There are four music festivals in a three-hour radius of Winnipeg this weekend, so you might want to suck up to your friends with cars and tents.

That or check out Interstellar Rodeo and MEME Fest in town.

Also, have you hit the St. Norbert Farmers' Market yet? It's just starting to get the late-summer veggies, and it's lovely.

WHAT: FEST – Interstellar Rodeo

When: Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Where: The Forks at 1 Forks Market Rd.

Cost: $215 for a festival pass

The Interstellar Rodeo is coming to Winnipeg for the first time this year. The Edmonton-based fest is bringing Sarah McLachlan, Hawksley Workman, Tanya Tagaq and a whole bunch of other people.

Tickets are pricey for a lineup quite a bit shorter than what you'll get at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, but it does have a lot to offer in terms of Canadian talent, and there'll be food and other fest-type stuff around too.

Plus, you can walk there and avoid a long drive out of the city to a festival site.

I want to go just to see Greg MacPherson on a big stage. Can someone request Slow Stroke?

WHAT: FEST – Harvest Sun Music Festival

When: Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Where: Kelwood, Man. (about three hours away)

Cost: $75 for a weekend pass, $42 to camp

Sweet Alibi are playing the Harvest Sun Music Festival in Kelwood this weekend. (Sweet Alibi) This is definitely a bit of a drive out of town, but the lineup is really great, and it's incredibly affordable.

The Crooked Brothers, Quinton Blair and Sweet Alibi are all playing, along with Del Barber, Fred Penner and Carly Dow Band.

Plus, Rainbow Trout Music Festival's camping passes are all sold out, so if your heart is set on camping at a music festival this weekend, this is a great option.

This is my top pick, even if it's a bit of a trek out to Kelwood.

WHAT: SHOP – St. Norbert Farmer's Market

When: Saturday, Aug. 15 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: St. Norbert Farmers' Market at 3514 Pembina Hwy.

Cost: FREE

I hope you've had a chance to check out the market this year, but if you haven't, now is the time all the late-summer veggies are showing up.

There's also pizza and gelato trucks, a cut-off shorts booth (YES!) and last weekend there were some cute animals hanging around.

Go hungry, bring a few easy-to-carry reusable shopping bags and bring a bunch of cash. It's actually really fun but for some reason hard to decide on which booth to get veggies from.

You have to be decisive and have decent upper body strength because you'll end up buying way more than you expect to.

Oh and be prepared to park a few football fields away. It gets really, really busy in the morning.

WHAT: FEST – MEME Fest

When: Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Where: Various venues

Cost: FREE to $75 for a festival pass

The Cube will have some free electronic music shows this weekend and a few venues nearby are hosting paid shows.

Some locals are playing sets (Lambo and Mama Cutsworth) and a whole bunch of big names will be as well. There are also some after parties at The Pyramid and The Forks once The Cube shuts down.

If you're not into electronic music, you're probably not going to find this as accessible as the free shows for jazz fest or the fringe fest or any of the other fests that use The Cube as a venue.

That being said, it's outside, free and there will be people who are really good at what they do performing for free, so it's worth stopping by.

WHAT: FEST – Rainbow Trout Music Festival

When: Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Where: Just south of St. Malo

Cost: $20-$35 per day or $60 for the weekend (no camping left!)

Living Hour will be playing RTMF this weekend near St. Malo. (Living Hour/Facebook) This is a big deal every year and if you haven't gone to check it out yet, this is a good year to do it.

There's music and swimming and food and art and lots and lots of bikes (RTMF does those bike jams all year in Winnipeg).

This year, they have a pretty impressive lineup. On Friday, check out ATLAAS, The Will to Power and Ghost Twin. Saturday stop for Baba Yaga, Living Hour and The Catamounts. Sunday, I'd see Slow Leaves.

Camping passes are sold out, but day passes are still available and St. Malo isn't too far from the city.