Some upcoming public events
Friday, June 7 and Saturday, June 8, 2024
Duluth-stämman 2024, a weekend of Scandinavian music and dance
University of Minnesota-Duluth and Chester Bowl
Saturday June 8 at 1:30-2pm; at the Saturday dance at 9pm
Sunday, June 23, 2024, 10:00am
Hager City, MN- outdoor church service and picnic afterwards
Svea Lutheran Church
12651 15th St. SE
Svea, MN 56216
Sunday, July 28, 2024, 2:00pm
Karl Oscar house near Lindstrom MN
Karl Oskar House
Ki Chi Saga Park 29101 Glader Blvd, Lindstrom, MN
Saturday September 7, 2024
Lions Park, 8339 Victoria Dr, Victoria, MN 55386
Nordic Fest 2024
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Apple Valley Sons of Norway event
Sunday, November 10, 2024, 3:00pm
Music in the Chapel, Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis
3600 Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55408
Some past public events
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Mindekirken-Syttende Mai celebration
Mindekirken, The Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church
924 E 21st St., Minneapolis, MN 55404
Sunday, April 28th, 2024, 6:30pm
Nordic Contemplative Evening Service
Pilgrim Lutheran Church
1935 St. Clair Avenue, Saint Paul MN 55105
Saturday, April 20th, 2024, ball runs 5-11:00pm
Twin Cities Nordic Ball
For more than forty years, the Nordic Ball has been an annual tradition of the Nordic folk music and dance communities in the Twin Cities.
Ukrainian Center, 3301 NE Main St, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Sunday, March 10, 2024, 7:00pm
Nordic Dance Night
Tapestry Folk Dance Center, 3748 Minnehaha Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sunday, March 3, 2024, 1:45pm
Midwinter Folk Fest
American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Sunday, November 12, 2023, 7:00pm
Nordic Dance Night
Tapestry Folk Dance Center
3748 Minnehaha Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Monday, October 9, 2023
Willmar Sons of Norway
Willmar, MN
Saturday, September 9, 2023, 2:30pm
Nordic Music and Arts Festival
Lions Park, 1505 82nd St, Victoria, MN 55386
Saturday, August 26, 2023 2:00pm
Minnesota State Fair Fiddle Showcase
Schilling Amphitheater, West End Market
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Sunday, August 13, 2023 2:00-3:00pm
Karl Oskar House Nya Duvemåla
29061 Glader Blvd, Lindstrom, MN 55045
In Ki-Chi-Saga County Park
June 17, 2023
Nordic Midsummer Fest
Buck Hill Ski Area, Burnsville, MN
Sunday, May 21st, 2023, around 12:30pm
Syttende Mai celebration, after the parade
Mindekirken Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church
924 E 21st St, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Sunday, May 14, 2023 2:00-4:00pm
With Lars Skjervheim Spelemannslag of St. Olaf College
Valley Grove Historical Society
9999 155th Street E, Nerstrand, MN 55053
Saturday, May 13, 2023 3:00-4:30pm
With Lars Skjervheim Spelemannslag of St. Olaf College
Sons of Norway, Northfield chapter, Syttende Mai Celebration
Riverside Lions Park, 700 Poplar Street, Northfield, Minnesota 55057
Saturday, April 22, 2023, a set at 7:35pm and one tune at 10:00pm
Nordic Ball 2023 (5:00pm to 11:00pm)
Ukrainian Event Center
301 Northeast Main Street Minneapolis, MN 55413
Sunday, November 13, 2022, 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Second Sunday Nordic Social Dance at the Danish American Center
3030 West River Pkwy S.
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Wednesday, December 14, 2022. 11:30-12:30pm.
Lutefisk dinner.
Point Pleasant, 28600 Fairway Lane, Chisago City MN 55103
Friday, December 16, 2022. 1:00pm. Christmas Luncheon.
Wooddale Church, 6630 Shady Oak Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Saturday, December 3, 2022. Sons of Norway, Rochester.
