The Great Northern Winter Festival

The Great Northern Winter Festival is a weekend of music, art, outdoor adventure and climate conversations at Saint Anthony Main on the Mississippi riverfront. Days bring ice skating, winter runs, cold-weather biking, hands-on workshops and vendor villages, while the Sauna Village offers wood-fired saunas with guided sessions, open steams and yoga. Ice bars and food trucks handle the food and drink, and local and national acts play alongside public art.

Our take: Save room for the ice bars and food trucks, and add a Sauna Village flex pass if you want several open steam sessions.