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Event:
Tivoli Festival: A Celebration of Danish Culture

Date/Time:
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Setup: 8:30 AM
Event Time: 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM

Location:
Aldersly Retirement Community
326 Mission Avenue
San Rafael, CA

We've been invited to Aldersly’s 69th Annual Tivoli Festival. The event will run from 10AM to 4 PM, but we'll need to arrive no later than 8:30 AM to set up. We'll set up our shade canvas and a couple of tables for our displays. We'll present The Viking Art of War about noon.

Parking will be a challenge in the narrow streets around the hilly neighborhood. If you have a lot of gear to drop off, use the main parking lot - or you can head West from the community center on Mission Street, turn right on Grand Avenue and right again on Belle Avenue. There is a double wooden gate that leads to the grassy area where we'll set up. Parking is no easier on this back side of the property, though.

Here's more about the event from their web site in 2012:

Free Admission, Free Shuttle. A celebration of Danish culture.

Join the fun at Aldersly! Dine on Danish specialty foods, Smørrøbrød (Open Face Sandwiches), Aebleskiver (Danish pancakes), Kringler (the original Danish pastry). Sample cakes, cookies and breads at the Danish Bakery and Café. Enjoy everyone’s fun foods; hot dogs, hamburgers, ice cream, wine, beer and soft drinks. Nordic House will be selling traditional Scandinavian candies, supplies and gifts.

Listen to live music with Grammy Award winning violinist, Mads Tolling, also the popular Bay Area band Swing Fever. Also on the Main Stage, the NGL&S Norwegian folk dancers, and fun for all ages with Magic Dan.

Additional entertainment with Jim Murdoch, accordionist; Jean Sawyer, fiddler; Dave Marty, banjoist; Mryle Dahl, Scandinavian accordionist, Rhoda Draws Caricatures and The Vikings of Bjornstad.

(The Bold Face was on their web site :-)

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