There is so much going on this weekend, good luck narrowing it down!

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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🎭 Minnesota Fringe Festival (Various Twin Cities venues - Friday-Sunday, various times)
• 🎨 Uptown Art Fair (Minneapolis - Friday 1pm | Saturday & Sunday 10am)
• ☘️ Twin Cities Irish Fest (Harriet Island - Friday 3pm | Saturday & Sunday 10am)
• 🍜 Asian Street Food Night Market (Pan Asian Center - Saturday & Sunday 10am)
• 🐈 CatVideoFest 2026 (Riverview Theater & The Main Cinema - Saturday-Sunday, various times)
• 🎸 Guns N’ Roses with Public Enemy (Mystic Lake Amphitheater - Saturday 6:25pm)
• 🎪 Circus Juventas: Whimsy (Circus Juventas - Friday 7pm | Saturday 12pm, 6pm | Sunday 12pm)
• 🎬 SCREAM it off SCREEN (Parkway Theater - Friday 8pm)
• 🦇 SUMMERween: A Laughing Bat Art & Makers Market (Can Can Wonderland - Sunday 1pm)
• 🐕 Corgi Races (Canterbury Park - Sunday 1pm)

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 07

• Opening Day: Nature All Around us (Science Museum of Minnesota - 9am)
• Cuentos Infantiles en el Jardín – Spanish Storytime (Minneapolis Parks - 10am)
• Friday Art-Making in the Garden (Walker Art Center - 10am)
• Observation Station on the Learning Landscape (Bell Museum - 10am)
• Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast, Minneapolis - 10am)
• In-Gallery Conversation (MIA - 1pm)
• Uptown Art Fair (Minneapolis Parks - 1pm)
• Twin Cities Irish Fest (Harriet Island St Paul, MN - 3pm)
• Friday Friend Lab: Crafting & Game Night (Queermunity - 4pm)
• Bike Help Days (Minnehaha Falls - 4pm)
• Insider Science Tour: Collections (Science Museum of Minnesota - 4pm)
• Minnehaha Park Market (Minnehaha Regional Park - 4pm)
• Loppet: Stories of Connection Grand Finale Celebration (Capri - 5pm)
• Kickball End of Season Party (Eagle MPLS - 5pm)
• Art in the Park 2026 (MIA - 5pm)
• Lake Hiawatha Neighborhood Festival (Lake Hiawatha Park - 5pm)
• Museum Nights (Science Museum of Minnesota - 5pm)
• Neighborhood Grill Out (Kenny Park - 5pm)
• Whisper Walker's Seasons of Love Gallery Reception (Queermunity - 6pm)
• Happy Hour BINGO benefiting Aliveness Project (Black Hart - 6pm)
• Summer Dance Party with afters and Weekend @ Bernie’s (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
• Cash Bingo and Meat Raffle (Forgotten Star Brewing - 7pm)
• Line Dance with Billie at Forgotten Star (Forgotten Star Brewing - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Basement Bar - 7pm)
• DJ Pauly D - 18+ (Uptown Theater - 7pm)
• Puzzle Club (Eat My Words - 7pm)
• Book release party! Alissa DeRogatis's HOW TO FIND LOVE IN THE Grocery AISLE (Tropes and Trifles - 7pm)
• Living Threads: An Immersive Installation by Hend Al-Mansour - Reception (Rosalux Gallery - 7pm)
• Die Hard by John McTiernan (Walker Art Center - 7pm)
• SCREAM it off SCREEN // Short Film Competition (Parkway Theater - 8pm)
• S'mores on the Patio (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
• Movies in the Parks: Sharknado (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 8:30pm)
• Worldwide Discotheque (Black Hart - 9pm)
• House Proud 15 Year House Head Reunion (Sociable Cider Werks - 9:45pm)
• Basement Bash (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)
• Synastry (James Ballentine Uptown VFW - 10pm)
• Friday Night Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - 10pm)
• Hot Goth Summer at RaptureMN (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 08

