Flint Hills Family Festival

08/27/2020

Live in two days! We can't wait!

05/29/2020

Our collective hearts ache for George Floyd, his family, friends, and our entire community. At the Ordway we pledge to do our part in amplifying the voices of our BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) colleagues and allies in service of a future where all voices are heard, valued and lifted up.

Artists: Xena Goldman, Greta McLain, and Cadex Herrera
Photo: Billy Briggs

05/29/2020

Welcome to the final day of the VIRTUAL Flint Hills Family Festival! The day starts with Dan & Claudia Zanes and continue with one last sing-a-long with Cat & David as well as story time with Trần Thị Minh Phước.

All that and more available at https://flinthillsfestival.ordway.org/the-festival/friday/.

05/28/2020

The performing arts has the unique ability to bring stories to life that uplift us, challenge us, and bring us together as a community.

Be encouraged this week with the Flint Hills Family Festival! Check out this special performance and interview with the award-winning writers of Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical as they talk about the importance of this story right now. Inspired by the true stories of Ruby Bridges and The Little Rock Nine, Polkadots is about finding our commonalities and true friendship.

All content available at https://flinthillsfestival.ordway.org/the-festival/thursday.

05/27/2020

Welcome to Day 2 of the Virtual Flint Hills Family Festival! Join us for a sing-a-long with Cat & David, a lesson about collaboration from the writers of Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical, the daily "rap" up from Rush Benson, and more!

Content available at

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

05/26/2020

Great interview by our Director of Education Kelli Foster-Warder on FOX this morning!

A beloved arts festival in Saint Paul is headed online this week. The Flint Hills Family Festival at the Ordway is always a feast for the eyes and ears, but this year it's being presented virtually. Education director Kelli Foster Warder joined the Buzz to chat about what kids, educators, and famili...

05/26/2020

The Virtual Flint Hills Family Festival is LIVE! Join us for lessons and performances from Siama, Cat & David, the writers and cast Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical, The Spread Sunshine Gang, Native Pride Dancers, Andy Kust, and Rush Benson!

https://flinthillsfestival.ordway.org/.

05/22/2020

We are so excited to announce that the Flint Hills Family Festival is going virtual from May 26-29! free for teachers, students, and families, will include robust arts education content such as mini-concerts, sing-a-longs, musical theater lessons, and artist interviews. Featured artists creating custom content for the festival include Dan and Claudia Zanes, DJ Digie, Native Pride Arts, magician Justin Alan, and performers from Polkadots: The Cool Kid Musical.

RSVP today at http://flinthillsfestival.ordway.org.

05/21/2020

The Ordway is excited to announce that the Flint Hills Family Festival is going virtual! Taking place May 26-29, it will feature arts and education activities posted daily at http://flinthillsfestival.ordway.org.

Check back tomorrow to for more exciting news about the festival and for a sneak preview of the participating artists.

RSVP at the link above!

04/13/2020

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts today announced the postponement of the 20th annual Flint Hills Family Festival, previously scheduled for May 29-30, due to current public health concerns.

The Ordway hopes to reschedule what would have been a celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Flint Hills Family Festival, to 2021. The largest family festival in the country, the Flint Hills Family Festival has attracted nearly one million visitors to downtown Saint Paul since its inception in 2001. Celebrated each year with a week of school performances and a weekend of free and low-cost performances and art activities for families, the Festival is made possible by a 20-year partnership between the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts and Flint Hills Resources.

All ticketed performances for Flint Hills Famiily Festival have been cancelled. These shows include:
- NOOMA an opera for babies
- Cirque Mechanics presents 42ft: A Menagerie of Mechanical Marvels
- Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical
- Sons of Mystro

Ticketholders for the cancelled performances will be notified directly via an email from the Ordway Ticket Office. If you have questions, please contact our Ticket Office at [email protected].