Asham Stomperfest took over Reedy Creek during the September Long Weekend in 2003.
20 years later, festival organizers are looking to put together one more incredible festival before they ride off into the sunset. In talks with Arnold Asham, he believes this is likely the last year of the festival which takes place just 60 minutes away from Dauphin.
The annual family friendly down home music festival features some of the best fiddling, dancing, and jigging from the prairies. This year's event will be the first once since prior to the pandemic and Arnold is looking forward to it happening.
"I am excited, we didn't want COVID to end our reign of hosting this festival," said Asham. "We want to get some closure and we have many people that we want to thank and pay tribute to."
The three-day festival is headlined by the world famous award winning Asham Stompers. Recently, the group performed 21 times in seven days at Folklarama and if you have never seen them before, Asham says you are in for a treat.
"The energy of the dance, the Red River jig captivates the audience," ended Asham. "During my curling career, I haven't got any standing ovations. We have done about 2000 shows with Asham Stompers over the last 20 years and I would say we have received standing ovations after nine of 10 performances."
To order your weekend passes, you can call 204-589-6321.