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
2124 Viola Rd NE, Rochester MN 55906
Sunday, September 25, 2022, 6:30 PM
Nordic Contemplative Evening Service
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 1935 St. Clair Avenue, Saint Paul MN 55105
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Nordic Music and Arts Festival. Lions Park, 1505 82nd St, Victoria, MN 55386
Sunday, August 28th, 2022 12:00 PM
Minnesota State Fair Fiddle Showcase
West End Stage, Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Sunday, August 14, 2022 2:00 PM
Karl Oskar House Nya Duvemåla
29061 Glader Blvd, Lindstrom, MN 55045
In Ki-Chi-Saga County Park
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Nordic Midsummer Fest
Buck Hill Ski Area, Burnsville, MN
Monday, May 16, 2022, 7:00PM
Sons of Norway Syttende Mai (ticketed event)
Owatonna, MN
Sunday, May 15, 2022, 2:00PM
With Lars Skjervheim Spelemannslag of St. Olaf College
Valley Grove Church
9999 155th Street E, Nerstrand, MN 55053
Sunday, May 15, 2022 12:30 PM
Syttende Mai celebration
Mindekirken Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church
924 E 21st St, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Sunday, September 26, 2021, 6:30 PM.
Nordic Contemplative Evening Service
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 1935 St. Clair Avenue, Saint Paul MN 55105.
Saturday, September 11, 2021, 1:20 PM.
Nordic Music and Arts Festival. Lions Park, 1505 82nd St, Victoria, MN 55386
The festival runs 10am to 5pm. We play at 1:20 PM.
Third weekend in July 2021. The Hardanger Fiddle Association of America held its annual workshop online, with instruction and celebration of the music and dance of the Hardanger fiddle. Thursday, July 22 through Sunday, July 25, 2021. See the Facebook page of the HFAA for more information.
June 11, 12, and 13, 2021. The Nisswa-stämman Finale was held online. The Twin Cities Hardingfelelag joined many other groups in playing online. See the videos at: http://www.nisswastamman.org/stamma/2021links.html
Third weekend in July, 2020.
The annual workshop of the Hardanger Fiddle Association of America, the HFAA, has been cancelled. Instead there was an HFAA Online Festival, an online celebration of the music and dance of the Hardanger fiddle, Thursday, July 16th through Sunday, July 19th. Check the Facebook page of the HFAA for more information.
June 12 and 13, 2020
The twenty-first (and final) Nisswa-stämman Scandinavian music festival was scheduled to take place in Nisswa, Minnesota. It was postponed to June 11 and 12, 2021, but but many musicians in Scandinavia recorded performances, and those are available on YouTube.
February 8, 2020, 6:00 pm – 11:30 pm Nordic Ball
For more than forty years, the Nordic Ball has been an annual tradition of the Nordic folk music and dance communities in the Twin Cities. In 2020 the Swedish Folk Dancers hosted.
Ukrainian American Community Center
301 NE Main St, Minneapolis, MN 55413
December 8, 2019, noon – 1:00PM
Julebyen Christmas Village, Knife River MN
Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 9:00AM
Morning Talks Senior Program
Cardigan Ridge Senior Living, St Paul, MN
Saturday, October 5, 2019, 12:45 PM
Meeting of the Lakselaget, Golden Valley Country Club
7001 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, MN 55427
Saturday, September 7, 2019, 2:20 PM
Nordic Music Festival
Lions Park, 1505 82nd St, Victoria, MN 55386
August 25, 2019
Mindekirken Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church
924 E 21st St, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Thursday, August 8, 2019
York Gardens Retirement Community
3451 Parklawn Avenue, Edina, MN 55435
Sunday, August 4, 2019, 10:00 AM
Unity-Church Unitarian
733 Portland Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104
Thursday-Sunday, July 18-21, 2019
2019 Hardanger Fiddle Music and Dance Workshop
Folklore Village, Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8, 2019.
20th Anniversary Nisswa-Stämman Scandinavian Folk Music Festival.
Various locations in the town of Nisswa, Minnesota.
Saturday, May 19, 2018, 10:00am – 4:00pm
A Taste of Syttende Mai 2019, Milan Minnesota
Playing as part of a day to celebrate Norway’s Constitution Day. Kviteseid Lutheran Church and in the parade on Main Street, Milan, Minnesota. Read about the town’s commitment to celebrating all its cultures.
