The 57th Annual YWCA Duluth International Folk Festival will be held at Leif Erikson Park on Saturday, Aug. 7, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A variety of entertainment will be featured throughout the day including the Duluth Scottish Pipes and Drums with the Highland Dancers at 11 a.m., the Greenbergs: Klezmer Music funded by Temple Israel at noon, the Desert Caravan Dancers at 1 p.m., Twelve Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Dancers at 2 p.m., Cedar Creek Drum Group at 3 p.m., and Asian Lion Dance Team at 4 p.m. A raffle will take place at the close of the day at 5 p.m.
Food will include funnel cakes, barbecue from the African American Men's Group, gyros and spanakopita from the Twelve Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church, lefse, sausages and more.
Artwork and craft pieces will be available, such as photography, candles, jewelry, traditional Norwegian sweaters, glass beads and soaps. And as always, Mark Bernstein will demonstrate traditional folk weaving, which will also be for sale.
Children will be able to create a make-and-take ethnic craft project -- a Native American Chilkat blanket, and create a paper and raffia version of a Pacific Northwest Native American Chilkat blanket.
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Cultural and heritage booths will also be set up around the park from Temple Israel, Duluth Scottish Heritage Association and the Minnesota Finnish American Historical Society Jarvenpaa Chapter.
