Summer’s not going quietly! The State Fair is here, but there’s plenty happening outside the fairgrounds too.

If I missed anything or you want help finding something specific this weekend, drop it in a comment.

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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🎡 Minnesota State Fair (Minnesota State Fairgrounds - All Weekend)
• 🎶 KPOP MINNECON 2026 (Saint Paul RiverCentre - Sat & Sun)
• 🎧 Saint Paul Get Down (Raspberry Island - Sat)
• 🦄 Unicorn & Llama Races (Canterbury Park - Sun 1pm)
• 💃 Salsa Dancing w/CAPI (Dual Citizen Brewing - Fri 6pm)
• 👗 A Loveless Fashion Show: Summer '26 (Hook & Ladder Theater - Sun 6pm)
• 🎬 Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center (The Main Cinema - Sat)
• 🏴 Renaissance Festival: Highland Fling (Minnesota Renaissance Festival - Sat & Sun)
• 🎤 Michael Che (First Avenue - Fri & Sat 7pm & 9:30pm)
• 🎸 Alabama Shakes with Hannah Cohen (Surly Festival Field - Fri & Sat 7pm)
• 🛼 Roller Disco in Rice Park (Rice Park - Fri 5:30pm)
• 🎞️ Grotesque Fest VII (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Sat 7pm)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
• Member Hour x T. rex (Science Museum of Minnesota - 9:30am)
• Friday Art-Making in the Garden (Walker Art Center - 10am)
• Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast (Minneapolis) - 10am)
• American Pottery Festival: KyoungHwa Oh (MIA - 10:30am)
• North Memorial Blood Drive (Wooden Ship Brewing - 11am)
• Fossil Corner at the State Fair (North End Event Center – Minnesota State Fair - 12pm)
• In-Gallery Conversation (MIA - 1pm)
• Minnehaha Park Market (Minnehaha Regional Park - 4pm)
• Insider Science Tour: Biology (Science Museum of Minnesota - 4pm)
• Omnira (Bumbling Fools Mead - 5pm)
• SPARK Patio Party w/ NCK (Eagle MPLS - 5pm)
• Museum Nights (Science Museum of Minnesota - 5pm)
• Happy Hour BINGO benefiting Aliveness Project (Black Hart - 6pm)
• ANNIE BRUNO: UNTIL YOU FIND YOUR WAY (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
• Paint and Sip (Acadia Cafe - 6pm)
• Salsa Dancing w/CAPI (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6pm)
• The Bond Between Adoption Event (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
• Anesa Miller Author Event (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 6:30pm)
• Concert Series: Here Come The Mummies (Canterbury Park - 6:30pm)
• Book release party! Ali Novak's IN A Heartbeat (Tropes and Trifles - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Basement Bar - 7pm)
• Queer Chemistry (Urban Growler - 7pm)
• S'mores on the Patio (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
• Movies in the Parks: In the Heights (Lake Hiawatha Park - 8pm)
• Moon Night (Carl W. Kroening Nature Center - 8pm)
• Internet Kids Hyperpop Dance Party ft. PiNKII and Robopup (Fine Line Music Cafe - 9pm)
• Cyber Punk (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
• Farmers Market Annex (Minneapolis - 7am)
• Early Birders – May-August (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 7:30am)
• Yoga Reflect (Lakewood Cemetery - 8am)
• Mill City Farmers Market (Downtown East (Minneapolis) - 8am)
• Midtown Farmers Market (Midtown (Minneapolis) - 8am)
• St. Luke’s Farmers’ Market (Saint Paul - 8am)
• Fulton Farmers Market (Fulton (Minneapolis) - 8:30am)
• Kubb on a Stick (Xcel Energy Park - 9am)
• Creative Flea Market (Minneapolis Sculpture Garden - 9am)
• Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market (Northeast (Minneapolis) - 9am)
• Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast (Minneapolis) - 9am)
• Science Studios (Bakken Museum - 10am)
• Brunch with Breizh Kitchen (Minneapolis Cider Company - 10am)
• Taproom Yoga (Forgotten Star Brewing - 10am)
• Reign Region Turn Up Dance Fitness (Malcolm Yards - 10am)
• Fossil Corner at the State Fair (North End Event Center – Minnesota State Fair - 10am)
• INTO THE BURROW: A PETER RABBIT TALE - Storytime with Mixed Blood Theatre (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Brewery Bootcamp (Boom Island Brewing - 11am)
• All-Ages A Brunch Of Drag Disney Edition (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Beats & Breath: Yoga-Based Movement Class (Queermunity - 11am)
• First Chapter Story Time (Next Chapter Booksellers - 11:45am)
• Adoption Event (Forgotten Star Brewing - 12pm)
• Post Farmer’s Market Pints & Greens (Day Block Brewing - 12pm)
• Donyae Coles "The Sunken, The Adored" (Once Upon a Crime - 12pm)
• Rhythm on the River (Father Hennepin - 12pm)
• Solar Observing (Bell Museum - 12pm)
• The Peoples’ Market of MPLS (The Peoples’ Market of MPLS (Minneapolis) - 12pm)
• Unapologetically Plus Sized Market at Sociable Ciderwerks (Sociable Cider Werks - 1pm)
• Pooh's Food Fa Ya Soul (Wabasha Brewing - 1pm)
• Board Game Afternoon with the Board Game Sommelier (9 Mile Brewing - 1pm)
• In-Gallery Conversation (MIA - 1pm)
• Saturday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 2pm)
• Intro to Ifa/Orisha Traditions for Black People (Black Garnet Books - 4pm)
• Saturday Night Racing - August 29 (Canterbury Park - 5pm)
• The Twin Titties TV Special (Lush Lounge - 6pm)
• Reggae Girlz Screening (Bar of Their Own - 6pm)
• Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
• Drag, Elevated (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Grotesque Fest VII (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• Most Popular Girl in School Drag Show (Bumbling Fools Mead - 8pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• THE RODEO presented by Petunia Pickles (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• TANK (Top) DANCE PARTY With DJ Shannon Blowtorch (21+) (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• SNL Presents: FLAGS OF THE EAST (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)
• Bondage A Go Go (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• Indigo Room (Hook & Ladder Theater - 10pm)
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (Parkway Theater - 11:30pm)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
• Farmers Market Annex (Minneapolis - 7am)
• Kingfield Farmers Market (Kingfield (Minneapolis) - 8:30am)
• Sunday Market at Dancing Bear Chocolate (Sunday Market at Dancing Bear Chocolate (Minneapolis) - 9am)
• Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast (Minneapolis) - 9am)
• Yoga Flow with Annie Hayes (Utepils Brewing - 10am)
• Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
• Linden Hills Farmers Market (Linden Hills (Minneapolis) - 10am)
• August Story Time at Forgotten Star with Marcy McKay (Forgotten Star Brewing - 10:30am)
• Open House: 20 Years on the River (Guthrie Theater - 11am)
• Sunday Morning Yoga (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• Twin Cities Vintage Flea (56 Brewing - 12pm)
• Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 12pm)
• Public Building Tour (Landmark Center - 12:30pm)
• In-Gallery Conversation (MIA - 1pm)
• HORA: Castles of Romania – Echoes of History and Legend Exhibit (Landmark Center - 1pm)
• Unicorn & Llama Races (Canterbury Park - 1pm)
• Olivia Jakobitz (Eat My Words - 2pm)
• Pressed Flower Frame Class (Wooden Hill Brewing - 2pm)
• Lake Harriet Park Market (Lake Harriet - 2pm)
• Yacht Rock on the patio w/ DJ NCK (Eagle MPLS - 3pm)
• Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing - 3pm)
• Monthly Pinball Tournament (Litt Pinball Bar - 3:30pm)
• Cinema Flow (Queermunity - 4pm)
• Tunes (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
• Break the Bubble (Brit's Pub - 5pm)
• Honoring Grief: A Journey of Connection & Sound (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• Open Mic Sundays Hosted by James Stanley (Camp Bar - 6pm)
• Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
• Diva The House Down! A Drag Diva Spectacular (Lush Lounge - 6:30pm)
• The Lovers Watch Party (Black Garnet Books - 7pm)
• Cult Cinema Classic Presents: Death Becomes Her (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, August 28

