2024 Schedule of Performances and Art Actions
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 Square and Ice Field.
Village maps coming soon!
Image of Pollinator Frenzy by Max Haynes
PROGRAM UPDATE AS OF 1/19/24
Art Shanty Projects was scheduled to launch our 20th Anniversary season on January 20 on the frozen water of Bdé Umáŋ / Lake Harriet in South Minneapolis. As of Thursday, January 11 there was still open water on the lake but incoming subzero temperatures gave the possibility of a deep freeze. Construction to essential park infrastructure remains incomplete, impacting our back of house / event operations space and public accessibility. Due to these two factors combined we have postponed our opening date to January 27th. The program will end as scheduled, on February 11 with no extension.
WE WILL BE ON ICE starting January 27!
Opening weekend performances have been rescheduled! See the full she-bang below.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 27
10am – 4pm: Birds & Bees: Stories from Our Sex Talks @ Art Shanty #1
Noon: Klezmer on Ice @ Town Square
Noon – 4pm: Lake Harriet Winter Kite Festival – on the whole lake!
1pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Square
1:30pm: Queer Puppet Clash! @ Performance Stage
1:30-3pm: Lady Bear Returns! – roving
2pm: Klezmer on Ice @ Town Square
2pm:frogahhh: yoga for the planet and the people @ Ice Field
3pm: Taiko on Ice @ Performance Stage
SUNDAY, JANUARY 28
10am – 4pm: It’s a Good Day to be Indigenous! @ Art Shanty #1 and roving
11am – 2pm: Ladies of the Lost Continent – roving
1:30-3pm: Lady Bear Returns! – roving
Noon: Kith + Kin on Ice @ Performance Stage
Noon – 3pm: OPM Winter Painters Present: Still Life Painting when Life Won’t Stand Still – interspersed
1pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Square
1:30 & 2:30pm: Latins on Ice @ Performance Stage
2-4pm: Community Sing on Ice @ Free Store Shanty
2:30-4pm: Mr. Shim on Ice – roving
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3
10am – 4pm: Birds & Bees: Stories from Our Sex Talks @ Art Shanty #1
Noon: Klezmer on Ice @ Town Square
1pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Square
1:30pm: Klezmer on Ice @ Hot Box: Disco Inferno
1:30pm: Kith + Kin on Ice @ Performance Stage
2pm:frogahhh: yoga for the planet and the people@ Ice Field
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4
10am – 4pm: Shantoseismology: Songs of the Shanty @ Art Shanty #1
11am – 2pm: Ladies of the Lost Continent – roving
11:30am: Winter Life Outta Sight @ Town Square
Noon: Queer Puppet Clash! @ Performance Stage
Noon – 3pm: OPM Winter Painters Present: Still Life Painting when Life Won’t Stand Still – interspersed
1pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Square
1:30 & 3pm: Three Ring Goose Circus @ Performance Stage
2-4pm: Community Sing on Ice @ Free Store Shanty
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10
10am – 4pm: Past, Presence, Future @ Art Shanty #1
11am: The World’s Only Wearable ArtContraptions Parade on Ice – roving
11:30-1pm: Hula Hoop Hoopla @ Town Square
Noon – 4pm: Thakápsičapi by Twin Cities Native Lacrosse @ Ice Field
12:30pm: The World’s Only Wearable ArtContraptions Parade on Ice – roving
1pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Square
1:30pm: Queer Puppet Clash! @ Performance Stage
2pm:frogahhh: yoga for the planet and the people @ Ice Field
3pm: Winter Life Outta Sight @ Town Square
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11
10am – 4pm: Past, Presence, Future @ Art Shanty #1
11am: Atop the Above – roving
11am – 2pm: Ladies of the Lost Continent
11:30-1pm: Mr. Shim on Ice – roving
12-4pm: Thakápsičapi by Twin Cities Native Lacrosse @ Ice Field
12:30pm: Atop the Above – roving
1pm: Pollinator Frenzy @ Town Square
2pm: BIPOC frogahhh: yoga for the planet and the people @ Ice Field
2pm: Atop the Above – roving
3pm: Prairie Fire Choir @ Performance Stage
Images (clockwise from top left): Klezmer on Ice, frogahhh: yoga for the planet and the people, Prairie Fire Choir, Taiko on Ice
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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
