The Red River Ex is one of my favourite times of year in Winnipeg!! This year it runs from June 13th to 22nd. We love going as a family, not only as there are a lot of fun rides and games, but also because there are so many shows and attractions you can easily spend an entire day there. We usually go early on opening day and stay til dinner time – everyone has a blast and it’s usually a lot less busy then too.
Ticket prices this year are the exact same price as last year – advanced gate admission is only $9 and kids 6 and under are free. If you buy your tickets or passes in advance at Mac’s and Sobeys you can really save a lot.
Free admission: Sunday, June 15 & Sunday, June 22 from 10:30 am to 11:30 am (includes free pancake breakfast) with a donation to Red River Ex Foundation and on Sunday, June 22 there is also a special Kids’ Ride-All-They-Want Wristband for only $12 (Kiddieland rides only) which can be purchased upon arrival at the Park.
Here are some of the highlights for this year:
1. Red River Heritage Park – brand new reenactment area of 1824 featuring The Ross Family.
2. Animals & Agriculture: Pig Tales, Cattle Tales, Red River Ride of Rides (Friday, June 13 – Sunday, June 15) and the Continental Stock Dog Championship (Friday, June 20 – Sunday, June 22)
3. iFlip should be a really great family show.
4. Prairie Town Adventures – lots of great family fun including new kids’ contests and a new Agriculture Magic Show.
5. Nine days of concerts that are FREE with gate admission and one new Internet Cat Video festival, also FREE.
One of my favourites is if you get there before 5pm it’s only $5 to get in Friday, June 13th and Monday June 16th to Friday, June 20th!
There are many ways to save when heading to the Ex – I think checking out the site, and planning out what shows you want to see is a good way to start. Pre-buying tickets is a huge savings too so check out their site for all of the info! My tips are to wear comfy shoes for the whole family as you usually end up walking back and forth, tight fitting hats for the kids so they don’t fall off when they’re on the rides, lots of sunscreen and prepack some snacks or a meal. We usually bring a big container of fruit with us – a little bit of healthy with the treats we just can’t resist when we are there! I can’t pass up lemonade and mini donuts – those are my weakness 🙂
And I’m super excited to announce that I have a Red River Ex Family Pack to give away! A Family Pack consists of 4 gate admissions
and two 12 Ride Passes!
Here are your ways to enter:
1 – Check out the events at the Red River Ex this year and comment with which you’d most want to check out
2 – Follow Red River Ex on twitter and comment that you did so
3 – Comment with either who you’d want to take and why, or a favourite memory of the Ex!
4 – Post the link to this giveaway as your facebook status and comment that you did so
5 – Tweet out the link to this giveaway and comment that you did so – you can earn a daily entry for this one!
This giveaway open to anyone who will be around from June 13th to 22nd 2014 to attend the Ex in Winnipeg. This giveaway ends Friday May 30th at noon – Good Luck everyone!
I always love the food! But, I would also love to check out the heritage park!
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My 12 year old daughter cannot wait for the ex! I would take my family of 4!
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I love all of the free concerts and of course, the petting zoo 🙂
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shared on FB – would love to take my kids – we have never been!! they have been begging to go
I would take my husband, daughter and her girlfriend 🙂
The Internet Cat Video Festival!!!
Would love to take my kids -they have never been – and are begging…….liked and shared on FB
I am very excited to see some new family entertainment, the iFlip show looks like it’s going to be a lot of fun. I’m really looking forward to seeing it with my family!
Followed on TWITTER! Because that’s my favorite social site!
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My kids would LOVE the animals.
Hubby and I love go to for the music and food 🙂
I would take my family of 4 we have never been to the red river ex
Followed Red River Ex on Twitter (@MommyMomentMom)
I’d like to see the internet cat festival
I posted the link on facebook as my status
Hubby and I would love to take our kids — we have never gone with them; but we love to go almost every year
Following Red River Ex on Twitter
I would love to take my two kids (and husband), they love seeing the Ex but have never been on rides there.
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Tweet – May 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/MommyMomentMom/status/468786603541143552
Posted link on FB
We are moving out of province in July and I’d love to take my family for one last time!