Saturday, May 4, 2019
American Choral Directors Association-MN State Honor Choir, instrumental accompaniment. St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, MN.
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Nordic Contemplative Evening Service. Pilgrim Lutheran Church, St. Paul.
Saturday, February 9, 2019
Nordic Ball. Ukrainian Event Center, Minneapolis. For more than forty years, the Nordic Ball has been an annual tradition of the Nordic Folk Music and Dance communities in the Twin Cities. Different dance groups in the Twin Cities—Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and Finnish—take turns hosting. In 2019 it was up to the Norwegians! Dances included waltz, polka, schottische/reinlender, gangar, pols, polska, and springar. There was a buffet of Norwegian essentials such as herring and lefse and a cash bar serving Nordic-inspired cocktails.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Multicultural Potluck and Celebration. Justice Page Middle School, Minneapolis.
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Nordic Julemarket. Utepils Brewing Company, Minneapolis. We played as roving musicians 3 to 5 p.m.
October 7, 2018
Norwegian Dancing
Tapestry Folkdance Center/Danish American Center, Minneapolis
Lars Ingar Meyer Fjeld played Hardanger for dancing; TCHFL played a few tunes.
September 16, 2018
Norwegian Dancing
Tapestry Folkdance Center/Danish American Center, Minneapolis
Loretta Kelley played Hardanger for dancing; TCHFL played a few tunes.
September 9, 2018
125th Anniversary Celebration, Bethesda Lutheran Church, Bayfield, Wisconsin
July 19-22, 2018
2018 Hardanger Fiddle Music and Dance Workshop
Folklore Village, Dodgeville, Wisconsin
June 8 & 9, 2018
Nisswa Scandinavian Music Festival, Nisswa, Minnesota.
Saturday, June 9, 2018. 11:00 a.m. on the Allspel Stage; 2:30 p.m. in the Dance Barn.
Sunday, May 20, 2018, 2:20 pm.
Norway’s Constitution Day, Syttende Mai at Mindekirken, the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church in Minneapolis. 12:00 pm (approx.) Folketog – Flag Parade for All.
Sunday, November 26, 2017, 6:30 p.m.
Nordic Contemplative Evening Service. Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 1935 St. Clair Ave. St Paul MN 55105
August 6, 2017
Elbow Lake Sister City celebration
Celebrating the connection to Flekkefjord, Norway
Elbow Lake, Minnesota
July 20-23, 2017
Hardanger Fiddle Association of America Annual Workshop
June 9 & 10, 2017
Nisswa Scandinavian Music Festival
Sunday, March 26, 2017, 6:30 p.m.
Nordic Contemplative Evening Service. Pilgrim Lutheran Church,
1935 St. Clair Ave. St Paul MN 55105
Saturday, February 11, 2017, 8:30-9:30 p.m.
The 41st Annual Nordic Ball (6-11 p.m.)
Danish American Center, Minneapolis, MN
Thursday ~ Sunday, July 21-24, 2016
Hardanger Fiddle Association of America annual workshop, featuring the traditional music and dance of Setesdal.
Folklore Village, Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Thursday and Friday, June 10-11, 2016
Nisswa-Stämmen music festival.
Nisswa, Minnesota
A celebration of Scandinavian and Scandinavian/American folk music in northern Minnesota.
Twin Cities Hardingfelelag will be one of several groups from the U.S. and Scandinavia.
Saturday, May 28, 2016, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Concert at North Folk Winery
43150 Blackhawk Rd. Harris, MN 55032
Enjoy hand-crafted wines in the timber-framed Vinstead building, tour the grounds, and dance!
The North Folk people are about making wine and community in East Central Minnesota.
Saturday May 21, 2016, 1:10 p.m.
Twin Cities Hardingfelelag performs at the Norske Torske Klubben Meeting
“Torsk” cod lunch starts at 12:30 pm. TCHFL plays starting at 1:10pm. The club “promotes and sponsors Norse cultural heritage, educational and scholarship projects, and enjoys delicacies handed down from the land of their Norse forefathers such as Torsk and Aquavit.”
