Experience traditional art, music, and stories of the Nordic countries with your family and friends. Meet artists from our region and beyond as they demonstrate weaving, rosemaling, and other crafts. Enjoy music by Norwegian-Swedish folk duo Lynx Lynx, and take part in art-making activities—paint a Dala horse, play with pattern—inspired by the furniture, textiles, and other objects in the exhibition Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890–1980.
Concert at the National Music Musem in Vermillion SD.
The NMM Live! Series is made possible by the USD Student Government Association and the South Dakota Arts Council through the Department of Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts. This program is in memory of Maud and Mary Adams.
This year, ASI’s Midsommar Celebration will feature performances by Lynx Lynx, Hanneke Cassel, Mike Block, and a summertime dance party featuring Jake Rudh, longtime DJ, MPR radio host, and founder of Transmission.
Advance ticket registration is required to attend this event. Walk-up sales will be available after 1 pm. Midsommar is one of ASI’s most popular events; please anticipate limited on-site parking.
Vesterheim Presents: Lawn Chair Night with lynx lynx
Location: Downtown Decorah, IA on Washington St. outside of Impact Coffee
Bring your lawn chair and your snacks and refreshments and join us for an evening of traditional Scandinavian folk tunes!
Facebook Event: https://fb.me/e/IbeZl2Aq
An evening of Scandinavian folk music with the duo “Lynx Lynx”, between Vidar Skrede & Patrik Ahlberg. They will share fiddle tunes from Norway and Sweden, and tunes from their own imagination, across fiddles, hardanger fiddles, guitars, and a mandolin.
Free entrance! Suggested donation of $10.
Location: The Auditorium at Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, St Paul, MN.
Beverages (water, pop, beer, wine, and iced coffee) and hot food and snacks are available for purchase in the basement pub.
Welcome 🙂
Two parallel workshops:
Fiddle Tunes:
All fiddle-friendly instruments are welcome to learn a couple of Scandinavian super tunes.
Harding Fiddle:
A workshop for those who play the harding fiddle – learn some great tunes!
Teachers for both: Vidar Skrede & Patrik Ahlberg.
