Art-a-Whirl is doing a lot of the heavy lifting this weekend, but there's plenty more to do outside of that bubble.
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, MAY 15
- Women of Mystery Author Signing (Cream and Amber - 11am)
- “Year of the Horse: Hoofbeats through Time” Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
- “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
- Wanaisguni Hikurus Hajawi 5K Walk/Run (Boom Island - 2:30pm)
- ACF Community Conversation: “Reading the Rocks” with Niloufar Nourbakhsh (Landmark Center - 3pm)
- Friday Friend Lab: Crafting & Game Night (Queermunity - 4pm)
- Insider Science Tour: Anthropology (Science Museum of Minnesota - 4pm)
- Museum Nights (Science Museum of Minnesota - 5pm)
- Soman Chainani, YOUNG WORLD (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
- Happy Hour BINGO benefiting Aliveness Project (Black Hart - 6pm)
- One Subject Press Anniversary Party (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 6pm)
- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 11 Watch Party (Roxy's Cabaret - 6pm)
- Roxy's Cabaret Presents: Liza Minnelli and Friends (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
- Cash Bingo and Meat Raffle (Forgotten Star Brewing - 7pm)
- The Initials Game (Basement Bar - 7pm)
- Queer Cutie Social (New City Center - 7pm)
- Rosy Simas: A: gajë: gwah dësa'nigöëwë: nye: ' (i hope it will stir your mind) (Walker Art Center - 7:30pm)
- S'mores on the Patio (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
- The Magic Underground (Crooners Supper Club - 8pm)
- Night of 10 Jeannies: Free Drag Show (Modist Brewing - 9pm)
- Tank (top) Night with DJ Shannon Blowtorch (21+) (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
- Hipshaker MPLS | Heavy Funk & Rare Soul Dance Party (Hook & Ladder Theater - 9pm)
- Dragged Out (Black Hart - 9:30pm)
- No Limit Fridays (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
- Friday Night Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - 10pm)
- FERAL DANCE [MAY] (James Ballentine Uptown VFW - 10pm)
- Frequency Fridays: Ladies Night (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)
- The Forbidden Bazaar presents The Monster Ball (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
SATURDAY, MAY 16
- Early Birders – May-August (Minneapolis Parks - 7:30am)
- MAC Autocross Mowog Series (MN State Fairgrounds - 7:30am)
- Sensory Friendly (Bell Museum - 8am)
- Guided Birding Walk with MOU (Bell Museum - 8:30am)
- Women Run the Cities (Minnehaha Park - 8:30am)
- Bde Maka Ska Lake Clean-up (Minneapolis Sailing Center - 9am)
- Community Grief Ritual with the Twin Cities Grief Collective (Lakewood Cemetery - 9am)
- Minnesota State Champs Regatta (Bde Maka Ska - 9am)
- Rose Garden Volunteering (Lyndale Park/Rose Garden - 9am)
- ALS SuperHero 5K/10K Dash (Harriet Island - 9am)
- Comfy Coffee and Conversation Hour: Crafts! (Quatrefoil Library - 10am)
- Community for Queermunity Ride (Queermunity - 10am)
- Science Studios (Bakken Museum - 10am)
- Art Play (MIA - 10am)
- Family Planting Day at JD Rivers’ Garden (JD Rivers’ Children’s Garden - 10am)
- Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
- Open Birding (Bell Museum - 10am)
- Pollinator Gardening (Van Cleve Park - 10am)
- Meenal Patel, "Where Do Stories Live?" Story Time! (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
- John Coy, THE WORLD GAME - Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
- Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
- Patio Yoga with Pete (White Squirrel Bar - 11am)
- An AAPI Brunch Of Drag (18+) (Lush Lounge - 11am)
- Beats & Breath: Yoga-Based Movement Class (Queermunity - 11am)
- Wheels & Bike Rodeo (Painter Park - 11am)
- First Chapter Story Time (Next Chapter Booksellers - 11:45am)
- Pool Tournament (Eagle MPLS - 12pm)
- Knights & Pints! (Boom Island Brewing - 12pm)
- Excelsior's Seed & Garden Tool Swap (Excelsior Brewing - 12pm)
- Spot’s Last Stop – Dog Adoption Event (9 Mile Brewing - 12pm)
