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 and discussion

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.     Afternoon lecture followed by Q&A and discussion

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 and discussion

8:45 p.m.     Evening coffee and folk dancing

Other opportunities:

• Wednesday afternoon field trip - Allete Clean Energy Windpower Learning Center and Heritage Museum at Lake Benton, MN.

• 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 2025 Folk Meeting,  August 22-24, 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 and peruse the permanent and temporary exhibits

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

Listed below are the topics for 2025 

• Drinking water:  How did it get to my tap and is it safe?

• Our Federal Judiciary

• Finding confidence in today's news

• The health of America's electrical grid

• Living "Danishly" from a young Dane

• Relaxing and "de-stressing"

• Explicating a poem with a poet

• Wednesday afternoon tour:  Allete Clean Energy windpower learning center and/or Heritage Museum in Lake Benton

• Friday afternoon: a program of experiential learning