sakihiwe events
Norman Chief Memorial Dancers & friends
Thursday, July 31, 2025 | 7PM - 9PM
The sākihiwē festival presents Norman Chief Memorial Dancers & friends
Summer Music Series at the Lyric Theatre
Thursday, July 31, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Lyric Theatre in Assiniboine Park, 55 Pavilion Crescent, Winnipeg
Free, everyone welcome
Bring a chair or blanket
Performance schedule:
7:00 pm: Interlake Steppers
7:25 pm: Kinew Youth Dancers
8:00 pm: Norman Chief Memorial Dancers
ACCESSIBILITY AT THE LYRIC THEATRE
The Lyric Theatre is outdoors and audience seating is on a relatively flat piece of grass in front of the stage. Seating is not available, so audience members are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.
Accessible parking is available throughout the Park in all major parking lots. The closest parking lot is south of The Pavilion, near the corner of Conservatory Drive and Pavilion Crescent. Parking is also available on Assiniboine Park Drive.
Accessible washrooms are located in The Pavilion, near the Lyric Theatre. Formal pathways within the Park are all relatively flat. Primary pathways in the Park are asphalt or paving stones.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Aboriginal Music Manitoba acknowledges the Government of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the Winnipeg Arts Council for their financial support of the sākihiwē festival's outreach programming.
featuring:
Norman Chief Memorial Dancers
The Norman Chief Memorial Dancers were founded in 2004 by Sonny and Terri Delaronde in memory of the late Norman Chief, a Métis musician, singer, a...
Interlake Steppers
The Interlake Steppers are a jigging group from St. Laurent, Manitoba.
Kinew Youth Dancers
Kinew Youth Dancers, fiddlers, and guitar player are going into their 4th year of learning the Métis culture of music and dance with Kinew Métis Co...
