Heikinpäivä

A full day of events is scheduled in downtown Hancock for Heikinpäivä 2017! Check the full schedule below or by visiting the Heikinpäivä 2017 Website.

• 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. — Tori Market, Finnish American Heritage Center
• 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.  — Vipukelkka (Whipsled), kicksleds, mölkky, World’s Largest Kicksled, more! Quincy Green.
• 11 a.m. – Parade, downtown Hancock. (Employees and students should line up at La Cantina restaurant at 10:30 a.m.)
• Following parade — Wife-carrying contest and kicksled races, Quincy Green. Prizes.
• 3 p.m. — Polar Bear Dive, Hancock waterfront near Copper Island Beach Club. Prizes. (CANCELED)
• 3 p.m. — Closing reception for “Kalevala – Boatlore,” Copper Country Community Arts Center
• 7 p.m. — Heikinpäivä iltamat (hors d’oeuvres dance), Finnish American Heritage Center. $12 per adult; under 16 free. Music by Wilho Kilpelä & Friends

Learn more about Heikinpäivä at http://www.finnishamericanreporter.com/heikin_page/.