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Happy Memorial Day weekend! I've included any Monday events I could find to help you plan your long, beautiful weekend.

If I missed anything or you want help finding something specific this weekend, drop it in a comment.

I'm also posting a Sunday Weekday Warmup for Monday-Thursday events now, with an email version available too.

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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🚋 Como-Harriet streetcar rides open (Lake Harriet - All Weekend)
• 🌌 May Star Party (Bell Museum, Friday 9:30pm)
• ⛳ Skyline Mini Golf (Walker Art Center, Friday | Saturday | Sunday)
• 🌺 Memorial Day Ceremony (Lakewood Cemetery, Monday)
• 🏇 Racing all weekend, including Bulldog Races and Memorial Day Racing (Canterbury Park - Saturday, Sunday, Monday)

FRIDAY, MAY 22

• “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
• Friday Friend Lab: Crafting & Game Night (Queermunity - 4pm)
• Spark Patio Party w/ J.BBY (Eagle MPLS - 5pm)
• Museum Nights (Science Museum of Minnesota - 5pm)
• Kids Prom Night (Pershing Park - 5:30pm)
• Happy Hour BINGO benefiting Aliveness Project (Black Hart - 6pm)
• Beer & Cheese Pairing Class! (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• MixFIt Theatre Drag Cabaret (Padraigs Brewing - 6pm)
• Cash Bingo and Meat Raffle (Forgotten Star Brewing - 7pm)
• Roxy's Cabaret Presents: Whitney Houston and Friends (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Basement Bar - 7pm)
• S'mores on the Patio (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
• Shaking Tails & Cocktails (Eagle MPLS - 9pm)
• A Very Special Mirage: Drag After Dark (21+) (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• The Dick Von Dyke Show (Black Hart - 9pm, 9:30pm)
• May Star Party (Bell Museum - 9:30pm)
• Kandi Rave (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• Friday Night Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - 10pm)
• Frequency Fridays: Customer Appreciation - Game Night Edition (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)

SATURDAY, MAY 23

• Early Birders – May-August (Minneapolis Parks - 7:30am)
• Loring Park Pond Invasive Plant Pull (Loring Park - 9am)
• Comfy Coffee and Conversations Hour: Puzzles and Games! (Quatrefoil Library - 10am)
• Taproom Yoga (Forgotten Star Brewing - 10am)
• Pilates, Barre, + Bubbles (Malcolm Yards - 10am)
• Science Studios (Bakken Museum - 10am)
• Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
• Lynnhurst (almost) 5K – Spring (Lake Harriet - 10am)
• Mini Mia (MIA - 10am)
• Opening Day: Our Backyard (Science Museum of Minnesota - 10am)
• Thomas Celebration (Twin City Model Railroad Museum - 10am)
• Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
• Louise Aamodt 'A Forest Begins Anew' Story Time! (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
• Mary Casanova, NORTHWOODS LULLABY - Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Novel Approach: A Bookish Burlesque Brunch (Minneapolis Cider Company - 11am)
• Patio Yoga with Pete (White Squirrel Bar - 11am)
• A Cher Brunch Of Drag (18+) (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Beats & Breath: Yoga-Based Movement Class (Queermunity - 11am)
• May the Fierce be with you Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 11am, 2pm)
• Sloppy Disc: Blu-ray Rental Pop-Up (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• First Chapter Story Time (Next Chapter Booksellers - 11:45am)
• Midwest Mystery Works presents "The Kill Code Collective" (Once Upon a Crime - 12pm)
• Healing Hearts Rescue (Bruhaven - 12pm)
• TRee FOrt: A Poetry Event by George J Farrah & Guests (Eat My Words - 1pm)
• Standish-Ericsson Plant Sale (Venn Brewing - 1pm)
• Red Bird Chapbooks: Books to Zines – Histories, Hands, and the Pamphlet Stitch (Landmark Center - 1pm)
• BCBC 3-Strike Pinball Tournament (Broken Clock Brewing - 1:30pm)
• Weekly DJ: Mpls House (Modist Brewing - 2pm)
• Saturday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 2pm)
• Blood Simple by Joel and Ethan Cohen (Walker Art Center - 2pm)
• “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
• Story Time with Izem (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 4pm)
• Paint & Sip: Flower Vase at Troubadour Wine Bar (Troubadour - 5pm)
• Dinner and a Movie (Science Museum of Minnesota - 5:30pm)
• Shine Talent Competition (Lush Lounge - 6:30pm)
• Quatrefoil Game Night (Quatrefoil Library - 6:30pm)
• Tee Time Presents a Star Wars Drag Show (Can Can Wonderland - 6:30pm)
• FLAMboyANCE Drag Show (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Drinkin’ Spelling Bee (331 Club - 7pm)
• BINGO LOCO Presents- Name that song!! (Granada Theater - 7:30pm)
• The Other Picture Show 3: Bring It On (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• Bondage A Go Go (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• Gidipolis Cousins Party Edition (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
• SATURDAY NIGHT VIBES: $100 Bottle War (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)

