Children attending the picnic will receive hot dogs, balloons, entertainment, inflatable rides and a entry in a free bike raffle! The picnic is open to all members of Winnipeg Labour Council affiliated unions , their families and the children of Rossbrook House, Andrews Street Family Centre and the Winnipeg Boys and Girls Club.

Freight House Park at Ross and Isabel from 12:00 Noon to 4:00 p.m.
For more information call the Winnipeg Labour Council at 942-0522 or email info@winnipeglabour.ca.

With one foot planted firmly in folk music’s traditional roots and the other reaching into its dynamic future, Nathan Rogers is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, throat-chanter, percussionist, revivalist, or innovator. Whatever his skills entail, Nathan has the ability to turn the folk world on its ears.

West End Cultural Centre, 583 Ellice Ave. | 8:00 p.m.
Tickets $15 in advance $18 at the door, available at Organic Planet, Sled Dog Music, Candor Books, Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store, West End Cultural Centre, Sonus Musica, Walnut Street Music. 480-3380 ext 202.

A short ceremony organized by MayWorks at the grave site of Mike Sokolowski to honour these fallen martyrs of “Bloody Saturday” in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike.

Brookside Cemetery, 3001 Notre Dame Avenue
1:00 p.m. | Everyone welco

An illustrated talk by Myron Shatulsky with the Winnipeg Labour Choir (Loa Henry, Director) and the What’s Left folk singing group.

Ukrainian Labour Temple, 591 Pritchard Avenue at 8 p.m. | Tickets: $10
For more information contact Brent Stearns at 488-1008

Join the award-winning composer of the musical “Strike!”, Danny Schur, as he shares details about the life of Mike Sokolowski, the Ukrainian immigrant killed during the culmination of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike – Bloody Saturday.  The walking tour begins at Winnipeg’s City Hall courtyard and makes its way to the site of the former Manitoba Hotel and into “Hell’s Alley.”      

City Hall – 1:00 PM (rain or shine)
Duration:  2 hours, Maximum 40 people per tour
Tickets are free but reservation is mandatory.  Call 227-1167 or e-mail dannyschur@hotmail.co