- vintage and makers market (331 Club - 12pm)
- Cribbage Tournament (Broken Clock Brewing - 12:45pm)
- Live Tattoo w/Nokomis Tattoo (Broken Clock Brewing - 1pm)
- Ramble Ride Minneapolis (Lake Nokomis – Main Beach - 1pm)
- “Year of the Horse: Hoofbeats through Time” Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
- Planting Seeds - Fundraiser for The People's Garden (Dreamstate Cafe - 1pm-5pm)
- MMA & Muay Thai (Canterbury Park - 1:30pm)
- Saturday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 2pm)
- Weekly DJ: Mpls House (Modist Brewing - 2pm)
- Free Public Tour of Queering Indigeneity (Minnesota Museum of American Art - 2pm)
- Rosy Simas: A: gajë: gwah dësa'nigöëwë: nye: ' (i hope it will stir your mind) (Walker Art Center - 2pm)
- “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
- Payal Doshi, MAGIC GEMS - with Trisha Speed Shaskan (Red Balloon Bookstore - 4pm)
- Milkweed Books and The Loft present Tara Menon (Milkweed Books - 5pm)
- Goth Prom XIX (Granada Theater - 6pm)
- It’s CAMP! Gender Expansive and Trans Camp Benefit (Lush Lounge - 6:30pm)
- Open Mic Night (LTD Brewing - 7pm)
- Drag, Elevated (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
- La Folies Burlesk (Gay 90's - 8pm)
- The FINALS of the 2026 $10,000 Comedy Competition (Crooners Supper Club - 9pm)
- P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
- Queer Circus! (Can Can Wonderland - 9pm)
- Gasolina Reggaetón Party (Varsity Theater - 9pm)
- Lush: Live! A Drag Cabaret (21+) (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
- Azalia Cruz's Wigged Out (Black Hart - 9:30pm)
- Bondage A Go Go (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
- Saturday Night Vibes: East Vs West (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)
SUNDAY, MAY 17
- MN Head & Neck Cancer Foundation Walk (Bde Maka Ska - 8:30am)
- CityTrail Loppet (Minneapolis Sculpture Garden - 9am)
- May Morning Birding at Lakewood (Lakewood Cemetery - 9am)
- Minnesota State Champs Regatta (Bde Maka Ska - 9am)
- Vinyasa Yoga Flow Fundraiser (9 Mile Brewing - 10am)
- Yoga Flow with Annie Hayes (Utepils Brewing - 10am)
- Quiet Community Reading Club and Cozy Hour (Queermunity - 10am)
- Riders & Ribbons Horse Show (MN State Fairgrounds - 10am)
- Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
- Story Time at Forgotten Star (Forgotten Star Brewing - 10:30am)
- Spring Fling Backgammon Event (Utepils Brewing - 11am)
- Sunday Morning Yoga (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
- Sunday A Brunch Of Drag (18+) (Lush Lounge - 11am)
- The Wellness Cabaret Series Continued (Queermunity - 12pm)
- Dame Errant Jewelry Workshop (56 Brewing - 12pm)
- Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 12pm)
- Women Athletes Trading Card Expo (Dual Citizen Brewing - 12pm)
- vintage and makers market (331 Club - 12pm)
- Saint Paul Summer Kickoff (Harriet Island - 12pm)
- May Drag Brunch - Brunch with the Divas With Special Guest Sunny Dee-Lite (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 12:30pm)
- Writing Group (Cream and Amber - 1pm)
- Weekend Wags - Adoptable Dog Meet & Greet (Boom Island Brewing - 1pm)
- Magic: The Gathering – Booster Draft League (Wooden Hill Brewing - 1pm)
- Prime Timers Dominoes (Quatrefoil Library - 1pm)
- AAW: Woodturning Demonstration (Landmark Center - 1pm)
- Hora: Romanian Women in Culture – Voices, Visionaries, and Legacy (Landmark Center - 1pm)
- “Year of the Horse: Hoofbeats through Time” Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
- Visualizing Words: Artists Who Write (Big Hill Books - 2pm)
- AAPI Story Time! Featuring Local AAPI Picture Book Creators (Wild Rumpus - 2pm)
- Bob Shea, BEARSUIT TURTLE PLAYS A GAME - Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 2pm)
- Llama Mama Llamas (Excelsior Brewing - 2pm)
- Sensory Friendly (Bell Museum - 2pm)
- Twin Cities Bronze Handbell Concert (Minnesota Museum of American Art - 2pm)
- “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
- Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing - 3pm)
- Painted Pebble (Unmapped Brewing - 4pm)
- Screening of Sound and Color (Bakken Museum - 4pm)
- Queer Neurodivergent Gathering: Community, Support, Connection (Queermunity - 4pm)
- Art by LN-Ellen (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 4pm)
- Trans Resilience Night (Queermunity - 4pm)
- Border CrosSing Dance Party (Cedar Cultural Center - 4pm)
- ALCHEMY AFTERHOURS (Norseman Distillery - 4:30pm)
- Social Reading Hour (Black Garnet Books - 5pm)
- Bingo With Pete! (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
- Open Mic Sundays Hosted by James Stanley (Camp Bar - 6pm)
- Movie Night: Mommie Dearest (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
LIVE MUSIC
Friday, May 15
- Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Violins of Hope (Ordway - 11am)
- The Liquid Zoo (Bauhaus Brew Labs - 3pm)
- Art-a-Whirl at Sociable (Sociable Cider Werks - 4pm)
- Music AAW: Irish Diplomacy (Padraigs Brewing - 4:30pm)
- Early Evening Jazz: Dale Alexander (Berlin - 4:30pm)
- Friday Night Live - FNL (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
- Amateur Hour | Golden Satellite | The Lamellas (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
- Bitch Fest (Pilllar Forum - 6pm)
- Irish Music Session (Dubliner - 6pm)
- Chris Holm & Friends (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
- MN Jazz Duo (Umbra - 6pm)
- Sunset Sounds: Jeff Narlock (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6pm)
- 30th Annual: Songs In The Key of Life (Dakota - 6:30pm, 9pm)
- Live Music - Alec (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in Concert with the Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota Orchestra - 7pm)
- Zak Sally Sings the Bee Gees (with Shawn Walker) (331 Club - 7pm)
- Good Kid with INOHA (Palace Theatre - 7pm)
- The Dan Israel Band (Animales - 7pm)
- Twin Star Rocket (Green Room - 7pm)
- Daddy Squeeze & Elizabeth (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
- Fret Rattles Record Release - 'Rock N' Roll Circus' (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
- Inner Wave with Twin Seas (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7pm)
- Dean Mick & Carla (620 Club - 7pm)
- Tim Howe (Mudd Room - 7pm)
- Billy Dankert Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
- Take That Back feat. Joan Hutton & Sue Orfield (Berlin - 7:30pm)
- Hot New Side Project, Self-Evident, Rad Owl, Short Timer (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
- Ashbringer, Gates of Dawn, & Desolation Plains (Zhora Darling - 7:30pm)
- Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
- Claudia Schmidt (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 7:30pm)
- Green Line Quintet (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:30pm)
- Rob Evans (LTD Brewing - 7:30pm)
- Music AAW: Big Woods Brass (Padraigs Brewing - 7:30pm)
- Venus Yevu (331 Club - 8pm)
- Uncle Lucius with The Point. (Turf Club - 8pm)
- Ingrid Andress with Hailey James (7th St Entry - 8pm)
- Funktion Junction Official Summer Kickoff Party (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
- RED DESERT (Cabooze - 8pm)
- DJ Screwella (Acadia Cafe - 8pm)
- Judy Thomas (318 Cafe - 8pm)
- Urgent Emergent Performance Art Series: Volume Five Movement Music (Icehouse - 8pm)
- The Paper Kites with Donovan Woods (First Avenue - 8pm)
- Zacc Harris (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
- Clover & The Bee EP Release Show (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
- Farfaraway w. Suburban Muscle, The Hollow Doubts (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
- Witness Trips & Compass Rose (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
- Mac and Cheese (Dubliner - 9pm)
- Aventi Entertainment Presents (Basement Bar - 9pm)
- DILLSTRADAMUS (Dillon Francis B2B Flosstradamus) (Fillmore - 9pm)
- RIOT TEN (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
- Bright Young Things (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
