Many Rhythms. One Celebration: The World Coming Together at the Minnesota State Fair
Many Rhythms. One Celebration.
Cultural Destinations Day at Dan Patch Park – Sunday, Sept. 6
Experience a day when the world comes together at the Minnesota State Fair.
On Stage
Enjoy a vibrant lineup of contemporary global music—from Afrobeats, Reggae, Samba, Salsa, KPOP, Bollywood, State Fair inspired Musical Meditation, the drums of Rondo, and Line dancing.
Every performance becomes your performance.
Free Dance Lesson Every 30 minutes after the Hour Beginning 10: 30 AM
- Learn To Dance to Reggae Music – 10:30 AM
- Learn to Dance to KPOP Music – 11:30 AM
- Learn to Dance to Salsa Music – 12:30 PM
- Learn to Dance to Samba Myusic – 1:30 PM
- Learn to Dance to Afrobeats Music – 2:30 PM
- Learn to Dance to Bollywood Music – 3:30 PM
- Learn to Line Dance – 4:15 PM
We invite you to join us as we dance to the tune that swept the world as we came out of Covid – take your cameras out and dance..: –
See A Sample From Around the World
Jerusalema at the Minnesota State Fair at 4:45 pm
Culture is Cool Fashion Show
Get ideas how to integrate culture into everyday style with our great models and designers:
Latin Threads Fashion Show (noon),
Slavic Experience Fashion Show (2 pm), and
African Fashion Week Minnesota Fashion Show (3 pm).
Experience Four Festivals in One Place
Explore the traditions, arts, music and stories of four of Minnesota’s premier cultural festivals:
Visit interactive Culture Labs, meet artists, chefs and storytellers, and discover simple ways to bring culture into your everyday life.
Four Cultural Festivals in One Place
- Little Africa Fest (African Economic Development Solutions)
- Fiesta Latina (CLUES – Latino Communities United in Service)
- Slavic Experience Festival (Slavic Experience)
- International Festival of Minnesota (I-Fest MN)
Take Home a Cultural Treasure: Leave inspired with something you can carry into your daily life—a new dance step, a favorite recipe, a cultural tradition, or a fresh perspective. Add your creativity to our collaborative community mural, becoming part of a work of art created by hundreds of Minnesotans.
Don’t Miss the Cultural Destinations Boutique:
Explore unique gifts from small cultural businesses and view three years of collaborative community art, created by hundreds of Minnesotans celebrating belonging, creativity and culture.
For the past 3 years we had hundreds of people place their mark of belonging on our collaborative canvases – the Circle of Belonging, The Heart of Belonging and the Minnesota Canvas.
This year our collaborative canvas is called – Many Rhythms. One Celebration. You can place your mark of belonging on the canvas at the Cultural Destination Boutique at the International Bazaar (where we also feature products from 11 different cultures and 15 small cultural businesses) and on September 6 at the celebration.
We are also asking for nominations for those special people in our communities – they build bridges between people and are the glue that hold our communities together. Those selected will have their initials at the center of the Heart of Belonging. Nominate that special person at this link https://culturaldestinations.org/heart-of-belonging-nomination/
Many Rhythms. One Celebration. Discover the world in one day—and take a piece of it home with you.
Thanks to the team behind Many Rhythms. One Celebration!
Thanks to the artists, performers, musicians, and fashion promoters and models.
Thanks to our exhibit partners – African Economic Development Solutions (AEDS), Latino Communities United in Service (CLUES), Slavic Experience & the International Festival of Minnesota. Thanks to the Minnesota State Fair for creating this space to celebrate community. Thanks to our Cultural Destinations Boutique partners, African Career, Education and Resources (ACER), African Economic Development Solutions (AEDS), Hmong American Partnership and Women Venture.
After the State Fair you can enjoy these performances at various venues in the months ahead. A time where we can celebrate, remember and connect. A schedule will be posted shortly.
For more information please contact Dr. Bruce Corrie – corrie@culturaldestinations.org