Winnipeg, MB

West End Cultural Centre

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West End Cultural Centre is a live-music venue in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Nonprofit live-music venue presenting local, national and international artists in an intimate performance room. WECC is a long-running intimate music venue with current concerts and artist-development programming. The venue supports live-band performance, giving working groups a clear basis for evaluating the room. Programming includes Folk, indie, roots, world, jazz, rock, singer-songwriter, mixed. Family or all-ages attendance is supported, although individual events may vary. The venue is located at 586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 1Z8. For musicians evaluating a date, the established programming is the clearest guide to whether a set, instrumentation, and audience profile will fit the room. Artists can compare their sound and show scale with the venue’s existing live-music format before pursuing a date. Bands and solo performers can use the genre mix, audience setting, and performance style as practical signals when building a routing plan. For working musicians, that established performance pattern also provides useful context for deciding how much production, stage footprint, and preparation a show may require. The venue’s live-use pattern makes it a practical lead for suitable performers.

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Contact
Jorge
Role
Talent Buyer

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info@wecc.ca
+1 204-783-6918Open booking page

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Capacity
380
Capacity notes
seated.
Age policy
All Ages
Genres
All Genres
Sound & production
House sound system
Address
586 Ellice Avenue, R3B 1Z8, Canada
Venue phone
+1 204-783-6918

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