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Robert F. Wagner Park
Battery Park City
On Friday, June 20th, 2014
the annual Swedish Midsummer Festival will once again take place in Battery Park City in downtown Manhattan
At this unique celebration, adults and children gather to nicpic in the grass,
decorate the midsummer pole,
make flower wreaths,
play traditional games
and dance to authentic fiddle music
The program will feature traditional music by Paul Dahlin and fiddlers from the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, folk dances from Barnklubben Elsa Rix and Swedish Folkdancers of New York, and pole dancing led by Scandinavian folklorist and singer Ross Sutter.
Food stands will offer delicacies from some of New York's finest Swedish restaurants and food purveyors, including FIKA NYC, Smorgas Chef,Crepe Du Nord, Gigino’s at Wagner Park, Red Rooster Harlem and Nordic Preserves
The Swedish Midsummer Festival is presented by Battery Park City Parks Conservancy and co-hosted by the Consulate General of Sweden in New York
Generously sponsored by:
IKEA Brooklyn, Investor, Scandinavian Airlines, SEB, Skanska USA, SVT World, Swedbank, Swedish Match, The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, Ambassador and Mrs. Lyndon L. Olson Jr.
With support from:
Efva Attling Stockholm, Eriksen Translations, Eton of Sweden, FACE Stockholm, Fjällräven North America, Gudrun Sjödén America, SWEA New York, The Heimbold Foundation
Directions at the BPC Parks Conservancy website: www.bpcparks.org
The NYC Midsummer countdown: http://owl.li/xbBII
See photo slideshow from last year's celebration on the Consulate's Flickr page: www.flickr.com/
Rain or shine
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