GRANDYCAMP.INFO THE GRANDKIDS ARE COMING! WE CAN HELP! SUMMER IN THE CITIES 2018

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JUNE ONGOING

Flint Hills Children’s Festival, Rice Park and Ordway, June 1-2 “Dream Big” Omnimax, Science Museum, opens June 5 Edina Art Fair, 50th & France, June 1-3 www.edinaartfair.com Music in Mears, Mears Park, SP Thurs- Art in the Hollow, Swede Hollow Park, June 2 days 6-9pm, June 7-Aug 30 Grand Old Day, Grand Avenue, June 3 www.grandave.com Music in the Zoo, MN Zoo, June 2-Aug 27 Deutsche Tage Germanfest, Germanic American Institute, St. Paul, June 9-10 Tickets www.suemclean.com/zoo Open Streets Mpls, June 10, 11-5pm. Lyndale Ave s from 22nd St W—54th St W Bands on the Boulevard, History Center, www.openstreetsmpls.org/lyndale SP Tuesdays, July 3-31, 6:30-8:30. Live music and dancing; multicultural. Free Amazing Pet Expo, June 11-12, Convention Center. Exhibits, demon- museum admission 3-9pm. strations, costume contest, live entertainment and more! 10-6pm & 11-4pm. Bring your pet! FREE Admission! Groovin’ in the Garden, Como, SP Wednesdays, 6-8pm, June 6—Aug 1 (no Northern Spark, Downtown Minneapolis, June 15-16. www.northernspark.org concert July 4) Stone Arch Bridge Festival, Minneapolis, June 15-19 Summer Fun Series, Eagan Outlet Mall, www.stonearchbridgefestival.com Fridays, TBA , Walker Art Center, Mpls, June 16, 2:30pm. $74 RiverRats Water Ski Show, Thursday Twin Cities JazzFest, June 21-23 all over Saint Paul. www.hotsummerjazz.com nights starting June 7, 6:30pm. 1758 West River Road. Join the River Rats for some Earl Brown Days Festival, Brooklyn Center, June 21-23 excitement on the river! The show will www.cityofbrooklyncenter.org/earlebrowndays feature pyramids, barefoot skiers, ballet line, swivel skiers and much more! Devel- Back to the 50s Car Show Weekend, State Fairgrounds, June 22-24, Friday 8am- opment show at 6:30, main show at 7:00. 10pm, Sat 8am-10pm, Sun 6am-3pm. $12 adult, children free. www.msra.com Bring blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy Twin Cities Pride Festival, Loring Park, June 23-24. Parade on the 24th at 11am. this free waterski show along the banks of the Mississippi River. Uptown Food Truck Festival, Hennepin & Lake, June 24. Over 65 food trucks! www.facebook.com/tcriverrats Hmong International Freedom Festival, Como, June 30-July 1 SAINTS, CHS Stadium JULY www.saintsbaseball.com TWINS, Target Stadium Glensheen, History Theatre, July 5-29 Dark musical that tackles the tale with wicked www.minnesota.twins.mlb.com dialogue and evocative music. www.historytheatre.com/2017-2018/glensheen Paddleford Riverboat Cruise, Margarita , Irving & Lagoon, Minneapolis, July 6-7. 5-11pm. Cruise, Beer & Bacon Cruise, Monday Madness for $10 (2 for 1 beer!) Common Grounds Urban Yoga and Music Festival, Loring Park, July 7, 9am. Fitness www.riverrides.com classes, activities, workshops, music.www.commongroundsfestival.com

Art at St. Kate’s, College of Saint Catherine, July 7, 10am-5pm JULYcontinued ONGOING continued Ramsey County Fair, Maplewood, July 11-15

Longfellow Roots, Rock, and Deep Blues Music, Art & Food Festival, Longfellow Park. West Side Story, June 16-Aug 26, The July 14, 2-10pm. $15/20 Legend of Georgia McBride, July 14- Dragon Festival, Lake Phalen, July 14-15 Aug 26, Guthrie The Lorax, thru June 10, The Best Rondo Days, July 21 www.rhonoaveinc.org Summer Ever, thru July 11-29, Chil- Minneapolis Aquatennial Festival, July 18-21 www.aquatennial.com dren’s Theatre, Lowertown Blues Festival, Mears Park, July 20-21 www.lowertownbluesfestival.com Mama Mia!, Ordway, July 17-Aug 5 MN Scottish Fair and Highland Games,Eagan, July 20-21 www.mnscottishfair.org 1968, MN History Center Highland Fest, Highland Park, July 20-22 “Dream Big” Omnimax, Science Mu- seum, opens June 5 Street Machine Summer Nationals, State Fairgrounds, July 20-22 Circus Juventas: Summer Bigtop Stillwater Lumberjack Days, Stillwater, July 20-22 Show, St. Paul, July 276-Aug 12 Summer Arts Festival, Wayzata, June 23-24 www.wheelfunrentals.com/ Twin Cities Carifest, West River Rd. & 17th, Mpls. July 27-28. Caribbean music, food, Locations/Minneapolis Take dad out dance and arts. www.carifest.org on or around Lake Calhoun. Explorers in motion with a plethora of vessels Scott County Fair, July 25-29 for traversing land and lake. Also at Anoka County Fair, July 26-31 Como Lake! Intrepid Adventurers can rent a range of vehicles, including Loring Park Art Festival, Loring Park, July 28-29 mountain bikes or cruiser bikes. You Catch ‘em, We Cook ‘em, Trout AUGUST fishing experience at Running Aces. Authentic recipes served since 1965. Lake Hiawatha Neighborhood Festival, East 44th, August 1 Daily 11am-2am. www.RunAces.com Washington County Fair, Stillwater, August -1 5 www.wildernessinquiry.com Spend Minnesota Fringe Festival, August 2-12 www.minnesotafringe.org time in a canoe or on the banks of the Mighty Mississippi. Explore the Uptown Art Fair, Uptown, August 3-5 river and its history in our 24-foot Powderhorn Art Fair, Powderhorn Park, August 4-5 Voyageur canoes, which hold 6-10 paddlers. It is an “urban wilderness” National Night Out, August 7 corridor of rich river habitat. Tucked Cat Video Festival, CHS Field, August 8 amidst sandy beaches and towering cottonwood trees, the river provides Carver County Fair, August 8-12 habitat for some of the 270 different Twin Cities Polish Festival, August 10-12 www.tcpolishfestival.org species of birds that migrate through and rest in the Mississippi's steep Irish Fair, Harriet Island, August 10-12 www.irishfair.com bluffs. Trips throughout the summer. St. Paul Food Truck Festival, Mears Park, August 18, noon-10pm www.tcsegway.com has Magical His- MN Renaissance Festival, Shakopee, weekends, August 18-Sept 30 tory Tours of Minneapolis, Saint Paul’s Cathedral Hill and Lowertown, Greek Summer Festival, St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Summit Ave., St. Paul, and even ghost tours! August 18-19 www.tastetwincities.com IndiaFest, MN State Capitol, August 18 www.twincitiesfoodtours.com Japanese Lighting Festival, Como Park, August 19 www.abovethefallssports.com , Fairgrounds, August 23-Sept 3