Event promoter.
Born at Winnipeg on 12 October 1959, youngest son of Aubrey MacKinnon Walters (1918-2017) and Eileen Mary Higgins (1918-2012), his involvement in the city’s arts and cultural community began while he was in high school, when he booked bands for school dances. He later worked as a disc jockey, club manager, booking agent, artist manager, and merchandising manager.
For more than 11 years, he worked at Manitoba Film and Music, helping to bring such events to Winnipeg as the Juno Awards in 2005 and 2014, Canadian Country Music Awards, BreakOut West, Grey Cup 2006, Manitoba Homecoming 2010, and Culture Days. In 2012, he helped to organize the Selkirk Bicentenary commemorative events.
He died at Winnipeg on 23 June 2014, survived by his wife Ginette Lavack. In 2026, a small greenspace beside the Burton Cummings Theatre was named for him.
Obituary [Eileen Mary Walters], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 January 2012.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 2014, page B18.
Obituary [Aubrey MacKinnon Walters], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 October 2017.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 June 2026
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