer jams by local bands!

Local student musicians will perform, student artists will showcase and sell their work, the community garden will be open and accessible to volunteers, and the Graffiti Art Gallery will be commissioned to create work on-site and to facilitate participatory art demonstrations.

Come to one or all of the fun events & activities throughout the week:

SCHEDULE

August 23 – 27 (12 – 1:30pm): Free yoga

August 30 – September 2 (12 – 1:30pm): Music, free food, art demonstrations by Graffiti Art Gallery, Poetry, UWSA Community Garden clean-up, basketball demonstrations by your Wesmen team, and much more!

Music by:

A Waste Odyssey [August 30]
From Giants [August 31]  
Gordon Mack [September 1]
Sybil Vane [September 2]

We hope to see you there!

MEDIA CONTACT
Diane Poulin, Communications Officer, The University of Winnipeg
P: 204.988-7135, E: d.poulin@uwinnipeg.ca