The Finnish Sliding Festival! Fun-seekers converge on Palo’s Loon Lake Community Center (near Aurora) the first weekend of February for food, games and sliding! Free admission with plenty of goodies to purchase. Celebrate Finnish customs at this #OnlyInMN annual event. Don’t miss the vendors, music, crowning of the queen and more. Cost is $5 for […]
Enjoy social gathering hosted by Lyle Haataja, who will play favorite tunes accompanied by coffee and pastries.
Enjoy live music and local fare at the FinnFest Committee's new Naselle Community Center!
Leslie D. Bartlett will share findings on how Finns set out to learn English in the late 1890s in the area of Lanesville. It's a background story of events prior to the great cultural triumph of Finnish music, plays, sculpture and art. Of characters filled with darkness, despair and finally triumph.
Aallotar, violinist Sara Pajunen and accordionist Teija Kiku, will perform their original "chamber folk" music.
Aallotar, violinist Sara Pajunen and accordionist Teija Kiku, will perform their original "chamber folk" music.
Enjoy a full day of activities, from the hearty Finnish breakfast to the film, "Finnish Center at Saima Park, the Next Generation Workshops" to cross-country skiing and snowshoeing the Saima […]
Enjoy a traditional Finnish feast of pea soup, Cole slaw, dark bread, lingonberries and dessert. Tickets available at the door.
FFN Performer of the Year, saxophonist Juli Wood, brings her jazzy interpretations of Finnish folk tunes to Nordia House, hosted by FF Columbia-Pacific Chapter.
FFN Lecturer of the Year James Ford Cooper talks about Finland and the Cold War in the free Friday Night Lecture Series at Cramer Hall, Portland State University.