FinnFest

About the Event

North America's premiere experience of Nordic culture and learning.

Festival Schedule:

8:00 am - 9:00 am: Morning Modern Nordic Walking along Lake Superior - Gooseberry Falls Room
9:00 am - 10:00 am: Finnish Brass Bands on Minnesota’s Iron Range; Revisiting “Cornets and Pickaxes” after 10 Years - French River Room
9:00 am - 11:00 am: Lyz Jaakola Hosts Ojibwe Music Morning - Tori
9:00 am - 12:00 pm: Exhibit: Rally Car Racing by Finnish American Race Teams - Tori
9:00 am - 9:45 am: Learn these Beautiful Hymns before the Ecumenical Service! - LSBR J/K
9:00 am - 12:00 pm: Exhibit: Toward a Better World – Finnish Utopian communities - Gooseberry Falls Room
9:00 am - 12:00 pm: Exhibit: Juhla! Celebrating 150 Years of Finnish Immigration in Minnesota - Edmund Fitzgerald Hall
9:00 am - 12:00 pm: Exhibit: Traveling Traditions: Nordic Folk Arts in the Upper Midwest - Edmund Fitzgerald Hall
9:00 am - 10:30 am: Film: Ilveskuiskaaja (Lynx Man) - Split Rock Room
9:00 am - 12:00 pm: Exhibit: The Story of Akanidi, Daughter of the Sun - Edmund Fitzgerald Hall
9:00 am - 12:00 pm: PONSSE Forest Machine Simulator & Scorpion Giant Harvester - Tori
9:00 am - 9:00 pm: Sauna, sauna and more sauna - Tori
9:00 am - 12:00 pm: Tori Nordic Fair + Floorball - Tori
9:00 am - 12:00 pm: Exhibit: Moss Stone + Sammal Kivi Exhibit Fiber Illustrations of Finnish Lore    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm: “From Vietnam War to Ukraine” Photo Exhibit - Edmund Fitzgerald Hall
9:00 am - 9:45 am: Kahvitauko: Finnish Conversation Hour - Coffee Shop/Concessions
10:00 am - 11:30 am: Ecumenical Worship Service - LSBR J/K
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Emil Hurja: Political Opinion Polling Pioneer - Split Rock Room
10:30 am - 11:30 am: James Johnson, Poet - St. Louis River Room
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Toward a Better World: Three Centuries and Six Continents of Finnish Utopias - French River Room
11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Live Music by Lindula Brothers - Tori
11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Launching a dream: A Finnish American Love Story - LSBR J/K
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Floorball: Final Game - DECC Arena
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Sauna Raffle and Finnair Flights - Tori
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm: Film: Máhccan (Homecoming) - Split Rock Room

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