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Fantastic Beasts? Here’s where to find them

Cre8ery, 125 Adelaide St.
Thursday to Sept. 6
Free, masks mandatory

With his pencil, Chris Chuckry can do scary things. Terrifying things. Things that make you want to look away in disgust. Things that make you shake your head and bite your tongue. And that’s only describing his cartoons of health ministers, anti-vaxxers and a pair of Manitoba premiers.

But there’s more to the Winnipeg artist, who rocketed to local renown throughout the pandemic thanks to his sharp wit and sharp nib, than political commentary. Deep in the cockles of his heart, Chuckry prefers to draw beasts that nobody elected: grotesque, odd, strange, eerie, mythical creatures. A comic-book colourist, Chuckry has been immersed in alternate universes for decades, and with his new solo exhibition at Cre8ery, he’s inviting the rest of the world in to say hello.

The show is called Myths, Monsters and Fairytales, and one can be sure that Chuckry will find a common ground between the world of fable and the world we call home. Ogres, trolls, monsters, demons — they’re all around us. Scary, huh?

— Ben Waldman

 

Whooping and hollering

The Whoop and Hollar Folk Festival
Saturday and Sunday
Portage la Prairie
Tickets available at whoopandhollar.com

The “little festival that can” returns this weekend for its eighth annual celebration of music, art and community. The Whoop and Hollar Folk Festival takes place Saturday and Sunday on a wooded festival site west of the Assiniboine River’s Hoop and Holler Bend.

The all-local lineup features 19 acts, including Jérémie and the Delicious Hounds, Scott Nolan, Ila Barker, Bobby Dove and Taylor Abrahamse. It’s not just folk: the festival highlights music from across the genre spectrum, such as roots, indie, pop, country, blues and world fusion.

In addition to two full days of concerts and workshops, Whoop and Hollar hosts children’s entertainment and activities, food vendors, local artisans and jam sessions. Attendees can also take part in songwriting, acrylic painting, horticultural therapy, belly dancing and open mic sessions.

Tent camping is available on site for Friday and Saturday with a $50 weekend pass. RV camping is available at the nearby Portage Ex Campground. Organizers are providing a free shuttle service from Portage to the festival site at scheduled times throughout the weekend. Tickets are on a sliding scale with children 12 and under able to attend free.

— Eva Wasney

 

Backstreet’s back, alright

Backstreet Boys
Monday, 7:30 p.m.
Canada Life Centre
Tickets starting at $107 at Ticketmaster.ca

When the boy band craze took over pop music in the late 1990s, no one looked at the trend and thought “longevity.”

But maybe we should have. Nearly three decades on, the Backstreet Boys — AJ McLean, Kevin Richardson, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough and Brian Littrell — are still touring. And recording. Their 10th studio album, 2019’s DNA, hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — their first album to do so in nearly 20 years — proof positive their moment hasn’t passed. They remain a larger-than-life pop juggernaut, with well over 100 million records sold.

Monday night’s show at Canada Life Centre will actually be the second time the Boys’ DNA World Tour has swung through Winnipeg; they last performed here in July 2019. But that hasn’t slowed ticket sales; while there’s not a ton of seats left, you can still find a smattering in most sections at Ticketmaster.ca

— Jen Zoratti

 

The last good Night

Manitoba Night Market and Festival
Sunday, 3-11 p.m.
Assiniboia Downs, 3975 Portage Ave.
Admission $7, five and under free

Nothing signals the end of summer more poignantly than outdoor markets winding down for the season. Sunday is the final Manitoba Night Market of 2022, and the extravaganza at the Downs is going out with a bang.

The event features activities for kids, including a bouncy castle, magician and ventrilioquist and face painting. There are 15-plus food trucks, beer gardens and more than 100 vendors and artisans, plying everything from fancy gift baskets and baby clothes to gorgeous baked goods and handmade knives.

Among those plying their wares are Beaches Sugar Shack (gourmet popcorns), Fashion by Hafsa (hand-painted clothing), Crafted Bath (creams, soaps, scrubs and bath bombs) and Central Plains Bison Inc. (family-farm-raised bison products). See the market’s Facebook page for a lineup of vendors: facebook.com/mbnightmarket.

The musical lineup is featured on two stages.

Mainstage

3:30 p.m. — Alex Maher
4:30 p.m. — Alex Maher
5:30 p.m. — Julien’s Daughter
6:45 p.m. — Sweet Alibi
8:30 p.m. — Dirty Catfish Brass Band

Box Office Stage

4 p.m. — Justin Lacroix
5 p.m. — PTL
6:15 p.m. — PTL
7:30 p.m. — Deidra & Clinton
9:30 p.m. — Rob Knaggs

— Jill Wilson