Festival Highlights by Year
2026
How To Survive The End of the World, adrienne maree brown and Autumn Brown
Porch Light
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
2025
HOTTEA: Lake Street Art Installation
Jeremy Dutcher
Britt Wray
2024
Broken Ice: Indiginenous Sonic Salve From of the North
Pattie Gonia
The Last Supper Ft. Sam Kass
Press
“One of the world’s top festivals.”
Travel + Leisure, Explore the 15 Best Places to Travel in January
“It’s kind of like a small-scale, sub-zero version of South by Southwest.”
thrillist, The Best Winter Festival’s Across the U.S.
“The Great Northern Festival is about bringing people together during Minnesota winters […] to offer opportunities to get outside and be in a community.”
MPR News, Cold hands, warm hearts: Great Northern heats up Minnesota winters
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