 Visitors will find the entire village adorned with traditional
Swedish holiday decorations. Stores will have ample supplies of
traditional decorations, pottery, baskets, brooms, toys, food and
other items for sale. The Julmarknad will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
each day.The Steeple Building will be the location of several
activities during Julmarknad weekends. A special holiday exhibit,
"An Old Fashioned Christmas," may be seen in the Steeple Building. A
Lionel Train display will be available all five days, with the
trains running from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 27 and 28 and Dec. 5, and
from noon to 3 p.m. Nov. 29 and Dec. 6. Make-and-take workshops will
be offered Nov. 27, 28 and 29 from 1 to 3 p.m. A Chocolate Walk,
featuring holiday treats that may be purchased, will be on Dec. 5
and 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Swedish folk characters Jultomte, a Christmas gnome, and Julbok,
a Christmas goat-man, will wander throughout the village both
weekends. A Cookie Walk, with homemade baked goods and candies that
may be purchased by the pound, will take place Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, Nov. 27-29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Colony School.
Cookie baking in an 1860s kitchen will take place at the Bjorklund
Hotel from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 27, 28 and 29. Artisans will demonstrate
various skills throughout the village each day of Julmarknad.
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 Musician Bonnie Talbot will perform at Bishop Hill Fine Arts and
then throughout town on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 28 and 29 from 3-4
p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 5, at 4:30 p.m. Her performance is sponsored
by Bishop Hill Fine Arts. Woodcarver Robert Loving will demonstrate
Santa carvings at the Outsider Gallery on the northeast side of
Bishop Hill from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27, with several
items for sale. Hammer dulcimer player Maurie Grafton will perform
at the VagnHall Galleri Saturday, Dec. 5, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Julmarknad events are presented by the Bishop Hill Arts Council
in cooperation with Bishop Hill State Historic Site, Bishop Hill Old
Settlers' Association, Bishop Hill Community Methodist Church and
the Bishop Hill Heritage Association.
Bishop Hill State Historic Site, administered by the Illinois
Historic Preservation Agency, was settled in 1846 by Swedish
religious dissidents as a "utopia on the prairie." It is located 30
miles northeast of Galesburg and 12 miles southwest of Kewanee off
U.S. Highway 34.
[Text from file received from
the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency]
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