Skip to main content

Pioneer Press Winter Carnival

Great Northern Festival adds 50-person dance performance on Como Lake to events

Submitted by Administrator on
Body
uff-7nH8.jpeg, “Slow Show,” which will be presented on Como Lake as part of the Great Northern Festival, was performed in Luma Arles, Parc des Ateliers in August 201
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe 2022 Great Northern Festival, Jan. 27-Feb. 6, already announced it will feature an ice-e
176A0395.webp, An ice-encased greenhouse will have flowers in a St. Paul alley in January. (Photo by Fadumo Ali)
The functioning ice greenhouse, titled “Conservatory,” will be located at 340 N. Sibley St., near Mears Park and will have black coneflowers, velvet p

2022 St. Paul Winter Carnival button designs unveiled

Submitted by Administrator on
Body
SPWC_button_02_trim_HIRES-e1638463619665.webp, EMBARGOED UNTIL 4:30 P.M SATURDAY, DEC. 4, 2021 — One of the four 2022 St. Paul Winter Carnival buttons, which will be officially revealed to the publ
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressEMBARGOED UNTIL 4:30 P.M SATURDAY, DEC. 4, 2021 -- One of the four 2022 St. Paul Winter Carn

St. Paul Winter Carnival seeking its next queen — after two years

Submitted by Administrator on
Body
jea-2872-WC-Royal-Coronation-2020.webp, Kirstin Knutson reacts after being named the 2020 Aurora, Queen of the Snows during the 2020 St. Paul Winter Carnival Royal Coronation at the RiverCen
By MOLLY GUTHREY | mguthrey@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe last time a Queen of Snows was crowned in St. Paul, we were living on the edge of a pa

St. Paul Winter Carnival celebrates 100 days to 2022 Carnival with Drag Queen Bingo fundraiser

Submitted by Administrator on
Body
image001-1-e1634236752774.jpg, Crystal Belle will be at the drag queen bingo fundraiser for the Saint Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation. (Courtesy image)
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe folks who produce the St. Paul Winter Carnival will start the 100-days-to-Carnival count

Foundation that produces St. Paul Winter Carnival has a new leader

Submitted by Administrator on
Body
Lisa-Jacobson-SPFHF-Pres-CEO-e1629144394544.webp, The Saint Paul Festival & Heritage Foundation (SPFHF) announced Aug. 16, 2021 that Lisa Jacobson has been hired as their new President and CEO. (Court
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe group that produces the St. Paul Winter Carnival has a new leader.The Saint Paul Festiva

Winter Carnival’s first Klondike Kate, Carol Carney, dies at 85

Submitted by Administrator on
Body
cst-72600-Klondike-Kate-1971-e1621872833448.webp, Carol Carney was the St. Paul Winter Carnival’s first Klondike Kate in 1971. Here she is 50 years later, photographed Jan. 20, 2021, at her home in Li
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressCarol Carney, the St. Paul Winter Carnival’s first Klondike Kate, died May 22 after a short

The 2021 St. Paul Winter Carnival was like no other. Here’s how it went.

Submitted by Administrator on
Body
jea-Carnival-001-.webp, Cars line up at the St. Paul Winter Carnival Drive-Thru Ice and Snow Sculpture Park on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights on Thursday,
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe 2021 St. Paul Winter Carnival was unlike any of the 134 Winter Carnivals that came befor
0004-Medallion-Finders.webp, With the rest of their team behind them, St. Paul Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Medallion finders (l-r) Julie Schonhardt, Josh Ellingson and Zak Rexford
Though not an official Winter Carnival event, the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt runs during Carnival each year and was able to go forward in 2021 with C

Winter Carnival Canine Queen is a pandemic pup who helped her owner adjust to her new home

Submitted by Administrator on
Body
Image-e1612663569416.webp, St. Paul Winter Carnival Doggie Depot Canine Queen Daisy and her owner, Alexis Hill. (Courtesy Alexis Hill)
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe new St. Paul Winter Carnival’s Canine Queen of the Snows established a firm pawprint wit

Winter Carnival puzzle contestants spread out at Landmark Center

Submitted by Administrator on
Body
0003-Winter-Carnival-Puzzle-Contest.jpg, Work friends, from left, Whitney Storvick, Emma Koehn, Emilee Sirek and Victoria Speake put together a puzzle during the St. Paul Winter Carnival Puzz, 0001-Winter-Carnival-Puzzle-Contest.jpg, Teams are spread out on two floors during the St. Paul Winter Carnival Puzzle Contest at the Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul on Saturday, Jan., 3, 0002-Winter-Carnival-Puzzle-Contest.jpg, Frankie Benson, top right, her mom Suzanne Benson, top left, Kara Martin, bottom right, and her mom Nancy Berzelius, bottom, work on their puzzle in t, 0004-Winter-Carnival-Puzzle-Contest.webp, Friends, from left, Caroline Beattie, Ronadel Ronquillo, Kara Eerstad, and, not pictured, Elynn Horn show off their puzzle and first place award in th
By JOHN AUTEY | Pioneeer PressThe annual St. Paul Winter Carnival jigsaw puzzle contest was held in-person, with COVID-19 precautions, Saturday at Lan
Subscribe to Pioneer Press Winter Carnival