The kick-off for this year’s Winterfest weekend is a few short days away, and the lead coordinator for the event spoke to Arctic Radio about it.

After a couple of years of virtual and hybrid events for the festival due to the public health measures in place because of COVID-19, Darlene Dick says it will be business as usual with many in-person activities to take part in over the weekend.

“Live entertainment, contests, and free food. There will be an art market, fireworks of course, contests that are happening like the Kins Cub coloring contest and Lamberts snow sculpture contest. We’ll be having a karaoke and a jigging contest as well as a new event, a toboggan making contest. There is a learn to play Pickleball event and we have the bonfire with the round dance, free skating, a cribbage tournament, 4 and 4 ministick tournament, firepits and marshmallows, mini sled races, stew and bannock, and free hotdogs as well as a pancake breakfast.”

Winterfest begin Friday and runs until Sunday at the TRCC.

The full interview about this year’s Winterfest can be heard on Thompson Today this afternoon at 12:40 and 5:10.