Heikinpaiva - A Mid-Winter Finnish-American Festival in Michigan's Copper Country.

Schedule Of events

January 8 ,2025
2pm - Nordic Film Series presents "The Happiest Country in the World: Finland," Finnish American Heritage Center. Donations appreciated.

January 9 ,2025
6-8 p.m. - Introduction to 5-string kantele, with Kay Seppälä - $20. Advance registration required. A Finnish American Folk School course.

January 14, 21, 28
5-8 pm - Beginning rag rug weaving, with Phyllis Fredendall $100. Advance registration required. A Finnish American Folk School course.

January 16 ,2025
6-8 pm - Introduction to jouhikko, with Clare Zuraw - $20. Advance registration required. A Finnish American Folk School course.

January 17 ,2025
6-8 pm - Hobby Horse Hoedown -$5. per family Finnish American Heritage Center. For more information called 818-606-0065 or email [email protected]. 

January 18 ,2025
10am - 1 pm - Birch bark sheath making, with Alice Margerum - $35. Advance registration required A Finnish American Folk School course.

January 19 ,2025
1-5pm - Sauna Week 2025 Copper Country Sauna Tour. Call (906) 281-5671 for details. Advance ticket purchase encouraged.

January 24 ,2025
5:30pm - Club Finndigo at the Calumet Theatre, Calumet, Mich. Dinner at 5:30; movie begins at 7pm - Call (906) 337-2610 for reservations or information.

January 25,2025
10am - 3pm - Tori markets, Finnish American Heritage Center and United Methodist Church

11am - Parade, Quincy Street, Hancock. Following parade - Bear Spiral (Karhunpeijäiset), and Outdoor Games, Quincy Green, Hancock.

2:30-4pm - Animal Life: Art from the Kalevala - opening reception at the Copper Country Community Arts Center, Quincy St., Hancock. Exhibit ends 28 Feb.

3pm - Sauna Week 2025 Sauna Forum, First United Methodist Church, Hancock. Keynote speaker Eero Kilpi, Finlandia Foundation Lecturer of the Year will discuss "Sauna Lost in Translation: Restoring Finnishness to a Global Tradition." Free and open to public.

7-10pm - Iltamat (evening dance), $15 per person. Finnish American Heritage Center. Hors d'oeuvres and raffle available..

Date: January 8-28,2025

Location: Various Locations in Hancock, MI

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