Red River Exhibition
The Red River Exhibition is a ten-day festival hosted every summer, in June, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The event takes place at Exhibition Park and features a midway, concerts, stage shows, and agricultural exhibits. The park is operated by the Red River Exhibition Association, a not-for-profit organization. Winnipeg's The Guess Who played there in '15, and the Crash Test Dummies played there in '92.
The Ex was started in 1952 at the Osborne Stadium complex near the Manitoba Legislative Building. It later moved to the Polo Park Race Track and then to the Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg Arena, and Winnipeg Velodrome facilities.
In 1997, it moved to its present location. The total amount of land owned at the western edge of Winnipeg. Red River Exhibition Park was built as a multi-purpose facility on only 90 of those acres leaving almost for future growth and expansion.
The annual fair continues to grow despite the fact its arrival is frequently accompanied by significant amounts of rain,. The record for attendance at the Ex is 223,183 paid visitors, set in 2011.
With the COVID-19 pandemic causing 2020's cancellation, the 69th was deferred to 2021.
