Arts / In brief

Creed adds Winnipeg stop to summer tour

Grammy-winning American rock band Creed is coming to Canada Life Centre on July 14.

Creed gained popularity during post-grunge movement of the 1990s and has released multiple multi-platinum records. The band reunited in 2023 and has experienced renewed fandom thanks to social media. Mammoth, led by Eddie Van Halen’s son Wolfgang Van Halen, will open.

Presale tickets go on sale today at Ticketmaster with general sales starting Friday. Prices were not immediately available.

Gabriel Iglesias brings standup show to city

American comedian Gabriel (Fluffy) Iglesias performs at Canada Life Centre on March 13.

The nostalgic 1976 Tour: A Fluffy Celebration features new material and a look back at his decades-long comedy career. Iglesias started telling jokes on stage in 1997 and has since become one of the highest grossing comedians in the world.

Presale tickets are available now for $105-$172 at Ticketmaster. General sale starts Friday.

Tacos and Tequila takes another shot

Atlanta rapper T.I. and influential hip-hop artist Rick Ross are set to headline the third annual Tacos and Tequila Festival at Blue Cross Park on Aug. 22.

The all-day event will see the ballpark turned into an outdoor concert venue, outfitted with food trucks, a lucha libre wrestling ring and a chihuahua beauty pageant stage.

Other musical acts include Too $hort, Frankie J, Murphy Lee and DJ Ashton Martin. Early-bird tickets are on sale now for $49 at tacosandtequilawinnipeg.com.

Winnipeg museum wins G.G. award

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights has won a Governor General’s award for excellence in museums for its exhibition Love In a Dangerous Time: Canada’s LGBT Purge, the first major museum exhibition on queer history and LGBTTQ+ rights in Canada.

Curated by Scott de Groot, Love In a Dangerous Time, which opened last January, focuses on the period of time from the 1950s to the 1990s when the Government of Canada investigated, harassed and fired queer members of the Canadian Armed Forces, RCMP and federal public service under the guise of “security.”

The LGBT Purge, as it became known, was the largest workplace violation of human rights in Canadian history.

“This award affirms that Canada is genuinely engaging with queer history in ways that acknowledge both the 2SLGBTQI+ community’s experiences of oppression and its remarkable recent gains,” de Groot said in a media release.

“Our goal was to expand awareness of Canada’s LGBT Purge and to spark conversations about sexuality, gender and human rights that meet the moment. It is an incredible honour to have our work recognized in this way.”

The award will be presented by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon at Rideau Hall on Jan. 27. The exhibition, which features commissions from filmmaker Noam Gonick and performance artists Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, will remain on view at the CMHR until the fall, and then travel to venues across the country in 2027.

— staff

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