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Celebrate Midsommar
The quintessential summer celebration returns to ASI on Saturday, June 18
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You’d be hard-pressed to find a Swede who doesn’t look forward to Midsommar. The annual celebration marks the longest day and shortest night of the year and is eagerly anticipated by Scandinavians and Minnesotans alike who experience long, dark winters.
The Midsommar Celebration at ASI is one of the largest events of its kind in the Midwest, and one for the ASI community not to miss. From the raising of the Midsommar Pole, to making flower head wreaths, to live music and dancing, visitors of all ages will find activities that celebrate tradition and invite the discovery of something new at this event that has brought the ASI campus to life since the early years. A special festival menu at FIKA Café will bring the flavorful food and drink of Swedish summer to life. And, for the uninitiated, don’t miss your chance to participate in the Små grodorna (The Little Frogs) dance, and jump around the Midsommar pole pretending to be a frog!
Headlining the festival’s live music this year is Swedish folk quintet JAERV. Rooted in several different musical traditions, JAERV offers an exciting performance that brings hints of jazz and pop to Scandinavian folk songs, some which are more than 700 years old. JAERV has received recognition from a vast number of cultural institutions including the Royal Academy of Music, The Swedish Arts Council and The AmericanSwedish Foundation.
Welcome back the warm weather at ASI this summer! Mark your calendars for the Midsommar Celebration on Saturday, June 18.
