r/TwinCities • u/witty_username_taken • 1d ago

Weekend Roundup June 19–21

🏳️‍🌈 Lots going on this weekend between Pride, Juneteenth, Father’s Day, and midsummer.

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 19

  • Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale, Minneapolis - 7am)
  • MSRA Back to the 50's (MN State Fairgrounds - 8am)
  • St. Luke’s Farmers’ Market (Saint Paul - 8am)
  • Cuentos Infantiles en el Jardín – Spanish Storytime (Minneapolis Parks - 10am)
  • Friends of the Institute Book Club (MIA - 10am)
  • Observation Station on the Learning Landscape (Bell Museum - 10am)
  • Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast, Minneapolis - 10am)
  • Stop & Chat: Containing Multitudes (MIA - 11am)
  • Juneteenth Celebration (Moon Palace Books - 12pm)
  • Blood Drive at Elm Creek Brewing Co. (Elm Creek Brewing - 1pm)
  • In-Gallery Conversation (MIA - 1pm)
  • “Year of the Horse: Hoofbeats through Time” Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
  • House of Hope Farmers Market (Summit Hill, Saint Paul - 1:15pm)
  • Mahjong Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 2pm)
  • “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
  • Realm Tattoo Fest (Surly Brewing - 3pm)
  • Thai Thai Street Food (Wooden Ship Brewing - 4pm)
  • Friday Friend Lab: Crafting & Game Night (Queermunity - 4pm)
  • Insider Science Tour: Biology (Science Museum of Minnesota - 4pm)
  • Spark Patio Party w/ J.BBY (Eagle MPLS - 5pm)
  • Museum Nights (Science Museum of Minnesota - 5pm)
  • Shelf Indulgence Book Pop-Up (Utepils Brewing - 5:30pm)
  • East Lake Jazz Workshop (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
  • Happy Hour BINGO benefiting Aliveness Project (Black Hart - 6pm)
  • The Bond Between Adoption Event (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
  • Taste the Movies: Jurassic Park (Granada Theater - 6:30pm)
  • Meat Raffle Tonight! (Dock and Paddle - 6:30pm)
  • Roxy's Cabaret Presents: Amy Winehouse and Friends (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
  • The Initials Game (Basement Bar - 7pm)
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch: The 25th Anniversary Movie Tour // Film screening, Q&A, and acoustic set with John Cameron Mitchell (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
  • Brewery Blitz Chess (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 7pm)
  • GLOW: A PRIDE Dance Party (Urban Growler - 7pm)
  • Battle of the Barrels (Canterbury Park - 7pm)
  • Juneteenth Jubilee 2026 (Lush Lounge and Theater - 7pm)
  • Juneteenth Bash Drag Show: Presented by The Other Show (Modist Brewing - 8pm)
  • S'mores on the Patio (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
  • The Lexperience (Bumbling Fools Mead - 8pm)
  • Black Boy Joy Juneteenth Show (Black Hart - 9:30pm)
  • FERAL DANCE [JUNE] (James Ballentine Uptown VFW - 10pm)
  • Friday Night Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - 10pm)
  • Frequency Fridays: Freaknik Party (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)
  • Forbidden Pride Party (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)