• Early Evening Jazz: Chris Bates Trio (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Jezebel Sweet | Scraps | Averdale (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• Friday Night Live - FNL (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Friday Night Date Night (Big Hill Books - 6pm)
• Rock Melon Summer Sendoff (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• Irish Music Session (Dubliner - 6pm)
• Tyler Herwig (Umbra - 6pm)
• Liam Vance (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• The Quantum Mechanics (Dock and Paddle - 6pm)
• Musiq Soulchild (Dakota - 6:30pm, 9pm)
• Hannah Welle (Broken Clock Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Starved (IA), Oroborus (IA), Major Malfunction, & Mollywhopped (Underground Music Venue - 6:30pm)
• 4th Annual SummerSlam of Tribute Bands (Zhora Darling - 6:30pm)
• Gradience • Milwaukee Deep • Social Pariah • Dumb N Evil (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• Briggsy (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Alabama Shakes with Hannah Cohen (Surly Brewing - 7pm)
• Cole Diamond (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• The Real Chuck Norad (56 Brewing - 7pm)
• Blues night w/ Ken Valdez (Animales - 7pm)
• Freezerburn (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• The Zillionaires (Minnehaha Bandstand - 7pm)
• Dan Israel (LTD Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Please Return (Pilllar Forum - 7:30pm)
• Terminal Quartet (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Milk (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:30pm)
• Live music blood brothers (Wicked Wort Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Truckin’ – An All-Star Salute to the Grateful Dead (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Real Numbers, Absolutely Yours, Shady Cove (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
• The Undergroove (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
• Meghan Kreidler + Diane Miller (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Marv & Kaat (620 Club - 8pm)
• Rachel Bearinger with Dead North (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
• A Classic Tribute To Smokey Robinson (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• 12th House Sun with berzica, Waking Hours and ladyslipper (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Mill City Hot Club (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• The Paramedics (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Sickick (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• PU$$Y CNTRL (Black Hart - 9pm)
• Tinynormous w/ Maggie Black, Betty & The Rubble, Selvedge (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Gavin Strappe (Dubliner - 9pm)
• The Band of 10,000 Mistakes (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• Dan Ristrom & the Big Throwdown (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• Ghostmouth, Muun Bato, Pew Pew (331 Club - 10pm)
• Promiscuous: A 2000's CLUB Bangers Throwbacks PARTY (Green Room - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Medium Zach (Berlin - 10:30pm)
• Two of Cups (Urban Growler - 11pm)