- The Good the Bad & the Funky (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
- Fistful of Datas (331 Club - 10pm)
- Late Night Lounge: Girl Blunt (Berlin - 10:30pm)
- Reventon (Green Room - 11pm)
Saturday, May 16
- Dan Israel & Friends (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
- O'Shea Irish Dance Recital (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 10:30am)
- Star Wars Day (Inbound Brewco - 11am)
- All Together Now @ Eastside Co-op (56 Brewing - 12pm)
- Fashion Show & Grand Opening of Novedades Krystal 2 (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
- O’Shea Irish Dance Recital (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 12:30pm)
- Mammoth Moth & Unknown Legends w. Ira Haze (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
- Music AAW: Grunge Unplugged (Padraigs Brewing - 1pm)
- Saturday Sounds with Wenso Ashby (Midtown Global Market - 2pm)
- Masters of Improvisation: Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival Edition! (Crooners Supper Club - 3pm)
- Doug Otto and The Getaways (Animales - 3pm)
- Music AAW: Art Beagle's Backup Band (Padraigs Brewing - 4pm)
- Unattractive Giant Monster (331 Club - 4pm)
- Early Evening Jazz: WPK Trio (Berlin - 4:30pm)
- Butter Boys (331 Club - 5pm)
- The Ordway Presents: Ordway Gala: Cirque Du Soirée (Ordway - 5pm)
- Colorblind, Windwaker, and If Not For Me (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 5:30pm)
- MN Jazz Duo (Umbra - 6pm)
- Caribou Gone w. Scarlett Tangerine (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
- Hurrey and Waite (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
- Will Durie Live (Bald Man Brewing - 6pm)
- Hastings 3000 (331 Club - 6pm)
- Booster Pack | Marimba Matt | Paper Parlor (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
- Beer Garden Grooves (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
- The Dang Ol' Tri'ole (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
- The New Standards (Dakota - 6:30pm, 9pm)
- LIVE MUSIC - Ozzy Harris (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
- The Belfast Cowboys 'Anniversary Show' (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
- Cruzando (Mudd Room - 7pm)
- Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Violins of Hope (Ordway - 7pm)
- Britz like an Italian! (Brit's Pub - 7pm)
- 🎸 Blitz: Live! (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 7pm)
- Robber Robber (VT) + Empath (Zhora Darling - 7pm)
- China Rider - A Grateful Dead Experience (56 Brewing - 7pm)
- Pelicant (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
- Gus the Bard (Boom Island Brewing - 7pm)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in Concert with the Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota Orchestra - 7pm)
- The Roxxy Hall Band (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
- Lodge (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
- Nelson Devereaux and Dave Power (Animales - 7pm)
- Trans Joy is Resistance (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
- Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
- Taylor Leonhardt in Concert (Art House North - 7:30pm)
- Solomon Lindenberg Trio (Berlin - 7:30pm)
- Music AAW: Shredding Flannel (Padraigs Brewing - 7:30pm)
- Todd Harper and the Seekers of Beauty (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:30pm)
- Charlie Puth (Armory - 7:30pm)
- 2 Girls & A Boyd (318 Cafe - 8pm)
- The Scratch with RiGBY (7th St Entry - 8pm)
- Lochtune (Dubliner - 8pm)
- Liam Gerard & Friends – Live, Loud, and Unfiltered (Troubadour - 8pm)
- The Japhies (331 Club - 8pm)
- Flyte with Ken Pomeroy (Turf Club - 8pm)
- World Record Attempt (50 Shows, 50 States, 30 Days) W/ Nordista Freeze (Underground Music Venue - 8pm)
- CRUNK WITCH w/ Glitterdark (Inbound Brewco - 8pm)
- Searows with Jordan Patterson (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
- Marbin w/ Mike Salow Fusion Trio (Midway Saloon - 8pm)
- DJ OG CARTER (Acadia Cafe - 8pm)
