2023 Events
Moonage Daydream outdoor screening and closing night party
Cap off The Great Northern 2023 at Malcolm Yards Market with a special outdoor screening of David Bowie biopic Moonage Daydream and lively set by DJ Yasmeenah—plus plenty of delectable food and beverage offerings.
Alarm Will Sound: Ten Thousand Birds
Drawing from birdsong, contemporary music ensemble Alarm Will Sound interprets John Luther Adams’s Ten Thousand Birds, following the cycle of a day and using space by moving around the venue as they play.
Learning from Place: Bdote
Visit and expand your understanding of Twin Cities sites with deep significance to Dakota people through stories and perspectives often left out of our state’s history in this immersive outdoor offering by Minnesota Humanities Center.
North House Folk School: Wood Turning Demonstration & Traditional Northern Craft Exhibit, Living with Craft
Inhale the sweet aroma of fresh Northern Minnesota birch as artist Nathan White demonstrates woodturning at the American Association of Woodturners' Gallery of Wood Art.
Breathwork, Cold Exposure, and Meditation Experience
Join The Point Retreats for an unforgettable, breathwork and heat/cold exposure therapy experience at the beautiful Silverwood Park.
Loppet Foundation: City of Lakes Loppet
The Great Northern founding partner The Loppet Foundation’s City of Lakes Loppet Winter Festival encompasses a variety of unique outdoor activities in and around Theodore Wirth Park and Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis.
Wild Rice Retreat: Wintering Well Series
Wild Rice Retreat’s Wintering Well series, specially curated for The Great Northern, focuses on harnessing the winter months as a time of wellness.
Iregular: Our Common Home
This arresting, interactive installation by Montreal-based studio Iregular raises awareness and sparks conversation about the universal subject of our impact on the environment.
The Great Northern Sauna Village
A social and therapeutic experience held this year at Malcolm Yards in Minneapolis, The Great Northern Sauna Village invites visitors to immerse themselves in sauna culture by interacting with thermaculture first-hand during the festival’s run in deep winter.
Andrew Schneider: N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars)
This one-of-a-kind immersive experience by theater/technology pioneer Andrew Schneider allows viewers to explore traces of themselves in starlight, the universe, and those who have been here before us through a theatrical cosmos of reactive light points and enveloping sound design.
Maren Hassinger: Love (for Minneapolis)
Multidisciplinary artist Maren Hassinger reimagines her iconic pink installation Embrace/Love in Love (for Minneapolis)—a healing intervention for The Great Northern 2023.
Aaron Dysart: Regrowth
Immerse yourself in this Green Minneapolis and MWMO-commissioned work throughout The Great Northern Jan 25–Feb 5, first at Surly Brewing for Chill Out, and then at Peavey Plaza in downtown Minneapolis