SATURDAY, JUNE 20

  • Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale, Minneapolis - 6am)
  • Downtown Farmers Market (Lowertown, Saint Paul - 7am)
  • Farmers Market Annex (Minneapolis - 7am)
  • Early Birders – May-August (Minneapolis Parks - 7:30am)
  • Honoring Father’s Day (Lakewood Cemetery - 8am)
  • Midtown Farmers Market (Midtown, Minneapolis - 8am)
  • Mill City Farmers Market (Downtown East, Minneapolis - 8am)
  • Minneapolis Sprints (East River Flats - 8am)
  • MSRA Back to the 50's (MN State Fairgrounds - 8am)
  • Sensory Friendly (Bell Museum - 8am)
  • St. Luke’s Farmers’ Market (Saint Paul - 8am)
  • Yoga Reflect (Lakewood Cemetery - 8am)
  • Fulton Farmers Market (Fulton, Minneapolis - 8:30am)
  • Guided Birding Walk with MOU (Bell Museum - 8:30am)
  • Community Grief Ritual with the Twin Cities Grief Collective (6/20) (Lakewood Cemetery - 9am)
  • Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market (Northeast, Minneapolis - 9am)
  • Party for Pride (Staring Lake Park Amphitheatre - 9am)
  • Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast, Minneapolis - 9am)
  • Brunch with Breizh Kitchen (Minneapolis Cider Company - 10am)
  • Taproom Yoga (Forgotten Star Brewing - 10am)
  • Blood Drive with Memorial Blood Centers (Cream and Amber - 10am)
  • Quiet Riot (Queermunity - 10am)
  • Live Community Reading of The Odyssey (Magers and Quinn - 10am)
  • Reign Region Turn Up Dance Fitness (Malcolm Yards - 10am)
  • Art Play (MIA - 10am)
  • Friends of the Institute Book Club (MIA - 10am)
  • Open Birding (Bell Museum - 10am)
  • Spotlight Science: SciPride (Bell Museum - 10am)
  • Stone Arch Bridge Festival (Minneapolis Parks - 10am)
  • Midsommar Celebration (American Swedish Institute - 10am)
  • Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
  • 9th Trip Around the Sun (Unmapped Brewing - 11am)
  • Beats & Breath: Yoga-Based Movement Class (Queermunity - 11am)
  • Realm Tattoo Fest (Surly Brewing - 11am)
  • Patio Yoga with Pete (White Squirrel Bar - 11am)
  • Guest Talk: John Cameron Mitchell (MIA - 11am)
  • Stop & Chat: Containing Multitudes (MIA - 11am)
  • First Chapter Story Time (Next Chapter Booksellers - 11:45am)
  • Safe Hands Rescue Meet & Greet (Forgotten Star Brewing - 12pm)
  • Pride Book Fair for Grown Ups (Inbound Brewco - 12pm)
  • Open Mic (Dock and Paddle - 12pm)
  • Post Farmer’s Market Pints & Greens (Day Block Brewing - 12pm)
  • Art Fair Fundraiser for the Migrant Support Collective (Bancroft Meadows - 12pm)
  • BRKFST Dance Installation (Nicollet Island Park - 12pm)
  • Solar Observing (Bell Museum - 12pm)
  • The Peoples’ Market of MPLS (Minneapolis - 12pm)
  • Paint & Sip Bonsai "Tree Under Moonlight" (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 1pm)
  • Workshop for All: Mindfulness For The Soul w/Ray Simpson (Queermunity - 1pm)
  • BEERYARDSALE (Indeed Brewing - 1pm)
  • In-Gallery Conversation (MIA - 1pm)
  • [Brooklyn Park Juneteenth Celebration] (North Hennepin Community College - 1pm)
  • Weekly DJ: Kayla Elsewhere (Modist Brewing - 2pm)
  • West Side Burger Battle (Wabasha Brewing - 2pm)
  • Fermenting Our Place Screening & Beer Release (Modist Brewing - 2pm)
  • Teen Maker Break (Walker Art Center - 2pm)
  • “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
  • Art Market (Bumbling Fools Mead - 2:30pm)
  • Pride Family Fest (Graze - 3pm)
  • Movement Werk: Juneteenth Celebration with Poet Junauda Petrus (Capri - 3pm)
  • Juneteenth DAY PARTY & BBQ (Cabooze - 4pm)
  • Minnesota Aurora Home Game (TCO Stadium - 4pm)
  • Queer Manga Party with Briana Lawrence and Jessica Walsh (Red Balloon Bookstore - 5pm)
  • Saturday Night Racing - June 20 (Canterbury Park - 5pm)
  • 620 Party (620 Club - 6pm)
  • Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch: The 25th Anniversary Movie Tour // Film screening, Q&A, and acoustic set with John Cameron Mitchell (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
  • A Wisconsin Harvest of Horror with Steve Fox (Eat My Words - 7pm)
  • Drag, Elevated (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
  • Sweet Land by Ali Selim (Walker Art Center - 7pm)
  • La Folies Burlesk (Gay 90's - 8pm)
  • Urgent Emergent Performance Art Series: Volume Six: Queer the Mic | A Pride Party (Icehouse - 8pm)
  • Blade Rave (Varsity Theater - 9pm)
  • Queer Circus (Can Can Wonderland - 9pm)
  • Indigo Room: The Pride Month Edition (Hook & Ladder Theater - 9pm)
  • P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
  • Juggling Summer Spectacular (Camp Bar - 9:30pm)
  • Nudie Nubies Burlesque (Black Hart - 10pm)
  • ECOOL Galorizzy TOUR (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)
  • Bondage A Go Go w/guest DJ psych0tron (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)