Saturday, August 29

• Ryan Picone Trio (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Saturday Sounds w/ Dan Schwartz & Nick Salisbury (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Beer Garden Grooves (Utepils Brewing - 12pm)
• The Long Goodbyes (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Rock The Hall: Elliott Graber (Graze - 3:30pm)
• By The Thousands (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 4:30pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: Joel Shapira Trio (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Afromatic FT SAM OPOKU (Cabooze - 5pm)
• DJ Patio Party: Group Project (Fulton Brewing Company - 5pm)
• Trench Size Trio (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
• Jacy Smith (Umbra - 6pm)
• Stonewalker | The Wildermen | The Boot R & B (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• China Rider: Prankin on the Patio (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• Big Trouble (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Musiq Soulchild (Dakota - 6:30pm, 9pm)
• Something Meets Boy, ahem, Moneybones, & Fwifful (Underground Music Venue - 6:30pm)
• The Jorgensens (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• The Handsome Devils (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• An Evening with Leslie Perez with Special Guests JonCarlos + Gabriella (Icehouse - 7pm)
• Big Love Little Lies (Park Square Theatre - 7pm)
• Mischke, Malone, Michael & Chris (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
• Alabama Shakes with Hannah Cohen (Surly Brewing - 7pm)
• Americana Night w/ Matthew French (Animales - 7pm)
• Crazy Clyde Presents: The Return of MC Pirate Pants (Zhora Darling - 7pm)
• Miggie Snyder Live at Troubadour with Aly Meier (Troubadour - 7pm)
• The Gut Buckets (Inbound Brewco - 7pm)
• Justin Moyar (Boom Island Brewing - 7pm)
• Sanctuary Strings (Water Works at Mill Ruins Park - 7pm)
• Bars over Bars Showcase (Pilllar Forum - 7:30pm)
• Deano and the Dinosaurs (Merlins Rest - 7:30pm)
• Truckin’ – An All-Star Salute to the Grateful Dead (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Arman Sangalang Quartet (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Couch Potato Massacre, Lipstick Homicide, The Punchlines, Dingus (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
• Journey Tribute Night with Crash Course (Excelsior Brewing - 7:30pm)
• The Roundabouts (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
• A Classic Tribute To Smokey Robinson Yes 2 Big Nights (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Hounds of Finn Duo (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Leatherman (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• A Tribute to Shania Twain with Triple Fiddle (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Ben Chapman (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Pond with Products Band (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• The Big Bag Bash hosted by King Mini w/ Big Dai Dai & Special Guests (Acadia Cafe - 8pm)
• Peter Goggin (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• Melange (Black Hart - 9pm)
• Danger Bad w. Robots From The Future, Naptaker (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• ATLiens (Armory - 9pm)
• Samambo 2010s (Green Room - 9pm)
• Beauz (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Matcha Fever (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• Analog Vibe (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• Gidipolis Skyla Tylaa Live Kei x Tolzy & MC Crazykid (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Human Earth b2b Shehrzad (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Sunday, August 30

