2nd Annual Hygge Market Brings Cozy Creativity to New York Mills on February 14, 2026

NEW YORK MILLS, MN, February 4, 2026— Embrace warmth, creativity, and connection this winter at the 2nd Annual Hygge Market, happening Saturday, February 14, 2026, from 10 AM to 2 PM at the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center. 

This unique event, which falls on Valentine’s Day this year, invites the community to slow down, savor the winter season, and celebrate the Danish concept of hygge—a feeling of coziness, comfort, and contentment.

This year’s Hygge Market expands in an exciting new way through a collaboration with the New York Mills Public Library. While the Cultural Center hosts a curated selection of artists and makers, the Library will feature local and regional authors, creating a richer, more vibrant market experience across both neighboring spaces.

Visitors can browse and shop from a wide variety of artists, makers, and authors offering handmade goods, books, fiber arts, baked treats, coffee, soaps, prints, and more. Confirmed participants include Farmhouse Bakery, JoZo Coffee, Sota Soap Co., Knitted Love, Holding Stones, Sunnyside Treats, and numerous accomplished authors, including Alicia Underlee Nelson, Ben Underwood, Cindy Fox, James Wedgwood, Monica Lee, and the Moorhead Friends Writing Group, among others. 

In addition to shopping, attendees can participate in hands-on workshops inspired by Victorian-era Valentine traditions:

• Victorian Puzzle Purse Workshop
  10 AM – 12 PM | $20 Non-Members / $17 Members
  Led by Artistic Director Megan Shirley-Ross, this guided workshop teaches participants how to create a Victorian-style folding love letter keepsake. Register online HERE or call 218-385-3339.
• Victorian-Inspired “Heart in Hand” Make-and-Take
  12 PM – 2 PM | FREE & Open to All
  A drop-in activity where participants create a symbolic paper Valentine representing love, friendship, and generosity.

Both workshops take place upstairs at the Cultural Center (accessible by stairs only; accommodations available by calling ahead).

The Hygge Market is free to attend and open to the public. Artist-made goods and books by regional authors will be available for purchase. For more information, call 218-385-3339 or email [email protected].

For more info, visit https://www.kulcher.org/hygge-market-2026/ or contact [email protected] or 218-385-3339.

About the Cultural Center

The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center is a rural hub for creativity, community vitality, and lifelong learning in the arts. The Center offers visitors intimate opportunities to encounter art and artists in its 80-seat concert listening room, visual art gallery in a historic building, gift shop featuring local artists, artist residency program, sculpture park, and a variety of opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Since its incorporation in 1990, the Cultural Center has been passionate about connecting people to artists and rich cultural experiences in rural Minnesota, celebrating the local and being a window to the world. For more information, call 218-385-3339, or visit www.kulcher.org.