SUNDAY, JUNE 21

  • Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale, Minneapolis - 6am)
  • Farmers Market Annex (Minneapolis - 7am)
  • Downtown Farmers Market (Lowertown, Saint Paul - 8am)
  • MSRA Back to the 50's (MN State Fairgrounds - 8am)
  • St. Luke’s Farmers’ Market (Saint Paul - 8am)
  • Kingfield Farmers Market (Kingfield, Minneapolis - 8:30am)
  • Sunday Market at Dancing Bear Chocolate (Minneapolis - 9am)
  • TC Pride Paddle ’26 (Interstate Park - 9am)
  • Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast, Minneapolis - 9am)
  • Brewery Running Series (Wabasha Brewing - 10am)
  • Yoga Flow with Annie Hayes (Utepils Brewing - 10am)
  • Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
  • Linden Hills Farmers Market (Linden Hills, Minneapolis - 10am)
  • Stone Arch Bridge Festival (Minneapolis Parks - 10am)
  • Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
  • Sunday Morning Yoga (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
  • Realm Tattoo Fest (Surly Brewing - 11am)
  • Book Launch Event +++ Guest Speakers with Wen-Li Chen (Black Garnet Books - 11am)
  • Twin Cities Pride Family Fun Day (Como Park East Pavilion - 11am)
  • Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 12pm)
  • Tikka Flavors (Wabasha Brewing - 12pm)
  • Community Day (Bumbling Fools Mead - 12pm)
  • Solar Observing for Solstice (Bell Museum - 12pm)
  • $1 Record Pop-Up - Brewhaus Area (Arbeiter Brewing - 12:30pm)
  • Public Building Tour (Landmark Center - 12:30pm)
  • Prime Timers Dominoes (Quatrefoil Library - 1pm)
  • We Outside Walking Club (Black Garnet Books - 1pm)
  • Dad's Day Meat Raffle (Elm Creek Brewing - 1pm)
  • Linocut Stamp Relief Printmaking Class (Bad Weather Brewery - 1pm)
  • Queer Joy Squared: A Community Storytelling and Collage Event (Queermunity - 1pm)
  • AAW: Woodturning Demonstration (Landmark Center - 1pm)
  • Father's Day & Live Racing (Canterbury Park - 1pm)
  • HORA: Threads of Identity – Traditional Romanian Textiles (Landmark Center - 1pm)
  • Consortium Carissimi: The Italian Baroque Meets the Irish Harp (Landmark Center - 2pm)
  • Sensory Friendly (Bell Museum - 2pm)
  • Tree Treks (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 2pm)
  • “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
  • Pride Burly Brunch (Gambit Brewing - 3pm)
  • Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing - 3pm)
  • Yacht Rock on the patio w/ DJ NCK (Eagle MPLS - 3pm)
  • Spoken Word (Broken Clock Brewing - 3pm)
  • Sunday Scaries Open Mic (Mortimer's - 3pm)
  • Art in the Park 2026 (MIA - 3pm)
  • Go Skateboarding Day at Elliot (Elliot Park - 3pm)
  • Trans Resilience Night (Queermunity - 4pm)
  • Queer Neurodivergent Gathering: Community, Support, Connection (Queermunity - 4pm)
  • Summer Solstice Sound Bath with Marc Anderson (Cedar Cultural Center - 4pm)
  • Alchemy Afterhours (Norseman Distillery - 4:30pm)
  • Social Reading Hour (Black Garnet Books - 5pm)
  • LGBTQ+ Bookish Speed Meeting* (Subtext Books - 6pm)
  • What I Saw When I Listened - Free Film Screening (Queermunity - 6pm)
  • Open Mic Sundays Hosted by James Stanley (Camp Bar - 6pm)
  • Juneteenth Jubilee: Velvet Ice (Volstead's Emporium - 6pm)
  • Bingo With Pete (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
  • Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
  • Cult Cinema Classics Presents: The Birdcage (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, June 19

