Check out the events and compete for prizes. Grab some friends, make some memories, and warm your heart out in the cold this holiday season!
SNØMARKET is the annual outdoor winter celebration in the back parking lot. Parking is available on the local streets in our neighborhood in Rockford’s North End.
Each day, They will be offering drinks (hot cocoa, akvavit in ice cube shot glasses, hot cider, & glögg in glass mugs), hot foods, sweets like krumkake & kannelsnurrer, gifts and handmade items to purchase, yeti picture-taking, and more. The neighbors at Rooted (beautiful hand-made and vintage gifts), Wonderland Sweets (stunning cakes, chocolates, macarons, & more), & The Norwegian Artist Lofts, including Amelia Simpson & Dawn DiVenti (hand-made metal and found-object art & paintings) Maze Books (kids books, Christmas books, literary-themed gifts) & Moonlab (hair tinseling on Sunday), will also be celebrating with us.
The outdoor vendors this year include Knotty McKnot’s Knots Macrame, Kufrin Ceramics, Gliss & Miss Mollie Knits Jane Addams Nordic Wear, Mike Baer Woodworking, Carly Rose Ornaments, and Apothe-Kerry Wellness.
Friday & Saturday, December 16 & 17
3 pm – 9 pm
Events
3pm Scavenger Hunt
4pm Mölkky
5pm Æbleskiver Lessons
5pm-8pm Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides (through luminaries)
5:30pm Æbleskiver Biathlon
6pm Herring Toss
7pm Scandi-Triathlon (must wear bathing suit under clothes!)
7:30pm Carole-oke
8pm Toga Honk (viking tug-of-war)
Sunday, December 18
11 am – 5 pm
Events
11am Hair Tinseling @ Moonlab in The Norwegian Lofts
11:05am Coloring Contest
11:30am Pinecone Birdfeeders
12pm Snow Sisters
12pm Popcorn Garland and Jewelry Making
1pm Herring Toss
2pm-5pm Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides
2:30 Mölkky
3pm Scandi Triathlon
4pm Toga Honk (viking tug-0f-war)