Festival countdown
July 10 to 12, 2009

The Caribbean ‘SPIRIT’ returns for another exciting Winnipeg Festival at Old Market Square in downtown Winnipeg. The 2009 Soca-Reggae Festival will be a three day weekend of non-stop celebration of Soca, Reggae and Calypso music with performers coming from across Canada and North America to provide live performances on July 10th, 11th and 12th, 2009.

Get ready for three nights of music, dancing, drinks, friends and fun with reggae and soca performers, both local and international.

The air will be filled with the sweet smell of Caribbean and Latin flavors. Foods such as jerk chicken, peas and rice, patties, curry goat, roti and much more will create the Old Market Square into a Caribbean Village.

With all this and more, the 2009 Soca-Reggae Festival in Winnipeg will be a weekend of entertainment, food and culture. This is an all age’s event with a licensed ‘beverage’ garden and merchandise tents.

The 2009 Soca-Reggae Festival is a simple love of this beautiful Caribbean culture that brings people together from all races, classes and creeds in a celebration of Soca, Reggae, Calypso and revelry together with Caribbean flavors in downtown Winnipeg at Old Market Square in the heart of the Exchange District BIZ.

We take pride in working closely with the Exchange District BIZ and The Winnipeg Fringe Festival to bring you the best cultural entertainment for the whole family. Visit the Caribbean without getting on the plane as we create a festival of pure healthy expression of joy and love for Caribbean music. We are excited about this opportunity to establish the 2009 Soca-Reggae Festival as a major Winnipeg summer festival.

This is an opportunity to allow Winnipeg to show the world that in 2009 individuals from all walks of life will come together to laugh, sing and dance and celebrate with each other at the 2009 Soca-Reggae Festival in Old Market Square.



The Official Opening Ceremony will be held from 6:00 pm on Friday July 10th with Greetings from Government representatives, Opposition Parties' representatives, Winnipeg City Council representatives and community organizations' representatives.