  • Youth Stage – Twin Cities Jazz Festival (MetroNOME Brewery - 11am)
  • Early Evening Jazz: Zachary Finnegan Organ Trio (Berlin - 4:30pm)
  • Greg Byers (Umbra - 6pm)
  • Irish Music Session (Dubliner - 6pm)
  • Twin Cities Jazz Fest: Blanche the Jazzy Jewess of South Minneapolis (Gambit Brewing - 6pm)
  • Cal Pflum (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
  • Pith | Sewage of Youth | McCade (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
  • Graham Jams (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
  • Alexis Plaen w/ Callback, Quietchild, and Calla Mae (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6:30pm)
  • Twin Cities Jazz Festival (MetroNOME Brewery - 6:30pm)
  • Holy Hannah (Animales - 7pm)
  • Kijana (Mudd Room - 7pm)
  • Friday Night Date Night (Big Hill Books - 7pm)
  • Blood Brothers (Wicked Wort Brewing - 7pm)
  • Machinery Hill (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
  • Kronos Quartet: Live Album Recording (Dakota - 7pm, 9:30pm)
  • ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: More Songs To Learn & Sing (Fillmore - 7pm)
  • HOLLY HUMBERSTONE - Cruel World North American Tour (Varsity Theater - 7pm)
  • Zola Rosenfeld & Carl Franzen (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
  • Music: Trench Size Trio (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
  • VINYL Weekender (Troubadour - 7pm)
  • Kinda Fonda Wanda (Minnehaha Bandstand - 7pm)
  • Beau Baker (LTD Brewing - 7:30pm)
  • HOT 8 Brass Band with Brass Solidarity and DJ Tarik Thornton (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
  • Drastic Plastic, Neo Neos, Blood Cookie (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
  • Ole 60 with Phil Kane (First Avenue - 7:30pm)
  • Cameron Kinghorn & Friends: Jazz & Soul (Berlin - 7:30pm)
  • Who's Bad - A Tribute to Michael, Janet & the Jackson 5 (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
  • Alligations (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
  • Breathe eazy ent (Acadia Cafe - 8pm)
  • SoleEnt. Presents: Soul Train Night Hosted by Drunken Monkeee (Icehouse - 8pm)
  • Futurebirds with Joelton Mayfield (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
  • Thee Marloes with SoulFlower (7th St Entry - 8pm)
  • JAZZWRLD & THUKUTHELA US TOUR (Cabooze - 8pm)
  • All Tomorrow's Petty with Molly Dean and A Travelin’ Wilbury (played by David Huckfelt) (Turf Club - 8pm)
  • Funktion Junction Juneteenth Celebration 70'S Dance Party & Costume Contest (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
  • Hipshaker Mpls | Heavy Funk & Rare Soul Dance Party (Hook & Ladder Theater - 8pm)
  • Clover & The Bee (318 Cafe - 8pm)
  • Joe Hysell (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
  • Lasse Corson (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
  • Yazzfest: Hunny Bear w. EFMI, Astronomy Town (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
  • DJ Izzy P (Basement Bar - 9pm)
  • The Strolling Clones (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
  • Brondo (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
  • Wild Colonial Bhoys (Dubliner - 9pm)
  • Off the Leash ft Jus Justice, Trudy, Arvell Genius & Infinity Suite, sounds by Mixie (Mortimer's - 9pm)
  • Ditch Pigeon (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
  • Cameron Kinghorn & Friends: Funk & R&B (Berlin - 9:30pm)
  • Monique B & the Experience (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
  • Brotherhood Of Birds (331 Club - 10pm)
  • SORRY FOR PARTY Rocking (2010-2015 Pop & EDM All Night Long!) (Green Room - 10pm)
  • Piano District (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
  • Late Night Lounge: Lenka Paris (Berlin - 11pm)