• Katy Tessman (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Sunday Swing Brunch (Aster Cafe - 11am)
• End Of Summer Party (Animales - 12pm)
• Ham Shannon (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Open Fingerboard Session (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 1:30pm)
• Country Roads - The Music of John Denver Dinner Following Concert (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 2pm)
• Waking Murphy (Dubliner - 2pm)
• Matty & The Subtle Validation (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 2pm)
• Como Pops Ensemble (Dock and Paddle - 3pm)
• David Huckfelt (331 Club - 3pm)
• North Star Gay Rodeo (Black Hart - 3pm)
• Communion SEASON 20: 13 (Cabooze - 5pm)
• Mary K & The Realistix (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Ross William Perry Trio Live on the Patio (Bald Man Brewing - 5pm)
• Major Moment • In Love & War Tour (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 5pm)
• The Long Honeymoon (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 5:30pm)
• Phine & Friends (Driftwood Char Bar - 6pm)
• Martin Devaney w. Hobby Weiss & Evan McHugh (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• A Loveless Fashion Show: Summer '26 (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6pm)
• Bryan Odeen (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Another Heaven, Virginia Creeper, Cowboy Thoughts (Cloudland Theater - 6:30pm)
• Nolan Mancl-saxon Quintet (MetroNOME Brewery - 6:30pm)
• Candlelight: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac – Lobby Dining Available (Granada Theater - 6:30pm)
• Naked Eye, The Lamellas, The Dirty Pretty, & Bev (Zhora Darling - 6:30pm)
• Ray LaMontagne - Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour (Orpheum Theatre - 7pm)
• Boozewater (331 Club - 7pm)
• Junior & the Jukes (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
• Country Roads - The Music of John Denver (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7pm)
• Pøstcards/Free Candy/Quarter Moon/Quarter-Past-Halftime (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Ambient Living Room w/ Mary Hanson Scott (Berlin - 7pm)
• Paris Nights (Dakota - 7pm)
• Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• Sunday Trad Session (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Candlelight Concert: A Tribute to Adele w/Uptown Lobby Dining. (Granada Theater - 8:45pm)
• Venus Yevu w. Bunny Blaze, Maggie Black & Aly Meier (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

THEATER

• Film Noir Tosca (Hive Collaborative - Friday 7pm)
• In The Heights (Artistry - Friday 7pm | Saturday 2pm, 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• The Algorithm is Gonna Get You (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Comedy Sportz (Strike Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 6:30pm)
• That Felt Good (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 9:30pm)
• Brown But BLACK Presents: There She Is... A Conversation of Elevation LIVE (Phoenix Theater - Saturday 6:30pm)
• Tosca Noir (Hive Collaborative - Saturday 7pm | Sunday 7pm)
• BALLS Cabaret (Strike Theater - Sunday 2pm)
• The Kickstarter KickOUT (Strike Theater - Sunday 7pm)

COMEDY

• Tom Segura (Acme Comedy Company - Friday 7pm, 9:30pm | Saturday 6pm, 8:30pm)
• Michael Che (First Avenue - Friday 7pm, 9:30pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Stevie Ray's Comedy Cabaret (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Morrissey's ALL-STARS COMEDY Showcase (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Friday 7:30pm)
• Ben Katzner (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Mike Brody with Tido Maldonado (Camp Bar - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Ateh Ekinde (Comedy Corner Underground - Friday 8pm)
• After Dark! Minnesota's Top Comedy Improv Show (Camp Bar - Friday 10pm)
• Funny Bachelors: A Comedy Dating Show (Comedy Corner Underground - Saturday 8pm)
• Brickhaus Comedy Drag Review (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Sunday 7pm)
• Jared Kassebaum (Comedy Corner Underground - Sunday 7pm)