The Extreme Dog performance show sounds great
I would love to take my kids. They really love it.
I have not been able to attend for the last few years because of health, would love to be able to go this year, just to walk around and see the quilts and other contests
would love to bring my twins!
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I have tweeted the link as well as shared on FB…
I’d love to see Eddy Money!
my favorite memory of the Ex is, by far, the day I got married standing in front of the Ferris Wheel. The Ex is definitely my favorite place on the planet, and I’d love to take my kiddos this year!
I would take my boyfriend Kevin and our friends Chantel & Dustin! They have helped out a lot as we have been getting our land ready for trees so we all need some fun! I basically go for the mini donuts and ferris Wheel 🙂
I follow on Twitter under @mastolslund
I follow them on Twitter. 🙂
I like to check out the music concerts !
I’d love to take my 10 year old daughter.She loves all the rides, the scarier the better for her !!!
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Would love to take my kids they love rides
I myself haven’t gone in over 10 years, would love to take my 3 year old daughter for her for a first time experience there! & of course the petting zoo, she would have a blast being around all the animals!
I would love to go see Monster Truck(band)
i liked Red River Ex on Twitter and twitted this giveaway!
i posted giveaway on Facebook also!
and i just love going to the Ex with my Husband and 2 boys 🙂 we love the games, and i love getting a airbrush tattoo 🙂
My family would love the Midway.
My kids have never been to the Ex, so I’d love to take them.
Our Daughter saves up every year to buy her wristband. She is 7 and talks about the rides all year long. Daddy took her on the Crazy Mouse for the first time last year & videotaped her reaction – that was one of my favorite memories! Would love to take my family & her best friend!
The cat festival would be the right event for my daughter and then rides, rides and more rides…..
Oh my gosh, I would love to see the Red River Heritage Park (for me), Magical Moments (with the kids), Pirates, Midway Market, the list goes on.. it looks amazing!!!!
Followed Red River EX on Twitter
I would love to take my 2 daughters, 9 and 5 – they’ve never been, and there is something for each of them – the wild one would love all the rides, and the diva would love all the princesses and shopping!!!
We always love the agricultural section but the new heritage part sounds like a good one too.
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Shared with Twitter!!!
I would love to see Strawberry Shortcake Musical!!!
Following Red River Ex on twitter!!!
Would enjoy seeing Heritage park and always want to see the SUPERDOGS show… I just love ’em!
If I won I would take my son and one of his friends! He would have so much fun.
Would love to win!! family of 6….would love to afford it for the kids!! haven’t been since 9 yrs ago!!!
Shared on my fb status!!
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I want to check out the food!!! mini donuts!!!
I’m excited to check out Prairie Town Adventures with my kids!
I love seeing my kids enjoy the Ex. This is the first year my littlest guy will be joining us, and I think he’s going to have a ball!!
Followed on Twitter. Would take my daughter, son-in-law and grandson.
We check out the freebies that happen on family day each year
My favorite memory was getting a monkey on a stick toy LOL
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Following on Twitter.
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Kids favorite ride last year was the Niagara falls. That’s the one the are talking about the most for this year. Like the animals as well! It over all fun.
Shared on facebook! 🙂
I’d want to take my hubby and my parents. My hubby has never been to the Ex, so this would be a great first time. And we’d get mini donuts.
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Tweeted the link on twitter!
Shared the giveaway on my facebook page
I’d take my husband and kids, my youngest (3) has been talking about the rides since last year and can’t wait to go again!
We’d love to go and see Strawberry Shortcake!
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Shared on facebook
would love to check out heritage park
Followed Red Riverl ex on Twitter
Shared on my status
Would love to see Down with Webster
I would take a few of my girlfriends…we haven’t been to the Ex together in years!
I would most like to see Eddie Money
My kids love the rides.
I would love to take my daughter and 2 boys! Its the only rides we look forward to every year. They love to ride the rides over and over!!! Shared on Facebook 🙂
Animals & Agriculture is what Id want to take my kids to see!
I would want to take my 2 youngest they have never been!
