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ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA UPCOMING EVENTS

Events for April 17, 2026

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NMM Live! | Tjärnblom

National Music Museum Performance Hall East Clark Street, Vermillion

Event Contact: National Music MuseumContact Email: nmm@usd.eduContact Phone: 605-658-3450Event URL: https://www.nmmusd.org/events/951f3515-16e8-43fa-a4e4-165286c8d1b4Event Locator: 2026-ACGWDPTjärnblom, Swedish for "woodland lake flower", is a Scandinavian-style string band featuring a beautiful blend of nyckelharpa, octave mandolin, harmonium and cello.  They travel a musical journey along “Snoose Boulevard,” playing a repertoire of old and new Swedish, Finnish, and Minnesota tunes for [...]

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Junkin’ Market Days Spring Event

Junkin’ Market Days Spring Event
W. H. Lyon Fairgrounds 100 N Lyon Blvd, Sioux Falls

✨ Sioux Falls—Spring Shopping Starts Here! ✨ 🌷 Junkin’ Market Days® Spring Market is coming to W. H. Lyon Fairgrounds on April 17–18—and you do not want to miss it! Shop 100 incredible small businesses featuring the best in: ❤️ Shabby chic home décor ❤️ Rustic furniture & vintage finds ❤️ Handmade jewelry & boutique [...]

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Artability

The Underground by Rehfeld’s North Phillips Avenue 431, Sioux Falls

The Mayor’s Disability Awareness and Accessibility Review Board (DAARB) is hosting it's 13th Annual exhibit and artist reception at The Underground by Rehfelds in Sioux Falls. Sponsored by The USD Center for Disabilities, the show features artwork by various local artists with disabilities and light refreshments. There will be a sensory friendly viewing time from [...]

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LEGO Contest & STEAM Fair

Lead Deadwood High School 320 S. Main, Lead

The Lead Deadwood Arts Center will be sponsoring its 22nd Annual Free LEGO Contest on Friday, April 17, 2026 at Lead Deadwood High School, 320 S. Main in Lead. The event is open to all and will be held in conjunction with a STEAM Fair sponsored by the Lead Deadwood Schools. Registration will take place [...]

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Teachers As Artists Reception

Washington Pavilion Visual Arts Center 301 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls

This exhibition highlights the creative practices of K–12 art educators from the Sioux Falls Public School District. While these individuals are best known as teachers, this exhibition centers them as artists in their own right. Art education fosters critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and meaningful self-expression. These skills support academic learning, emotional growth, and civic engagement. [...]

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The Big Screen Film Showcase

The Matthews Opera House – Theatre 612 Main St, Spearfish

The Big Screen Film Showcase is an evening dedicated to celebrating the art of cinema through a curated selection of short films and features created by local and regional filmmakers. This program highlights a wide range of storytelling styles and perspectives, spanning documentary, narrative drama, sci-fi, horror, and music video formats. Each film offers a [...]

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Becoming Midwest: Life Between

Washington Pavilion Visual Arts Center 301 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls

This gallery by a mother-daughter duo, Becoming Midwest: Life Between was a story not only of a shared landscape, but of migration and immigration, confinement and sacrifice, and a love for the complicated history and future of the Midwest. We invite you to experience what Becoming Midwest means to you and to settle into all [...]

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Where the Creatives Gather

Kristopherson Korner Sisseton

Artist gathering the last three Fridays of each month from November until May at Kristopherson Korner, Veterans Avenue Sisseton Bring Art projects you are working on and come hang out with other artists the last three Fridays during the winter months. Music, Hot Tea and snacks provided. Don't forget your tea mug!

Alex Massa Group

Trio Jazz Club 340 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls

https://www.triojazzclub.com #fellowshipjazzcenter #triojazzclub #livemusic #jazz #siouxfalls #southdakota

NSU Opera-Theatre presents: Lovestruck & Saddle-Sore: Two Tall Tales in Song Operatic Misadventures from the American f

Johnson Fine Arts Center Lobby 101, Johnson Fine Arts Black Box 112

Event Locator: 2025-ACFTKT Hold onto your hats and hitch up your heartstrings—Lovestruck & Saddle-Sore brings the Old West to the opera stage in two delightfully dramatic chamber works. In Down in the Valley, a doomed romance unfolds behind bars as a young couple’s dreams clash with harsh frontier justice. Then, saddle up for laughs in [...]

Cello/Bass Studio Recital

Campus Wide Fine Arts East Clark Street, Vermillion

Event Contact: Dr. Sonja KrausContact Email: sonja.kraus@usd.eduContact Phone: 6052020192Event URL: https://www.usd.edu/livemusicEvent Locator: 2026-ACHVNNUSD Department of Music invites you to the Cello/ Bass Studio Recital, live from Colton Recital Hall, Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts. This event is open to the public at no charge.

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3rd Fridays – STAND-UP

Grey Goose Store & Social Club 28884 Merry Rd, Pierre

The Speakeasy Presents: 3rd Fridays Get ready for an explosive season of laughter! Our 3rd Fridays comedy nights are back for Season 4, and we're bringing in the best and brightest comedians from all over the region to grace our stage. The show is free, the laughs are on us, and the rest is on [...]

Alex Massa Group

Trio Jazz Club 340 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls

https://www.triojazzclub.com #fellowshipjazzcenter #triojazzclub #livemusic #jazz #siouxfalls #southdakota

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Junkin’ Market Days Spring Event

Junkin’ Market Days Spring Event
W. H. Lyon Fairgrounds 100 N Lyon Blvd, Sioux Falls

✨ Sioux Falls—Spring Shopping Starts Here! ✨ 🌷 Junkin’ Market Days® Spring Market is coming to W. H. Lyon Fairgrounds on April 17–18—and you do not want to miss it! Shop 100 incredible small businesses featuring the best in: ❤️ Shabby chic home décor ❤️ Rustic furniture & vintage finds ❤️ Handmade jewelry & boutique [...]

$5

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Where the Creatives Gather

Kristopherson Korner Sisseton

Artist gathering the last three Fridays of each month from November until May at Kristopherson Korner, Veterans Avenue Sisseton Bring Art projects you are working on and come hang out with other artists the last three Fridays during the winter months. Music, Hot Tea and snacks provided. Don't forget your tea mug!