Minnesota Salsa Fest

Minnesota Salsa Fest, the SFA Central Chapter’s signature event, will be held 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. Sept. 18, 2021, at Burlington Northern Park in downtown Wadena! Come celebrate all things salsa and enjoy a local farmers market, demonstrations, live music, food & artisan vendors and the Minnesota salsa contest!! Admission this year is FREE!!! Register to become a vendor and/or COMPETE IN THE SALSA CONTEST – go to sfa-mn.org/salsafest to register Live Performances Noon to 12:45 PM: Mexican Dance Performance 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM: Colombian Dance Performance 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM: The Klezmaniacs (Klezmer music) 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM: Arla Mae’s Booyah Wagon by Sod House Theater 4:15 PM - 7:00 PM: Stearns County Pachanga Society 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Salsa Dance Demonstration 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Salsa Dance contest Activities (for kids of all ages): 12:00 - 4:00 pm: Paper Flower Craft with Monica Vega Caricatures with Doug “Dug” Curtis Educational Presentations: Noon - 12:45 PM: Seed Saving Basics, Zachary Paige 1 PM - 1:45 PM: Soil Health for Fruit and Vegetables, Theresa Keaveny (Ex. Director, Sustainable Farming Assn.) 2 PM - 2:45 PM: Fruit Tree Production for Minnesota and Hearty Fruit Trees, Michael Pete (Pete’s Nursery) 3 PM - 3:45 PM: Practical Steps to Clean Energy, Melissa Birch, Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTS)