Main EVENTS
Sy�ende Mai Folk Fes�val May 14-16, 2021
Vendors will have food for sale, as well as beer & wine. General admission is free. ALL proceeds go to Stoughton Parks & Rec. Bring your blankets, chairs The Norwegian heritage of many of Stoughton’s & kids to enjoy a day of local food, drink, music all citizens is celebrated each year as our entire while supporting the community! town and thousands of guests observe Syttende Stoughton Fair Mai. The words “Syttende Mai” are Norwegian for June 30 - July 4, 2021 “seventeenth of May,” and we hold the event on the weekend closest to May 17. On that day in 1814, Summer is not complete without a family trip to the Norwegian Constitution was signed, giving the fair. Held on the grounds of Mandt Park near Norway independence from its 500-year union with downtown Stoughton, this fair is one of the last Denmark. Stoughton’s Syttende Mai celebration free fairs in the state. It features activities from dates back as far as 1868, when Norwegian tractor pulls to demolition derbies, animal exhibits immigration in this part of Wisconsin was reaching to carnival rides, lawn mower races to fireworks and its peak. of course lots of food. Be sure to experience the Syttende Mai is a very colorful, family-oriented best of Americana with a visit to the Stoughton Fair. affair with many people wearing authentic Norse Learn more about the Stoughton Fair by visiting costumes or bunads. There are folk dancing their website: www.stoughtonfair.com performances by the world-famous Stoughton Coffee Break Fes�val Norwegian Dancers, exhibits of Norwegian August 21, 2021 rosemaling (painting) and hardanger (needlework), Stoughton is Home of the Coffee Break! In the Norse Costume show, Norwegian church services, late 1800s, Norwegian immigrants arrived in the smorgasbord of Norwegian foods and a variety of Stoughton area in large numbers, attracted here musical performances. by the availability of work in T. G. Mandt’s wagon The 2021 Festival will be celebrated with factory. a variety of streamed programming and independent activities. Follow the festival on With the men busy building wagons, local tobacco Facebook@SyttendeMaiStoughton and www. warehouse owners hired the women of Stoughton StoughtonFestivals.com to see how you can for seasonal tobacco work. The women found the Gunderson Tobacco Warehouse, at the corner of celebrate with us this year. Main and Coffee Streets (now Hillside St), an ideally Taste of Stoughton located place to work, as it was near enough to June 19, 2021 their homes that they could periodically run home The Taste of Stoughton is taking on an even bigger to check on their families, houses, and the meal in presence in 2021 with local Stoughton vendors progress. offering the best of their menus! This year we are While home, the women took a minute to rest and happy to have a local brewery, cidery & winery help themselves to a cup of coffee from the pot owned by Stoughton residents joining the event! always hot on the stove. With this simple habit, the What goes best with food and drink? Live music!! coffee break began — a brief time to relax and enjoy Musicians will be jamming the stage the entire a cup of coffee before heading back to work. day from 11 a.m. - 8p.m. The Taste of Stoughton is Today, Stoughton celebrates our claim as the an annual event, this year located in Nordic Ridge birthplace of the coffee break with a day-long Park on the SW side of town. It occurs every 3rd festival. Events include a coffee “brew off” between Saturday in June, so mark your calendars! Kids can roasters, the Cup o’ Joe All Wheels Show, a beanenjoy the splash pad, local park & entertainment. spitting contest, an arts and crafts fair, food, beer 10
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