Join us for ten days full of outdoor activities, live music, art, dining experiences, and community conversations.

Schedule of Events:

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Open Steam Sessions
5:30 PM Malcolm Yards
Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Family Day
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Malcolm Yards
Join us for a special sauna session that the entire family (5 years and up) can enjoy.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Sound Bowl Sauna
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Malcolm Yards
Sauna sound bowls is a new Thermaculture™ experience that combines the best practices of sauna steam aromatherapy with powerful sound bowl vibrations designed to activate the body's parasympathetic nervous system.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: German Aufguss
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Malcolm Yards
In this guided sauna session, sauna guides pour essential oils onto hot stones, creating waves of soothing and aromatic steam. The session is enhanced with rhythmic towel movements, infusing the air with fragrance and intensifying the heat.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Open Steam Session
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Malcolm Yards
Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

Learning from Place: Bdote
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Thomas C. Savage Visitor Center at Fort Snelling State Park
Expand your understanding of the Twin Cities with a guided walk of sites with deep significance to Dakota people. Led by Dakota community members, participants will be encouraged to reconsider their relationship to land, water, sky, and all life—including other humans—through stories and perspectives that are often left out of our state's history.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Open Steam Session
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM Malcolm Yards
Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: German Aufguss
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Malcolm Yards
In this guided sauna session, sauna guides pour essential oils onto hot stones, creating waves of soothing and aromatic steam. The session is enhanced with rhythmic towel movements, infusing the air with fragrance and intensifying the heat.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Open Steam Session
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Malcolm Yards
Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

K'ooben Pop-up
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Glass House
This pop-up by food collective K'óoben brings together some of Minnesota's most celebrated chefs and mixologists for an unforgettable culinary experience.

Midwinter Melt
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Silverwood Park
Play and explore with The Great Northern at Silverwood Park! Indoor and outdoor activities include a live show of Brains On!, kicksledding, illuminated fat tire biking, luminary trails, and campfires for making s'mores.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Sound Bowl Sauna
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Malcolm Yards
Sauna sound bowls is a new Thermaculture experience that combines the best practices of sauna steam aromatherapy with powerful sound bowl vibrations designed to activate the body's parasympathetic nervous system.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Open Steam Session
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Malcolm Yards
Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.