Here's the schedule for the Innoskate skateboarding festival through Saturday in Sioux Falls.

Symmone Gauer, Sioux Falls Argus Leader
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Innoskate Sioux Falls
Innoskate Sioux Falls

The national skateboard festival Innoskate is finally here. The festival kicked off Tuesday at the Toby Eagle Bull Memorial Skatepark in Pine Ridge and continues today through Saturday at Levitt at the Falls in Sioux Falls.

Innoskate organizers will bring in professional and Olympic skateboarders, inventors, scientist and artists.

There will be discussions on skateboarding in the Native American community, learn-to-skate clinics, a "best trick" contest and hands-on STEAM-based invention activities where people can build their own skate obstacles.

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Free concerts on the Levitt stage will feature Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra ensemble, Dessa and Meet Me @ The Altar, all as a way to demonstrate how music is connected to skate culture, according to organizers.

There will also be a mobile skatepark from the Sioux Falls Skatepark Association.

The festival, created in 2013 by USA Skateboarding and The Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, celebrates "invention and creativity in skate culture," according to The Smithsonian's website.

The Innoskate skateboarding festival continues Thursday through Saturday July 7-9 at Levitt at the Falls in Sioux Falls.
The Innoskate skateboarding festival continues Thursday through Saturday July 7-9 at Levitt at the Falls in Sioux Falls.

“The Innoskate team is excited to inspire young audiences, with a particular emphasis on engaging the youth of Sioux Falls and surrounding communities,” Jeffrey Brodie, deputy director of the Lemelson Center, said in a press release.

Community members can find more information on the Levitt at the Falls website, and the event is free for all ages.

Schedule of events:

Thursday, July 7

  • 7 p.m. -- Innoskate 360 Kick-Off Panel Discussion

  • 8 p.m. -- Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestras concert

Friday, July 8 

  • 10:30 a.m. -- Jazz for Kids concert with Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra

  • 11 a.m. -- Festival activities begin

    • Art Alley, DJ Absolute, DTSF Vendor Village, advanced and beginner skateparks, and Smithsonian Spark!Lab

  • 2 p.m. -- 60 Years of Skateboarding Technology panel

  • 4 p.m. -- Skateboarding for Mental Health panel

  • 5:30 p.m. -- Sioux Falls Skate Community panel

  • 6 p.m. -- Screen Printing

  • 7 p.m. -- Invent Your Own Skate Video with the Belladonnas

  • 7:30 p.m. -- Dessa concert

Saturday, July 9

  • 11 a.m. -- Festival activities begin

  • Noon -- Pine Ridge Skate Community panel

  • 1:30 p.m. -- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Skateboarding panel

  • 3 p.m. -- The Olympic Experience panel

  • 4:30 p.m. -- Best Trick Competition

  • 5:30 -- Best Trick Awards

  • 6 p.m. -- Screen Printing

  • 6 p.m. -- "A Visual Sound" in concert

  • 7 p.m. -- Special Smithsonian presentation

  • 7:30 p.m. -- Meet Me @ The Altar concert

This article originally appeared on Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Innoskate skateboarding festival coming to Sioux Falls and Pine Ridge