SUNDAY, MAY 24

• Neighborhood Creek Restoration: Bloomington to 12th Ave S (E Minnehaha Pkwy & 14th Ave S - 9am)
• Yoga Flow with Annie Hayes (Utepils Brewing - 10am)
• Quiet Community Reading Club and Cozy Hour (Queermunity - 10am)
• Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
• Sunday Morning Yoga (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• Parralily Brunch (Venn Brewing - 11am)
• Sunday A Brunch Of Drag (18+) (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Can-Lander Tournament (Wooden Hill Brewing - 12pm)
• Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 12pm)
• Pop-Up Permanent Jewelry (Unmapped Brewing - 12pm)
• Community Puzzling (Queermunity - 12pm)
• Sunday Craft & Craft - Kinusaiga Fabric Art Workshop (Lake Monster Brewing - 1pm)
• A Tiny Market – K‑Pop Inspired Community Event (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 1pm)
• “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
• Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing - 3pm)
• Open Mic Sundays Hosted by James Stanley (Camp Bar - 6pm)
• Team Speed Puzzling Event w/ Sarah does puzzles (Bar of Their Own - 6pm)
• Movie Night: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Memorial Day Pop Up - 2nd Edition (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)

MONDAY, MAY 25

• Brian Kraft Memorial 5K (Lake Nokomis - 8:30am)
• Memorial Day Classic Car Show (Forgotten Star Brewing - 11am)
• Retro & Board Game Night (Gambit Brewing - 4pm)
• Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock 🎮 (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Poetry- Open Mic Mondays May 2026 (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
• 16 Bar BINGO: BOOK CLUB BINGO (Hive Collaborative - 7pm)
• Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• Taste the Movies: Shrek 2001 (Granada Theater - 7pm)
• Variety Open Mic (Camp Bar - 8:30pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, May 22

• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: The Centre is Everywhere with Abel Selaocoe (Ordway - 11am, 7pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: Ross Clowser / Josh Granowski (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Becky M (Umbra - 6pm)
• Kate Swanson (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Vacant, Menstrual Tramps, Left in Rot, & Varmints (Underground Music Venue - 6pm)
• CEDAR AVE BIG BAND feat Colleen Raye (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• Grave Corps’ School’s Out Forever: Party Of The Undead (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• The Mary Cutrufello Band (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Irish Music Session (Dubliner - 6pm)
• The Mud & the Blood (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• MainStage Global (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Cryptopsy, Necrot, Spirit Adrift, and Blood Monolith (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7pm)
• NATHAN STANLEY 'Tribute To Dr. Ralph Stanley' (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• Jamecia Bennett Presents: Tribute to Toni Braxton & Adele (Dakota - 7pm)
• Beer Choir (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Adam Bohanan (The Voice) (Troubadour - 7pm)
• The Smallweeds (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
• Machinery Hill (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• bdifferent (Cabooze - 7pm)
• Steve Daly (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• A Piano in Every Home (Animales - 7pm)
• Seaweeds (56 Brewing - 7pm)
• Fiona Hayes (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
• The Slow Death, Micah and the Mirrors, Cheap Glue (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
• Grim Lot, Electric Church, & Most of a Horse (Zhora Darling - 7:30pm)
• Utepalooza 2026 - Summer Music Series (Utepils Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Charlene Kaye: Tiger Daughter (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• Chris Depoian (LTD Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Ella Grace & Marisa Cravero (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Transit Authority - A Tribute to Chicago (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Whitney with Lucky Cloud (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Mike Munson Trio Record Release Show (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Scott Gagner (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Cory Waller & The Wicked Things (Midway Saloon - 8pm)
• Kelly Collette with Santiago Garcia (Camp Bar - 8pm)
• Colin Bracewell with Call Me Fritz and Obadiah Gamble (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• SMERZ with Kaitlin Simotics (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• Dean Magraw & Suwal Singh (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Mill City Hot Club (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• DJ Izzy P (Basement Bar - 9pm)
• MADVKTM (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Legacy (Dubliner - 9pm)
• Sexton of Gotterdammerung w. Andy Hound, Alan Parsons (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Leviathan (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Martin Garrix (Armory - 9pm)
• R-Factor (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• Sexy Nerds - Spring Fling (Green Room - 9:30pm)
• Boots & Needles, The Gated Community, Woolley Mack (331 Club - 10pm)
• Cameroon Collective Presents Destination 237 Le Continent (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Luzia Fuschia (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Saturday, May 23