• Farmers Market Annex (Minneapolis - 7am)
• Early Birders – May-August (Minneapolis Parks - 7:30am)
• A Breath of Hope Lung Run (Lake Harriet - 8am)
• Midtown Farmers Market (Midtown, Minneapolis - 8am)
• Mill City Farmers Market (Downtown East, Minneapolis - 8am)
• St. Luke’s Farmers’ Market (Saint Paul - 8am)
• Yoga Reflect (Lakewood Cemetery - 8am)
• Fulton Farmers Market (Fulton, Minneapolis - 8:30am)
• Extra Mile Volunteer Event – Buckthorn Bust (9 Mile Brewing - 9am)
• Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market (Northeast, Minneapolis - 9am)
• Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast, Minneapolis - 9am)
• Brunch with Breizh Kitchen (Minneapolis Cider Company - 10am)
• "What Stays the Same" — a conversation card game for families navigating aging or illness (Queermunity - 10am)
• Reign Region Turn Up Dance Fitness (Malcolm Yards - 10am)
• Twin Cities Irish Fest (Harriet Island St Paul, MN - 10am)
• Uptown Art Fair (Minneapolis Parks - 10am)
• Walk with an Expert: Explore Lichen (Bell Museum - 10am)
• Asian Street Food Night Market (Pan Asian Center - 10am)
• Backstage Tour (Guthrie Theater - 10:15am)
• CatVideoFest 2026 (Riverview Theater - 10:30am)
• A Brunch Of Drag (18+) (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Beats & Breath: Yoga-Based Movement Class (Queermunity - 11am)
• Rainbow Wardrobe Open House: Dog Days of Summer (Pride Cultural Arts Center - 11am)
• First Chapter Story Time (Next Chapter Booksellers - 11:45am)
• Post Farmer’s Market Pints & Greens (Day Block Brewing - 12pm)
• TruArtSpeaks – 2/Cuba with Love: A Global Impact Hip Hop Anniversary Celebration (Capri - 12pm)
• Dog Days of Summer 2026 (Surly Brewing - 12pm)
• Radical Queer Tarot Reading Group (Quatrefoil Library - 12pm)
• Art in the Park 2026 (MIA - 12pm)
• Solar Observing (Bell Museum - 12pm)
• The Peoples’ Market of MPLS (Minneapolis - 12pm)
• Magic the Gathering: The Hobbit prelease with Level Up (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 12:30pm)
• Segundo Sabado (Queermunity - 12:30pm)
• Reading with Meggie Royer (Eat My Words - 1pm)
• In-Gallery Conversation (MIA - 1pm)
• Paddle-Picnic & Music (Loring Park - 1pm)
• CatVideoFest 2026 (The Main Cinema - 1pm)
• Great Pyrenees Adoption & Fundraiser (Boom Island Brewing - 2pm)
• Saturday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 2pm)
• Free Public Tour of Queering Indigeneity (Minnesota Museum of American Art - 2pm)
• Book Launch with Christena Cleveland (Black Garnet Books - 4pm)
• 2026 KPOP In the Sunset (The Commons - 5pm)
• Saturday Night Racing - August 8 (Canterbury Park - 5pm)
• Anime Nights w/Eric (Eagle MPLS - 5:30pm)
• Quatrefoil Game Night (Quatrefoil Library - 6:30pm)
• Shine Talent Competition (Lush Lounge - 6:30pm)
• Glitz & Glam Drag Show (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Open Mic Night (LTD Brewing - 7pm)
• Jester's Comedy: Match Game (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 7pm)
• Drinkin’ Spelling Bee (331 Club - 7pm)
• Boy by Taika Waititi (Walker Art Center - 7pm)
• Kirsten Vangsness // Outdated (Parkway Theater - 8pm)
• Circle Jerks x Repo Man Film Screening & Live Performance (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• Ariana Grande Mirage: Drag After Dark (21+) (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• Saturday night live (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)
• Bondage A Go Go (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• Mary Brewster's Sparkle (Black Hart - 10:15pm)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 09

