The largest Nordic festival on the East coast, Scandinavian Festreturns on Sunday, September 1. The 35th annual Smörgåsbord of Family Fun is an all-day, rain or shine, outdoor event (with rainproof entertainment) that celebrates the food, crafts, arts, traditions and current life of the Nordic countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, with wide variety of traditional foods (as well as customary festival fare for the less adventurous) plus a wide variety of handcraft items and imported gifts by over sixty vendors. Six stages of continuous entertainment throughout the day feature music & dance ranging from traditional Nordic folk to classical to jazz to contemporary world music by a variety of accomplished and exceptional emerging talent. There's even a separate stage and a special activities area for kids, as well as a field arena and combat/contest area. All that, plus demonstrators, encampments, Norse combat, Viking ships, talks, demos, handcrafts, and much more. Then, of course, there's the the annual All-Jersey Wife-Carry finals contest! (Whazzat'? Grab a wife - any wife ... or rent one of our lightweights. Carry her through the obstacle course to win her weight in beer ! )
The program, with entertainment schedule and list of vendors has been posted on the website. ScanFest is easy to find just off Route 46, at Vasa Park, 1 Wolfe Road in Budd Lake. Check the website for more details. You can also buy tickets on-line and SAVE!
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