The Carberry Heritage Festival celebrates our town's unique heritage, unique because Carberry has Manitoba's  only designated Heritage District as deemed by the Historic Resources Branch of the Provincial Government.  The District features twenty-eight designated heritage buildings in a two-block span of Main Street.

 

Our All-ages Festival focuses on giving local people and those from away an opportunity to explore our built heritage and our human heritage and the relationship between them

 

Human Heritage is celebrated by providng local heritage performers, artists and artisans an opportunity to share their arts and interests with festival goers.  We prominently feature local singers, dancers and other performers who demonstrate an aspect of our human heritage. In addition to demos and displays of heritage breeds of animals, wool spinning, cooking with edible wild plants, antique quilt show, vintage trucks and farm equipment, an old fashioned strawberry social.  Guided walking tours of the Carberry Cemetary with details about the lives of former residents provide more glimpses into our shared past.

 

Built Heritage has a guided horse-drawn carriage ride through the town's historic core, guided walking tours of the buildings on Main Street by the Carberry Plains Archivist along with tours inside select heritage buildings including the 1900 Gingerbread House

 

The local businesses dress up their windows with history of that business and some even dress in the period clothing.

 

Our 2 Day festival is an ever growing event with changes being made, new events added every year,