Grand Portage Rendezvous Days Celebration set for August 8th – 10th, 2025, free shuttle details
Aug 08, 2025 10:23AM ● By Content Editor
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By Laura Durenberger-Grunow - Boreal Community Media - July 29, 2025
The Grand Portage National Monument and the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa recently announced the schedules for the annual Rendezvous Days Celebration, which will take place August 8-10, 2025.
At the National Monument, each day will feature a variety of demonstrations and workshops related to the 18th and 19th-century fur trade, with the theme Dressing the Fur Trade. Park hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily.
Related: Highway 61 temporary detour in Hovland starts Aug. 6
Friday, August 8th
10 am: Stone Bridge Singers Drum Ceremony - Great Hall Lawn
11 am: Cornhusk Dolls/Voyageur Action Figures - Great Hall Porch
12 pm: Native Art from the Time of the American Revolution/ Michael Galban
1 pm: Thread Button Making - Workshop Tent
1:30: Visit a Seamstress/Shirt Sewing - Great Hall Porch
2 pm: Historic Camp Tour - Meet at Information Tent
2 pm: Kids' Bead Hunt - Historic Encampment
2 pm: Thread Button Making - Workshop Tent
2:30 pm: Block Print Fabric - Workshop Tent
3 pm: Historic Camp Tour - Meet at Information Tent
3 pm: Tartans & Kilts in the Fur Trade - Historic Encampment
3:30 pm: Camp Chore Challenge Contest - Inside the West Gate
4 pm: A Visit to the Dye Pots - Historic Encampment
5 pm: Monument Closes
All Day:
- Authentic Historical Garment Collection presented by “The Clothing Bureau” in the Great Hall
- Firearms of the Fur Trade with Mark Sage
Saturday, August 9th
9:30 am: Moccasin Roundtable Discussion - Workshop Tent
9:30 am: Kids' Scavenger Hunt - Historic Encampment
10 am: Rugged Voyageur Contest - Inside West Gate
10 am: The Rabbit-skin Blanket - Ojibwe Village
11 am: Historic Camp Tour - Meet at Information Tent
11 am: The Great Lacrosse Match - Great Hall Yard
11:30 am: Historic Garden Tour - Kitchen Garden
1:30 pm: Fingerwoven Sashes - Great Hall Porch
2 pm: A Visit to the Dye Pots - Historic Encampment
2:30 pm: Visit the Hatmaker - Hat Shop in the Great Hall
3 pm: Indigenous Dress in the 18th Century - Michael Galban
3 pm: Historic Camp Tour - Meet at Information Tent
4 pm: Over the Waterfall: Live Music - Great Hall Porch
5 pm: Monument Closes
All Day:
- Authentic Historical Garment Collection presented by “The Clothing Bureau” in the Great Hall
- Firearms of the Fur Trade with Mark Sage
8-10 pm: Live Music & Dancing, Open to all, Great Hall Lawn
More information and the full schedule of events are available at: https://go.nps.gov/rendezvous_schedule
Grand Portage National Monument is a fee-free site co-managed with the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and was established to preserve a vital center of fur trade activity and Anishinaabeg Ojibwe Heritage.
Rendezvous Days Celebration Powwow Schedule
Image: Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Shuttle Details
The Grand Portage National Monument will be providing free shuttle service on Friday, August 8, and Saturday, August 9, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., continuously. Parking is available at the Grand Portage Lodge & Casino.
Pick Up/ Drop Off Locations: Grand Portage National Monument Heritage Center, Store Rd, Grand Portage Community Center, Pow Wow Grounds, Trading Post, and Grand Portage Lodge & Casino.
