Inside Ordway, performing artists from around the world take to the stage for two full days of shows for only $5 a person!

During the Family Weekend, downtown Saint Paul comes alive! The parks around Ordway Center fill with free arts activities, arts exhibitions, and, of course, performances! Ordway proudly presents a startling array of Minnesota favorites on the Festival’s two stages, Target Alley and the World Stage, and walking around the parks... all for free. More information about 2012 artists will be available soon.

Indoor Performances

See the greatest international performers inside Ordway. Tickets only $5!

World of Rhythm
June 2 & 3, 2012 | Music
Ordway Music Theater
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Explore the world of percussion with Drums United’s explosive performances of World of Rhythm. Drums United is made up of nine percussionists from seven different countries including Bangladesh, Senegal, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Surinam, and Venezuela. This exciting show mixes African, Latin, Spanish, and Indian drum traditions with Western drumming and uses contemporary electronic sounds that are sure to get you moving in your seat! The performance not only gives the audience an opportunity to listen and watch top players, but also imparts the underlying message that people from widely varying nationalities can work well together.
drumsunited.com

Zorro
June 2 & 3, 2012 | Theater
Landmark Center - Weyerhaeuser Auditorium
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A mysterious figure has arrived in town. A flurry of a cape, the glint of a sword and a flash of a mask; who is this baffling character? Exciting friend or formidable foe? Watch as our masked champion ricochets from one sticky situation to another in a world where justice is the name and adventure is the game! Join Visible Fictions on the epic adventure of the classic swashbuckler in 17th century California.
visiblefictions.co.uk

The Wolf and the Goat
June 2 & 3, 2012 | Theater
Lehr Theater
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This magical story is about a wolf and a goat that meet on a dark night far away from home, but don’t recognize each other. Forgetting that they are usually enemies, they discover that they are closer than they imagined. Will the goat really be brave and the wolf frightened? Or maybe nothing changes and the wolf will eat the goat? Or maybe the frightened goat will escape? Like the wolf and the goat, we don’t know what is going to happen - do you?

Inspired by the Japanese novel One Stormy Night by Yuichi Kimura, this captivating tale will keep you spellbound.
rodisio.it

BAM
June 2 & 3, 2012 | Puppetry
Lowry Lab Theater
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Join Théâtre des Petites Âmes on a great adventure in the land of Tran Tran Troo! Meet the most famous person in Tran Tran Troo, the Great Lady La, who can make the water sing. One hot summer night, the land of Tran Tran Troo dries up and the Great Lady La is left without a voice. Luckily for our story, the Great Lady La’s two children, Lilou and Lalou, set out to find a new source of water to hear their mother’s song again. And so begins a great adventure which takes place here, there and everywhere.
theatredespetitesames.com