The Great Northern Sauna Village 2024
Fri, Jan 19–Sun, Feb 4
The Market at Malcolm Yards
Daily hours vary (view session times below)
Tickets: $40-80
The Great Northern Sauna Village is a social and therapeutic experience hosted at Malcolm Yards. Visitors can immerse themselves in sauna culture by interacting with various thermic bathing traditions and connecting with local sauna companies and builders. During 60-90- minute Steam Sessions, guests can explore various types of traditional wood-fired saunas—including barrel, mobile, and backyard units; and a new shipping container event sauna for 20+ people—all while experiencing multiple forms of heat, steam, and aromatherapy with the cold contrast therapy of winter air and snow*.
Before, during, or after the sessions, attendees are invited to relax fireside in the Room & Board vignettes under ambient lights to enjoy time with companions, or slide up to the We Are Water MN’s Water Bar to rehydrate and reconnect with our most precious resource and the relationships—both natural and human—it sustains. Malcolm Yards will be open just feet away to serve you a specialty Great Northern cocktail or another festive libation or fare.
Please note: Sauna participants must be 13+ years of age at the time of their sauna experience during. Attendees under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Parents are welcome to bring children ages 5-13 during our Family Day Steam Sessions programming on Sunday mornings.
How to prepare: Bring easy-to-slip-on/off sandals or flip-flops, a towel, a robe to wear to and from the saunas, and a water bottle to stay hydrated. Bathing suits are required, and we recommend coming already dressed to maximize sauna time. Please note that Malcolm Yards requires shoes and either a robe or clothes to be worn indoors.
Please note that photographs and video footage may be taken throughout this event. These will be used by The Great Northern and its partners for marketing and publicity, our archives, on our website and in social media.
*Snow angels and cold exposure methods will be weather dependent. If above freezing temperatures, cold water buckets and rinsing stations will be available.
If you have a Sauna Village question or ticketing need, please reach out to saunavillage@thegreatnorthernfestival.com.
Special Programming
Family Day Steam Sessions
Sun, Jan 21, 28 & Feb 4, 11 am-12:30 pm
BIPOC Community Steam with Anthony Taylor and Rebeka Ndosi
Sat, Feb 3, 11 am–12:30 pm
Saturday Night Aufguss Steam
Jan 20, 27 & Feb 3, 6-7:30 pm
Sound Bowl Sundays
Jan 21, 28 & Feb 4, 6-7:30 pm
BIPOC Community Steam with Jaina Portwood and Ericka Jones
Sat, Jan 27, 8–9:30 pm
Guided Thermaculture™
Sat, Jan 20, 1-2:30 pm & 8-9:30 pm; Jan 27, 1-2:30 pm; Feb 3, 1-2:30 pm & 8-9:30 pm
Full Schedule of Sessions
- Jan 19, 2024
- Jan 20, 2024
- Jan 21, 2024
- Jan 23, 2024
- Jan 24, 2024
- Jan 25, 2024
- Jan 26, 2024
- Jan 27, 2024
- Jan 28, 2024
- Jan 30, 2024
- Jan 31, 2024
- Feb 1, 2024
- Feb 2, 2024
- Feb 3, 2024
- Feb 4, 2024
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Guided Thermaculture™ Session | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Saturday Night Aufguss Steam Session | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Guided Thermaculture™ Session | 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
Family Day Steam Session | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Sound Bowl Sunday Session | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Guided Thermaculture™ Session | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Saturday Night Aufguss Steam | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
BIPOC Community Steam (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
Family Day Steam Sessions (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Sound Bowl Sunday at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Steam Session (60-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
BIPOC Community Steam (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Guided Thermaculture™ Session | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Saturday Night Aufguss Steam | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
Guided Thermaculture™ Session | 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
Family Day Steam Sessions (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Sound Bowl Sunday at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Steam Session (90-mins) at The Great Northern Sauna Village | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Special thanks to our lead sauna partners, Superior Sauna & Steam! Outdoor furniture generously provided by Room & Board.