Prom Center, 484 Inwood Ave N, Oakdale, MN 55128
Sunday, April 24, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
Nordic Contemplative Evening Service. Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 1935 St. Clair Ave. St Paul MN.
Read about the Nordic Contemplative Services here.
Saturday, January 30, 2016
The 40th Annual Nordic Ball
Twin Cities Hardingfelelag/Norwegian Fiddle Group is one of several Scandinavian music groups that played at this lively ball.
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Excelsior Covenant Church, Minnetonka MN.
July 17-19, 2015
Hardanger Fiddle Association of America Annual Music and Dance Workshop. Folklore Village, Dodgeville, Wisconsin.
Sunday, June 28
Scandinavian Summer Fest, Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis, MN
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Nisswa-stämman Scandinavian Folk Music Festival.
12:00 noon, on the Allspel stage
2:30 pm, at the Summer Kitchen Stage in Nisswa, Minnesota. Among 150 musicians!
Sunday, May 17, 2015
12:45pm and onward.
Syttende Mai, Norwegian Constitution Day celebration
Mindekirken, the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church. 924 E 21st St, Minneapolis, MN 55404.
May 11-16, 2015
Tour of Kitchigami Libraries and other venues in northern Minnesota, sponsored by the Legacy Amendment.
Monday, May 11, 2015
Brainerd Public Library, Brainerd, MN
Armory Square in Park Rapids, Park Rapids, MN
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Young at Heart Seniors Club, Longville, MN
Walker Public Library, Walker, MN
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Pequot Lakes Community Library, Pequot Lakes, MN
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Crosslake Area Library, Crosslake, MN
1st Congregational United Church of Christ, Wadena, MN
Friday, May 15, 2015
Bemidji Public Library, Bemidji, MN
Blackduck Senior Citizens Center
24 1st St SE , Blackduck, MN
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Riverview Life Center, Pine River MN
Sunday April 26, 6:30pm.
Nordic Contemplative Evening Service. Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 1935 St. Clair Ave. St Paul MN.
Saturday March 21, 7pm to 9pm. Scandinavian Music Showcase, at the Underground Music Cafe, Falcon Heights, MN. Scandinavian inspired foods and beverages, music by Kari Tauring, Bob & Lynn Dixon, Tjārnblom, Kristin Niehaus and Jennifer Olsen, Tuttila: Jaana and Ralph, John Berquist, Ann Larson & Clawhammer Mike, Nordic Bees and Renee Vaughan, the host!February 21, 2015. Nordic Ball at the Czech-Slovak Hall, St. Paul.
Sunday, December 7, 2014 1:00-1:45 p.m., Nordmanns-Forbundet Julebord, Luther Seminary, St. Paul
Saturday, December 6, 2014, 3:00-3:45 p.m., American Swedish Institute
September 1, 2014. Minnesota State Fair. Appearing as “Norwegian Musicians.” Four half-hour sets.
April 27, 2014, 6:51 pm. Nordic Service, Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 1935 St Clair Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105
May 17, 2014, 5:00 pm dinner, 7:30PM show. Scandinavian song and dance on Norwegian Constitution Day, Syttende Mai, with Ross Sutter, Cheryl Paschke, Marya Hart, and the Fjell og Fjord Norwegian dancers. Central Square Cultural Civic Center Scandinavian Show. 105 2nd Avenue NE, Glenwood MN
May 18, 2014. Norway’s Constitution Day, Syttende Mai at Mindekirken, the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church. 924 E 21st St, Minneapolis, MN 55404.
June 6, 7, 2014. Nisswa-Stämman, Scandinavian Folk Music Festival in Nisswa, Minnesota.
Saturday June 7: Playing at 2:30 PM in the Dance Barn, 4:00PM on the Alspel Main Stage; 7:30PM at the Saturday dance at the Nisswa American Legion.
June 14, 2014. 1:30 and 2:30 performances at the Midsommar Celebration at the American Swedish Institute. 2600 Park Avenue, Minneapolis MN 55407.
July 18-21, 2014 Hardanger Fiddle Association of America Annual Music and Dance Workshop. Folklore Village, Dodgeville, Wisconsin.
We’ve been active as a group for many years, but our current website has only been up since 2014.