South Dakota Snow Queen Festivals in January

2020 South Dakota Snow Queen Chesney Olson and Jr. Snow Queen Annika Estwick will crown their successors during the 75th Annual Snow Queen Festival in early January 2021.

Junior Miss Ipswich Karlie Gohl will be among the participants when the Junior South Dakota Snow Queen is crowned on January 2, 2021 at 7 p.m.

Miss Ipswich Lindsey Grabowska will join the Snow Queens later that week. The Snow Queen Coronation will be held at 7 p.m. on January 9 in the Aberdeen Civic Theatre.

There will be no talent competition this year.

The Aberdeen Snow Queen Festival began after WWII when officials from the St. Paul Winter Carnival approached Aberdeen with the idea of becoming a satellite of the Carnival. The first Aberdeen Queen was crowned in January 1947.