Run, Smelt, Run – Magic Smelt Parade
May 25 • 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Magic Smelt Puppet Troupe presents its 12th annual community costume-and-puppet parade, assembling at the Aerial Lift Bridge on the lawn behind the Paulucci Building, with a brief performance to introduce the puppets and the Brass Messengers. Everyone will be invited to join the procession down the Lakewalk.
Festivities begin at 3:30 p.m.
The spectacle features masks, large puppets and a Twin Cities brass band, the Brass Messengers. Also participating in the parade is a stilt-walking Royal Guard, an energetic school of silver smelt puppet and mask dancers, and a musical procession featuring the giant Smelt Queen.
The non-motorized parade follows the Lakewalk to a smelt fry and dance party at the Zeitgeist Arts Cafe at 5 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to dress up in silver.
Call 218-370-8980 to get involved.