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Endless Reasons to Attend – Volunteering & Bunad Parade and Show
The festival wouldn’t be possible without all of our amazing volunteers. Perks include making new friends, attending the festival for FREE, and a discounted concert ticket! All of this and more while helping the Norsk Høstfest festival offer its 44th year to the world...
Endless Reasons to Attend – Parking/Transport & Home Housing Host
Driving to Norsk Høstfest? Thanks to our partners Hight Construction and Moose International, parking is FREE in the East parking lot. You can leave your vehicle there over-night but it must be picked up prior to 8 am the next morning. Shuttle services will run to and...
Endless Reasons to Attend – Waddington Brothers & Koo Koo Kanga Roo
Get ready to be swept off your feet by the Waddington Brothers, a versatile acoustic group of brothers that have been performing gospel music together since early childhood! Prepare to be captivated by the diverse array of melodies ranging from hard-driving bluegrass...
Norsk Høstfest Featured on the Cover of North Dakota Horizons
For 44 years, Norsk Høstfest, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, has celebrated Scandinavian culture and the heritage of the five Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden at the North Dakota State Fair Center in Minot. This year’s four-day...
Endless Reasons to Attend – Memories of Home and Sweet Fleece
We’re back with two more amazing reasons to attend the 44th annual Norsk Høstfest! This time we are featuring two vendors that are attending the festival for their FIRST TIME. Read on to learn more about what they’ll be showcasing! Taste tradition at Memories of Home...
Endless Reasons to Attend – Urweg Jewelry and Due North Bakery
Can you believe there is only 76 days until the 44th annual Norsk Høstfest?! We are here to spotlight two vendors bringing some new items to this year’s festival – Urweg Nordic Tribal Jewelry and Due North Gluten Free Bakery! Read on to see why you’ve got to check out...
Norsk Høstfest – Community – Culture – History
What do you get when you combine Nordic music, food, art, and history? You get Norsk Høstfest, the largest Scandinavian festival in North America! Norsk Høstfest is a four-day celebration of the heritage and traditions of the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland,...
Høstfest will have a booth at the Scandinavian Festival
Discover your inner viking all week long next week in the Metro. Nordic Culture Clubs are putting on the Scandinavian festival for the first time since COVID first hit. Festivities started with Moorhead’s RiverArts event this week. There are events next week starting...
Strengthening Sister City bond
An innovative waste-handling facility, a new concept in nursing home care and a proposal for a special library provided insights for an eight-member delegation that traveled from Minot to Norway in May. Representatives from the City of Minot, Minot Area Chamber EDC,...
Norsk Høstfest exists to celebrate Scandinavian Heritage by promoting and preserving traditional family, culture, and community values for the benefit of future generations.

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