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Bishop Hill Midsummer and Music Festival

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Category: Celebration
Start date: 23 Jun 2018 11:00 AM
End date: 23 Jun 2018 09:00 PM
City / town: Bishop Hill
Country: Illinois, USA
Organizer: Swedish American Museum
Email: bhha@mymctc.net
Phone: 309.927.3899
Homepage: www.SwedishAmericanMuseum.org

Join a lively Swedish tradition to celebrate the summer solstice. Free concerts at the Main Stage in the park from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. include the Nordland Band, a Scandinavian Band from Chicago, and Black Hawk Pipes and Drums.

Warm up your dance steps at the Nordland Band's 12:30 p.m. workshop in the Dairy Building as they play wonderful waltzes and pretty polkas. If folks want to dive in feet first, this is an opportunity to learn some simple Swedish dances. For those who want to dance with their fingers, the band will have some percussion instruments along for you to join in the fun. There will also be plenty of seating for those who delight in just listening to the music. This workshop is free and open to the public. No registration is necessary for this one-hour workshop.

Pole decorating and procession at 4 p.m. will ensure delivery to the Colony School. A barn dance will be held in the evening at the Colony School with the Rusty Pickup String Band, starting at 7 p.m.