Paddling Film Festival

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
West End Cultural Centre
586 Ellice Avenue
Winnipeg, MB
7:00 pm

Presented by Wilderness Supply

This year, the Paddling Film Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary with a lineup that promises to be the best yet. Travel from the world’s first huck off a glacier in Svalbard to roaring rapids on the Zambezi; from Scotland’s misty lochs to the workshop of a legendary canoe builder; and from a record-setting paddle on the Mississippi River to exploring friendship in Utah’s Desolation Canyon. These films don’t just tell adventure stories—they will plant the seeds for future ones.

Learn more and get your tickets from West End Cultural Centre

 

 

Red River Paddle Challenge

Saturday, September 20 - Sunday, September 21, 2025
Red River, MB

 

2025 offers two races for paddlers to choose from, each with a different distance:

 

Red River Paddle Challenge

The Red River Paddle Challenge (RRPC) is a 44 kilometre (~27 miles) long distance paddling race on the Red River beginning in Winnipeg, Manitoba and ending down river in Lockport, Manitoba.

 

Red River 100

The Red River 100 (RR100) is a 100 kilometere (~62 miles) ultra distance paddling race on the Red River beginning in Ste Agathe, Manitoba and ending down river in Lockport, Manitoba. The RR100 is a two-day staged race where participants paddle from Ste Agathe to St Vital Park in Winnipeg on day one and then on day two participants join in with the Red River Paddle Challenge paddlers and paddle to Lockport.

RR100 participants are ranked within the RR100 (combined time from both days) and also the RRPC, so essentially competing in two races over the weekend!

 

Prizes are awarded for both races.

Registration opens January 1, 2025. Register and find more info at Red River Paddle Challenge.