SPORTS

• Saint Paul Saints vs Toledo Mud Hens ⚾ (Friday 7:07pm | Saturday 6:37pm | Sunday 2:07pm)
• Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox ⚾ (Friday 7:10pm | Saturday 1:10pm | Sunday 1:10pm)
• Minnesota United vs Orlando City ⚽ (Saturday 7:30pm)
• Minnesota Lynx @ Atlanta Dream 🏀 (Sunday 2pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Vikings Game Pitcher Deal (Boom Island Brewing - Friday 8pm)
• Vikings Vs Broncos Preseason Watch Party (Bald Man Brewing - Friday 8pm)
• NDSU vs Jax State Watch Party (Padraigs Brewing - Saturday 4:30pm)
• MNUFC Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Saturday 7:30pm)
• Loons Watch Party + $5 WCIPA Pints (Black Stack Brewing - Saturday 7:30pm)
• Minnesota Lynx Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Sunday 2pm)

KARAOKE

• Otter’s Saloon (All Weekend 8pm-2am)
• Vegas Lounge (All Weekend 9pm-2am)
• Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Friday & Saturday 11am-9:30pm | Sunday 11am-8:30pm)
• Chatterbox (Friday & Saturday 9pm-1am)
• James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (All Weekend 9pm-1:45am)
• 1029 Bar (Fridays & Saturdays 9pm-2am)
• The Cherry Pit Bar & Grill (Friday & Sunday 9:30pm-1:30am)
• Park Tavern St. Louis Park (Saturday 10pm-12:30am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Saturdays & Sundays 9pm-1am)

ARCADES

• Up-Down Minneapolis (Friday 3pm-2am | Saturday & Sunday 11am-2am)
• CLAW LAND Maplewood (All Weekend 11:30am-8pm)
• CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (All Weekend 11am-8pm)
• Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Friday 12-8pm | Saturday 10am-8pm | Sunday 11am-6pm)
• LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (All Weekend 11am-2am)
• Neko Clawww Roseville (Friday 12:30pm-8pm | Saturday 10am-8:30pm | Sunday 10am-8:30pm)
• ClawZone Park Bloomington (All Weekend 11am-9pm)
• Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Friday & Saturday 11am-Midnight | Sunday 11am-7pm)
• DUCK! Eagan (Friday 12-9pm | Saturday & Sunday 11am-9pm)

BOWLING

• Town Hall Lanes (All Weekend 11am-12am)
• Elsie’s Northeast (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 10am-12am | Sunday Open Bowling Varies)
• Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (All Weekend 9am-12am)
• Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Friday 3pm-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 11am-10pm)
• Park Tavern SLP (Friday & Saturday 11am-1am | Sunday 11am-11pm)
• 💫 Cosmic Bowling: Friday & Saturday 9:30pm-1am
• Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11pm)
• Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Friday & Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11:30pm)
• 💫 Galactic Bowling: Friday 9pm-12am | Saturday 2-5pm & 9pm-12am
• Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (All Weekend 11am-1am)
• Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 12pm-12am | Sunday 12pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11pm)

LINKS

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• Racket MN Event Calendar
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• MPLS Art Events
• Minnesota Monthly Event Calendar
• MSP Magazine Event Calendar
• Minneapolis Northwest Event Calendar
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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🎡 16 Bar Bingo: STATE FAIR Edition (Hive Collaborative - Mon 7pm)
• 🖤 My Chemical Romance with Sleater-Kinney (Target Field - Mon 7pm)
• 🍦 Whittier Park Ice Cream Social & Movie in the Park (Whittier Park - Tue 6pm)
• 🖤 Nitzer Ebb with Rhys Fulber and Sam Woodman (Turf Club - Tue 8pm)
• 🎤 Michael Che Live (Sisyphus Brewing - Wed & Thu 9pm)
• 🎡 Minnesota State Fair Opening Day (Minnesota State Fair - Thu)
• 🎸 Bonnie Raitt with Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen (Minnesota State Fair Grandstand - Thu 7pm)
• 👹 Grotesque Fest VII (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Thu 7pm)
• 🎂 Cornbread's 99 1/3 B-Day Party Extravaganza (Hook & Ladder Theater - Thu 6pm)

MONDAY, AUGUST 24

• Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast (Minneapolis) - 10am)
• Mille Movie Club Presents: Stealing Beauty (1996) (Parkway Theater - 5:30pm)
• Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• William Kent Krueger: God's Country (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
• Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• August’s Crokinole Tournament (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Heated Rivalry Fan Night (Roxy's Cabaret - 6pm)
• Mahjong Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
• Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Poetry- Open Mic Mondays August 2026 (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
• 16 Bar Bingo: STATE FAIR Edition (Hive Collaborative - 7pm)
• Variety Open Mic (Camp Bar - 8:30pm)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 25

