Daily Schedule

Using the genius of the Danish-American Folk School as its model, the Danebod Folk Meeting is held annually in Tyler, Minnesota.  Gathering together to live in community for four days, we practice our belief in life-long learning.  We listen to lectures together, we learn from each other, we sing together, we eat together, we visit with old friends and make new ones, all of which fosters a more enriched life for ourselves and for others.

The daily schedule at the Folk Meeting offers a variety of opportunities for learning and living in community.  

A typical day might include:

7:30 a.m.     Breakfast buffet in the Dining Room

8:45 a.m.     Group singing of songs chosen by attendees

9:30 a.m.     Morning reflections

9:50 a.m.     Morning coffee and treats outdoors under the trees

10:30 a.m.   Morning lecture followed by Q&A 

12:00 a.m.   Dinner buffet in the Dining Room

1:00 p.m.     Free time or your choice of breakout sessions or Friday only experiential learning  

2:00 p.m.     Story time

2:45 p.m.     Afternoon coffee and treats outdoors under the trees 

3:30 p.m.     Experiential Learning Activities or Afternoon lecture 

5:00 p.m.     Informal social time/happy hour outdoors under the trees

5:45 p.m.     Supper buffet in the Dining Room

7:00 p.m.     Group singing

7:30 p.m.     Evening lecture followed by Q&A 

8:45 p.m.     Evening coffee 

Other opportunities:

• Wednesday afternoon field trip 

• Learn through Engagement - Teachers and students learn from each other.  This is one of the foundational tenets of the Danish Folk School tradition and the annual Danebod Folk Meeting.  At the 2026 Folk Meeting,  August 19-23, participants will come together for three and a half days to practice the belief of life-long learning through lecture and experiential learning and discussion.

• Stroll through Danebod Stone Hall Museum 

• Bring books for exchange or give away in the Pavilion.                 

Listed below are the topics for 2026 - See Programming menu options for details

• One-minute Lectures

• Denmark's Person in Iowa

• Meeting the Composer Face to Face:  Beethoven, Schubert and Rachmaninov

• Literacy, Legos and Learning

• Welcome to America,  Ancestors:  You're Not in Kansas Anymore!

• Four Decades as a Political Operative:  Wins, Losses and Lessons Learned

• Where Imagination Can Take You:  Intorducing the  'Square Stories' of Louis Jensen

• Wednesday afternoon tour:  Visit the John Deere Dealership in Tyler, MN

• Thursday and Friday afternoon: programs of experiential learning