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Axios
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Axios
Twin Cities weekend: Grand Old Day, county rodeo, Turtle Fest
One of the Cities' biggest street festivals returns this Saturday to kick off summer in St. Paul. What to expect: Grand Old Day, which runs from 9am-6pm down Grand Avenue from Dale to Snelling, kicks off with an early 5K run before the parade begins at 9:30am. The festival itself has six stages and four "entertainment zones" with food, artist markets, sports and family fun — plus a car show and wiener dog races. If you go: Most activities are free, but access to five of the six stages and the beverage garden requires a Music Pass, which ranges from $13-$18 for general admission to $30 for pit entry. More things to do ... 🌊 "The Office" meets water skiing Thursday night at the Twin Cities River Rats' first performance of The River, a family-friendly spinoff of the popular sitcom that features jumps, pyramids, balancing acts and more on the Mississippi. Free 🐂 Ride the mechanical bull at the Waconia Rodeo this weekend at the Carver County Fairgrounds. The area's best will compete in bareback bronc riding, calf roping, barrel racing, team roping and (real) bull riding at 7pm Friday and Saturday and 1pm Sunday. Bonus: There's a free pancake breakfast Sunday morning from 8-9:30am. $25, kids 5 and under free 🪩 The Totally Fabulous, All-Generations Queer Prom returns for its third year Friday at Springhouse Ministry Center in Minneapolis. 💥 FLOP!, also known as the greatest "comix" show on earth, takes over Odd Mart in south Minneapolis this Saturday and Sunday. 🐢 "Shell-ebrate" neighborhood turtles at Turtle Fest, held at Plymouth's French Regional Park on Sunday.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Snelling Avenue and St. Clair Avenue intersection closing intermittently
The intersection of Snelling and St. Clair avenues will be closed intermittently beginning Friday as construction in the area wraps up. The intersection will shut down at 6 a.m. Friday, May 30, and open again at 6 a.m. Sunday, June 1, to accommodate Grand Old Day traffic. The intersection will be shut down again at 9 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday, then again from 9 p.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday, June 4, when work is expected to be complete. The resurfacing of a half-mile of Snelling Avenue between St. Clair and Grand avenues began last year and includes building bump-outs and ADA-compliant crossings at all intersections. The work wraps up with replacement of the signal system at Snelling and St. Clair avenues and resurfacing of the intersection and installing ADA-compliant crossings. For more information, visit: Group calls for Target to apologize, St. Paul PD to look at false reporting after 2 men accused of being armed Ex-volunteer with Ramsey County Sheriff's Office youth program gets probation for sexually abusing girl West Seventh Pharmacy to close after 110 years Twins ready for three-city 'Minor League Road Trip' Twins threaten but fall in series finale to Royals
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
For the first time, a 'cannabis garden' will set up next to Grand Old Day
Grand Old Day is looking a little different in 2025. It's not back to bringing in splashy national acts to perform along the St. Paul corridor, but it has one of its best musical lineups in many years. It'll also have a "cannabis garden" alongside its beer gardens for the first time in its more than 50-year history. Most of its six stages will have beer gardens, but the Nothing But Canna stage will instead, appropriately, serve THC drinks. The stage is sponsored by Nothing But Hemp, which will sell drinks from its patio next to the stage at Grotto Street and Grand. Representatives for the festival tell Bring Me the News that there will not be any on-street sales for cannabis products, but existing Grand Avenue businesses can sell their existing, legal THC products in-store. The Nothing But Canna stage will feature the International Reggae Allstars featuring Singing Tony throughout the day. Grand Old Day takes place on Sunday, June 1, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. More details can be found at the Grand Avenue Business Association's website.
Axios
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Things to do in the Twin Cities in summer 2025
It's May in Minnesota, which is the unofficial beginning of five months of weekend festivals, concerts and other entertainment, much of it outdoors. Why it matters: We have to cram a lot into our short summers. Let's not find ourselves full of regret this winter that we missed out. Here are some highlights as you make your summer plans. 🇲🇽 May 2-3: St. Paul's West Side Cinco de Mayo celebration is this weekend, with music, food, a car show and a parade. 🎆 May 13: Katy Perry at Target Center. 🎨 May 16-18: Art-A-Whirl in Northeast Minneapolis. 100+ locations with art and music. 🍲 May 17-18: Hmong American Day Festival in St. Paul's former Sears parking lot, with music, food and speakers. 💴 June 1: Grand Old Day takes over St. Paul's beloved street with music and food. 🧑🎨 June 6-8: Edina Art Fair at 50th and France. 🌉 June 14-15: Stone Arch Bridge Festival brings art and food to West River Parkway. 🏳️🌈 June 27-29: Twin Cities Pride at Loring Park 🐢 July 5: Get out of town and head to Duluth for the Bayfront Music Festival, headlined by Trampled by Turtles. 🏙 July 5-6: Taste of Minnesota in downtown Minneapolis. Headliners: Joan Jett and Cheap Trick on Saturday and Ludacris on Sunday. 💦 July 18-20: Minnehaha Falls Art Fair. Art, but also Sea Salt Eatery. 🛥 July 18-20: Minnesota Yacht Club returns to Harriet Island with headliners Hozier/Alabama Shakes, Fall Out Boy/Weezer and Green Day/Sublime. ⚔️ Aug. 16- Sept. 28 (weekends): Minnesota Renaissance Festival in Shakopee.
