A shanty and a crowd are seen blurred in the background through a neon yellow piece of acrylic with a round peephole in the center

2026 SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES + ART ACTIONS

A brass band plays their horns amidst a colorful village on a frozen lake.

Image of Brass Messengers in 2020 by Ryan Stopera

While every shanty is open during all public hours (Saturdays & Sundays, 10am – 4pm), the Performances + Art Actions pop up at different times throughout the village: at the Performance Stage, at specific shanties, interspersed between shanties, roving, or at expansive spaces like the Town Triangle and Ice Field.

Map coming soon! Stay tuned…

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17

OPENING DAY!

11:30am – 2:30pm: Winter Plein Air Painting – interspersed

Noon – 4pm: Thakápsičapi by Twin Cities Native Lacrosse @ Ice Field

12:30pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Triangle

1-4pm: Penguins! – roving

1:30pm: fro-gahhh: yoga for the planet and the people @ Town Triangle

3pm: Taiko on Ice @ Performance Stage

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18

12:30pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Triangle

1pm: Brass Messengers @ Performance Stage

1-4pm: Science Sunday: Lakes are Alive! – interspersed

2pm: B-Icicle Races @ Ice Field

2m: Folktales Around the Fire @ Scritch & Scratch’s Free Stuff Surplus

2-4pm: Ladies of the Lost Continent – interspersed

3pm: Collective Joy Community Square Dance @ Performance Stage

SATURDAY, JANUARY 24

a vibrant shanty village full of people with kites flying overhead

Image of the Lake Harriet Winter Kite Festival x Art Shanty mashup by ASP Staff

KITE FEST DAY!

We share the lake with the Lake Harriet Winter Kite Festival this day! We open as usual at 10am, kites start flying at noon.

11:30am: Community Singing on Ice @ Scritch & Scratch’s Free Stuff Surplus

Noon – 4pm: Lake Harriet Winter Kite Festival – on the lake and shore

12:30pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Triangle

1:30pm: fro-gahhh: yoga for the planet and the people @ Town Triangle

2-4pm: Ladies of the Lost Continent – interspersed

2pm: Folktales Around the Fire @ Scritch & Scratch’s Free Stuff Surplus

3pm: Brass Messengers @ Performance Stage

SUNDAY, JANUARY 25

11:30am – 2:30pm: Winter Plein Air Painting – interspersed 

12:30pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Triangle

1-4pm: Science Sunday: Lakes are Alive! – interspersed

1:30pm: fro-gahhh: yoga for the planet and the people – BIPOC session @ Town Triangle

2pm:  B-Icicle Races @ Ice Field

3pm: Collective Joy Community Square Dance @ Performance Stage

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31

11:30am: Klezmer on Ice @ Performance Stage

12:30pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Triangle

1:30pm: Klezmer on Ice @ Performance Stage

1:30pm: fro-gahhh: yoga for the planet and the people @ TBD location

2-4pm: Ladies of the Lost Continent – interspersed

2:30, 3, 3:30pm: The Sweetness of Life Belongs to us All with zAmya Theater @ Performance Stage

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1

11:30am: Klezmer on Ice @ Performance Stage

12:30pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Triangle

1-4pm: Penguins! – roving

1-4pm: Science Sunday: Lakes are Alive! – interspersed

1:30pm: Klezmer on Ice @ Performance Stage

2pm:  B-Icicle Races @ Ice Field

2:30, 3, 3:30pm: The Sweetness of Life Belongs to us All with zAmya Theater @ Performance Stage

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7

Noon – 4pm: Thakápsičapi with Twin Cities Native Lacrosse @ Ice Field

12:30pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Triangle

1:30pm: fro-gahhh: yoga for the planet and the people @ Town Triangle

2pm: Folktales Around the Fire @ Scritch & Scratch’s Free Stuff Surplus

2-4pm: Ladies of the Lost Continent – interspersed

3pm: Collective Joy Community Square Dance @ Performance Stage

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8

CLOSING DAY!

12:30pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Triangle

1pm: Folktales Around the Fire @ Scritch & Scratch’s Free Stuff Surplus

1-4pm: Science Sunday: Lakes are Alive! – interspersed

2pm:  B-Icicle Races @ Ice Field

2pm: Prairie Fire Choir @ Performance Stage

3pm: Collective Joy Community Square Dance @ Performance Stage

A klezmer band plays on an outdoor shanty stage while visitors dance joyfully on the frozen lake
A person in a DIY bike contraption gets ready to race on a frozen lake while onlookers cheer and take photos
a group of people practice yoga on the frozen lake against blue skies and bright sunshine.
Four people pose holding traditional wooden lacrosse sticks

Images of Klezmer on Ice, B-Icicle Race, fro-gahhh: yoga for the planet and the people, and Thakápsičapi by ASP staff & Ryan Stopera