{"id":21900,"date":"2025-03-01T12:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/driftlessareamag.com\/unicdn\/?p=21900"},"modified":"2026-03-08T03:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:20:06","slug":"may-15-17-2026-syttende-mai-festival-stoughton-wi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driftlessareamag.com\/unicdn\/2025\/03\/01\/may-15-17-2026-syttende-mai-festival-stoughton-wi\/","title":{"rendered":"May 15-17, 2026 \u2013 Syttende Mai Festival \u2013 Stoughton, WI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Join Us!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sqsrte-large\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--lightAccent\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Stoughton&#8217;s Syttende Mai Festival is a weekend-long celebration of Norwegian heritage featuring fun activities and cultural experiences for the whole family. Come join us for three days of amazing food and drink, arts and music, athletic competitions, kids\u2019 activities, and even a parade steeped in centuries of Norwegian culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sqsrte-large\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--lightAccent\">The city-wide festival takes place every year on the weekend closest to Norway\u2019s May 17th Constitution Day, also known as <em>Syttende Mai<\/em>. From the late 1800s to the early 1900s, Stoughton enjoyed an influx of Norwegians, and at one time, as many as 75 percent of its residents spoke Norwegian. These immigrants celebrated Syttende Mai unofficially, but it became an annual, city-wide tradition in the 1950s.\u00a0The Syttende Mai Festival has been organized by the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoughtonwi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--white\">Stoughton Chamber of Commerce<\/span><\/a><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--lightAccent\"> since 1953.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>When:<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">May 15-17, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Where:<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Stoughton, WI<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stoughtonfestivals.com\/syttende-mai-festival-event-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11539 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/driftlessareamag.com\/unicdn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Driftless-Area-Mag-VISIT-WEBSITE.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"g g-13\"><div class=\"g-single a-373\"><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MzczLDEzLDEsMjA=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eauclaireeventdistrict.com\/summer-jam-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/driftlessareamag.com\/unicdn\/wp-content\/banners\/event_summerjam_1225.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Us! 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