August 14 – 17, 2014

“The Red Shoes”

Friday, August 8

10:00am – 2:00pm Be A Prinsesse For A Day event Flat River Community Library

Must pre-register (ages 5-10)

Saturday, Aug 9

2:30pm Danish Festival Young Miss GHS Performing Arts Center

& Jr. Miss Pageant

7:00pm Danish Festival Queen’s GHS Performing Arts Center

Pageant & Prince & Princess

Sunday, Aug 10

5:30pm Community Dinner St. Paul Lutheran Church

7:00pm3rd Annual Danish Music Fest St. Paul Lutheran Church

(ticketed event)

Wednesday, Aug 13

6:00pm -7:30pm Scrapbook Contest Judging Hathaway Properties Club House

Thursday, Aug 14

6:00pm Hot Air Balloon Demonstration Baldwin Elementary School

6:00pm – 8:00pm Used Book Sale & Bake Sale Flat River Community Library

6:30pm Flag Raising Ceremony Heritage Park

7:30pm Danish Festival Band in Concert Tower Riverside Park

7:30pm Grand Marshal Celebration Flat River Museum

9:00pm – 10:00pm Lake of Illumination Baldwin Lake

Friday, Aug 15

9:00am – 5:00pm Used Book Sale & Bake Sale Flat River Community Library

9:00am – 8:00pm WAN- MarketPlace & Food Court Veteran’s Park

10:00am –5:00pm “Gamle Danske Landsby” Danish Cultural Center

(Old Danish Village) (Danish Brotherhood Hall)

10:00am –6:00pm Stage Performances Main Stage-Grove at Lafayette Street

10:00am – 8:00pm Downtown Activities Lafayette Street

Arts & Crafts Fair • Food Court • Souvenir Booth • Information Booth

10:30am – 12:00pm Storytelling by Storyweavers Flat River Library

12:00pm – 4:30pm Flat River Museum Tours Flat River Museum

12:00pm – 7:00pm Hans Christian Andersen Events: Hans Christian Andersen Park

Painting, coloring, to-do crafts & games

Special Lego Event

Danish Kids Crafts

Danish Land Midway

1:00pm – 4:00pm Fighting Falcon Military Museum Tours Cass Street

1:00pm – 5:00pm US Postal Service CommemorativeDane Station at Souvenir Booth

Danish Festival Cancellation Stamp

1:00pm -7:00pm WAN Music in the Park (local musicians) Veteran’s Park

3:00pm Danes @ Forest Home Cemetery Tour Forest Home Cemetery

5:00pm Lego Masterpiece Judging Hans Christian Andersen Park

5:00pm – 6:00pm Decades Concert Main Stage-Cass Street

6:00pm – 6:30pm Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale Parade Barry/Cass Streets

6:00pm – 8:00pm Greenville Area Corvette Club Show Cass & Lafayette Street

6:00pm – 10:00pm Softball Tournament High School & Alan G. Davis Park

6:30pm “Princess and the Pea” Bed Race Cass/Berry Street

6:30pm I Scream, Ice Cream Contest HCA Park

6:30pm – 7:30pm Danish Festival Band Concert Main Stage-Grove at Lafayette Street

6:30pm – 8:30pm Fireman’s Parade Meet & Greet Greenville High School Parking Lot

Open to the Public

7:00pm Hans Christian Andersen Theater Community Center

“The Red Shoes”

7:00pm First Hot Air Balloon Flight Klackle Orchards

7:00pm 6th Annual “Dirt Diggin Danes” Montcalm County Fair Grounds

Truck & Tractor Pull M91 and Peck Road

Gate opens at 5:00 p.m.

7:00pm –12:00 Tivoli Gardens (Beer Tent) Klackle Orchards

Music by “Decades”

8:00pm – 9:30pm Flat River Big Band Street Dance Main Stage

8:00pm – 10:30pm Friday Night Teen Dance Greenville Middle School Cafeteria

(6-8 grade or 11-14 years of age)

8:30pm 9thAnnual Danish Festival Fireman’s Parade Starting at Greenville High School

Saturday, August 16

7:00am Second Hot Air Balloon Flight Klackle Orchards

8:00am – 10:30am Flat River Auto Show Cass Street

8:00am – 10:30am Danish Sisterhood Breakfast Danish Brotherhood Hall

8:00am – 9:00pm Softball Tournament High School & Alan G. Davis Park

8:00am – 10:30am Road Run Race & Fitness Walk Baldwin Heights Elementary

8:00am – 3:00pm “Gamle Danske Landsky” Danish Cultural Center

(Old Danish Village) (Danish Brotherhood Hall)

