Labour Day and Banjo Bowl weekends

[Jacquie]

From the Bombers' website:

 

For Labour Day weekend:

 

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are excited to be part of this year's Prairie Barge Festival at The Forks on the Labour Day Weekend!

 

The free, outdoor party will showcase the talent of artists from across Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with concerts, an outdoor arts & crafts market, and other performances happening throughout the weekend.

 

On the Sunday of the Labour Day Weekend, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Labour Day Classic game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, being played in Regina at Mosaic Field, will be shown on a large screen at The Forks.

 

Buzz and Boomer will be on hand along with a number of Winnipeg Blue Bombers players, to enjoy the festivities and the game!   Kickoff is 3:00pm.

 

 

For the Banjo Bowl:

 

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are pleased to announce details of the Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Banjo Bowl Weekend, taking place from September 5-7.  The weekend kicks off on Friday, September 5th at the Upperdeck Sports Bar at McPhillips Station Casino, with players and coaches in attendance to mingle with the fans. 

 

Fan Appreciation Day takes place on Saturday, September 6th. Fans are invited to watch the Blue Bombers’ walkthrough from 11:30am-12:10 pm, while family-friendly entertainment and activities are taking place around the concourse.  After the players step off the turf, fans are invited to come down to meet Buzz, Boomer and the Cheer Team for a field-level experience while players get situated around the concourse for a team autograph signing taking place at 1 pm.  All fans will receive a team photo and complimentary meal courtesy of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

 

Later that night, the Blue Bomber Alumni Association will host the 2014 Banjo Bowl Social at Area Nightclub, with a special appearance and performance by the Blue Bomber Dance Team. Tickets for the event are available online by clicking here: http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?.

 

All these events ultimately lead up to the Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Banjo Bowl, taking place on Sunday, September 7th at 3 pm when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers square off against the Saskatchewan Roughriders in a rematch of the Labour Day Classic.  Tailgate in the Plaza opens at 12 noon with three full hours of entertainment, food and beverages, and an autograph signing by our alumni.

 

 

And the Legacy Dinner:

 

The 2014 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Legacy Dinner is not to be missed.  Individual seats and full tables are available for purchase, to attend the most prestigious event of the year.  Join us on October 22nd, 2014, as former Bombers Head Coach Dave Ritchie is inducted, alongside players Tony Norman and Jim Heighton, and former board member Bill Morton.

 

In conjunction with the Legacy Dinner, the Blue Bombers will honour one of the most successful coaches in Bomber history when they unveil a bronze statue of "Bud" Grant outside of Investors Group Field. Grant will be in attendance for the unveiling and the dinner.  Grant coached the Bombers from 1957 until 1966, winning four Grey Cups and a CFL Coach of the Year award before heading south to coach the NFL's Minnesota Vikings. He is the third winningest coach in all of professional football with 290 wins in the NFL and CFL combined; he is a CFL Hall of Famer and a Pro Football Hall of Famer.