20TH ANNIVERSARY NISSWA-STÄMMAN Info... Please click here to download a pdf version of this info sheet Nisswa-stämman Scandinavian Folk
Music Festival, June 7 & 8, 2019, features 150 folk musicians
performing on 5 stages, day-long dancing opportunities on two dance
floors, dance instruction, a cultural children's activity tent, and
great Scandinavian food...all under the shade of the majestic Norway
pines of the Nisswa Pioneer Village in Nisswa, Minnesota. We are
celebrating our 20th anniversary and we have a very special line up of
award winning, (and we really do mean award winning!) musicians coming
from Scandinavia. They include: Mette
Jensen, Kristian Bugge & Morten Høirup - master musicians
from Denmark on fiddle, accordion, guitar and voice; Lena Jonsson & Arvid Svenungsson
- innovative and awarded musicians from Sweden on fiddle and
piano; Smålands Spelmanslag -
large traditional music group from Småland, Sweden featuring fiddles,
nyckelharpa and guitar; Bjørn Kåre
Odde & Ole Nilssen - award winning musicians from Norway on
fiddle and accordion; Tero Hyvaluoma
& Esko Järvelä - award winning, high energy fiddlers from
Finland; Teija Niku & Sara
Pajunen - Finland/USA, a favorite duo at Nisswastämman, playing
Finnish music with deep emotion on accordion and violin; Einar Eimhjellen trio - traditional
music of Norway played on harmonica, accordion and hardingfele. USA
groups and individuals appearing include the American Swedish Institute
Spelmanslag, the Twin Cities Nyckelharpalag, the Twin Cities
Hardingfelelag, Hutenanny, Tjärnblom, the Stoney Brook Fiddlers, Ole
Olssons Oldtime Orkestra, Skål Klubben Spelmanslag, Ivares Pojkarna,
Skålmusik, Finn Hall Band, Dwight Lamb, Bronwyn Bird & Justin Nawn,
Ross
Sutter, Kip Peltoniemi, Loretta Kelley and many others!
For more information contact Paul Wilson, 218 764 2994 nisswastamman@gmail.com http://www.nisswastamman.org/ Here is the basic Nisswa-stämman 2019 schedule. As of this point some details are still being worked out, including possible presales of Smörgåsbord tickets and Friday night concert tickets. Friday June 7 - 10 am - 3 pm - Scandinavian music and dancing workshops, Nisswa area. There is a fee involved to participate. Email Janet Hill for information at: janethillnew@gmail.com or call her at 218 259 4090 6:30 pm - Gala Opening Sampler concert, Lutheran Church of the Cross, Nisswa, $15 adults, $5 children 12 and under. Tickets go on sale at 5:30 pm. 9:30 pm - 1 am - old time dance featuring several festival bands. Nisswa American Legion Club, Nisswa, Mn. Saturday June 8 - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nisswa-stämman Festival (Nisswa Pioneer Village) $15 adults / $5 children 9 - 17 / children under 9 free. All tickets available only at the gate. 4:45 p.m. - 6:00 pm - Smörgåsbord $20 (Location: Nisswa American Legion) 7:00 pm - 1 am - Old time dance featuring even more bands than Friday night. Nisswa American Legion Club, Nisswa, Mn. For more information visit the web page at http://www.nisswastamman.org/ , or contact Paul Wilson, 218 764 2994 nisswastamman@gmail.com **NO PETS AND NO SMOKING ALLOWED ON THE GROUNDS OF THE PIONEER VILLAGE, PLEASE ** |
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