Little Sweden, USA, welcomes you to browse unique shops, participate in events, enjoy restaurants and coffee shops, relax in outdoor spaces,  and explore the culture and history of the area.

There is always something good going on in Lindsborg!

Old Fashioned 4th of July

Swensson Park

July 4

Lindsborg is days away from an Old Fashioned 4th of July!

Saturday, July 4, the evening of fun begins at 5:30pm when children and adults are invited to meet at the gazebo to decorate strollers, wagons, bikes, etc. for a patriotic parade procession in Swensson Park.

At 5:30pm, the Smoky Valley High School Baseball team will be selling a pulled pork meal and the Smoky Valley High School Drama Club will be selling pie by the slice.

The entertainment begins at 6:00pm at the bandshell featuring local talent and the Lindsborg Community Band.

Try something new this year! Fun Fourth Cornhole Tournament! The tourney begins at 4:00pm with a $20 entry fee due by July 1. Details on registration, discount, payment, and a Patriotic Prize Package are found on the Facebook event page: https://tinyurl.com/4y9b9kzz

Bring your lawn chairs and blankets. Bleacher seating is also available. Celebrate America's 250th anniversary with warm hospitality, great music, and lots of fun in Lindsborg!

Christmas in July

July 11

Beginning at 10:00am, downtown Lindsborg will have some unseasonable fun all day long!

🎄10:00am-6:00pm: Photo ops, treats, & shop specials

❄️2:00-4:00pm: Mountains of "snow" in Swensson Park for ages 12 & under (goggles & swim suit recommended)

🐧4:00pm & 5:00pm: TWO sessions of Penguin Yoga in Swensson Park (45 minutes each)

🐧6:00-7:00pm: Penguin Meet and Greet with a program from Tanganyika Wildlife Park Staff

🎅7:30pm: FREE movie for families at the J.O. Sundstrom Conference Center

Contact the Lindsborg Convention & Visitors Bureau (785-227-8687) with questions or check out the Visit Lindsborg webpage.

10th Annual Pie & Ice Cream Social

Red Barn Studio Museum

July 10

The Smoky Valley Arts & Folklife Center invites all to celebrate a sweet milestone at the 10th Annual Pie & Ice Cream Social Fundraiser on Friday, July 10, 8:00 to 9:30pm on the front lawn of the Red Barn Studio Museum, 212 S. Main Street in Lindsborg. In the event of rain, the celebration will move indoors to SVAFC at 114½ S. Main Street.

What began as a simple community gathering has grown into one of SVAFC's most beloved annual traditions and largest fundraisers. For ten years, neighbors, friends, and visitors have gathered to share homemade pies, enjoy live music, celebrate local artists, and support arts programming in the Smoky Valley. Funds raised through the event help support SVAFC's exhibitions, workshops, and community arts programming throughout the year.

The evening will feature live music, a pie-baking contest, an artist reception for Red Barn Studio Musum’s Artist-in-Residence Laura Baker, homemade ice cream, and, of course, plenty of pie.

Community members are encouraged to bring a homemade pie to share. Anyone who donates a pie will receive tickets redeemable for two slices of pie and two scoops of homemade ice cream. Additional pie and ice cream will be available for purchase, with pie priced at $7 per slice and ice cream at $3 per scoop.

Bakers looking to show off their skills can enter the annual pie contest for a $5 entry fee. Contest participants will compete for a cash grand prize, with pies judged on presentation, crust quality, filling, and overall flavor. Contest pies and entry forms must be submitted on July 10 at 3:00pm, with judging beginning at 5:00pm. Winners will be announced during the Pie Social. Entry form found here.

For more information, contest forms, or event details, visit Smoky Valley Arts & Folklife Center.

Laura Baker, Artist-in-Residence

Red Barn Studio

July 4-12

The Red Barn Studio Museum is excited to once again welcome artist Laura Baker the “pie lady” as artist-in-residence July 4-12.

While at the Red Barn, Laura will finish the illustrations and recipes for her second cookbook, Pie as Art Volume II. She also plans to paint china plate designs on round wooden plates using acrylic paint.

Laura’s artwork brings together her two loves—baking and painting—as well as her interest in antique plates. Laura collects antique plates as a background for her pie illustrations. She shows her appreciation for those antique plates by enlarging the images and painting the details on wooden discs in a highly realistic manner.

Laura invites visitors to see her pie illustrations for Pie as Art and perhaps snack on a piece of pie as they browse her paintings and enjoy their time in Lester’s home and studio.

Held in conjunction with the Smoky Valley Arts & Folklife Center’s 10th Annual Pie & Ice Cream Social on July 10, Laura’s reception will be on the front lawn of the Red Barn Studio Museum. Visitors are welcome to delight in a night of live music, pie, ice cream, and Laura's artwork!

The Red Barn Studio Museum is located at 212 S. Main Street. The museum is open Tuesday-Friday, 10:00am-5:00pm and Saturday-Sunday, 1:00-5:00pm.

Oklahoma! by Broadway RFD

Swensson Park Bandshell

July 17, 18, 24, & 25

Started in 1959, Broadway RFD is the longest running outdoor theatre in Kansas. People come from far and wide, with their lawn chairs in tow, to sit in the summer breeze and be immersed in song and dance. Don’t miss this unforgettable summer tradition. Experience live theater like never before—under the stars!

Tickets are available online beginning July 1. Other ways to purchase tickets are at The Good Merchant (beginning July 1--cash only, please) or at the gate the night of the performance. Broadway RFD is proud to again partner with the Sunflower Summer program; be sure to check out the Sunflower Summer website for more details. Tickets via the Sunflower Summer app are available beginning July 1.

