Vasa Park’s Midsummer Festival is a traditional Scandinavian family celebration of the start of summer. This year’s festival is a celebration of the 89nd anniversary of this event at Vasa Park.

The traditions at Vasa Park’s Midsummer Festival include a parade of costumed folk dancers and musicians, a folk dancing performance around a flower covered midsummer pole.
- The main Midsummer program starts at 12:15 p.m.
- Come early for a hearty Swedish pancake breakfast served at the outdoor kitchen from 9 a.m.-noon. Cost is $10/adults and $8/children 12 and under.
- Available from noon-6 p.m.: hamburgers, hot dogs, grilled salmon and salmon caesar salad.
You will also find a delightful coffee garden with homemade baked goods and coffee and a beer garden serving domestic and microbrews.
- Free pony rides and floral crown making for kids from 10 a.m.–noon.
- Free cotton candy, free popcorn, free bounce house, free face painting, and a tumble bus for all the children to enjoy.
- Traditional children’s races and games start at 2:30 p.m.
- The famous Pickled Herring Band will entertain us from 3 p.m.–6 p.m. near the beer garden tent.
- The playground, swimming beach and waterslides are open all day long for your enjoyment.

Admission to Vasa Park on Midsummer Festival day is FREE to the public.

For additional information on our Midsummer festival got to www.vasaparkresort.com