IMPORTANT NOTICE – Offices Closed but We’re Still Working Hard!

As a precaution during the unprecedented rapid spread of COVID-19 the Brandon First staff offices at the Dome Building and Scurfield Blvd in Winnipeg will be closed and our staff will be working remotely offsite until further notice to help limit the spread of the virus. Most already scheduled meetings for next week will be rescheduled or accommodated virtually through FaceTime or Zoom.

*We are still each completely reachable by email, and by phone at 204-729-2156*

We look forward to continuing our work with no loss of momentum and will continue to work with all our partners to determine how this will effect our event recruitment efforts in the near future.

Thank you for understanding and continuing to support Brandon First.

-Jenn, Sara and Pam

Brandon First is a not-for-profit Destination Marketing Organization that consists of a twelve member Board of Directors, a three person staff of a Development Coordinator, Regional Sales Coordinators in Brandon and Winnipeg, plus a base of over fifty 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.

Brandon First: Bringing Events To Brandon

Brandon First helps bring the best events to Brandon Manitoba. Ask how we can help!

Brandon First: Bringing Events To Brandon1 day ago

For today's #MeetUsMonday, meet our board member, Sandy Trudel.
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𝙊𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: Director of Economic Development for the City of Brandon
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚? I don’t know that I have a favourite type as there are many factors that determine how I feel about an event. Things like the atmosphere, comradery, company, etc. I love music so concerts are great & if I can learn something, especially through hands on learning then attending an event of that type would rate pretty high.
𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙? As a founding member of Brandon First I can’t imagine not being on the Board. It’s a personal passion for event Tourism and from a work perspective the economic activity that is generated by events, that keeps me interested in being part of Brandon First. On top of that its darn exciting to be instrumental in bringing exciting events to the community.
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣? The one that sticks out in my mind though is the Solar Car Challenge. The cars were so cool and my kids had a blast.
𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙜𝙨? 100% cat!
𝙁𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙯𝙯𝙖 𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜? vegetables
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧? Stepping on that one piece of rice that fell on the kitchen floor or kicking my husbands behind when we play cribbage.
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣? ? Having access to all amenities and services I want yet still having the feeling of living in a small town where you know most everyone.
𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙬𝙡? Before family and work, I would have said night owl but now I would say morning person. I can roll out of the bed at 5:30 a.m. and be working within minutes, even if I didn’t get to bed till after midnight.
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#brandonbringsyouback #bdnmb #eventsbdn #meetusmonday

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Brandon First: Bringing Events To Brandon4 days ago

We want to see what inspires you. It could be your morning run, daily yoga class, evening walk, or a favorite book. Show or tell us what is sustaining your motivation.
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#FeelGoodFriday #BrandonBringsYouBack #bdnmb

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Brandon First: Bringing Events To Brandon6 days ago

Last week you helped us put together a great movie watch-list, now we want to know what the best TV shows are? We’ve exhausted our watch-lists and are looking for new shows to add. What shows are so good you have to binge-watch them?
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#WhatsUpWednesday #BrandonBringsYouBack #bdnmb #eventsbdn #bdnevents #bingetv