Red Dress Day Events in Winnipeg (2026)
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Every May 5th, red dresses appear across Canada — hung in doorways, draped from trees, displayed in windows — each one representing a woman, girl, or Two-Spirit person who is missing or gone. Red Dress Day, formally known as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People, marks the disproportionate violence Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people have faced and continue to face in this country.
The day was inspired by Métis artist Jaime Black's REDress Project, an installation of empty red dresses that had a home at Winnipeg's Canadian Museum for Human Rights (the installation was updated last year by Jaime Black‐Morsette and KC Adams, and is now called Only in Darkness Can We See the Stars)
Red Dress Day is about showing up, taking time, and taking notice. Here's where you can get out and make your presence felt in Winnipeg this year:
Sunday, April 26th
699 Haney St
Monday, April 27
First Nations Family Advocate Office, 200-286 Smith St
Sunday, May 3
CN Stage and Field, The Forks Market
Tuesday, May 5
Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba, 408 York Av
Tuesday, May 5
Oodena Celebration Circle, the Forks
Thursday, May 7
543-544 University Centre at the University of Manitoba