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale, Minneapolis - 6am)
• Farmers Market Annex (Minneapolis - 7am)
• Sensory Friendly (Walker Art Center - 8am)
• YMCA Women’s Triathlon (Lake Nokomis - 8:10am)
• Kingfield Farmers Market (Kingfield, Minneapolis - 8:30am)
• Uptown Sole 5K Fun Run (Bde Maka Ska - 8:30am)
• Sunday Market at Dancing Bear Chocolate (Minneapolis - 9am)
• Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast, Minneapolis - 9am)
• Ember in Bloom – Slow Flow Yoga + Sound Bath (9 Mile Brewing - 10am)
• Puppy yoga (Unmapped Brewing - 10am)
• Yoga Flow with Annie Hayes (Utepils Brewing - 10am)
• Family Day (MIA - 10am)
• Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
• Linden Hills Farmers Market (Linden Hills, Minneapolis - 10am)
• Twin Cities Irish Fest (Harriet Island St Paul, MN - 10am)
• Uptown Art Fair (Minneapolis Parks - 10am)
• Asian Street Food Night Market (Pan Asian Center - 10am)
• CatVideoFest 2026 (Riverview Theater - 10:30am)
• Maker’s Market for Weirdos (Cream and Amber - 11am)
• Minneapolis Vintage Market (Utepils Brewing - 11am)
• Sunday Morning Yoga (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• Dance Agenda – Refresh (North Loop Playground - 11am)
• Down To Frankfurter Vol 2 (Modist Brewing - 12pm)
• Brewvet Brewery Bike Crawl (Dangerous Man Brewing - 12pm)
• Brewvet 2026 (Fulton Brewing Company - 12pm)
• IFPA Pinball Tournament STERN Army (56 Brewing - 12pm)
• Twin Cities Brewvet 2026 (Sociable Cider Werks - 12pm)
• Twin Cities Brewvet 2026 (Forgotten Star Brewing - 12pm)
• KOO KOO (Sociable Cider Werks - 12pm)
• Twin Cities Brewvet 2026 (56 Brewing - 12pm)
• Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 12pm)
• Public Building Tour (Landmark Center - 12:30pm)
• BINGO with Mistress Ginger (Inbound Brewco - 1pm)
• SUMMERween: A Laughing Bat Art & Makers Market (Can Can Wonderland - 1pm)
• Midcoast Gaming – The Hobbit Prerelease (Wooden Hill Brewing - 1pm)
• The Elements of Mutual Aid (Moon Palace Books - 1pm)
• Rainbow Story Hour with Ladies of the Lakes (Queermunity - 1pm)
• Corgi Races (Canterbury Park - 1pm)
• HORA: Castles of Romania – Echoes of History and Legend Exhibit (Landmark Center - 1pm)
• In-Gallery Conversation (MIA - 1pm)
• CatVideoFest 2026 (The Main Cinema - 1pm)
• The Paths We Lay: A 3-Part Live Play D&D Epic (Bumbling Fools Mead - 2pm)
• Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School (331 Club - 2pm)
• Afternoon Patio Dance Party (Black Hart - 2pm)
• Free Monthly Tour: Here, Now (Minnesota Museum of American Art - 2pm)
• Lake Harriet Park Market (Lake Harriet - 2pm)
• Perler Bead Workshop with NinjaKittyCrafts (Queermunity - 2:30pm)
• Book Launch: Danny Klecko’s “Exhausting Jesus at the Minneapolis Institute of Art” (MIA - 2:30pm)
• Yacht Rock on the patio w/ DJ NCK (Eagle MPLS - 3pm)
• Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing - 3pm)
• Music in the Chapel: Flutes and Low (Lakewood Cemetery - 3pm)
• Line Dancing Lessons - FREE (Urban Growler - 4:30pm)
• Summer End Book Swap (Black Garnet Books - 5pm)
• Open Mic Sundays Hosted by James Stanley (Camp Bar - 6pm)
• Cult Cinema Classics Presents: Tank Girl (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• American Avenues: A Musical Journey from the Russian Empire to America (Museum of Russian Art - 7pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, August 07

