Schedule*

Friday April 4th


6 - 11 PM at CHARLES THOMPSON MEMORIAL HALL in ST. PAUL

  • Doors open at 5:30pm

  • Social Hour with music by Mumblin Drew’s Oldfangled Orchestrators 6 - 7 PM!

  • Friday Night Concert with music by festival performers including Pop Wagner & Bob Bovee, Sweet Milk & Peaches (Jesse Downs & Liz Voz), lynx lynx (Vidar Skrede & Patrik Ahlberg), Danielle Enblom, and Steam Machine (with special guests)! Doors at 6:30 PM, concert at 7:30 PM.

  • Open and Hosted Jams from 7 PM - 11 PM

Saturday April 5th

9 AM - 6PM at CELTIC JUNCTION in St. PAUL

  • Doors open at 9am

  • Full day of hands-on workshops from 10am - 4pm. Fiddle, banjo, midwest music history and collections, old time guitar, mandolin, singing, clogging, line dancing, back-up piano, and many more. See list of workshops HERE!

  • Hosted and open jams

  • Cajun music workshop and Beginner Jam (offsite event - see workshops page for more info)

  • Concert sets from festival performers

  • Family Dance with Sue Hulsether calling - 3:30 - 5 pm

  • Dwight Lamb Jam and happy hour - a memorial jam session celebrating fiddle tunes played, preserved, and passed on by National Heritage Fellow Dwight Lamb (1934 - 2024). Come play along, or come hang out and listen. Led by Dwight’s longtime apprentice and friend, Bill Peterson. 4 - 6 pm.

7 PM - midnight at CELTIC JUNCTION in ST. PAUL

  • Doors for the evening open at 7pm

  • Evening dances and lots of room for jamming!

  • Polka, Waltz, Schottische hour with the Upper Midwest Folk Fiddlers from 7 - 8pm

  • Performance by the Wild Goose Chase Cloggers 7:30 PM

  • Scandinavian Jam with Vidar & Patrik

  • Square Dance with Chirps Smith and Swampers Revenge, with dance calling by Julie Young, Dot Kent, Jesse Downs, Sue Hulsether, Ann Carter, Laura Idle, Liz Voz, Bob Walser, and more TBA from 8PM onwards! No experience necessary, all are welcome.

  • unplugged Cajun Dance party with Shawn Glidden and friends

Sunday April 6th

12 PM - 4PM at MERLIN’S REST in MINNEAPOLIS

  • first annual Twin Town Talent Contest!

  • All types of acts welcome - instruments, bands, singing, dancing, jokes, stunts, etc.!

  • Sign up HERE!

  • Full menu and full bar - sleep in then come have some brunch and cheer on the contestants!

Monday April 7th

7:00 - 10:00 PM at EAGLES CLUB #34 in MINNEAPOLIS

  • festival edition of the Monday Night Square Dance!

  • $10 cash at the door

  • No dance experience necessary, all dances will be taught and called.

  • Live music by an awesome old time stringboard (TBA!) and fantastic calling by Laura Idle and Sue Hulsether!

*Schedule subject to change. Keep an eye out for more additions and updates TBA!