Big Top Family and Culture Events
Including many FREE events for the whole family
Big Top isn’t just about big name headliners. Our mission is to present cultural activities that are both entertaining and
educational. Most of these events are free admission and offer free shuttle service, so write them into your calendar now, bring
your family, and bring your friends!
JUNE
18-19 11:00a–2:00p 21 Friday 7:30p 30 Sunday 1:00p
Longhouse
Construction with
Michael Laughing Fox
Charette
Join Laughing Fox in
constructing a traditional
Native American longhouse
❂ FREE ADMISSION
AUGUST
4 Sunday 1:00p
Bizhiki with Laughing
Fox: Native American
Music, Drum and Dance
Powerful drums, dance,
and stories further
understanding of
Indigenous cultures
❂ FREE ADMISSION
Special Guest Bill Miller for New First Night
Blessing of the Tent with Gerry DePerry and Frank
Montano at start of show
Longhouse Talks with Michael Laughing Fox Charette at
6:30 and intermission
Grandmother Jingle Dress Puppet on Site at 6:30 and
intermission
❂ TICKETS $ 22 / 11 youth
10 Saturday 1:00p
The Tamburitzans
Performing international
folk music and dance
Longhouse Talks with
Michael Laughing Fox
Charette 12:15-1:00 & 2:00-
2:30
FREE ADMISSION
31 Saturday 1:00p
Supaman
Native American music
combined with hip hop
Longhouse Talks with
Michael Laughing Fox
Charette 12:15-1:00 & 2:00-
2:30
❂ FREE ADMISSION
JULY
27 Saturday 1:00p 31 Wednesday 6:00p
The Peking Acrobats
Pushing the limits of human
ability, defying gravity
with amazing displays of
contortion, flexibility, and
control Titambe West African
Dance Ensemble
Preserving traditional
African drumming and
dance heritage Pie and Ponderings:
Environmental
Resiliency through an
Indigenous Lens
Booths 6:00, keynote 7:00
FREE ADMISSION FREE ADMISSION 31 Saturday 2:30p 31 Saturday 7:30p
Spoken Word
Workshop with Tall
Paul, Supaman, and
Tanaya Winder
Learn directly from Native
American hip hop artists
❂ FREE ADMISSION
Word! Tall Paul,
Supaman, and Tanaya
Winder, Plus Open Mic
Celebrate the spoken word
with Native American hip
hop artists
Grandmother Jingle Dress
Puppet on Site
❂ FREE ADMISSION
❂ = This event
was made possible
as part of the
Native American
Community
Connections series.
= This event was
made possible as
part of the Essentia
Health Free Family
Series.
❂ TICKETS $ 22 / 11 youth
The Tamburitzans
Supaman
Titambe
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