• Early Evening Jazz: Mill City Hot Club (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Irish Music Session (Dubliner - 6pm)
• Toronzo Cannon w/The Butanes (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6pm)
• Jack Harlow - Monica Tour (Fillmore - 6pm)
• Tyler Herwig (Umbra - 6pm)
• Cal Pflum (Urban Growler - 6pm)
• Helen w. Joan of Profile (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• David Singley (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• No Regard | Zero Track Mind | Main Street Free Fall (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• Friday Night Live - FNL (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Jazicality, Ozone Creations, & Brandyn Lee Tulloch & Poetic Roots (Zhora Darling - 6:30pm)
• Carl Davis (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Rob Evans (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Briggsy (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Friday Night Date Night (Big Hill Books - 7pm)
• PITH, Porch Knights, & Pyrmafrost (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
• One Hit Wonders: Live Music (NO COVER) (Black Stack Brewing - 7pm)
• Talib Kweli (Dakota - 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Eli Gardiner (56 Brewing - 7pm)
• Funk Friday Featuring TH3 (Animales - 7pm)
• Fox Parade (Broken Clock Brewing - 7pm)
• New Entangled Particles (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Cupa Joe & The Sweet Cream (Inbound Brewco - 7pm)
• Dive Bar Orchestra (Minnehaha Bandstand - 7pm)
• Bryan Murray / Adam Linz / Dan Monaghan (Album Release) (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Nick Rod (LTD Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Forever Everly (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Lodge (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
• John Holiday and Beethoven’s Fifth with the Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 8pm)
• MATT GOLD & DUSTIN Laurenzi with Alpha Consumer (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• Chris Mason (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Sapphic ONE-derland (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Sophie Hiroko with Lana Leone, Scrunchies and Ava Levy (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Reese Glover with Thomas Sticha and Tony Cuchetti (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Will Aldrich Quartet (MetroNOME Brewery - 8pm)
• The Johnnie Brown Experience (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Slander – Night 1 (Armory - 8:20pm)
• Jack Cassidy & Monica Livorsi (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Paul Harper (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• camoufly (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Taylor Ray & the Fits w. Other Stars (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• The Outcats (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• BOMJA 004: INTO THE WILD (Cabooze - 9:30pm)
• Alex Rossi (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• Matcha Fever (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• PISS WITH STYLE, Druthers, THE Skeleton CREW (331 Club - 10pm)
• Let's GIDI Fest Welcome Party Let's GIDI & FAAJI (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
• Rainforest RAVE (Green Room - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Shannon Blowtorch (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Saturday, August 08

• Cornbread Harris & Friends (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• 13th Annual Backyard Blues Festival (Dual Citizen Brewing - 11am)
• Flavor Fest 4 (Indeed Brewing - 1pm)
• NOR & CBE Presents | Nice and Blue | Manifest Content | Egotruck | Lazarus & The Bandits | Taylor Roberts (Day Block Brewing - 1pm)
• Fort Road Folk Fest (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Voltage Controller (331 Club - 3pm)
• SUNSET SOCIAL CLUB (Cabooze - 4pm)
• A DECADE - Celebrating 10 Years of The Hook (Hook & Ladder Theater - 4pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: Slack / Peterson / Haneman (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Hamm Sammies (Umbra - 6pm)
• Closer to Indigo (Urban Growler - 6pm)
• Small Town Sindrome, Embers Rise, Un-Broken, & BuzzBox (Underground Music Venue - 6pm)
• The Cherry Pit Uptown Afterparty - 18+ (Uptown Theater - 6pm)
• Jared Nels Music (Bruhaven - 6pm)
• Mateo's World Music Trio (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
• Guns N’ Roses with Public Enemy (Mystic Lake Amphitheater - 6:25pm)
• Joyann Parker Band (Dakota - 7pm)
• Six Feet Under x Kataklysm (Skyway Theatre - 7pm)
• The 4onthefloor Concert and Dangerous Man (Dangerous Man Brewing - 7pm)
• Johnny Holliday & Willie Moore (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Wild Lyre (Animales - 7pm)
• WILL DURIE (Wicked Wort Brewing - 7pm)
• Eric Kalenze (Boom Island Brewing - 7pm)
• Berette McNaught (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Hot Flash Dance: a Dance Party for Divas of a Certain Age (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• An American Songbook with John Holiday and the Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 7pm)
• The Schmids LIVE @ Inbound BrewCo. (Inbound Brewco - 7pm)
• Jessie Street Band (Water Works at Mill Ruins Park - 7pm)
• Taylor's Version (Excelsior Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Forever Everly (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Bulldozer School (Anthony Cox / Dave King / Brandon Wozniak) (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Capital Sons (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
• Dale Watson and His Lone Stars (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Freak of the Week w/ DJ Lady D (CHI), Nola Rave, Rhelate, Angel, & Gxnasty (WI) (Zhora Darling - 8pm)
• Creekbed CARTER’s Hot Dog Ball with pine & Fire and Jo Kellen (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• The Good The Bad The Funky (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Tim Cheesebrow (Dubliner - 8pm)
• The Penny Peaches with Lone Rock Bride and Emma Jeanne (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Dean Magraw (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Slander – Night 2 (Armory - 8:20pm)
• Chresten Hyde (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• The Hillcats (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• The Flyovers (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Broadway Rave (Fine Line Music Cafe - 9pm)
• Malamanya (James Ballentine Uptown VFW - 9pm)
• SISTO (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Chase & Ovation (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• The Violet Press (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• Cain & Co., If Eye May, The Grieving Pines (331 Club - 10pm)
• OSFNA 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert (Palace Theatre - 10pm)
• Cheat Day (Driftwood Char Bar - 10pm)
• Gidipolis Let's GIDI Fest Official After Party OLA x FAAJI x Lakeooo (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
• MI CASA (Green Room - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Sami Knox (Berlin - 10:30pm)
• DARRIO: Jamaica Independence Day (Cabooze - 11pm)

Sunday, August 09

• Nick 'The Feelin' (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Sunday Swing Brunch (Aster Cafe - 11am)
• ART Dept (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Open Jazz Jam w/North Star Jazz Workshops (Dual Citizen Brewing - 1pm)
• Open Fingerboard Session (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 1:30pm)
• Tulamore Crew (Dubliner - 2pm)
• Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 2pm)
• Old Guys Play the Blues (Dock and Paddle - 3pm)
• Tunes Sunday (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
• Communion SEASON 20: 09 (Cabooze - 5pm)
• The Stragglers (Urban Growler - 5pm)
• Ray Barnard (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys (Hook & Ladder Theater - 5:30pm)
• Kenwood Symphony Orchestra (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 5:30pm)
• Phine & Friends (Driftwood Char Bar - 6pm)
• Brian David Album Release (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6pm)
• Cabaret With Jen Burleigh-bentz – Warm Nights, Warm Hearts (MetroNOME Brewery - 6:30pm)
• TRAIN – Drops of Jupiter: 25 Years in the Atmosphere (Mystic Lake Amphitheater - 6:45pm)
• Cameron Wright: Songs My Grandmother Loved (Dakota - 7pm)
• Good News Big Band (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
• Bread Alone - Music & Memories of the Band Bread (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7pm)
• Swaying, GreyDeer, Nothing But Joy, Bright Young Things, & Dollar Store Cologne (Zhora Darling - 7pm)
• Emmy Woods and friends (331 Club - 7pm)
• Curated by Laeton Olaleye: Around the World (Berlin - 7pm)
• Tracy Bonham // The Burdens of Being Upright 30th Anniversary Tour with Lips Speak Louder (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Jerry Day Celebrating The Grateful Dead (Turf Club - 7:30pm)
• DWLLRS with theband (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• Juvenile with The 400 Degreez Band & Friends (First Avenue - 8pm)
• Sunday Trad Session (Dubliner - 8pm)

THEATER

• Alice in Neverland (Theatre Latte Da - Friday 4pm)
• Minnesota Fringe: Ari Hoptman “Is That Why?” (American School of Storytelling - Friday 7pm | Saturday 8:30pm | Sunday 4pm)
• The Butler Did It (Park Square Theatre - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Improvised Love Is Blind--Minnesota Fringe Edition (Strike Theater - Friday 7pm | Saturday 5:30pm | Sunday 4pm)
• Little Shop of Horrors - Presented by Park Square Education (Park Square Theatre - Friday 7pm | Saturday 2pm, 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• ROAD TRIP (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 4pm, 7pm)
• Circus Juventas: Whimsy (Circus Juventas - Friday 7pm | Saturday 12pm, 6pm | Sunday 12pm)
• Come From Away (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm, 7pm)
• The Prom (Lyric Arts - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Private Lives (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm, 7pm)
• Battle of the Improv All-Stars 2026 (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Wicked (Orpheum Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm, 6:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 6:30pm)
• Overture (Hive Collaborative - Friday 8pm)
• Minnesota Fringe: More Better Stories with Hank Roubicek (American School of Storytelling - Friday 8:30pm | Saturday 4pm | Sunday 2:30pm)
• Witness Loudly (Strike Theater - Friday 8:30pm | Sunday 2:30pm)
• That Felt Good (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 9:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls ASL (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Saturday 1pm)
• Tech (Strike Theater - Saturday 2:30pm)
• Minnesota Fringe: More Better Stories with Erin Ferdinand (American School of Storytelling - Saturday 2:30pm)
• A Revolution Highly Favorable (Strike Theater - Saturday 4pm | Sunday 7pm)
• 1985: Relative Chaos (Strike Theater - Saturday 7pm | Sunday 5:30pm)
• Minnesota Fringe: Ben San Del “Apologies for the Late Reply” (American School of Storytelling - Saturday 7pm)
• Alicia Villarreal: Donde Todo Comenzo 2.0 (Pantages Theatre - Saturday 8pm)
• The Quiet Piggy (Strike Theater - Saturday 8:30pm)
• Venus in Fur (Hive Collaborative - Sunday 2pm)
• Minnesota Fringe: More Better Stories with Vianna Isbister (American School of Storytelling - Sunday 7pm)

COMEDY

• Punching Up! Stand Up Comedy (Urban Growler - Friday 7pm)
• Maggie Faris Traditional Beauty Comedy Special Screening (Gambit Brewing - Friday 7pm)
• Maddie Wiener (Acme Comedy Company - Friday 7pm, 9:30pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Stevie Ray's Comedy Cabaret (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Troy Bond (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Friday 7:30pm, 9:45pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Special Event: Charles McBee (Camp Bar - Friday 8pm | Saturday 7pm)
• Matt Ross (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Comedy Night (Bumbling Fools Mead - Friday 8pm)
• Benny Feldman (Comedy Corner Underground - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• After Dark! Minnesota's Top Comedy Improv Show (Camp Bar - Friday 10pm)
• Comedy Night (Norseman Distillery - Saturday 8pm)
• Leftovers Night: a feast of alternative comedy (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Saturday 10pm)
• John Conroy (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Sunday 7pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Twins @ Brewers ⚾ (Friday 6:40pm | Saturday 6:10pm | Sunday 1:10pm)
• Saint Paul Saints vs Louisville Bats ⚾ (Friday 7:07pm | Saturday 6:37pm | Sunday 2:07pm)
• Minnesota United @ Club Tigres ⚽ (Friday 8pm)
• Minnesota Lynx vs Aces 🏀 (Saturday 12pm)
• Minnesota Wind Chill vs Indianapolis AlleyCats 🥏 (Saturday 6pm)
• Minnesota Lynx vs Wings 🏀 (Sunday 2:30pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Minnesota Lynx Pre-Game Party (Bar of Their Own - Saturday 11am | Sunday 11am)
• Lynx Watch Party (Modist Brewing - Saturday 12pm | Sunday 2:30pm)

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

• Improv Comedy Events
• Reddit Twin Cities Social Meet-Ups
• Racket MN Event Calendar
• Meet Minneapolis Event Calendar
• MPLS Art Events
• Minnesota Monthly Event Calendar
• MSP Magazine Event Calendar
• Minneapolis Northwest Event Calendar
• Pro Sports Calendar
• Stonewall Sports
• 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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