Get ready for a fantastic show when Harald Haugaard, from Denmark, and Antti Järvelä, from Finland, play at Vesterheim! Haugaard and Järvelä are some of the most sought-after musicians of their generation and are known for their musical skill, lively performances, and great sense of humor. Järvelä, who plays the mandolin and double bass, hails...
This event has been canceled. Vesterheim is temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 virus. Find more info and updates here. Stop by from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. in Vesterheim’s Bruening Visitor Center, 502 W. Water Street, to learn a tune, share a tune, jam with us, or just come to listen. Bring any instrument you...
Visit Vesterheim! Enjoy free admission all day.
Celebrate the exhibit Tattoo: Identity Through Ink on July 18 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. with a free community event. Free Admission. Everyone is invited. Remarks will be at 6:00 p.m. There will be appetizers, wine from the Rowley Family Vineyard, and the last chance to try Valkryie Strike IPA from Toppling Goliath Brewery. We'll have a...
Open to Vesterheim folk-art students, instructors, and demonstrators. Drop by this informal reception to gather with other instructors and students. Refreshments will be served!Contact for more information: 563-382-9681
Vesterheim’s annual Folk-Art Banquet puts the “folk” into folk arts! While we often focus our attention on the material objects of folk-art traditions, it’s really the people who bring those traditions to life. And there’s no livelier gathering of folk artists (and those who appreciate Norwegian folk art) than the Folk-Art Banquet! In addition to...
This event has been canceled. Vesterheim is temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 virus. Find more info and updates here. Stop by from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. in Vesterheim’s Bruening Visitor Center, 502 W. Water Street, to learn a tune, share a tune, jam with us, or just come to listen. Bring any instrument you...
Visit Vesterheim! Enjoy free admission all day.
This event has been canceled. Vesterheim is temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 virus. Find more info and updates here. Stop by from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. in Vesterheim’s Bruening Visitor Center, 502 W. Water Street, to learn a tune, share a tune, jam with us, or just come to listen. Bring any instrument you...
Visit Vesterheim! Enjoy free admission all day.
Join textile artist Robbie LaFleur for a lecture on the life and work of the innovative Norwegian tapestry artist Frida Hansen. Suggested donation is $5. LaFleur spent the month of May in Norway on a fellowship from the American Scandinavian Foundation. She studied the weaving of Hansen, whose work captured flowers, enigmatic women, trees, and...