UPCOMING EVENTS

Welcome to our Wednesday night Open Stage for musicians & poets.  Open Stage is free and open to anyone to attend and/or perform.  IMPORTANT: this is a quiet event made for artists to have a listening crowd as they try out new and old material in front of an audience. We will place a sign up sheet on our piano at 5:30 pm.  If you'd like to perform, you will enter your name in a 10 minute time slot between 6 and 8 pm.  Available to use is our house PA system, microphones, guitar, and house piano; a sound person will be on-site. Open Stage runs until 8 pm, followed by a featured performer from 8 to 8:45.  This week will be Lincoln Flowers a stunning writer w/ strong, vulnerable vocals, and guitar motifs that you'll be humming for days. The bar will call "last call," and we'll close the event.  The kitchen will be CLOSED for open stage, but the bar will be open from 5:30 to 9 pm. We encourage you to stay for the duration of the event to cheer on all artists.  

Snømarket 2023

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The Norwegian , 1402 N Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103

Bundle up and join us outside for our annual winter Snømarket. This event is free and open to the public. Enjoy a mug of homemade glögg, hot chocolate, æbleskiver, lefse, fish on a stick, and more. Take a free horse-drawn carriage ride through historic Churchills grove, play events like our herring toss and molkky, sing Christmas carole-oke, or just sit by the fire pit and listen to Chef Kent tell Viking stories. This year's Snømarket is sponsored by The City of Rockford's "Forward For Fun" Grant. Street parking available.

Snømarket 2023

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The Norwegian , 1402 N Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103

Bundle up and join us outside for our annual winter Snømarket. This event is free and open to the public. Enjoy a mug of homemade glögg, hot chocolate, æbleskiver, lefse, fish on a stick, and more. Take a free horse-drawn carriage ride through historic Churchills grove, play events like our herring toss and molkky, sing Christmas carole-oke, or just sit by the fire pit and listen to Chef Kent tell Viking stories. This year's Snømarket is sponsored by The City of Rockford's "Forward For Fun" Grant. Street parking available.

Snømarket 2023

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The Norwegian , 1402 N Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103

Sunday at Snømarket is traditionally a family day and features a 1 pm performance by the Swedish Historical Society's St. Lucia Choir.

Bundle up and join us outside for our annual winter Snømarket. This event is free and open to the public. Enjoy a mug of homemade glögg, hot chocolate, æbleskiver, lefse, fish on a stick, and more. Take a free horse-drawn carriage ride through historic Churchills grove, play events like our herring toss and molkky, sing Christmas carole-oke, or just sit by the fire pit and listen to Chef Kent tell Viking stories. This year's Snømarket is sponsored by The City of Rockford's "Forward For Fun" Grant. Street parking available.


The restaurant will be closed for day and night service December 15, 16, & 17 for 
SNØMARKET!
Bundle up in winter gear and get cozy out in our parking lot with us!  We will be transforming it into a Nordic Fishing village. Our event is free & open to the public.  Enjoy a mug of homemade glögg, hot chocolate, æbleskiver, lefse, fish on a stick, and more. Street parking available.
Sponsored by the City of Rockford's “Forward For Fun” grant.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday & Saturday, December 15 & 16, 3 pm - 9 pm
3 pm-5 pm Herring Toss 
Molkky
Kids Craft Corner Indoors 
5 pm- 8 pm Horse Drawn Carriage Rides
5 pm - 8 pm “Write Your Name In Runes”
Marshmallow Trick Shots
Snowball Scooping Competition
Viking Tug of War
7 pm - 8:30 pm Christmas Carole-oke
8:00 pm Viking Story Telling Around The Fire 

Special Saturday Feature Indoors 3 pm - 9 pm
SPINDLE & SHEARS!
Spindle & Shears is a sister act weaving together historical accuracy, education, and fun for modern audiences. Their reenactment provides an honest understanding of the Past that can help us to wisely engage with our Present to create a just Future. Dressed as Viking era women, Arian Rana and Lane Ellen invite guests to experience common life and material culture through re-creation and demonstration, including the opportunity for hands-on interaction. On December 16th, come see supported spinning, Viking-era wire knit jewelry making, touch 2000-year old beads, and learn how you show your status in Birka, Sweden society in the year 920. 

Sunday, December 17  11 am - 4 pm
 11 am-1 pm Herring Toss 
Molkky
Kids Craft Corner Indoors 
1 pm- 4 pm Horse Drawn Carriage Rides
1 pm: Swedish Historical Society's St. Lucia Choir
1 pm - 3 pm “Write Your Name In Runes”
Marshmallow Trick Shots
Snowball Scooping Competition
Viking Tug of War
2:30 pm - 4 pm Christmas Carole-oke
 

 Normal Hours of Operation: 7:30 am to 2 pm Wednesday-Sunday 
5 pm to 9 pm Thursday, Friday, & Saturday 
Closed: Mondays & Tuesdays

For questions, please email us at info@thenorwegian.com or call 815-329-6191 during business hours
1402 N Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103