North America’s largest Scandinavian heritage festival will take place in Minot, North Dakota from September 28th and until October 1st 2016.
Ten thousands of people travels every year to Minot to participate in this cornucopia of Scandinavian nostalgia, culture and proudness of family roots.
I the four large halls that provides the frames for this festival, visitors will find formidable vikings, troll kings, Scandinavian as well as local crafts, Swedish meat balls, Norwegian heerings and Danish ‘medisterpølse’ and ‘Æbleskiver’.
There will be stalls with Nordic knitting, costumes, Swedish clogs, Danish lego, cruises on sale, a young and slim Miss Norsk Høstfest, plus, of course, great American draws like Emmylou Harris, Chicago and Neil Sedaka.
Furthermore the audience can experience the cosy atmosphere while lots of musicians from The US and Scandinavia – including Gangspil – Lydom, Bugge & Høirup, and our friends Skålmusik from Minnesota, entertains several times a day with a good mood and music and dancing from the old homelands.
I was at Norsk Høstfest with fiddler Harald Haugaard many years ago, and it’s going to be fun to return with Sonnich Lydom and Kristian Bugge.
On our way we might do a few gigs in Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota, but I’ll tell you more about that when I have news.
More info at: http://www.hostfest.com