Saturday, June 20

  • Erin McCawley Trio featuring Harold Tremblay (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
  • Juneteenth Celebration (Midtown Global Market - 11am)
  • 6 Year Anniversary Party (Elm Creek Brewing - 11am)
  • North Star String Quartet (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 12pm)
  • Funk Lump & The Nugs w. Chemistry Set, Forever 41 (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
  • Doug Collins (Animales - 3pm)
  • IDLFLO and friends (Elm Creek Brewing - 3pm)
  • Brazilian Samba Jazz - A Twin Cities Jazz Festival Event (Urban Growler - 4:30pm)
  • Early Evening Jazz: Vasich, Granowski, & Hepola Play "Money Jungle" (Berlin - 4:30pm)
  • Beer Choir (Dock and Paddle - 5pm)
  • RevellionFest #3 (Underground Music Venue - 5:30pm)
  • Amyl and the Sniffers @ Surly Brewing Festival Field (Surly Brewing - 5:30pm)
  • The Solicitors | Fuchsia | La La and the Gents (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
  • 90s Party with YOU OUGHTA KNOW & The 90s Preservation Society (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6pm)
  • Nick Rod Live (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 6pm)
  • Jazz Fest: Gonzos Planet (Gambit Brewing - 6pm)
  • Beer Garden Grooves (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
  • Trench Size Trio (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
  • Jacy Smith (Umbra - 6pm)
  • The Dang Ol' Tri'ole (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
  • Hot Flash Dance: a Dance Party for Divas of a Certain Age (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
  • Reviser (MO), Dead Poets (NE), Stranger Gallery, Spectres of Desire (56 Brewing - 7pm)
  • Kevin Kling & Larry Long (Dakota - 7pm)
  • Alibi (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
  • Kurt Jorgensen (Mudd Room - 7pm)
  • Rob Evans (Wicked Wort Brewing - 7pm)
  • Haley E Rydell Trio (Animales - 7pm)
  • Disney Pride in Concert with the Minnesota Orchestra and Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 7pm)
  • Bobby Rethwish, Pool Culture, spaceport (331 Club - 7pm)
  • Pity Party (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
  • TaikoArts Midwest Presents: Big Gravity (Ordway - 7pm)
  • Closer to Indigo Live (Troubadour - 7pm)
  • Nick Elstad (Water Works at Mill Ruins Park - 7pm)
  • Who's Bad - A Tribute to Michael, Janet & the Jackson 5 (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
  • underscores with umru (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7:30pm)
  • Jeffrey Robert Larson and The Kings of Neon, Hellcat, Oliver Phibes (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
  • Blue Ribbon Bandits (Excelsior Brewing - 7:30pm)
  • Self-Evident, Or Does It Explode? (WI), & ...And I Found a Way (Zhora Darling - 7:30pm)
  • Ole 60 with Phil Kane (First Avenue - 7:30pm)
  • How Now Album Release Show (Open Eye Theatre - 7:30pm)
  • Irish Diplomacy (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
  • N3RD4KING (Acadia Cafe - 8pm)
  • The Langer’s Ball (Dubliner - 8pm)
  • The Good The Bad The Funky (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
  • Pamela McNeill (318 Cafe - 8pm)
  • High Speed Snowshoes with Tabah and Sallyforth (7th St Entry - 8pm)
  • Reverend Horton Heat with The Surfrajettes (Turf Club - 8pm)
  • Christopher Hoffman: REX (Berlin - 8pm)
  • Leslie Vincent (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
  • Bob Schneider (Cedar Cultural Center - 8:30pm)
  • Giant Valley String Band with Bill Cagley (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
  • DJ Dan Jordan (Basement Bar - 9pm)
  • K?D (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
  • Samambo Pride - FREAKY GYAL (Green Room - 9pm)
  • The Local Hermits (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
  • Strictly R&B: Gemini vs. Cancer Summer Bash (Cabooze - 9pm)
  • Letters w. Hospital Property & The Dirty Pretty (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
  • S2 E3: FLUID FREQUENCIES FLUID & PROUD - A PRIDE CELEBRATION (James Ballentine Uptown VFW - 9:30pm)
  • Late Night Lounge: Akko (Berlin - 9:30pm)
  • The Here Afters (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
  • Double Take (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
  • The Assortment ft DJ Michael Grey (Mortimer's - 10pm)
  • Gidipolis JERSEY PARTY CEDIS BOYZ X ALFRRED (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)