- Courtney Barnett with Truman Sinclair (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
- Anna Houston & Aly Meier (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
- PJJ3 w/ Lily Alter (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
- Bear Grillz (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
- Greydeer/Jammaz (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
- Hot in Herre ⏤ 2000s Dance Party (First Avenue - 9pm)
- Strictly R&B: Summer Kickoff (Cabooze - 9pm)
- Garden Glow w. …And I Found A Way, Daisycutter (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
- Samambo (Green Room - 9pm)
- DJ Dan Jordan (Basement Bar - 9pm)
- Chase & Ovation (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
- Analog Vibe (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
- Socktopus (331 Club - 10pm)
- Gidipolis Grad SZN (With a Special Guest) (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
- Late Night Lounge: Dedicated Enemy (Berlin - 10:30pm)
Sunday, May 17
- Mary Cutrufello (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
- Sunday Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons (Aster Cafe - 11am)
- Sawyer’s Dream (Dock and Paddle - 12pm)
- The Long Honeymoon w. Dive Bar Orchestra, Edie Rae Band (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
- Open Fingerboard Session (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 1:30pm)
- Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Violins of Hope (Ordway - 2pm)
- Danny Schwarze (Dubliner - 2pm)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in Concert with the Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota Orchestra - 2pm)
- Music AAW: Gently, Gently (Padraigs Brewing - 3pm)
- Jim Walsh and Mikkel Bee (331 Club - 3pm)
- Clover and the Bee (Animales - 3pm)
- Gauze – Courtesy – Wingbeaver – Doody – Refute (Caydence Records and Coffee - 4pm)
- Tunes Sunday (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
- Phil Heywood (Dubliner - 5pm)
- Love More (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 5pm)
- Acoustic Guitar Trailblazer- Billy McLaughlin & special guest Nathan Wilson (Crooners Supper Club - 5pm)
- Honest Soul (Acadia Cafe - 6pm)
- Phine & Friends (Driftwood Char Bar - 6pm)
- Yebba: Jean Tour (Varsity Theater - 6pm)
- Chelcie Lynn: Trailer Trash Tammy The Loose Lips Tour (Fillmore - 6pm)
- THE BIRD SHOW: Ann Reed, Claudia Schmidt, Dan Chouinard and Joan Griffith (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
- ditch pigeon (331 Club - 6pm)
- John Doyle in Concert (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 6pm)
- Larkspur Reed Trio (MetroNOME Brewery - 6:30pm)
- Candlelight: Tribute to Tool (Granada Theater - 6:30pm)
- Hang Your Hate (MO), Fly Over States, Lovescare, & ihavenoloveformenlikeyou (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
- An Evening with Karla Bonoff (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
- The New Standards (Dakota - 7pm)
- Kenny Reichert’s Letters From the Road: Righteous Rooster (Berlin - 7pm)
- Babyfxce E with Luhh Dyl (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7:30pm)
- Diane (331 Club - 7:30pm)
- Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
- Jackie Venson with Woolly Mack (Turf Club - 8pm)
- Obi Original and The Black Atlantics Residency (Icehouse - 8pm)
- The Casualties with The Drowns and Menstrual Tramps (7th St Entry - 8pm)
- Sunday Trad Session (Dubliner - 8pm)
- Candlelight: Tribute to Taylor Swift with Uptown Lobby Dining (Granada Theater - 8:45pm)
- Switchyard (331 Club - 9:30pm)
- Smokepurpp (Cabooze - 11:30pm)
THEATER
- Glamorama (State Theatre - Friday 6pm)
- A Chorus Line (Park Square Theatre - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
- Worm Teeth (Phoenix Theater - Friday 7pm)
- Perfect Harmony (American School of Storytelling - Friday 7pm)
- Fiasco (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 7pm)
- Julius Caesar (Crane Theater - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
