“We had to design a bar (and kitchen) that functions really, really efficiently within this space.” “You can get swarmed with hundreds of people between songs,” Wiebe says. Creating short-term and attractive open-air spaces that also functioned properly during a music festival was a challenge. The grounds will include a pop-up restaurant under the canopy of the CN Stage with a menu created by chef Ben Kramer, a cocktail bar operated by Nomad Bar Box and a luxury lounge and disco forest for VIP ticketholders. “We don’t normally take on projects that aren’t restaurants or houses, but because this is essentially a restaurant under some tents we can offer quite a bit here.” “It’s a fun opportunity to flex our creative muscles,” says company co-owner Jaclyn Wiebe. The temporarily extravagant project is a first for Fireside.
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With the help of Fireside Design Build - a local firm responsible for some of the city’s trendiest restaurants - the Forks will be transformed into a colourful playground full of chandeliers, fringe and giant chrome beach balls. Current is the culmination of her affinity for aesthetics and desire to offer Winnipeggers a summer festival experience sans camping and food trucks. “It was a big learning curve and I’m pretty proud of how it’s all coming together.”Īn event manager by trade, Derksen has had a hand in the Winnipeg Santa Claus Parade, Table for 1200 and ManyFest.
“I had more time to do things, so it wasn’t quite as hurried… but I’ve had to do 80 per cent of it myself,” she says. For financial reasons, she had to lay off staff at the beginning of the public health crisis and has been operating largely as a one-woman show - co-ordinating everything from the music to the design to the marketing. ‘It’s a fun opportunity to flex our creative muscles,’ says company co-owner Jaclyn Wiebe.ĭerksen’s title doesn’t quite capture the scope of her role. “The location being convenient, the luxury of it, and the local aspects.”įireside Design Build is creating the top-drawer space for VIP ticketholders.
“When I talk to people about it, they’re excited about three L’s,” festival director Monica Derksen says. It’s a luxuriously local event three years in the making.Īfter multiple pandemic delays, the inaugural Current Festival is finally moving into The Forks next Friday for a three-day event that’s being billed as “unapologetically extra.”
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