On Sept. 26, the first day of Høstfest, we drove up to Minot to attend the Scandinavian celebration.  We stopped first at the permanent Scandinavian Village in downtown Minot, where there is a reconstruction of a Norwegian Stave church, a Norwegian Stabur, a Swedish Dala horse, a Danish sauna, and other displays.

The general admission ticket included free admission to the second-tier entertainers.   We attended performances by the Oak Ridge Boys, the New Christy Minstrels, Paulette Carlson, Williams and Ree (AKA Indian and White Guy), and Norwegian country singer Bjøro Håland.   The number of attendees to the fest was impressive; the crowds were huge.   The average age was also notable; lots of bald heads and blue or grey hair.