Wheat City Fall Festival kicks off Friday
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Brandonites are invited to a jam-packed weekend at the Keystone Centre where a plethora of events and activities will be held for people of all ages with all interests.
The inaugural Wheat City Fall Festival, which starts on Friday, features local vendors, artists and food trucks, and is a “one-stop shop” welcoming people back to the city after summer, said Connie Lawrence, chief executive officer and general manager of the Keystone Centre.
“There’s lots of excitement going around the Keystone. You definitely won’t be bored,” Lawrence told the Sun.
Keystone Centre CEO Connie Lawrence stands in front of a video sign advertising the Wheat City Fall Festival this weekend. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)
Throughout the weekend, the fall festival will have midway rides in the south parking lot and food trucks in the southwest parking lot. There will also be live performances by Daisy Chain, Nite Life, and The One/ders.
Lawrence said the festival is an opportunity to show off the community.
“I don’t think Brandon brags enough about itself,” she said.
“We’ve tried to keep everything really, really local and showcase what our great little city can offer.”
The event will also put the Keystone Centre in the spotlight, Lawrence added.
“I want people to learn exactly what the Keystone Centre is about … Keystone speaks community and we want the community to speak back to us as well.”
The Wheat City Fall Festival overlaps with a variety of other events taking place at the Keystone Centre over the weekend.
On Saturday, United Way will host its fall garage sale in the Manitoba Room from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Apple and Pine is hosting its second fall harvest market on the same day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Also scheduled during the festival are two horse events. Campbell Horse Show’s back-to-school clinic will be in the outdoor arena all weekend, while Central Canada Reining brings the Slide N Spin show to the agricultural centre.
Lawrence said she hopes the overlapping events will support each other.
“We’re saying, ‘Hey, if you’re coming down to support our (event), go and support theirs.’
“I don’t want to forget the other events that are going on around us, because we want to make sure that we bring light to them,” she said.
Lawrence said she also wants to bring light to the Brandon Wheat Kings because on Friday, the team will play its 2026-27 season home opener.
Players from the team will be at the festival on Saturday from 1-3 p.m. signing autographs, getting photos taken with fans and riding midway rides with kids, Lawrence said.
“We wanted to incorporate that and just bring some excitement,” she said.
The festival begins Friday at 5 p.m. — before the Wheat Kings game at 7 p.m. — and runs on Saturday from noon to 10 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.
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