GermanFest 2015 Coming Soon!

Welkommen to the second annual GermanFest, Minnesota’s largest German cultural event held at the historic Schmidt Brewery in St. Paul, June 19-21, 2015!

This event is free and open to the public starting with Friday night Gemütlichkeit from 4pm to 10pm. Gemutlichkeit means merriment, fun or happiness and is the theme of Friday night at GermanFest. The night will be filled with German food, beer and a live band sure to entertain you for hours.

Bring your friends and family on Saturday from 10am to 10pm and experience a day filled with food, great beer, entertainment, music, family friendly games, arts and crafts, cultural exhibits and much more.

On Sunday from 10am to 5pm, come enjoy good food, a friendly libation, and a chance to hang out with family and friends. GermanFest will surely have something for everyone.

FILO and Serving Our Troops Team-Up

Serving Our Troops and FILO have teamed up for the 9th Annual Hockey Day Minnesota. FILO was hired as the production company to assist in the set-up, overall event management, VIP services and the implementation of a fun interactive Fan Zone.

On January 17th, 2015, the puck will drop on the tarmac at Saint Paul’s Holman Field on an unprecedented sheet of ice – with the sights and sounds of the Minnesota National Guard standing side by side with our players and our communities.

Across the ocean – linked via live video – Minnesota soldiers from the 34th Combat Aviation Brigade and the 2-147th Assault Helicopter Battalion will be a part of Hockey Day, with NHL Alumni and other leaders on hand in Kuwait – sitting side by side with our soldiers as they watch high school, Gopher, and Minnesota Wild hockey action. With Fox Sports broadcasting live to over 40 million households, Hockey Day promises to be a truly special weekend.

Serving Our Troops continues to be one of the most unique projects in the nation. Hockey Day Minnesota 2015 will be the first event of its kind, continuing the tradition of Hockey Day while supporting our young people, our soldiers and families, and hockey in Minnesota.

Team FILO's Newest Member!

Please help us welcome Linda DeRoode to the FILO Productions team!

Linda is proud to be hired by FILO Productions Inc. as the new Director of Festivals. She brings many years of large scale event planning to her position at FILO. Her primary duties will be Directing GermanFest, held at the historic Schmidt Brewery site in St. Paul and assisting in the management of a 1-day Jewish heritage festival, held in Boston, MA. Her goal is to make FILO a household name.

Her passion for events started early, as she was raised in a family that organized the Festival of Nations, a heritage festival celebrating thousands of Nations across the world in Minnesota. She was hired as the Festival of Nations Education Outreach Coordinator. This position had her working with over three hundred schools from the five state region and the over twenty thousand school teachers and children that attended the event for two days. She was hired as the Director of the Festival of Nations in 2013 and successfully produced the 2014 event.

She was approached by the Italian community and asked to create and Direct Minnesota’s first authentic Italian Festival. She worked for over a year with a core team of individuals to bring about the successful production of Festa Italiana MN held on Harriet Island in St. Paul. She successfully produced two Festas’ and now she is again working with the core team to manage the event through FILO. This event was Linda’s proudest moment in her Directing career.

Linda also produces an Oktoberfest for her church, St. James Lutheran Church, in West St. Paul.

Linda is married to David and they have two children: Emma Rose, who is a freshman at the University of North Dakota and a son Theodore, who is a Freshman at Minnetonka High School. Their third child is their dog GoGo. They live in Minnetonka.

To relax she plays cello in the Mississippi Valley Orchestra which she has played in for 30 years. She also loves to travel and has been to many countries including Germany, where she has family.