American Swedish Institute Midwinter Folk Music Festival

Back and better than ever this year – with more music groups, concerts, workshops, dancing and guest musicians! American Swedish Institute hosts a fantastic Folk Music Festival weekend Feb. 14-16 showcasing long-time favorite groups including the ASI Spelmanslag with founder/National Heritage Fellow, Paul Dahlin, with guests Anders and Maria Larsson from Malmö, #Sweden, the TC Nyckelharpalag, and nyckelharpa players Becky Weis and Renee Vaughan, the ASI Cloudberries and ASI Male Chorus Friends and more!

Some events are free while others require registration. Please see ASI’s website for information and to register: https://www.asimn.org/programs-education/events/asi-midwinter-folk-music-festival-february-14-16

WEEKEND SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, February 14, 7 p.m. – opening concert and dance featuring Maria and Anders Larsson, the Twin Cities Nyckelharpalag and the ASI Spelmanslag. $15 ASI members / $20 non-members / free for youth under 18.

Workshops on Saturday, February 15 (varying prices)
• 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Youth Swedish Fiddle: From South to North, Swedish Tunes for Fiddle with Maria Larsson.
• 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Adult Swedish Fiddle: How Our Music Goes with Paul Dahlin.
• 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Swedish Song: Singing for Dancing with Anders Larsson.
• 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Swedish Music: Music from Northern Sweden with Kip Peltomiemi and Renee Vaughan
• 2-3 p.m. – Dance workshop with Elise Peters & Char Bostrom
• 2-5 p.m. – Swedish Tunes for the Fiddle with Maria and Anders Larsson. $30 adults / free for youth.
• 2-5 p.m. – Modern tunes for Nyckelharpa By Players From the Last Sixty Years with Becky Weis. $30 / free for youth under 18.

Concerts on Saturday, February 15 (FREE)
• 12-12:30 p.m. – Ole Olssons Oldtime Orkestra
• 1-1:30 p.m. – Youth Fiddlers concert
• 2-2:30 p.m. – Renee Vaughan and Adam Kiesling: Gammeldans tunes on nyckelharpa and guitar
• 3-3:30 p.m. – Humorus songs with Art Bjorngjeld, Paul Wilson and Mary Abendroth
• 3:30-4:30 p.m. – Allsång (Swedish sing along) with Janet Carlson, ASI Male Chorus and the ASI Cloudberries
• 4-4:30 p.m. – Paul Dahlin & friends including Marikay on bass and other fiddlers

Saturday, February 15, 7 p.m. – Concert and dance featuring the ASI Male Chorus, the ASI Cloudberries and Ole Olssons Oldtime Orkestra. Followed by Elise Peters teaching Swedish mixer dances. $15 ASI members / $20 non-members / free for youth under 18.

Sunday, February 16
• 1 p.m. – Rehearsals: workshop groups run through tunes to be included in the afternoon performance.
• 2 p.m. – Closing concert featuring the ASI Spelmanslag and the ASI Lilla lag. Workshop groups will play what they have learned. $15 ASI members / $20 non-members / free for youth under 18.

Thank you to the ASF + Scandinavia House for their grant support of the Larssons’ visit and by extension, the ASI Midwinter Folk Music Festival.