THE BRANDON SUN • WINTER FAIR • MARCH 2022
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Brandon set to celebrate with return of the winter fair BY CHELSEA KEMP Doodles the Clown performs for a crowd of balloon waving kids during the 2018 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair at the Keystone Centre. (File)
al Manitoba Winter Fair in 1970 when the event was granted Patronage by a visit from Queen Elizabeth II. Opening up the Keystone Centre for the RMWF for the first time in two years will be an epic opportunity, Crisanti said. “It’s going to be a huge celebration,” he said. “This, besides the Brandon Wheat Kings, is probably going to be the larger event that we’ve seen in about two years.”
experiences the best atten- dance out of the different shows hosted each year by Provincial Ex and brings in the most funds for the or- ganizations. Seeing the RMWF can- celled due to the COVID-19 pandemic created im- mense economic stress on the non-profit and the community connections they have helped foster for more than a century. The Brandon Winter Fair has been taking place since March 1906, and went on to be rechristened the Roy-
the community in person. “We’ve worked so hard. We’ve waited so long and I know our board and staff can’t wait to see everybody over at the Keystone Centre for a great party and lots of entertainment at the long-overdue Royal Mani- toba Winter Fair,” Crisanti said. He described the winter fair as one of Province Ex’s pristine events of the year. Seeing the RMWF can- celled for the last two years has been a crushing disap- pointment. The winter fair
The 2022 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair marks a trium- phant return to the Key- stone Centre and Brandon community for the Provin- cial Exhibition of Manito- ba. It is incredible to see the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair (RMWF) once again return to the Wheat City, said Province Exhibition of Manitoba Past Presi- dent Greg Crisanti, who expressed his excitement to begin reconnecting with
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