9:00am – 4:00pm Fighting Falcon Military Tours Cass Street

(closed during the Grand Dansk Parade)

9:00am – 5:00pm Used Book Sale & Bake Sale Flat River Community Library

9:00am – 6:00pm Downtown Activities Lafayette Street

Arts & Crafts Fair • Food Court

Souvenir Booth • Information Booth

9:00am – 8:00pm WAN- MarketPlace & Food Court Veteran’s Park

10:00am – 4:30pm Flat River Museum Tours

Flat River Museum

10:00am – 11:00am Stage Performances Main Stage – Cass Street

11:00am Danish Dandies Grand Dansk Parade

11:00am – 1:00pm Car Show Registration K-Mart -Greenville

11:00am – 1:00pm GRAND DANSK PARADE Cass Street

12:00am – 4:00pm Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show Kmart – Greenville

12:00pm – 5:00pm Hans Christian Andersen Events: Hans Christian Andersen Park

Painting, coloring, to-do crafts & games

Special Lego Event

Danish Kids Crafts

Danish Land Midway

1:00pm – 3:00pm Three’s A Crowd Concert Main Stage-Cass Street

1:00pm – 6:00pm Stage Performances Main Stage – Cass Street

1:00pm – 8:30pm WAN Music in the Park (local Musicians) Veteran’s Park

2:00pm Danes @ Forest Home Cemetery Tour Forest Home Cemetery

3:00pm – 7:00pm Danish Dinner Settlement Lutheran Church

5:00pm – 6:00pm Grandpa’s Tater Dog Eating Contest Veteran’s Park

5:00pm3rd Annual Art @ the Green Voting Ends City of Greenville

Visit danishfestival.org for times and locations

7:00pm Hans Christian Andersen Theater Community Center

“The Red Shoes”

7:00pm Third Hot Air Balloon Flight Klackle Orchards

7:00pm – 9:00pm Danish Festival Presents: Klackle Orchards Pavilion

“The Rockshow’ – Journey Tribute

7:00pm –12:00pm Tivoli Gardens (Beer Tent) Klackle Orchards

Music by “Three’s a Crowd”

9:00pm Greenville Glows Klackle Orchards

10:15pm/Dusk Fireworks Celebration Klackle Orchards

Sunday, August 17

7:00am Fourth Hot Air Balloon Flight Klackle Orchards

8:00am – 9:00pm Softball Tournament High School & Alan G. Davis Park

11:45am Danish Heritage Church Service South Sidney Church

(Amble Memorial Sanctuary) Greenville

12:00 –3:00pm Dannebrog Lutheran Church Greenville

Open for tour

12:00pm – 4:00pm WAN- MarketPlace & Food Court Veteran’s Park

12:00pm – 4:00pm Danish Family Fun Day: Baldwin Heights Elementary School

(Laser tag, dunk tank, giant inflatables, big slide, bouncy boxing/jousting arena,

3-lane bungee run, airbrush tattoos, carnival games, safety corner, fire hose, photo booth, race truck, Toddler fun area for 5 and under, kid’s art)

1:00pm – 3:00pm Sunday Christian Concert Klackle Orchards

1:00 – 2:00 performance – Glen Bultis

2:00 – 3:00 performance – Verticle Bridge

1:00pm – 4:00pm WAN Music in the Park (Christian Music) Veteran’s Park

1:00pm – 5:00pm Fighting Falcon Military Museum Tours Cass Street

2:00pm Danes @ Forest Home Cemetery Tour Forest Home Cemetery

2:00pm Hans Christian Andersen Theater Community Center

“The Red Shoes”

2:00pm – 4:30pm Flat River Museum Tours Flat River Museum

2:00pm – 6:00pm Geocaching Community Center

3:00pm Doggie Fashion Show Baldwin Heights Elementary

4:00pm Raffle Drawing – GRAND PRIZES Baldwin Heights Elementary

4:00pm Talent Show Baldwin Heights Elementary

4:00pm – 5:30pm Family Trail Walk Tower Park to

Shuttled from Community Center Community Center

With Ice Cream Social (FREE)

5:30pm Ugly Duckling Race Jackson’s Landing

Tuesday, August 26th

5:00 pm Deadline for Photo Contest Danish Festival Office

Huntington Bank-2nd floor

Friday, March 20st, 2015

5:00 pm Deadline for Poster Contest Danish Festival Office

“The Little Red Shoes” Huntington Bank-2nd floor