The Winnipeg Friendship Festival is a family festival featuring cartoon characters as its main attraction. The festival is held in Assiniboine Park

Assiniboine Park

Assiniboine Park is a park in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was established in 1904 and is located north of the Assiniboine Forest. Today, it covers , of these are designed in the English landscape style....

 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. For many years, the festival was known as the Winnie the Pooh festival in honor of the bear Winnipeg who inspired both the book and the movie. Disney was the sponsor of the festival during those early years.

The festival is held in July on a Saturday.