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

2027 SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES + ART ACTIONS

Image of Klezmer on Ice in 2026 by ASP staff

ART SHANTY PROJECTS
JANUARY 16 – FEBRUARY 7, 2027
WEEKENDS, 10AM – 4PM
BDé UMáŋ / LAKE HARRIET, MPLS

Free kicksleds available for a fun and accessible ride throughout the village!

ASL Interpreter + Audio Describer on site for choose your own adventure tours on Sundays from 12 – 3pm! Meet at the Welcome Shanty to get connected with your guide.

While every shanty is open during all public hours, 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.

We will be sharing the ice with the Lake Harriet Winter Kite Festival on Saturday, January 23. We are open 10-4, they begin at noon.

See projects here! The schedule for Performances + Art Actions will be announced in early December. Stay tuned!

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16

OPENING DAY!

11:30am – 2:30pm: Winter Plein Air Painting – interspersed / near Beaver Shanty

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 17

ASL Interpreter + Audio Describer available from 12 – 3pm on Sundays

12:30pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Triangle

1pm: Brass Messengers @ Performance Stage

1-4pm: Science Sunday: Lakes are Alive! – between Sub Bdé Umáŋ and Phenology Wheel

2pm: B-Icicle Races @ B-Icicle Track

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

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

3pm: Collective Joy Community Square Dance @ Performance Stage

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23

a vibrant shanty village full of people with kites flying overhead

Image of the Lake Harriet Winter Kite Festival x Art Shanty mashup in January 2020 by ASP Staff

We share the lake with the Lake Harriet Winter Kite Festival on this very special day!

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

12-4pm: Lake Harriet Winter Kite Festival

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 – between Sub Bdé Umáŋ and Phenology Wheel

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

3pm: Brass Messengers @ Performance Stage

SUNDAY, JANUARY 24

ASL Interpreter + Audio Describer available from 12 – 3pm on Sundays

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

12:30pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Triangle

1pm: Uproar Performing Arts Comedy Hour @ Performance Stage

1-4pm: Science Sunday: Lakes are Alive! – between Sub Bdé Umáŋ and Phenology Wheel

1:30pm: CANCELED FOR TODAY / TO BE RESCHEDULED  fro-gahhh: yoga for the planet and the people – BIPOC session @ Town Triangle

2pm:  B-Icicle Races @ B-Icicle Track

2-3pm: Uproar Performing Arts – roving

3pm: Collective Joy Community Square Dance @ Performance Stage

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30

SUNDAY, JANUARY 31

ASL Interpreter + Audio Describer available from 12 – 3pm on Sundays

11:30am: Klezmer on Ice @ Performance Stage

12:30pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Triangle

1-4pm: Penguins! – roving

1-4pm: Science Sunday: Lakes are Alive! – between Sub Bdé Umáŋ and Phenology Wheel

1:30pm: Klezmer on Ice @ Performance Stage

2pm:  B-Icicle Races @ B-Icicle Track

2:30-4:00pm: The Sweetness of Life Belongs to us All with zAmya Theater @ Performance Stage

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6

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

12:30pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Triangle

1-3pm: Uproar Performing Arts – roving

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 7

CLOSING DAY!

ASL Interpreter + Audio Describer available from 12 – 3pm on Sundays

11:30am: Brass Messengers @ Performance Stage

12:30pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Triangle

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

1-4pm: Science Sunday: Lakes are Alive! – between Sub Bdé Umáŋ and Phenology Wheel

2pm:  B-Icicle Races @ Ice Field

2pm: Prairie Fire Choir @ Performance Stage

3pm: Collective Joy Community Square Dance @ Performance Stage

A group of people in snowsuits square dance on a frozen lake with a stage and live musicians in the distance
Two people dressed as penguins in the shanty village
A kid with their tongue sticking out plays a papier mache guitar on an outdoor shanty stage
Four people pose holding traditional wooden lacrosse sticks

Images of Collective Joy Square Dance and PENGUINS! by ASP staff. Photo of Ice Cold Hot Licks by Drew Arrieta and Thakápsičapi by Ryan Stopera