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Skip the airfare to Stockholm and head downtown instead. Battery Park City’s annual Swedish Midsummer Festival returns to Rockefeller Park on June 20 for a free celebration of the summer solstice featuring traditional folk music, dancing around the maypole, flower-crown making and plenty of Swedish treats. Now in its 27th year, the festival has become one of the largest Midsummer celebrations outside Sweden, bringing a colorful slice of Scandinavian culture to Manhattan’s waterfront. Festivities run from 4pm to 9pm, and attendees can enjoy traditional music by Paul Dahlin and fiddlers from the American Swedish Institute, dances led by Scandinavian folklorist Ross Sutter, floral crowns, Swedish delicacies and more.