Special Events

Wingstix™ for STARS

StarsTwo STARS air ambulance staff load a patient into a red helicopter.On Wednesday December 11, come and enjoy fun and frivolity as celebrities match their skills with audience members in a Chicken-Wing Eating Competition. Cheer on your favorite competitor! Laugh at the antics!

Proceeds from this competition go to STARS® Air Ambulance.

4-H Manitoba

4-H manitoba4-H Manitoba’s students presenting videos from a team competition on Agriculture in Manitoba: ‘Our Personal Experiences.’ Winning videos will be shown at the show.

4-H is a youth program (ages 6-25 years) — that provides members with the resources and activities to build self-confidence, communication and leadership skills while learning about a topic f their choice.

Taste the Best

A sign says "Taste the Best".To view and taste the finest in foods from Manitoba’s beef, pork, chicken, turkey and egg producers, visit the attractive and popular Taste the Best display. This value-added retail exhibit showcases an impressive arrangement of excellent products available from Manitoba’s agri-food industry. So visit Taste the Best and enjoy sampling some of the excellent beef, pork and poultry products available from local producers.

Showcasing Manitoba Meats

A man looks at cuts of meat in a display case.Manitoba meat products are among the very finest worldwide.

See our amazing selection of beautifully displayed products showcasing Manitoba Meats.

It’s all about beef, hogs, poultry, dairy, sheep, goats, bison, rabbits…

Pork Quality Competition

Visitors look at pork carcasses hanging in a cooler.Be sure to attend this exciting feature at Prairie Livestock Expo – the largest pork quality competition in North America!

Manitoba’s pork is world-renowned for its high quality. This event celebrates excellence in pork production by recognizing the “Best of the Best.” Producers from across Canada are invited to compete for the title of Grand Champion!

Dependent solely upon industry sponsorship, this event is a good news story for the pork industry. Prize money will be donated to charitable organizations selected by the winners; and more than 4500 kg of the world’s finest pork will be donated to provincial food banks for distribution during the holiday season.

Come and see the top 10 entries on display throughout the show.  Be sure to attend the awards presentation at 5pm on Wednesday, December 11.