Duluth ALL Souls Night

Duluth's Dance of Death and Honoring of the Ancestors
Annually since 2008

Our 19th Anniversary!

Saturday, November 7th, 2026

Duluth All Souls Night at The Duluth Depot

506 W. Michigan St. in Duluth, Minnesota

Saturday Evening, November 7th, 2026

*These activities are made possible in part by the voters of MN through organizational grants from Arrowhead Regional Arts Council (ARAC) thanks to appropriations from the Minnesota State Legislature's general and arts & cultural heritage funds.

Duluth All Soul's Night Main Evening Event: schedule at a glance!

4:00 -6:00 pm - Depot Entrance (pre-activities): taco truck, face paint, crafts, etc.

Balcony (level 4): displays, write names to honor & rotten ideas to burn, cash bar

5:30 pm - Great Hall (level 3): doors open for aerials

6:00 pm - Opening: singing, ceremony

6:30 pm - Library Pavilion: across the street with mock funeral, drum, spiral, burn)

7:00 pm - Around Library: Lantern Procession w/ everyone/puppets/brass

7:30 pm - Pavilion: Fire Spin & Closing

8:00 pm - Great Hall: Dancing, (dismantle of level 3 & 4)

Other Duluth All Souls Night Adjacent Events in November

Join us for poetry arranged by Zomi Bloom! Friday, November 6th, 6:00 - 7:30 pm: Spoken Word in Depot’s Studio 4 (level 1, use lower doors)

Help others and/or make your own display! Meet + greet + snacks + get more info!
Wednesday, November 4th, 4:00 - 7:00 pm: Set up displays in the Depot Great Hall Balcony (level 4)!

What is Duluth ALL Soul's Night?

The annual event remains Duluth’s only public acknowledgement of grief.

We move through our personal and collective sadness for losses of all kinds with creativity and kindness within supportive community. We have so much gratitude for our partners in venue and other contributions of time, talent and currency.

Who Attends Duluth ALL Soul's Night?

Duluth ALL Souls Night is intergenerational, multicultural, and multidisciplinary, nurturing expression from everyone as we recognize loss and embrace what is life-giving at the postharvest/pre-winter time of year when leaves have fallen and things look a bit bleak.

This night has consistently attracted people by acknowledging and transforming grief with displays, poetry, music, dance, and spectacle arts like giant puppets, aerialists, and fire spinning.

Want to be involved as a volunteer?

Match your interest to an area of need! Email Haley Lawson Volunteer coordinator: haley.m.lawson1 @ gmail.com

Can I Donate to Support Duluth ALL Soul's Night?

Donations are greatly appreciated; however, there is no mandatory fee to join our efforts.
Anyone can support us in other ways: volunteer, be a guide, say names to honor beloved departed, carry a prop in the March, and write a Rotten Idea. Creativity is required for hope and healing in these unprecedented times. Donation information below.

@mary-plaster-2

Thanks ARAC for art support grants past & present!