FinnFest

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

Festival Schedule:

8:00 am - 4:00 pm: Embarrass History and Architecture Tour - Tours
8:30 am - 3:30 pm: Family History (Genealogy) Seminar - French River Room
9:00 am - 3:00 pm: Learn Finnish Language Seminar – Intermediate - LSBR O
9:00 am - 3:00 pm: Learn Finnish Language Seminar – Beginners - LSBR L
9:00 am - 5:00 pm: Exhibit: Moss Stone + Sammal Kivi Exhibit Fiber Illustrations of Finnish Lore    
9:00 am - 4:00 pm: Advanced ASAHI® Teacher Training Seminar - Gooseberry Falls Room
9:00 am - 10:30 am: Pulla-Baking Contest and Demonstration - off-site location
9:00 am - 9:00 pm: Sauna, sauna and more sauna - Tori
9:00 am - 10:00 pm: Film: Manoomin (Wild Rice): Ojibwe Spirit Food - Split Rock Room
9:00 am - 4:00 pm: Beginning ASAHI® Teacher Training Seminar - Gooseberry Falls Room
9:00 am - 4:00 pm: Sauna Seminar - LSBR J/K
10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Floorball: Ohio vs Texas - DECC Arena
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Are Birds in Minnesota and Finland Similar? - LSBR MN
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Toward a Better World: Three Centuries and Six Continents of Finnish Utopias - St. Louis River Room
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Film: Happiest Country in the World – PBS Documentary - Split Rock Room
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm: “From Vietnam War to Ukraine” Photo Exhibit - Edmund Fitzgerald Hall
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Exhibit: Rally Car Racing by Finnish American Race Teams - Tori
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Exhibit: Toward a Better World – Finnish Utopian communities - Edmund Fitzgerald Hall
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Exhibit: Juhla! Celebrating 150 Years of Finnish Immigration in Minnesota - Edmund Fitzgerald Hall
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Exhibit: Traveling Traditions – Nordic Folk Arts in the Upper Midwest - Edmund Fitzgerald Hall
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm: Mini Asahi and Modern Nordic Walking Practice: Finnish Health Hacks in Tandem - Tori
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Traditional Arts Demonstrations - Edmund Fitzgerald Hall
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Exhibit: The Story of Akanidi, Daughter of the Sun - Edmund Fitzgerald Hall
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm: PONSSE Forest Machine Simulator & Scorpion Giant Harvester - Tori
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Tori Nordic Fair + Floorball - Tori
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm: Film: Máhccan (Homecoming) - Split Rock Room
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Aalto University Junior Workshop: Bioplastic in the Microwave Oven - Edmund Fitzgerald Hall
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Floorball: Minnesota vs Ft Worth - DECC Arena
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Live Music by Breanne Marie - Tori
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Familiar Lands, Foreign Gates: Finnish American Writing - St. Louis River Room
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Learn Simple ASAHI® – Open Workshop - LSBR MN
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Finnish Dance Workshop - Gooseberry Falls Room
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Familiar Lands, Foreign Gates: The poetry of Lynette Reini-Grandell & Loren Niemi - St. Louis River Room
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Film: Suomeen juurtuneet (Home and Away) - Split Rock Room
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Traditional Finnish Dance Music by Teresa Aho and The Northern Stars Sami Girls - Tori
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Finland in America: Finnish-American Collections in Archives in Minnesota and Michigan - LSBR MN
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Afternoon Modern Nordic Walking Along Lake Superior - Gooseberry Falls Room
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm: FLoorball: Fresno vs Seattle - DECC Arena
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm: Young & Finnspired! Young Professionals Networking Event - off-site location
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Convocation - LSBR J/K
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm: “My Immigrant Story”: Comedic Monologue - LSBR J/K
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Lavatanssit – Nightly Dances - Gooseberry Falls Room

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