I would love to take my Granddaughter and visit the animals. That’s our(my) favorite part. 🙂
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Hoping to take my 3 kids to the Ex this year. They love riding the kiddie rides and seeing the animals at the petting zoo !
I would like to go with my kids for the rides, and with my husband to see one of the great concerts! Shared on Facebook… 🙂
Shared on Facebook!!!
My favorite memory of the Red River Ex is going every year as a family. We would stay from open to close, my dad would play all the games and win my brother and I stuffed animals, we would stop for mini donuts, and have fun on the rides until the gates closed. Now that I have a son of my own, I will be taking him every year as well and making it a family tradition in our little family too. Thanks Red River Ex for generations of happy memories and fun!
I’m a sucker for the Ukrainian food and the rides, not necessarily in that order. . .
Followed Red River Ex on Twitter.
I would love to bring my kids, husband left last year and would like to share some fun times with my kids I think they deserve some time with just Mommy.
Sad, we love the treats best. The kids are happy just gawking around and hitting up a couple kiddie rides.
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Love those mini doughnuts!
Would love to take my family!
The rides are the best part!
I would bring my wife!
Can’t wait to see all of the cat videos!
Would love to bring my daughter and husband!
Tweeted link today!!
Free concerts are the best!
I used to love going on all the rides, now my favorite thing would have to be the free concerts and all the food carts!
Tweet – May 21, 2014
https://twitter.com/MommyMomentMom/status/469125128199360514
We cannot wait til the ex to see Iflip!
I have followed Redriverex on twitter!
The people I most like to take is my children (and husband I suppose too :P)
I have shared this giveaway as my facebook status
I have tweeted the link to this giveaway!
I would love to take my kiddos. I know as a child the agricultural displays were always my favourite. Well, that and the french fires and mini donuts too.
Checked out the Ex’s FB page and shared the post on FB as well.
My daughters have been being to go to the Ex for years, but with for kids we felt it’s too pricey. Thanks for you’re tips… We’ll use them, but if I won your prize, I’d take my 13 and 14 year old daughters for their first time!
We always love the splash & boots concert. 🙂
We have 7 kids so going to the ex is really not affordable.i used to go as a child every year and would love to give my kids the experience. Love the water roller coaster.my kids would have a blast if you were to pick our family.thanks
Following on Twitter.
My girls love the animals in the petting zoo, and my son is into pirates so they’d enjoy those the most. We also enjoy the ferris wheel as a family.
I would like to take my partner, daughter, and son because they laugh at all my jokes even when I’m not funny or acting silly…They are number 1 in my world. My best memory of the Ex is when my parents asked me to help them watch my little brother. 5mins latter, I lost him. I thought I was gonna get in so much trouble. I searched high and low, and finally found him watching some guy arm wrestling a robotic muscle man machine. I was so thrilled to find him.
Tweeted link May 21
We like Prarie Town .
I want to take my daughter Myra and son Merrick because Its so awesome seeing the look on their faces!
The kids’d love to see the Extreme Dogs again.
I’d take my 3 kids. We moved put of Winnipeg but the Ex is one of those things we’ll come back for every year.
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Tweeted link 22 May.
Daily Tweet – May 22, 2014
https://twitter.com/MommyMomentMom/status/469498308021743616
I would take my husband and 2 boys. They are 8 & 5 and have never been to the Ex. I remember when the Ex was in St. Norbert – we lived near by and we would walk there. Some great times. would love to give my kids that as well.
We like going for the attractions. And the carousel of course!
Daily Tweet.. May 23, 2014 😀
I would take my hubby and 2 kids.
I really want to go on the Spinning Coaster at the Midway.
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I would love to take my boys to the Ex!
Absolutely love to see a free concert! My daughter would have so much fun listening to the music.
Would love to take my hubby, daughter and her friend. Love the red river ex!
I’d love to catch the Down with Webster show!
I posted the link on Twitter!
Followed on Twitter (@taygen80)
I want to take my son to the ex this year he will love the animals and wants to see splash and boots.
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I just followed red river ex on twitter!
I like to try and go twice. Once with the whole family, and once for date night with the hubby.
