101st Annual Swedish Festival is Fun for Everyone!

101st Annual Swedish Midsommar Festival: A Legacy of Family Fun

Geneva/June 17:  For 101 continuous years the Swedish Midsommar Festival has been offering up a smorgasbord of family entertainment and cultural activities, including music, dance, and the largest maypole celebration in the country.  Located in Good Templar Park on Geneva’s East Side Drive, the 101st Annual Swedish Midsommar Festival celebrates the traditions and accomplishments of Americansof Scandinavian heritage.

Returning to the festival this year will be the popular interactive group seen on America’s Got Talent - Those Funny Little People. Other festival favorites who will perform include the Nordic Dancers of Chicago, the Viking Living History Encampment, the Swedish American Children’s Choir, Magic Dave, Ernie Sandquist, the Swedesong Girl’s Ensemble, and Marguerite Karl, Swedish soprano. There will be games for children and families, crafts, and a non-denominational worship service.

Tours of the charming Swedish cottages, or stugas, that dot the 60 acre park will take place throughout the day for an additional fee.  There also will be tours of the 1893 Viking Ship for $3.00. This fee goes to the Viking ship preservation fund. The Viking ship was Norway’s contribution to Chicago’s Columbian Exposition, and sailed across the Atlantic and through the Great Lakes to Chicago, handily beating the fastest sailing ships of the era.

 And food to feast in Valhalla on! The day begins at 9:00 AM with two traditional Swedish breakfasts – either the Swedish pancake breakfast or the Swedish herring breakfast. Other food includes Swedish meatball dinners, delicious traditional pastries, plenty of Swedish coffee, and American fare for the kids.  

 Traditionally a Swedish Father’s Day event to celebrate the longest day of the year, the 101st Swedish Midsommar Festival in located at Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive, in historic Geneva, IL.  Admission is $5.00 for adults and youth over twelve years.  Children 12 and under are free. Parking is free. People in Traditional  Scandinavian Folk costumes will also be admitted free. For further information contact swedishday@gmail.com or call 847-845-2640.  Like Swedish Day Midsommar Festival on Facebook. www.swedishday.net