As a proud sponsor, MAHCP is encouraging all members to come out and enjoy the Solidarity Forever Community Concert at Memorial Park this Saturday!
The Solidarity Forever event, which runs from 1 to 6 p.m. features a free concert hosted by Bruce Steele and with performances by Sierra Noble, James Keelaghan, David Rovics, Heather Bishop, Maria Dunn with Shannon Johnson, Red Moon Road, Nathan Rogers and Joe Jencks. Please see the poster here.
There will also be a Food Court, which is being sponsored by MAHCP, and a Family area.
Before the concert is a parade, at 11 a.m., which will run from the Exchange District to Memorial Park.
The Solidarity Forever concert is one of several events being organized by the Manitoba Federation of Labour’s strike commemoration committee for the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, during which an estimated 30,000 workers in our city walked off the job to protest for better working and living conditions.
On Saturday, June 8, there will be another free concert, this one starting at 2 p.m. and called Rise Up 100: Songs for the Next Century, at The Cube in Old Market Square with major headliners Ani DiFranco, Bruce Cockburn, John K Samson, Leonard Sumner, Sweet Alibi and Two Crows for Comfort.
For more on the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike commemoration, please see this article in our March 2019 MAHCP newsletter.
The Executive Council and staff at MAHCP invite all members and your family and friends to attend these wonderful events. Please share this information with your colleagues, thanks MAHCP members!