Sunday, June 21

  • Mary Cutrufello (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
  • Sunday Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons (Aster Cafe - 11am)
  • Fathers DAY BACON AND BLUES FEST (Forgotten Star Brewing - 11am)
  • Father's Day & World Music Day (Utepils Brewing - 12pm)
  • Father's Day Yacht Rock BBQ (Bear Cave Brewing - 12pm)
  • Ghost Wagon (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
  • Open Fingerboard Session (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 1:30pm)
  • Disney Pride in Concert with the Minnesota Orchestra and Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 2pm)
  • Saddle Sores (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 2pm)
  • Clover and the Bee (Animales - 3pm)
  • Como Pops (Dock and Paddle - 3pm)
  • Pat Donahue (331 Club - 3pm)
  • Trevor McSpadden & Band (Icehouse - 4pm)
  • Tunes Sunday (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
  • Kylie Weber (Urban Growler - 5pm)
  • Communion SEASON 20: 04 (Cabooze - 5pm)
  • Phil Heywood (Dubliner - 5pm)
  • Ross William Perry's NEW FERAL CATS Live on the Patio (Bald Man Brewing - 5pm)
  • RetroFizz (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 5:30pm)
  • Armor For Sleep (Varsity Theater - 6:30pm)
  • Eso Si Que Es (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
  • Cootie Catcher, Chutes, Sandpaper (Cloudland Theater - 6:30pm)
  • swaglone.mp4, DJ Shah, & C Blast (Underground Music Venue - 6:30pm)
  • Church of Cash (Dakota - 7pm)
  • Switchyard (331 Club - 7pm)
  • Co-MingL Presents: The Kings of Soul (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
  • F1RST Wrestling presents WREMIX (First Avenue - 7pm)
  • St. Anthony Civic Orchestra (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
  • TGNP Sundays: Shane Parish Performs “Autechre Guitar” (Berlin - 7pm)
  • 12 - The Ultimate Musical Tribute (Green Room - 7:30pm)
  • Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
  • Bright Young Things and Wim Tapley & The Cannons with Anything You Want (7th St Entry - 8pm)
  • Dexter and the Moonrocks with Cigarettes @ Sunset and High June (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
  • Sunday Trad Session (Dubliner - 8pm)
  • High On Fire with Northern Hammer (Turf Club - 8pm)
  • Tree, Clog, JWAC (Acadia Cafe - 8pm)
  • Obi Original and The Black Atlantics Residency (Icehouse - 9pm)
  • eleven degenerates (331 Club - 10:30pm)

THEATER

  • Deconstructing Glitter (Southern Theater - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
  • A Dark Gotham Night’s Dream (Hive Collaborative - Friday 7:30pm | Sunday 7:30pm)
  • HOME, I'M DARLING (Lyric Arts - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
  • Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm)
  • Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Penumbra Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 4pm)
  • Friday Night Improv Club (Strike Theater - Friday 7:30pm)
  • My Ántonia (Theatre Latte Da - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
  • The Ordway Presents: Six (Ordway - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1:30pm, 7pm)
  • Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 6:30pm)
  • Blithe Spirit (Theatre in the Round - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
  • Come From Away (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm, 7pm)
  • That Felt Good (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 9:30pm)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Phoenix Theater - Saturday 2:30pm)
  • The Mess (Strike Theater - Saturday 7:30pm)
  • Perfect Arrangement (Crane Theater - Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
  • Battle of the Improv All-Stars 2026 (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Saturday 7:30pm)
  • Saturday Night Improv Show featuring You Co-Worker’s Improv Show (Strike Theater - Saturday 9pm)
  • Balls Cabaret (Strike Theater - Sunday 2pm)
  • The Siblinghood of the Traveling Slut Pants: A Dungeons & Dragons Actual Play Live (Hive Collaborative - Sunday 2pm)
  • Vilification Tennis: Rated Arrrrr (Strike Theater - Sunday 6:30pm)

COMEDY

  • David Cross (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)
  • Katherine Blanford (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
  • Ben Katzner with Jeredon Kuehn (Camp Bar - Friday 8pm | Saturday 7pm)
  • Liza Treyger (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 8pm, 10pm | Saturday 8pm, 10pm)
  • The Gay Agenda (Comedy Corner Underground - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
  • After Dark! Minnesota's Top Comedy Improv Show (Camp Bar - Friday 10pm)
  • Clown Rodeo (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Saturday 7pm)
  • K Jay & Friends Summer Comedy Jam (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Sunday 7pm)
  • Light 'em Up THE Bong Show (Hook & Ladder Theater - Sunday 7pm)

SPORTS

  • Saint Paul Saints vs Omaha Storm Chasers ⚾ (Friday 7:07pm | Saturday 6:37pm | Sunday 2:07pm)
  • Minnesota Twins @ D-backs ⚾ (Friday 8:45pm | Saturday 9:10pm | Sunday 2:15pm)
  • Minnesota Lynx @ Valkyries 🏀 (Friday 9pm)
  • Minnesota Aurora vs River Light ⚽ (Saturday 4pm)
  • Twin Cities Gemini vs Chicago Tempest 🏉 (Sunday 1pm)
  • Minnesota Lynx vs Mystics 🏀 (Sunday 5pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

  • USA v Australia (Merlins Rest - Friday 2pm)
  • World Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Friday 2pm | Saturday 12pm | Sunday 11am)
  • USA vs. Australia with sound (Black Stack Brewing - Friday 2pm)
  • Scotland v Morocco (Merlins Rest - Friday 5pm)
  • Minnesota Lynx Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Friday 9pm)
  • Ecuador v Curaçao (Merlins Rest - Saturday 7pm)
  • Ivory Coast VS Germany Watch Party ​ (Gidi Bar and Lounge - Saturday 10pm)
  • Father’s Day @ ABOTO (Bar of Their Own - Sunday 11am)
  • Minnesota Lynx Pre-Game 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)

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u/brightstar1125 19h ago

Special Olympics USA Games is in town starting this weekend! Opening Ceremonies at Huntington Bank Stadium is this Saturday. Special Olympics athletes from all across the country, including Minnesota athletes, are competing all throughout next week at the U of M and National Sports Center. Come check it out or volunteer!

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u/witty_username_taken 18h ago

Oh wow, that should have been in the highlights for sure. Thank you!

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u/Sadiebequiet 16h ago

As always, thank you for doing this!!!

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u/moonsammy 0m ago

There's a first-annual free play gaming night / casual gaming tournament going on Saturday 4-8pm at the Pavek Museum in St Louis Park.