Perfomances are July 17, 18, 24, & 25; all beginning at 8:30pm. Bleacher seating is available, but you are encouraged to bring your own lawn chair. Concessions will be available. The Swensson Memorial Bandshell is located in Swensson Park, 400 N. Main Street.

Majnuna | مجنونة

Smoky Valley Arts & Folklife Center

July 3-26

The Smoky Valley Arts & Folklife Center is pleased to present Majnuna | مجنونة, featuring the work of artists Josh Novak and Josh Knott, July 3-26. A closing reception will be held on Sunday, July 26, beginning at 2:00pm.

Bringing together ceramic sculpture, functional pottery, collage, and mixed-media imagery, the exhibition explores how artists transform ideas, observations, and experiences into visual form.

Josh Novak's work includes both figurative ceramic sculpture and functional vessels. His colorful, meticulously crafted pieces explore themes of obsession, desire, morality, and the human condition. Drawing inspiration from street art, contemporary culture, scientific illustration, and traditional ceramic techniques, Novak creates work that is both visually engaging and thought-provoking.

Josh Knott's work examines the fragmented nature of art and life. Through a process of collecting, manipulating, and recombining images, drawings, photographs, and found materials, he creates layered compositions that blur the line between personal expression and appropriated imagery. This combination of personal mark-making and manipulated/appropriated source materials exemplifies a number of dualities, philosophically linked by their opposition.

Visitors can expect to see an assortment of Novak's ceramic vessels and teapots alongside Knott's image-based works, creating a dynamic exhibition that highlights two distinct yet complementary artistic approaches.

Smoky Valley Arts & Folklife Center is located at 114 1/2 S. Main Street. Hours are Friday-Sunday, 1:00-5:00pm.

Sunflower Summer

July 9-August 2

Sunflower Summer returns this summer on July 9 with four Lindsborg entities participating: Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery, Broadway RFD, Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum, and Red Barn Studio Museum.

This program is brought to Kansas families by Kansas Tourism. Sunflower Summer offers Kansas families a get-out-of-the-house-free card to carry in the pocket. A chance to have free rein (and free admission, including one adult) visiting museums, zoos, historical attractions, and more. Details found at https://sunflowersummer.org/

More than 200 attractions across the state are participating! Download the Sunflower Summer app today and create that exploration itinerary!

Tell Your Own Story--a Workshop with Priscilla Howe

Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum

July 10

Priscilla Howe’s presentation is a hands-on workshop for Kansans interested in becoming storytellers for their own families, communities, or as preservers of Kansas’s wide range of dynamic folk traditions. Participants will listen, laugh, and linger over memories of their lives. In telling our own stories, we discover our uniqueness, as well as our common ground.

Priscilla, a storyteller and facilitator of storytelling workshops, was inspired by the importance of preserving and sharing America's history during the America 250 celebrations. This workshop is a product of that inspiration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Tell Your Own Story,a free workshop, begins at 10:00am and will be held at the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum, located at 120 E. Mill Street.

Funding for this "Kansas Folklife: Celebrating Kansas Traditions" program is provided by Humanities Kansas, with support from the State of Kansas through the Kansas Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts and the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund.

McPherson Arts Alliance Artists, Artists-in-Residence

Red Barn Studio Museum

July 19-25

The McPherson Arts Alliance Artists, formerly known as the VAAM Gallery Artists, are set to return for their 21st annual residency at the Red Barn Studio Museum, July 19-25.

Throughout the week-long residency, participating artists will be working simultaneously in a variety of mediums. Each artist brings their own individual style, technique, and artistic vision, contributing to a diverse and dynamic atmosphere.

Featured artists include Meridith Radkie-Gannon, Elizabeth Liljegren, Betty Jo Houchen, Louise Hutchinson, and other McPherson Arts Alliance artists. With mediums ranging from painting and clay to mixed media, visitors will have the rare experience of seeing multiple styles and mediums in one spot.

Stop in during the residency to observe the artists at work, ask questions, and gain insight into the artistic process.

The Red Barn Studio Museum is located at 212 S. Main Street. The museum is open Tuesday-Friday, 10:00am-5:00pm and Saturday-Sunday, 1:00-5:00pm.

Smoky Valley Classic Car Show

Swensson Park

August 1

Swensson Park will be filled with classic and trendy vehicles for The Smoky Valley Classic Car Show before you know it! On August 1, over 100 classic automobiles will inhabit shade-filled Swensson Park for fun and competition.

Awards are given out to participants including: Best Club Participation for the largest paid registration from a single Club and the Long-Haul Award for the furthest distance traveled by the car. Popular awards are Police Chief’s Choice and Sheriff’s Choice for the cars most likely to be stopped by those agencies, and the Kansas Highway Patrol award for the car most likely to be stopped for no reason at all!

Registration begins at 8:00am, judging begins at 10:00am, and awards will be given out at 3:00pm. Dash plaques will be given to the first 125 entries.

Day of event registration will be $20. Register before July 31 to receive a $5 discount! Register early by clicking here.

Swensson Park is located in the 400 block of N. Main Street.

SVAFC workshops for ages 4-6, 7-10, & adults ages 15+ Workshops with local instructors.

New summer arrivals at The Good Merchant with a big emphasis on red, white, & blue.

This exhibit explores the archaeological work of Kansans at the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum

Join the Smoky Valley Historical Association for this month's program at Messiah Lutheran Churc

Swim Party sponsored by First Bank Kansas

Sister Bojangles invites you to hang out in the store for good times and special treats!