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Programming and general inquiries:
hello@thegreatnorthernfestival.com

Press inquiries:
emilyjbuchanan@gmail.com

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nina@thegreatnorthernfestival.com

That's a wrap on The Great Northern 2024! Thank you to all who celebrated and reflected upon winter in the North with us. Enjoy a few highlights from festival events (more to come).⁠ ⁠ Photos: @jaymehalbritter
🧊 Ice Bar update 🧊 Sat, Feb 3 will be the last day of operations for The Great Northern Ice Bar. These record highs have taken a toll on the structure despite our best efforts to combat them. We invite you to join us for our final two days to rai
Wintertime can be a sacred time to align with nature and invite us to rest deeply. Join Rebeka Ndosi (Founder, Maji ya Chai Land Sanctuary) and Sandra Joy Agustin (Firekeeper, Maji ya Chai Land Sanctuary) for a mindful conversation about radical self
Only three days left to experience The Great Northern Sauna Village! It’s going to be a beautiful weekend to sweat it all out and rejuvenate with thermic bathing traditions, an incredible community, and delicious fare just steps away at Malcolm
Be the first to experience upcoming American Swedish Institute exhibitions Arctic Highways: Unbounded Indigenous People and Mygration at a special evening preview party Fri, Feb 2—featuring an artist conversation and exhibition tour, live music
The Sphinx Virtuosi shares the stage with the Minnesota Orchestra in a program Feb 1-3 featuring Michael Abels’ Global Warming, Astor Piazzolla’s Winter and Summer, Carlos Simon’s meditative Breathe, and Angélica Negró
Celebrate the opening of The Katherine E. Nash Gallery’s exhibition Dreaming Our Futures: Ojibwe and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Artists and Knowledge Keepers, presented as part ofThe Great Northern. The evening will feature a conversa
Looking for plans to get out of the house on Friday with the whole family? We've got you covered. Join The Great Northern—in partnership with Melanin in Motion and Target— for an evening of spectacular shadows, mesmerizing lights, and out
Thanks to all who have joined us for The Great Northern 2024 so far! Enjoy a collection of photos from over the past few days, and join us for events happening through Feb 4. Explore at the link in bio. Photos: @jaymehalbritter