The West End Cultural Centre has two performance spaces. Ventura Concert Hall has a capacity of 380, and the Assiniboine Credit Union Hall has a capacity of 80 capacity. Both spaces are available for rent to the general public. We offer a full range of services for days or evenings as well as affordable rates and options for non-profit organizations. For more information about renting our facilities and rates please contact us at info@wecc.ca or by phone at 204-783-6918.
Ventura Concert Hall
Ventura Concert Hall is our larger performance space with a seating capacity of up to 380 people (323 on the floor and 57 on the balcony). Floor seating in the venue is modular and can be arranged in standard concert seating, cabaret seating with tables and chairs, or combinations of both. The seating can also be cleared for standing shows.
Click here for Ventura Concert Hall Technical Equipment list
Assiniboine Credit Union Hall
Assiniboine Credit Union Hall is our multi-purpose space with a seating capacity of up to 80 people. This space has been used for activities including concerts, meetings, public talks, elections, yoga, dance classes, and music lessons. Seating in the venue is modular and can be arranged in standard concert seating, cabaret seating, and meeting seating. It can also be cleared for activities that need larger spaces. Tables, chairs, PA system, and projection equipment can all be requested at the time of booking.
Community Arts Partnership Program
At the West End Cultural Centre, we believe that true appreciation of the arts is not passive. In fact, the WECC’s founding statement concludes with the commitment to “make sure people will get involved, not in some peripheral way but with their hearts and guts and brains”.
Our community outreach programming is deeply rooted in this commitment to getting people involved by reaching out to residents in the surrounding community and encouraging active participation in the arts. We strive to provide a continuum of free or minimal cost programming for youth and families to encourage an arts habit that will last a lifetime.
WECC outreach programs provide opportunities for active participation in the arts, offer free arts education for inner-city youth, increase exposure to a variety of artistic disciplines, and build bridges between artists and the local community.
The WECC believes that true arts appreciation goes beyond sitting in an audience. We look for ways to bring artists and community members together to learn and grow.
The Community Arts Partnership Program is designed to assist organizations that want to organize arts events at the WECC. This program offers free use of the venue (plus a $300 labour fee) to community and arts groups for events that:
provide opportunities for citizens to be involved in the arts when they otherwise would not have the opportunity
increase community access to Canadian artists and music out of the mainstream
provide educational opportunities in the development of artistic expression
provide community members with direct contact with professional musicians when they otherwise would not have the opportunity
assist community-based organizations in presenting arts events
Organizations that have partnered with the WECC include: the Manitoba Independent Songwriters Circle, the Spence Neighbourhood Association, Career Trek, and The Rainbow Resource Centre.
We are interested in hearing from groups with projects such as:
Cultural education – music, dance, and theatre
Development of new artists
Social service event with an arts component
Awareness or fundraising projects with an arts component