Swedish Midsummer Festival

    When:
    June 24, 2016 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    Where:
    Robert F Wagner Jr Park
    20 Battery Pl, New York, NY 10280
    USA
    Cost:
    Free

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    Swedish Midsummer Festival

    Friday, June 24, 2016
    5:00 – 8:00 pm

    Robert F. Wagner Park and Pier A Plaza
    Battery Park City in lower Manhattan
    Rain or shine

    Learn more at the official page…

    On Friday, June 24, the annual Swedish Midsummer Festival will once again take place in Battery Park City in downtown Manhattan. At this unique celebration, adults and children come together to picnic in the grass, decorate the midsummer pole, make flower wreaths, play traditional games and dance to authentic fiddle music. This year’s festival will expand to include both Robert F. Wagner Park and the adjoining Pier A Plaza.

    The program will feature traditional music by Paul Dahlin and fiddlers from the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, folk dances with Barnklubben Elsa Rix, and pole dancing led by Scandinavian folklorist and singer Ross Sutter. Food stands will offer delicacies from New York’s finest Swedish restaurants and food purveyors. Carlsberg beer will be sold exclusively at Pier A Plaza.

    The Swedish Midsummer Festival is presented by Battery Park City Parks, co-hosted by the Consulate General of Sweden in New York, and supported by many generous sponsors, including: