Brandon First : Experience Your Event Here
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Brandon First is a not-for-profit Destination Marketing Organization that consists of a twelve member Board of Directors, a two person staff, and a membership base of more than forty local business stakeholders. We are committed to working as a cohesive group to promote Brandon, Manitoba as a host city for events.
We proactively source out events by attending conferences, meetings, sporting events and more to find the ones that are the right fit for our city, our venues and our market. We then work to find a local committee or interested party to pursue these potential leads. We also work with local organizations and committees who already have an idea in mind to bring their targeted event to the City of Brandon.
It is our goal to drive economic development in the city through multi-day event tourism, and successful event hosting.
This annual event recognizes and celebrates the exceptional individuals, businesses, organizations and communities within the Westman region that have made significant contributions to tourism development and promotion over the past year.
Awards will be handed out in nine categories; Event of the Year (budget over 10k), Event of the Year (budget under 10k), Brandon Event of the Year (budget over 10k), Marketing, Excellence, Partnership, Volunteer of the Year, Indigenous Tourism, Employee of the Year and Small Business of the Year.
27 nominations have been submitted for the 2026 Awards from communities including; Brandon, Boissevain, Carberry, Deloraine, Elkhorn, Killarney, MacGregor, Neepawa, Oak Lake, Pipestone, Rivers, Treherne, Virden and Waskada - nominees will be announced shortly!
This year's event is being held on June 11th at The Backyard on Aberdeen in Brandon, MB at 6:00pm.
For more info & to purchase tickets visit:
https://www.tourismwestman.ca/blog/2026-tribute-to-tourism-awards-gala-registration-now-open/
The Backyard on Aberdeen Brandon Tourism City of Brandon - Local Government
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