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sākihiwē festival 2021 summer pop-ups

By Alan Greyeyes | July 28, 2021

Tags: C-Weed Band | Ernest Monias | Fontine | Nikki Komaksiutiksak | North End Legend | Prado | sakihiwe festival 2021

The sākihiwē festival is working with Ka Ni Kanichihk, Central Neighbourhoods Winnipeg, the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, and the Spence Neighbourhood Association to take music back to Indigenous families in Winnipeg's core with seven pop-up concerts featuring local artists set for each weekend in August.

Pop luminary Prado, the legendary C-Weed Band, fiddle master Patti Kusturok, the King of the North Ernest Monias, and indie singer/songwriter Fontine will be joined by incredible artists like Leonard Sumner, Ila Barker, Geronimo Inutiq, Victoria Turko, Burnstick, Nikki Komaksiutiksak, Boogey The Beat w/ Sage Boulanger, North End Legend, Billy Joe Green, Victoria Turko, the Norman Chief Memorial Dancers, Shanley Spence, Caid Jones, Southern Thunderbird, Walking Wolf Singers, and more. The West End Cultural Centre is also presenting Ingrid D. Johnson, El Leon and the Strangers, Osani, and Tessa Chartrand at the festival.

sākihiwē festival pop-ups
August 7, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, and 29, 2021
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Supporting sponsors: Manitoba Music, West End Cultural Centre, Assiniboine Credit Union

Each pop-up concert will be free, outdoors, and attendance will be capped at 150 (including event staff). Audience members will be asked to wear masks to keep the performers, festival staff, volunteers, and Indigenous families safe.

The pop-up concerts will be filmed for a sākihiwē festival broadcast to Facebook and YouTube, set for September 16 - 19 and eight artists from outside Manitoba will be added to the program at the beginning of September.

sākihiwē festival x Ka Ni Kanichihk pop-up
ft. The C-Weed Band, Nikki Komaksiutiksak, North End Legend, and Ila Barker
Partner: Ka Ni Kanichihk
Saturday, August 7, 2021
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Ka Ni Kanichihk, 455 McDermot Avenue
Masks required
Assigned seating
Free | Families welcome

sākihiwē festival x Central Park pop-up
ft. Prado, Boogey The Beat w/ Sage Boulanger, Victoria Turko
Hosted by Rhonda Head
Special guest: Marlowe the Magician
Partner: Central Neighbourhoods Winnipeg
Saturday, August 14, 2021
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Central Park, 366 Qu'Appelle Avenue
Masks required
Assigned seating
Free | Families welcome

sākihiwē festival x Gord Dong Park pop-up
ft. Ernest Monias, Norman Chief Memorial Dancers, Tessa Chartrand, guests
Hosted by Rhonda Head
Special guest: Marlowe the Magician
Partner: Central Neighbourhoods Winnipeg
Sunday, August 15, 2021
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Gord Dong Park, 348 Pacific Avenue
Masks required
Assigned seating
Free | Families welcome

sākihiwē festival x Stella Walk pop-up
ft. Leonard Sumner, Fontine, Geronimo Inutiq, guests
Partner: Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre
Saturday, August 28, 2021
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
NEW LOCATION: Corner of Stella Walk and Charles Walk (facing Turtle Island Neighbourhood Centre)
Masks required
Assigned seating
Free | Families welcome

sākihiwē festival x Robinson Park pop-up
ft. Patti Kusturok, Southern Thunderbird, Walk Wolf Singers, guests
Partner: Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata CentreSunday, August 29, 2021
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
NEW LOCATION: Corner of Stella Walk and Charles Walk (facing Turtle Island Neighbourhood Centre)
Masks required
Assigned seating
Free | Families welcome

sākihiwē festival x Ellice Street Festival pop-up
ft. Burnstick, Caid Jones, Tessa Chartrand, El Leon and the Strangers, guests
Special guest: Marlowe the Magician
Partners: Spence Neighbourhood Association, West End Cultural Centre
NEW DATE: Saturday, September 4, 2021
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre, 430 Langside Street
Masks required
Assigned seating
Free | Families welcome

sākihiwē festival x Ellice Street Festival pop-up
ft. Shanley Spence, Billy Joe Green, Osani, Ingrid D. Johnson, guests
Special guest: Marlowe the Magician
Partners: Spence Neighbourhood Association, West End Cultural Centre
NEW DATE: Sunday, September 5, 2021
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Chief Grizzly Bear's Garden, 561 Sherbook Street
Masks required
Assigned seating
Free | Families welcome

About the sākihiwē festival

The sākihiwē festival was launched in 2009 as Aboriginal Music Week to develop Indigenous youth as an audience for live music. The festival presents between 20 and 30 First Nation, Metis, Inuit, Native American, and Indigenous music acts each year. It is held in Treaty One Territory and is produced by Aboriginal Music Manitoba (AMM).

AMM received the name "sākihiwē" from Sundance Chief David Blacksmith during a ceremony on February 21, 2018. It means "to love" in Cree and the organization has been instructed to use Standard Roman Orthography (SRO) to write the name. SRO has no capital letters.

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 2021 edition of the sākihiwē festival.

AMM would like to acknowledge Manitoba Music, MB Live, the West End Cultural Centre, and Assiniboine Credit Union for their support of the sākihiwē festival.

The sākihiwē festival is made possible by partnerships with Ka Ni Kanichihk, Central Neighbourhoods, the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, and the Spence Neighbourhood Association.

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About Aboriginal Music Manitoba

AMM is a non-profit organization that presents, promotes and nurtures Indigenous music and culture in order to build audiences at the community level and beyond. We do this by producing an annual music festival; producing capacity development projects; shining a spotlight on the accomplishments of Indigenous music makers and industry professionals; and, by building bridges between the Indigenous music community and our counterparts around the world.

AMM is governed by a nine-person volunteer board, which includes chairperson Brett Huson, vice-chairperson Sandra Seidle, secretary Kimberly Cleave, and directors Rhonda Head, Ivana Yellowback, Jennifer Duka, Brendan Dong, and Rheanna Merasty.

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