North Dakota statewide events

Now in its 25th year, this free two-day event at University Park brings together artists, families, and community members for juried fine art displays, hands-on art activities, and live music. Artists working in jewelry, metalwork, glass, painting, and handcrafted goods display and sell their work directly to visitors across the park grounds along the Red River.

At Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site near Williston in the far northwestern corner of the state, this annual living history event brings the fur trade era of the early 19th century back to life. Traders, craftspeople, and Native American interpreters set up an encampment on the grounds of the reconstructed fort, demonstrating period skills including blacksmithing, flint knapping, brain tanning, and bow making. The site sits near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers, where the original fort served as the most important trading post on the Upper Missouri from 1828 until 1867.

Held at the 14-acre Scandinavian Heritage Park, believed to be the only outdoor park in the world representing all five Nordic countries, this free annual festival celebrates the summer solstice in keeping with centuries-old Scandinavian tradition. The park's landmark structures, including a full-scale replica of a 13th-century Norwegian Gol Stave Church, a working Danish windmill, a 30-foot Swedish Dala Horse, and an operational Finnish sauna, serve as the backdrop for three days of live music, traditional food, craft vendors, cultural demonstrations, workshops, kids' activities, and the lighting of a communal bonfire on both Friday and Saturday evenings.

Now in its 147th year, this PRCA-sanctioned rodeo is the oldest in North Dakota, established a full decade before the state joined the Union in 1889. Three nights of professional bull riding, bronc riding, barrel racing, and team roping take place at the Dacotah Centennial Park arena, accompanied by Art in the Park, street dances, live concerts, a community parade, and fireworks over the Missouri River.

Opening on America's 250th birthday, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is the first presidential library dedicated to a commander-in-chief who served before the modern presidential library system was established. Set on 93 acres of Badlands landscape adjacent to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, it was designed by the internationally acclaimed architecture firm Snøhetta. Exhibits center on Roosevelt's three pillars of conservation, leadership, and citizenship, and include a full-scale recreation of his Elkhorn Ranch and the first public display of his personal journal from the day he lost both his mother and his wife. 

Held at the Morton County Fairgrounds in New Salem in south central North Dakota, this four-day country music and camping festival draws performers and fans from across the country. The 2026 lineup includes Darius Rucker, Nate Smith, Terri Clark, and Billy Currington across multiple days of performances, with camping available on the festival grounds throughout the weekend.