Artists Studio Open House
Held 4th Sat. in April & 1st Sat. in Dec.  For more information, please call the Lindsborg Arts Council at: 785- 227-3032.

Broadway RFD
Held the 3rd Fri. & Sat and 4th Fri. & Sat. of July.  Kansas' Longest Running Outdoor Theatre. Tickets available at the gate in Swensson Park. Limited seating provided. Lawn chairs and blankets are welcomed.

Chess Activities - Website
Chess is not only a game, but a proven learning tool to help students with problem solving, which in turn leads to improved math and reading scores. The International Chess Institute of the Midwest (ICIM), that operates the Anatoly Karpov Chess School, promotes chess in education, both in the public and private sectors.

Heritage Christmas - Website
Step back in time as you stroll through Heritage Square located at the Old Mill Museum, filled with the sights and sounds of an 1880's Christmas-on-the-prairie. Fun for the whole family! Holiday music, Jultomte's Swedish stories, A Shepherds Story, a Visit with Santa Claus, Holiday Gift Shopping, Children's Activities.

Lucia Fest
A gift of music and tradition held annually in December.  Crowning of Lindsborg's Lucia, procession, music & dancing, Christmas bake sale.

Messiah Festival of Music & Art - Website
The first performance by the Oratorio Society of J.S. Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion” was on Good Friday, March 29, 1929—the 200th anniversary of the very first performance at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig with Bach himself conducting. Dr. Hagbard Brase, a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Stockholm, instituted the tradition which carries on to this day.

In addition to the music of Handel and Bach during Holy Week, the Midwest Art Exhibition is hosted by the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery. The exhibition features works by regional artists as well as works from the permanent collection. The founders of this exhibition in 1899 were Carl Gustafson Lotave, G.N. Malm, and Sandzén. Lotave studied at the Royal Academy of Art. Both Lotave and Sandzén studied with Anders Zorn and Richard Berg.

Midsummers Day - Website
Always held on the third Saturday in June.  Annual Swedish-American celebration welcoming the return of summer. Includes art fair, crafts, folk music, folk dancing, smörgåsbord. Midsummers Day is the favorite holiday of Swedes in Sweden. The celebration is patterned after the Swedish holiday and opens with a procession of the Lindsborg Swedish Folk Dancers and the Swedish Folkdanslag and in some instances by visiting folk dance groups. The daytime portion of the celebration takes place in Swensson Park on North Main Street. The evening activities take place at the Heritage Park across from the Old Mill Museum. A delicious smörgåsbord meal is offered at 5:00 p.m. and is located in the Bethany College Pihlblad Memorial Union. Early ticket purchases are recommended.

Millfest - Website
Each spring, the museum hosts Millfest a family event celebrating the history of the mill and the pioneer heritage of the region. Millfest is held the first weekend in May and features guided tours of the mill in operation. Professional millers run the mill (without grain) and tours are available for visitors age 13 and older. Other activities include a traditional arts and crafts fair, musical entertainment and great food.

Old Fashioned 4th of July
Outdoor fun for the whole family includes food, entertainment, and fireworks on Independence Day.  The evening begins in Swensson Park with a home-grown talent show, food and fun.

Search for the Wild Dala
Lindsborg has created the nation’s only herd of Wild Dala Horses.  What is a Dala horse? Its perhaps Sweden’s best known icon, a bluntly rounded, tail-free horse that is thought to have been first whittled out of wood by the fire during long cold Scandinavian nights. In recent years, Lindsborg adopted the Dala symbol of Swedish folk craft as a symbol of identity and welcome. Here you’ll see traditional Dala horses on front porches, on coffee mugs and even on the side of police cruisers.

In 2000, Lindsborg Decided to cast the traditional Dala shape in large fiberglass forms – an idea patterned after Chicago’s cows on Michigan avenue. Local people and folks with Lindsborg connections sponsor each Wild Dala. Each is unconventionally decorated by one on the towns many local artists. Each new horse is feted in a public unveiling party complete with street theater and parody songs sung by the crowd. On many Saturdays during good weather, open-air tours of the Wild Dala Horses are available. Plus, new Wild Dalas are still being rounded up.

Smoky Valley Classic Car Show - Website
Classic car show held the first Saturday in August at Swensson Park.  Contact the Lindsborg Chamber of Commerce for more information.

Svensk Hyllningsfest - Website
Lindsborg's Svensk Hyllningsfest is a biennial tribute to the Swedish pioneers occurring in October of odd numbered years. The festival features art, crafts, special foods, ethnic music, folk dancing, parade, smörgåsbord, and special entertainment. The festival coincides with the Bethany College homecoming. Many of Lindsborg's residents don traditional Swedish folk costumes for the event. Swedish folk dance groups and musicians add to the Swedish flavor of the festival.