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The 2008 Jamestown Culture Festival will take place on August 1- 3.
The theme this year is traditional food and games.
Please check back soon for more details.
This project is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Jamestown Fine Arts Association, The North Dakota Council on the Arts, The National Council for Traditional Arts, State Historical Society of North Dakota, Buffalo City Tourism Foundation, Jamestown Park and Recreation, Optimist Club, Gladstone Inn.
For more information please contact the
2008 Festival Coordinator Spirit@jamestownartscenter.org
Some details:
The Arts Center in Jamestown, North Dakota is organizing 2008 Culture Festival – a statewide celebration of folk and ethnic traditions found throughout North Dakota. Supported in part with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and community supporters, the festival will share traditions of the native population, ancestral immigrants and recent refugees that are currently living in North Dakota. It will be held in McElroy Park on Friday, August 1st (7:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.), Saturday, August 2nd (11:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.), and Sunday, August 3rd (10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.). North Dakota is home to an array of folk artists who range from native populations to the most recent refugees that represent a myriad of ethnic/heritage groups. The theme for this year’s festival is “Traditional Games and Traditional Foods”. The purpose is to preserve and celebrate the state’s cultural traditions by providing an opportunity for the public to experience quality traditional arts, music and food. For artists, the festival offers the opportunity to connect with other artists, sponsors, and the general public.
Friday evening will begin Culture Festival with traditional Irish music by Mick Moloney and the Green Fields of America. Moloney is a National Heritage Fellowship recipient, the federal government’s highest form of recognition of folk and traditional arts. Bringing this group to the festival is funded in part by The National Endowment for the Arts, The National Council for Traditional Arts (NCTA), and The North Dakota Council on the Arts.
On Saturday, there will be traditional artists displaying and demonstrating art related to the festival’s theme of food and games. The festival will be the place to try an assortment of traditional foods. This year’s festival will have a farmer’s market element that will add an opportunity to buy foods and products that support local and state growers. Many exciting games will be played throughout the park like Bunnock (German), Croquet (English), Double Ball (Native American), Scottish Highland Games (Scottish), Horseshoes (Mixed Cultures) and many more.
After a day of listening to music and storytelling, playing traditional games as well as eating foods from a variety of cultures, Culture Festival will conclude on Sunday with a Polka Mass in McElroy Park.
August 1st through the August 3rd will prove to be an exciting time with many opportunities to learn new things, experience a wide range of activities, and meet new people. This will truly be a unique and fun event designed for all ages.
Another addition to Culture Festival this year is the new Lincoln Chautauqua. Chautauqua includes nationally recognized scholars who will address the audience in the long tradition of first-person dramatic presentations that originated with the North Dakota Humanities Council in the 1970’s as part of the Great Plains Chautauqua Society. The presentations will be moderated by Dr. D. Jerome Tweton, who will portray the character of William Jayne, the first territorial governor of Dakota Territory and the personal friend of President Lincoln, Dr. Frein as Abraham Lincoln; Charles Everett Pace as Frederick Douglass; Dr. Carrol Peterson as Walt Whitman.
Chautauqua performances and workshops will begin in McElroy Park on Saturday August 1st at 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. and continue on Sunday, August 3rd a workshop at 1:00 p.m. There will be a workshop at 4:00 p.m. at the Arts Center, at 6:30-7:00 pm entertainment and a 7:00 pm Chautauqua presentation at the Jamestown High School.
There will be a 10:00 a.m. and a 2:00 p.m. workshop at the Arts Center on Monday, August 4th as well as entertainment at 6:30-7:00 p.m. and a Chautauqua presentation at 7:00 p.m. at the Jamestown High School.
This summer is filled with all kinds of fun events for individuals and families to participate in. The Culture Festival and Chautauqua will be ones you won’t want to miss.
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