Looking forward to checking out the food midway…always yummy!
1. I flip is something we would like to see
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3. Would take our family of 3 and likely our niece, she loves the little rides and spending time with her cousin!
Tweeted link May 25
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I want to take my daughters to see the dog show, they would love that!
I follow @RedRiverEx on Twitter – @Miss_Elles
I want to take my daughters to the RREX this year – they are 12, 11, 9, 2 & 1!
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the free concerts, or take my daughter to strawberry shortcake
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I would take my husband and children, we never miss it!!
Tweeted: https://twitter.com/miss_elles/status/470591153851482113
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We are excited to see Strawberry Shortcake!!
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Shared on FB….would love to take my family of 4 and to see Karl Wolf.
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my children would love to see the different attractions. I have a 13 yr old, almost 4 year old and 1 year old. There is so much diversity and I love that! We have not gone yet so those would be an amazing opportunity! Shared on Facebook.
tweeted link May 25
Weve never been …..posted on fb
I would take my two kids who have never been to the ex!
The food, always look forward to the food.
I would take my husband and my kids, we have never gone as a family before.
Shared on FB, followed on Twitter, posted on Twitter. I love all of the rides and the mini donuts. I haven’t been in years so I would love to go again and take my nephew and neice.
Would like to bring my son he has been there 1 time .
I followed on twitter. Shared on facebook and twitter. I would love to take my children who are growing up and my littlest one hasn’t gone to the EX and the look on his little face would be the best, my children would be the happiest and they’re growing up so I wanna share this memory with them while they’re still young. I’d love to see all the rides and the mini donuts my children love.
I would take my son (and husband) as it would be my son’s first ever Ex.
Great prize! I would take my 2 children and my hubby.
Shared it on Facebook! It will be a great gift to my husband for Father’s Day
Mmmm the ex food. And I shared on FB
I would take my 4 year old for the rides.
Hubby for the corn dogs and myself for the concerts and mini donuts
Shared on Facebook!!!
we always go for the food and the midway ,my kids can ride all day
i would be taking my children and grand daughter
Follow @RedRiverEx on twitter
posted the link on fb – Bernice Mckay
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Tweeted link 26 May
Tweeted link!
Daily tweet – May 26, 2014
https://twitter.com/MommyMomentMom/status/470955309406502912
Tweeted link today!!!
I love the concerts and of course the food!
Following on Twitter. Posted on Facebook. Looking forward to rides!!
I would love to take my son & daughter on the 22nd for the kids special. Sounds fun & I haven’t taken them ever.
Tweeted link for daily entry!
I’d like to check out the EXtreme Dogs Performance Show the most!
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I would take my boyfriend
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tweeted daily entry
Tweeted link May 27
Daily link tweet!!!
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I would love to check out the IFlip show
I follow RREX on Twitter – @crystald0524
Tweeted the contest link – @crystald0524
I would take my 3 kids – Haven’t been able to afford to go in a few years!
Shared on my fb status – CrystalVDavis
Would love to see Eddy Money
I think my kids would love seeing the dog show.
i follow on twitter
tweeted it May 27
I would love to take my kids for their first time! When I was a kid, my mom would take a day off of work every year (I still remember when it used to be by Polo Park!) and take me and my brother. We’d spend the entire afternoon there and buy fries for supper. And I also remember when I was dating my now husband, and we took an evening to go on some rides, play games and eat junk. 😉
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I would love to take my husband and two kids, we’ve never been so would love to create new memories!
Would love to take my grandson. He would love it. He is just getting into going on rides. He is 2 1/2.
Daily Tweet — May 27 ,2014
https://twitter.com/CanadianMomto2/status/471363756123885568
tweeted May 27th – @McKay72
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I would take my family
The food!!
I kinda wanna check out the ring of fire ride this year with my 7 year old!
Following on twitter
Tweeted out the link!!
Tweeted link May 28
tweeted link May 28th – @McKay72
Daily tweet – May 28, 2014
https://twitter.com/CanadianMomto2/status/471736033068191744
Tweeted link May 28th
Tweeted link!
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My favorite memory was going to the ex after 11pm with my friends when it was free
We would LOVE to go!