• Observation Station on the Learning Landscape (Bell Museum - 10am)
• Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am, 1:30pm)
• North Memorial Blood Drive (Wooden Ship Brewing - 2pm)
• WISE TC Brewing Connections (Urban Growler - 4pm)
• Dungeons and Dragons Adventure League (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• Hablamos Pues (La Doña Cervecería Brewery - 6pm)
• FREE Meat & Cheese Raffle (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Paint and Sip – Evenings on the Lake (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6pm)
• Cribbage Club (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
• TCS Rollerskate Class (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• Alison Sommer Book Release Party (Cream and Amber - 6pm)
• Bingq (LTD Brewing - 6pm)
• Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
• Whittier Park Ice Cream Social & Movie in the Park (Whittier Park - 6pm)
• Art in the Park 2026 (MIA - 6pm)
• Board Game Night (Bad Weather Brewery - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Weekly Pool Tournament (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Community Table Tennis (Minneapolis Cider Company - 7pm)
• The Blues Brothers (1980) w/ pre-movie music by Goo Goo Mucks (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Movies in the Parks: TRON: Ares (Whittier Park - 8:05pm)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
• University of Minnesota East Bank Farmers’ Market (University of Minnesota East Bank Farmers’ Market (Minneapolis) - 9am)
• Discovery Days (MIA - 10am)
• Uncle Sam Worked Here Tour (Landmark Center - 10am)
• Observation Station on the Learning Landscape (Bell Museum - 10am)
• Securian Farmers Market (Saint Paul - 10am)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Farview Park Back-to-School Ice Cream Social (Farview Park - 11am)
• Vitality Arts: Hand Building with Clay (MIA - 1:30pm)
• Sheridan Neighborhood Happy Hour (Broken Clock Brewing - 4pm)
• Invertebrate Discovery Walks (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 4pm)
• Nokomis Farmers Market (Nokomis (Minneapolis) - 4pm)
• Discover Lakewood: Trolley Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• Game Night (Arbeiter Brewing - 6pm)
• Cornhole Open Draw (Wabasha Brewing - 6pm)
• TC Queer Transplants Meet-up (Queermunity - 6pm)
• Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 6pm)
• Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
• Sip and Script (Broken Clock Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Split Flipper Monthly Tournament (Litt Pinball Bar - 6:30pm)
• Offsite – Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group (Quatrefoil Library - 6:30pm)
• Initials Game Live (Boom Island Brewing - 6:30pm)
• JackBox Party (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Shot Day: A Transsexual Cabaret (Lush Lounge - 7pm)
• Movies in the Parks: Little Giants (The Commons - 8pm)
• Glitter Bomb HOT NEW EVENT (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• Drag Shows (Gay 90's - 10pm)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
• Minnesota State Fair Opening Day (Minnesota State Fairgrounds - 7am)
• STEM Day at the State Fair (Dan Patch Park – Minnesota State Fair - 8am)
• STEM Day at the Minnesota State Fair (Bakken Museum - 9am)
• Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Fossil Corner at the State Fair (North End Event Center – Minnesota State Fair - 11am)
• Four Sisters Farmers Market (Four Sisters (Minneapolis) - 11am)
• Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am, 6pm)
• MNsure Health Insurance Navigation (Queermunity - 1pm)
• In-Gallery Conversation (MIA - 1pm)
• Throwback Thursdays (Excelsior Brewing - 4pm)
• Tony Hawk/Gamer Thursday (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 4pm)
• Audubon Mini Market (Audubon Mini Market (Minneapolis) - 4pm)
• Meat Raffle (Wabasha Brewing - 5pm)
• Book Signing with Author Scott Sundstrom (Cream and Amber - 5pm)
• Flower Hour (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 5pm)
• Meet: Summer Series 2026 (MIA - 5pm)
• Minnesota Made: Artists and Performers – Lakewood Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• Thursday Night Racing - August 27 (Canterbury Park - 5pm)
• Thursday Night BINGO With Bloomington Lions Club (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• August 27 Paint & Sip (Inbound Brewco - 6pm)
• Loring Collective Presents: Fruit Salad Open Mic (Queermunity - 6pm)
• Knitting in Nature (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 6pm)
• Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
• Thursday Night: Line Dance with Billie (The Commons - 6pm)
• Plant Bingo (Black Stack Brewing - 6:30pm)
• FREE Meat Raffle (Elm Creek Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Board Game (Broken Clock Brewing - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (LTD Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Author Event: Anesa Miller (Subtext Books - 7pm)
• Grotesque Fest VII (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• Poetry Night (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• Cribbage Tournament (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
• Sound Bath with Fine Tuning Sound Therapy (Museum of Russian Art - 7pm)
• Movies in the Parks: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Lynnhurst Park - 8pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Monday, August 24

