The Beauhead Arts Festival returns to Beausejour, Manitoba for its sixth year on August 21 and 22, and organizers have unveiled a revamped featured artist lineup for the 2026 event. Acrylic painter Michele Campbell and mixed-media artist Ninon Wakeland are the new headliners, replacing three artists who were previously scheduled to appear.
The festival happens at the Pioneer Village Museum at the intersection of Park Avenue and 7th Street North, running Friday from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Campbell, a Beausejour resident, is known for her expressive paintings of wildlife, especially polar bears and pet portraits. Wakeland uses acrylics, watercolours, and textured materials to build abstract landscapes drawn from lakes, forests, and prairie life.
The updated roster means glass fusion artist Don Fletcher, watercolour painter Melanie Bird, and pencil artist Noah Baker are no longer part of this year’s event. The festival’s volunteer board organized the sixth edition, continuing a tradition that started in 2018.
Beyond the featured artists, the Beauhead Arts Festival welcomes applications from emerging artists who want to show and sell their work. An online application form is available, and anyone interested in volunteering can reach the committee by email at [email protected]. The festival celebrates visual, literary, and performing arts with an art show and sale, hands-on activities, dance and music performances, and food vendors, all set among the museum’s historic buildings that recreate a pioneer village from the early 1900s.
