Performing This Year
Aboriginal Music Manitoba (AMM) would like to acknowledge the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the Winnipeg Arts Council for their financial support of the sākihwē festival.
The sākihiwē festival is made possible by partnerships with the Spence Neighbourhood Association, Central Neighbourhoods, Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, and Ka Ni Kanichihk.
Artist/Group
Aaron Peters
Aaron Peters is an award winning singer-songwriter from Long Plain First Nation. who grew up in and out of foster care. Aaron is also a music producer and a grassroots filmmaker.
Amanda Gendron
Amanda Gendron is an Alberta-based singer-songwriter and vocalist known for her soulful tone, emotionally driven performances, and cinematic songwriting style. Blending contemporary pop, alternative influences, and heartfelt balladry, her music centers on vulnerability, resilience, and...
Big Tones
Anthony Pasqua, also known as Big Tones, is an Indigenous recording artist born in Surrey, BC now residing in Saskatoon, SK. He has heavy ancestral ties to Treaty 4 Territory coming from Pasqua First Nation #79. Breaking the cycle of intergenerational trauma, Big Tones uses music as an...
Brettyn Rose
Brettyn Rose is a rising country artist with music rooted in an acoustic aesthetic, woven with honest lyrics, powerful vocals, and a hint of sparkle. With five Country Music Alberta Award nominations and a semi-finalist placing in the 2025 edition of Top of the Country, it is...
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Celeigh Cardinal
Celeigh Cardinal is a JUNO-winning Indigenous singer-songwriter whose rich, soulful voice has earned her national acclaim. Her latest album Boundless Possibilities garnered 2025 WCMA nominations for Indigenous Artist and Roots Album of the Year, following multiple CFMA wins and JUNO nods. Her...
Darren Lavallee
From St. Ambroise, Darren Lavallee has been dubbed the “Marvelous Métis.” He was raised surrounded by music, dance, and the Michif language and is strongly traditional when it comes to his Métis roots. Darren has over 25 years of performance experience and has five CDs to his credit.
Dr. Winston Wuttunee
Elder Dr. Winston Wuttunee comes from Red Pheasant Cree Nation near Battleford, SK, and is currently residing in Winnipeg. Elder Winston's award-winning music is both inspired and inspiring, utilizing cultural teachings and values in his songs. He once explained: "I...
Ivan Flett Memorial Dancers
Ivan Flett Memorial Dancers are three siblings from Winnipeg, Manitoba who share a passion for dance, not just any dance it's all about the Red River Jig! Michael, Jacob and Cieanna perform traditional dances of the Red River Jig mixed with modern dancing known as the hip hop...
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Jessa Sky
Jessa Sky is a Cree singer-songwriter from Treaty 6 Territory, known for emotionally honest songwriting, a commanding live presence, and music rooted in real stories and lived experience. Since launching her career in 2021, she has become one of Canada’s rising Indigenous voices, earning four...
Kenzie Love
Kenzie Love is an Anishinaabe artist from Sagkeeng First Nation. Blending original songwriting with urban influences, her music is rooted in healing, resilience, and self-expression. With heartfelt lyrics and soulful vocals, Kenzie creates songs that uplift and connect with listeners on their...
Kieran Maytwayashing
Kieran Maytwayashing is a fiddle player with family ties to the Lake Manitoba First Nation and the Long Plains First Nation. He started playing fiddle in 2021 as a way to honour the late Clifford Maytwayashing.
KNG JMZ
KNG JMZ (pronounced King James) is an Afro-Indigenous artist out of Winnipeg, rooted in Sagkeeng First Nation and Caribbean/Guyanese heritage. Blending raw lyricism with southern knock and west coast energy, he calls his sound Motivational Trap—music built on discipline, hunger, and...
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Kutcha Edwards and Dr. Shellie Morris AO
Dr. Shellie Morris AO and Kutcha Edwards are two of Australia’s leading First Nations song-keepers and truth-tellers.Through song and story, they share powerful lived experiences of First Nations life in Australia; exploring resilience, culture, identity, and justice. A survivor of the...
LOV
LOV is a powerhouse Indigenous R&B artist whose soulful voice and captivating songwriting have earned her a dedicated fanbase across North America. Rooted in her Cree heritage, LOV’s music blends vulnerability, confidence, and cultural pride. Her recent singles "Mama" and "G.O.S." went...
Rhonda Head
Award-winning Mezzo-Soprano vocalist Rhonda Head is from Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba. Rhonda has earned 58 international music awards and three time international book awards for her artistry.
Tinge
Tinge is an indie-rock band that formed in 2016 at Tec Voc highschool. They started out playing in basements & open mics, finally releasing their first EP titled "Big Deep Sigh" this past March through House of Wonders Records. Inspired by bands like Black Belt Eagle Scout, Zoon, and the...
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Willows
Born in Manitoba and now residing in Montreal, Geneviève Toupin is a bilingual Métis singer-songwriter and musician. She is an active part of Montreal’s music scene, founding member of the electro-pop group CHANCES, singer in Danse Lhasa Danse as well as in Jorane’s new...