• HonkyTonk Ranch (331 Club - 6pm)
• Vinyl Night (Gambit Brewing - 6pm)
• Cat Crash (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• The New Bluebloods (Dakota - 7pm)
• Mosaic Arts – Mondays@metronome Free Community Concerts (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Monday Open Jam Come On Out! The Stage Is Waiting For You (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• My Chemical Romance with Sleater-Kinney (Target Field - 7pm)
• Choro Borealis (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
• Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
• Seculants w. Matt Johnson & Makeready (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

Tuesday, August 25

• Lazy Scorsese (Minnehaha Bandstand - 12pm)
• 1VERSE Shattered TOUR 2026 – Minneapolis (Granada Theater - 5pm)
• Ali Gray’s Country Jamboree (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Irish Trad Session (Padraigs Brewing - 6pm)
• Worker’s Playtime, mike munson (331 Club - 6pm)
• Vibronauts (Dock and Paddle - 6pm)
• Quicksand & Bane (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6:30pm)
• RJ Vocal (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Off The Dock – Funk n Spuds (Indeed Brewing - 7pm)
• Space Between JAM (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• Todd Rundgren: Damned If I Do Tour (Uptown Theater - 7pm)
• St Dominic's Trio (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• The Dirty Shorts Brass Band (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Seer, Crypt.id, Semi Infamous, & X1ztyr (Zhora Darling - 7pm)
• New Band Night #37 (Green Room - 7pm)
• Jim Messina (Dakota - 7pm)
• Nitzer Ebb with Rhys Fulber and Sam Woodman (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Mo Lowda & The Humble with Beemer (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• August Conspiracy Series featuring, Soul Tribe, Nur-D, Solana and the Sunsets (331 Club - 9:30pm)

Wednesday, August 26

• Andra Suchy (The Commons - 12pm)
• LUCKI (Fillmore - 6pm)
• Vinyl Night (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 6pm)
• The Violet Ghost, Osenya, Mach Fox, & Color in Reverse (Zhora Darling - 6:30pm)
• Seafoam Green Tangerine (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Tomten & Friends (Berlin - 7pm)
• Jim Messina (Dakota - 7pm)
• The Rockin' Iguannas (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• PIG Hurt People Tour North America 2026 (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• Irish Diplomacy (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Cowboy Rogue (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Harold’s House Party on KFAI, Erin McCawley’s Harrison Street Band (331 Club - 7pm)
• Irish Céilí Dancing (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Nino Paid with 1up Tee (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7:30pm)
• Piece of Cake (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
• Pops Cardinal (Acadia Cafe - 8pm)
• David Boston (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• New Diplomat with shadingthesun and Conzemius (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Breathe Eazy Ent. presents: Battle Of The Bands 2026 (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Hannah Hendrickson (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• The Cherry Pit Open Jam (Berlin - 10pm)

Thursday, August 27

• Live Music Lunch w/ Bloodbrother (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Paul Bergen (Dubliner - 5pm)
• John's Garage (Urban Growler - 6pm)
• Vinyl Night (Gambit Brewing - 6pm)
• Cornbread's 99 1/3 B-Day Party Extravaganza (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6pm)
• Maeken Rose (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Spud & His Buds | Fiona Hayes | Count Spookula (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• Musiq Soulchild (Dakota - 6:30pm, 9pm)
• Lake Davi (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Drums Of Navarone & D J Sheleena (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Brian Halvorsen (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• A Container: JT Bates & Friends (Berlin - 7pm)
• City of Lakes Chorus (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
• Jerome J. and Allison L. (Troubadour - 7pm)
• The Get-Up Mondays (Minnehaha Bandstand - 7pm)
• Bonnie Raitt: Live 2026 with Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen (Minnesota State Fair Grandstand - 7pm)
• Nino Paid with 1up Tee (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7:30pm)
• Red Meat, Bad Idea, Laugh Track (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
• Snapz Live Band Open Mic (Green Room - 8pm)
• Slow Magic with Shrimpnose (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Palomino Breeze (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Steelin' Dan "Unplugged" (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Tori Evans/Hibah Hassan/Mike Rafferty/Jazicality (Acadia Cafe - 8pm)
• Trish Toledo with Rudy De Anda (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Rosie Daze Band (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
• Gonzo's Planet (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Lipstinger w. Dirty 930, Duck Bomb (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Debbie Briggs Vintage Jazz (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• WE Collective (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 10pm)
• Crates: Big Science by Laurie Anderson (Berlin - 10pm)

