Brandon First : Experience Your Event Here
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Brandon First is a not-for-profit Destination Marketing Organization that consists of a twelve member Board of Directors, a two person staff, and a membership base of more than forty local business stakeholders. We are committed to working as a cohesive group to promote Brandon, Manitoba as a host city for events.
We proactively source out events by attending conferences, meetings, sporting events and more to find the ones that are the right fit for our city, our venues and our market. We then work to find a local committee or interested party to pursue these potential leads. We also work with local organizations and committees who already have an idea in mind to bring their targeted event to the City of Brandon.
It is our goal to drive economic development in the city through multi-day event tourism, and successful event hosting.
Tourism Westman's Annual Event is taking place in just TWO DAYS (get your tickets now if you haven't - ticket sales close this evening) and we have an amazing lineup of nominees once more in 2025 - CONGRATS to all of you!
Nominees are as follows:
Event of the Year (over 10k):
Killarney Community Events Committee Outdoor Concert
RM of Sifton Harvest Festival – Oak Lake
Minnedosa Fun Fest
Event of the Year (under 10k):
Hoedown with Hicktown – Carberry
Wheat City Nuit Blanche – Brandon
Whitfield Drugs Peacock Calling Competition – Souris
Brandon Event of the Year (over 10k):
Royal Manitoba Winter Fair
U Sports Men’s Volleyball Championship
Marketing Excellence:
Boissevain Bakeshop
Farmhouse 50 – Minnedosa
Town of Carberry
Peacock Calling Marketing Campaign – Souris
Partnership:
Christmas in Carberry Committee
Killarney Lake Action Committee/Municipality of Killarney Turtle-Mountain
T-Birds Food Fun Games – Brandon
Employee of the Year:
Emmy Sanderson – Brandon
Whitney Hodgins – Reston
Volunteer of the Year:
Lorna Hislop – Minnedosa
Shealee Smith – Carberry
Aly Wowchuk – Brandon
Indigenous Tourism:
Boissevain Bison Mural
National Indigenous Peoples Day – Brandon
2024 Truth & Reconciliation Week – Brandon
Small Business of the Year:
49 Degrees – Souris
Boissevain Bake Shop
Brandon Downtown Biz
Chez Angela Bakery & Cafe – Brandon
Inspire Studio – Minnedosa
Award winners will be announced at the Tribute to Tourism Awards Gala being held at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 at The Backyard on Aberdeen in Brandon, MB. The evening includes a served meal, networking opportunities, door prizes and last but not least the awards ceremony!
TO REGISTER, VISIT: https://www.tourismwestman.ca/blog/2025-tribute-to-tourism-awards-gala-registration-now-open/
Town of Minnedosa Minnedosa CDC + Tourism Farmhouse 50 Inspire Studio Town Of Carberry Chez Angela Bakery and Café Municipality of Boissevain-Morton Boissevain Community Development RM of Pipestone Manitoba RM of Sifton Brandon Tourism Brandon First: Experience Your Event Here Brandon University Bobcats Killarney-Turtle Mountain Community Development T-Birds Brandon Urban Aboriginal Peoples' Council Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba City of Brandon - Local Government Souris and Glenwood Chamber of Commerce Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba Economic Development Brandon National Indigenous Peoples Day Brandon Forty-Nine Degrees Souris Brandon Downtown BIZ Minnedosa Fun Fest
