2025 Schedule of Events

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Thursday, July 10, 2025 at Minnesota West Community & Technical College Fine Arts Theater
Minnesota West Auditorium
5:30 pm - Latin dance class in MN West Auditorium
6:00 pm - Food samples begin 
7:00 pm - Movie starts (Freda)
8:30 pm - Panel
9:30 pm - Event ends
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Friday, July 11, 2024 - 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm

5:30 - 6:00 pm -

• Opening Ceremony
• Greeting
• Welcome by Mayor
• Flags of the World
• National Anthem 

​6:00 - 7:00 pm - Nuevo Guachinango - Mariachi music
7:05 - 7:25 pm - Karpe Diem - Youth Artist(s)
7:30 - 8:00 pm - Native Fashion Show
8:05 - 9:00 pm - Nuevo Guachinango

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Saturday, July 12, 2025 - 11:00 am to 9:00 pm

10:15 - 10:45 am - Festival warm-up Zumba with Aleida Garcia
10:45 am - Opening remarks
11:00 am - 12:30 pm - Black Pipe Drummers and Singers (Native American)
12:35 - 1:30 pm - Rince na’Chroi
1:35 - 2:30 pm - Titambe West African Dance
2:35 - 2:50 pm - The Hangout - Youth Artist(s)
2:55 - 3:25 pm - Karen Community Performers
3:30 - 3:50 pm - Lao dancers
3:55 - 4:15 pm - Los Vandettas - Youth Artist(s)
4:20 - 5:15 pm - Tim O’Keefe and Laura Harada
5:20 - 5:45 pm - Eritrean performance
5:50 - 6:45 pm - Kari Tauring (Nordic Folk Music, Poetry, and Stories)
7:00 - 9:00 pm - Abinnet Berhanu’s Ahndenet featuring Genet Abate (Traditional and Modern Ethiopian Music)