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My kids love the EXtreme Dog show – we will definitely check that out again this year
Favourite memory is seeing my son’s face when he realized he was big enough to go on the Swings of the Century (while mommy silently freaked out because he still looked so little on them)
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Following them on Twitter
Followed on twitter.
I’ve never been to the ex and would love to go this year!
tweeted link May 29
Daily Tweet — May 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/CanadianMomto2/status/472031585077055488
Tweeted again: https://twitter.com/miss_elles/status/472104416019890176
I would take my jubby and 2 kids. Love checking out the food and the live shows.
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Followed on twitter! and would love to take my GF who I’m trying to convert to a country music fan! Gord Bamford!!!
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Tweeted #FavMemory
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I used to love to go as a kid with my dad. My daughter is 8 and has never been. I would love to make this a family memory for her and her step-siblings – our family thing.
I would take my little cousins !
tweeted today May 29 – @McKay72
I would love to check out the Internet cat video show…my son loves watching them!
Early morning tweet!
Tweeted link! *fingers crossed*!!
Would love to take my kids to see the animals! My youngest loves farm animals.
Would love to go to the dog show! The kids love it!
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I would take my kids and husband. It’s a tradition that we go to the pancake breakfast every year
Posted as facebook status and tweeted!!
My favorite memories of the ex is going with my BFF for the food! We’d plan out whole day in 45min food breaks! Mini donuts, pretzels, deep fried chocolate bars, pizza, lemonade, candy apples, bison burgers! Wed be so disgustingly full after but oh so happy!!
This year is be taking my daughter, she would love all the animal shoes and the petting zoo!
I have shared on FB.
We would love to go…we have gone in years past…by alas we can not go this year unless we get some free tickets…I have 3 foster girls and can NOT afford to take them this year 🙁
Shared on Facebook. Its been years since we’ve gone, would love to take my kids!
I would love to take my family! We have never been to the Ex as a family and I remember having such a great time as a child.
I Tweeted and I shared the link on Facebook.
I want to take my family. We didn’t go last year and the kids are already asking about this year!
Would love to see Pirates!!
I haven’t been to the Ex in years and would love to take the kids. Favorite memory of the Ex is the food. Mmmm….
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I go for the food my kids go for everything else 😉
I would love to take my kids! Unfortunately we just can’t afford it. 🙁 Hope we win! 🙂
I would take my partner and my 2 cousins. I have been living away in Alberta for a year and it would be such a great time to be able to take them and spend the day enjoying family and having fun!
Following on twitter
Would love to take my kids as the youngest has never been.
Shared on facebook
Would love to see Splash & Boots
Tweeted link today!!! Fingers crossed!!!
I would take the kids and always on family day
I’d love to take my niece and nephews. I’ve never been to the Ex, and would love to experience it with them!
Would like to experience the roller coasters and other rides!
Posted as FB status.
I would take my family, and my daughter would love the big slides Again, and Again and Again, and Again… (you get the idea!)
I have now posted this link on my FaceBook Status
I would love to take my daughter Desirae as she is now 8 years old, and will finally be tall enough to enjoy all the adult rides
tweeted link May 30
I would take my husband and kids. We have never been since we moved here.
I followed you on twitter and basicall just spammed you with tweets. *I wont give up*
Those tickes are my lovers. :’) my family wants to go. (takitaxox) twitter
I’m always a fan of the farm and animal exhibits – and now with a 1 yr old – that will be a lot of fun 🙂
Also looking forward to the CKC Meet the Breeds booth, but more because my wife and one of our dogs will be participating in it!
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Would love to take our 2 children and my husband.
The petting zoo would be a favorite for our family.
we love checking out the farm animals!
following the EX on twitter
I would take my kids, my favorite memory is taking my then 7 yr old niece on the drop of fear!
I would love to take my boys. I had the opportunity to take them for the first time last year and they couldn’t stop talking about it. They had so much fun even though we got poured on. Would love to see the I-Flip show.
The agriculture and farm animals for my and my boys!! They are so excited!
The agriculture and farm animals for me and my boys!! They are so excited!