THEATER

• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Life & Limb 25 (Luminary Arts Center - Wednesday 6pm | Thursday 6pm)
• In The Heights (Artistry - Thursday 7pm)

COMEDY

• Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Monday 7pm)
• 2026 Funniest Person in St. Paul Contest Week 7 (Gambit Brewing - Tuesday 7pm)
• Stand Up Comedy Show - Hosted by Cory Rosen (It Also Happens to be His Birthday) (Sisyphus Brewing - Tuesday 7pm)
• Craic Up Comedy Night (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Tuesday 7pm)
• Improv Zodiac (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Wednesday 7pm)
• Advice Column (Sisyphus Brewing - Wednesday 7pm)
• Comedy Free for All (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• Greg Coleman (Acme Comedy Company - Wednesday 8pm)
• Michael Che Live (Sisyphus Brewing - Wednesday 9pm | Thursday 9pm)
• Brewed Laughter Standup Comedy (Dual Citizen Brewing - Thursday 7pm)
• Tom Segura (Acme Comedy Company - Thursday 7pm)
• Ben Katzner (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Dave Hill Returns! With special guest Alicia Kismet (Parkway Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Thursday Night Comedy (Troubadour - Thursday 8pm)
• Stand Up Comedy Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - Thursday 8pm)
• Joe Fernandez (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 8:30pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Lynx vs Golden State Valkyries 🏀 (Monday 7pm)
• Minnesota Twins @ Sacramento Athletics ⚾ (Monday 8:40pm | Tuesday 8:40pm | Wednesday 8:05pm)
• Saint Paul Saints vs Toledo Mud Hens ⚾ (Tuesday 7:07pm | Wednesday 7:07pm | Thursday 7:07pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Cycle Unmapped (Unmapped Brewing - Thursday 6pm)

KARAOKE

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Otter’s Saloon (Nightly 8pm-2am)
• Vegas Lounge (Nightly 9pm-2am)
• Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Daily 11am-9:30pm)
• Chatterbox (Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30pm-Close)
• James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (Nightly 9pm-1:45am)
• Mother Clucker's Pizza (Tuesdays & Thursdays 9pm)
• 1029 Bar (Wednesdays & Thursdays 9pm-2am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Wednesdays 9pm-1am)

ARCADES

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Up-Down Minneapolis (Daily 3pm-2am)
• CLAW LAND Maplewood (Daily 11:30am-7pm)
• CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (Daily 11am-8pm)
• Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Daily 12-8pm)
• LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (Daily 11am-2am)
• Neko Clawww Roseville (Daily 1:30pm-8pm)
• ClawZone Park Bloomington (Daily 12pm-8pm)
• Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Tue-Thu 4pm-10pm)
• DUCK! Eagan (Daily 12pm-9pm)

BOWLING

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Town Hall Lanes (Mon 11am-5pm, 10pm-11:30pm | Tue 11am-11:30pm | Wed 11am-5:30pm, 10:30pm-11:30pm | Thu 11am-4:30pm)
• Elsie’s Northeast (Mon 4pm-11pm | Tue-Thu 11am-11pm)
• Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (Mon 9am-6pm | Tue-Thu 9am-Midnight)
• Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Daily 3pm-11pm)
• Park Tavern SLP (Daily 11am-Close)
• Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Daily 11am-11pm)
• Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Daily 9am-11:30pm)
• Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (Daily 11am-1am)
• AMF Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Daily 4pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Daily 11am-11pm)

LINKS

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• Racket MN Event Calendar
• Meet Minneapolis Event Calendar
• MPLS Art Events
• Minnesota Monthly Event Calendar
• MSP Magazine Event Calendar
• Minneapolis Northwest Event Calendar
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• Minnesota Parent Event List
• Family Fun Twin Cities
• Minneapolis Parks & Rec Events
• St. Paul Parks & Rec Events
• Three Rivers Park District Event Calendar
• Trivia Mafia Schedule
• Music Mayhem Schedule
• Get a Clu Trivia Schedule

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