Regina has long been home to one of Canada’s most beloved music traditions. With the closure of the Regina Folk Festival, a meaningful cultural and community gap has emerged, one felt by audiences, artists, and the broader creative sector alike.
The Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange Society (The Exchange) is stepping forward to meet this moment.
We are launching a new, community-driven music festival, one that honours the spirit of what came before, while evolving to meet the needs of Regina today.
This is not simply a replacement. It is a strategic reset: more accessible, more inclusive, and built for long-term sustainability.
Thursday, February 19th – Spoken Word Night. The Exchange – 2431 8th Ave All Ages & Licensed 7:00pm – 10:00pm www.sakewewak.ca Please join Sâkêwêwak Artists’ Collective for the 2026 Storytellers Festival, celebrating winter traditions through Indigenous storytelling, art, and gathering. From February 19 to March 1, experience spoken word, panel discussions, youth programming, art installations, a film screening, and more — with events happening across Regina. We’re excited to welcome you as stories come to life through design, memory, and voice. The Sâkêwêwak Annual Storytellers Festival is a community-based, multidisciplinary arts showcase featuring a diverse range of Indigenous artists. As we reflect on the enduring power of stories and language to shape understanding, memory, and ways of being, Storytellers 2026 invites the community to slow down and be fully present. Rooted in Indigenous ways of knowing, this year’s festival creates space for ancestral teachings, contemporary narratives, and lived experience to meet — not in haste, but in attention. This year’s theme is Presence. Presence asks a simple but challenging question: where is your focus? In a world of constant distraction, this chapter of the Storytellers Festival invites audiences to arrive fully — with their bodies, their attention, and their hearts. Through spoken word, panel discussions, youth programming, living stories, and film, Presence becomes a practice rather than a concept. Storytellers 2026 offers moments to pause, reflect, and reconnect — with yourself, with community, and with the stories that shape us. We are grateful for ongoing support from the Canada Council for the Arts, SK Arts, Sask Lotteries, SaskCulture, and City of Regina, all of whom make this festival possible.
The Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange is pleased to invite its membership and all interested to its Annual General Meeting on November 29th, 2025.
Our staff and Board of Directors will be handling the business of an AGM and updating the membership on what the organization has accomplished in our 2024-2025 year.
Attached are amended bylaws for the membership to consider and vote on by ordinary resolution
The meeting will take place at 2431 8th Ave, Regina SK. and via Zoom video conference.
Our musician on the 2025 SCES Workshop Tour, Melissa Nygren, encouraging creativity for students at Clive Draycott School in Bethune. So lovely! I had comments that day that “I feel like I just spent a great afternoon hanging out with my favourite Auntie!”Namaste. Up to Lloydminster area now for further adventures in encouraging creative thinking.
The Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange Society is looking for interested individuals willing to commit 40-60 volunteer hours per year to serve on our board of directors.
We seek committed individuals who will strengthen the overall skill set of the Board, contribute to its diversity, and bring knowledge and experience that will improve the governance of the SCES.
The SCES provides cultural opportunities to rural and remote areas of Saskatchewan linking communities with artists as well as operating a cultural venue in Regina.
Wednesday, February 12th Aboriginal Storytelling Month Live performances by: Errol Kinistino Thomas Roussin Lionel Peyachew Koyot Hosted by: Brad Infored Bellegarde 6:30pm – 10:30pm $10 at the door The Exchange – 2431 8th ave.
Hours: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Lunch Included The Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange 2431 8th Ave Aged 6 – 12
ABOUT THE CAMP: At V.I.B.E. camp, we will explore the arts in all forms – not just visual and performance arts, but also martial arts, culinary arts, and life skills, all rooted in creativity. This camp is all about helping kids build confidence, learn essential life skills, and discover the joy of creative expression. Whether we’re whipping up something tasty in the kitchen, honing basic skills, or creating masterpieces, we look forward to inspiring the next generation of young learners and artists!
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS: Hi, we are Dallas and Darian and we are so excited to be running this year’s V.I.B.E. Summer Kids Art Camp! With each of us having teaching experience, we’re passionate about helping kids grow through creativity, exploration, and hands-on learning.
We both bring unique skills and experiences to camp. Dallas has been teaching for six years in Regina, and also coaches martial arts, promoting a balanced approach to physical, mental, and creative development. Darian also has six years of teaching experience, including two years abroad in London, UK. We both have a passion for play-based learning and exploration, as well as the arts. We know our love for the arts will help create an engaging and fun environment for kids.
Congratulations to our very own Zandra Kaszas for being the recipient of the 2024 WCMA Heritage Award!
“We are thrilled to present the 2024 WCMA Heritage Award to acclaimed concert presenter, Zandra Kaszas .
Zandra Kaszas is an independent concert promoter, venue manager, and fierce champion of live and local music. She has had a long, storied career that has evolved organically from producing the celebrated television program e-clips which ran for 10 years and featured interviews with the likes of Metallica, Michael Buble, Slayer, and Glen Campbell to founding Zandra Productions and bringing countless internationally renowned metal bands to Saskatchewan including Behemoth, Mayhem, Kreator, and Nevermore. She also manages The Exchange, one of the longest running all-ages venues in Canada. “