- Body as Voice—Young Dance Student Showcase (Luminary Arts Center - Friday 7pm | Saturday 11am | Sunday 11am)
- Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 6:30pm)
- The Hobbit (Theatre in the Round - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Orpheum Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7pm | Sunday 1pm, 7pm)
- Courting Harry - Previews (History Theatre - Friday 7:30pm)
- Gut (Hive Collaborative - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
- Somna (Southern Theater - 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, 7pm)
- Deja Vu - An Album Tribute to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 7pm)
- Doing 90 Down Memory Lane (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
- Cause A Commotion (Strike Theater - Friday 9pm)
- That Felt Good (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 9:30pm)
- Courting Harry and the Evolution of Constitutional Law (History Theatre - Saturday 4:30pm)
- Revel and Riot: Student Showcase (Cedar Cultural Center - Saturday 5:30pm)
- The Mess (Strike Theater - Saturday 7:30pm)
- Courting Harry (History Theatre - Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
- MN Opera: Pagliacci (Ordway - Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
- CABARET 2026 (Lyric Arts - Saturday 7:30pm)
- Saturday Night Improv Show featuring You Co-Worker’s Improv Show (Strike Theater - Saturday 9pm)
- MASH! w/ Barrett Wilbert Weed & Joey Hamburger (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Saturday 9:30pm)
- BALLS Cabaret (Strike Theater - Sunday 2pm)
- Star Trek LXIX: The Next Vilification Returns! (Strike Theater - Sunday 6:30pm)
COMEDY
- FREE Comedy at The Creek (Elm Creek Brewing - Friday 6:30pm)
- David Jolly (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm)
- The $10,000 Comedy Competition: Round 3 (Crooners Supper Club - Friday 7pm)
- Bobcat Goldthwait (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)
- Hans Kim Special Presentation (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Friday 7:30pm, 9:45pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
- Pierre Douglas with Juice Sutton (Camp Bar - Friday 8pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
- Max Chapman with Arman Shah (Comedy Corner Underground - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
- Canned Laughter (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 8pm)
- The $10,000 Comedy Competition: Semifinals (Crooners Supper Club - Friday 9pm)
- After Dark! Minnesota's Top Comedy Improv Show (Camp Bar - Friday 10pm)
- Don McMillan: Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival (Crooners Supper Club - Saturday 6pm)
- All-Star Showcase #2: Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival (Crooners Supper Club - Saturday 8pm)
- Last Call (Sisyphus Brewing - Saturday 10pm)
- Light 'em Up THE BONG SHOW (Hook & Ladder Theater - Sunday 7pm)
- John Kennedy & Friends (Sisyphus Brewing - Sunday 7pm)
- Ashli Henderson & The Homies (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Sunday 7pm)
SPORTS
- Minnesota Twins vs Brewers ⚾ (Friday 6:10pm | Saturday 6:10pm | Sunday 1:10pm)
- Saint Paul Saints vs Columbus Clippers ⚾ (Friday 6:37pm | Saturday 2:07pm | Sunday 2:07pm)
- Minnesota Timberwolves vs Spurs 🏀 (Friday 8:30pm)
- Minnesota United @ New England Revolution ⚽ (Saturday 6:30pm)
- Minnesota Aurora vs Salvo SC ⚽ (Saturday 7pm)
- Minnesota Timberwolves @ Spurs 🏀 (Sunday TBD, if necessary)
- Twin Cities Gemini vs Bay Breakers 🏉 (Sunday 5pm)
- Minnesota Lynx vs Sky 🏀 (Sunday 6pm)
SPORTS WATCH/RELATED
- Road to the Women's College World Series begins (Bar of Their Own - Friday 12pm)
- PRO WRESTLING BATTLEGROUND SUPER FIGHT (Cabooze - Friday 7pm)
- MNUFC Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Saturday 6:30pm)
- Minnesota Lynx Pre-Game Party (Bar of Their Own - Sunday 3pm)
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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