• Jeff Ray & The Stakes (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Saturday Sounds with Thyme and Stardust (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Greenvale Manitou (Cedric Briand) w. Undergrad & Lochtune (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• The High 48s (Animales - 3pm, 7pm)
• Utepalooza 2026 - Summer Music Series (Utepils Brewing - 3pm)
• River Falls Jazz Combos (MetroNOME Brewery - 3pm)
• Island Summer Splash (Hook & Ladder Theater - 4pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: Harry Scott Trio (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Bomja Golden Hours 001 (Cabooze - 5pm)
• ELL | Nomolos | Logan Metz | Taylor Benson (of Ambient Toad) (Day Block Brewing - 5pm)
• Nicollet & Alcohol (Midway Saloon - 5pm)
• Rockin' Woody on BEER THAT ROCKS STAGE! (Bald Man Brewing - 6pm)
• Becky M (Umbra - 6pm)
• The Working Stiffs (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
• The Moods of Mancini with Maud Hixson and Rick Carlson (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• The Development (Acadia Cafe - 6pm)
• Live Music: Small Town Radio (Elm Creek Brewing - 6pm)
• Flying in a Blue Dream – A Tribute to Joe Satriani (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 6pm)
• Blood brothers (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• THE KICKOFF: A Summer Kickoff Party (Cedar Cultural Center - 6:30pm)
• Brass Elephant (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Lake Country Jazz Collective (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: The Centre is Everywhere with Abel Selaocoe (Ordway - 7pm)
• Steve Cole: Record Release (Dakota - 7pm)
• Joe Jackson + Band - Hope and Fury Tour 2026 (Pantages Theatre - 7pm, 8pm)
• Urban Classic Presents: PURE FUNK (Crooners Supper Club - 7pm)
• Zach Spirov (Troubadour - 7pm)
• The Night Painters (WI), Courtesy Call (WI), Waking Hour, & The Rest (WI) (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
• Your Last Breath LIVE @ The Amsterdam (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• The Tom Harkness Project (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Blitz (Boom Island Brewing - 7pm)
• Will Aldrich/Jack Schabert Birthday Bash #4 (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Music: LP Project / 7 - 9:30 PM (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Transit Authority - A Tribute to Chicago (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Joe Policastro Trio (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• The Stunt (Excelsior Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Red Dons, Miracle Debt, Laugh Track, Censer (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
• Lochtune (Merlins Rest - 7:30pm)
• The Langer’s Ball (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Kelly Collette with Santiago Garcia (Camp Bar - 8pm)
• The Whips with Clean Plate Club and Matcha Fever (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Freddie Gibbs with Nourished By Time (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
• High & Mighty (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• 6th Annual Bob Dylan Birthday Bash (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Jon Vezner with Special Guest Pat Frederick (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Marvelous (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• Richard Kriehn & Pat Donohue (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Shrek Rave (First Avenue - 9pm)
• DJ Katnip (Basement Bar - 9pm)
• PROSECUTE x NIMDA (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Emo Nite (Fine Line Music Cafe - 9pm)
• Leather Night (Eagle MPLS - 9pm)
• Topiary Blush w. Nicotine Addiction & River Sinclaire (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• PU$$Y CNTRL (Black Hart - 9pm)
• Late Nite Takeout presents SANGARANG (Green Room - 9pm)
• Tree (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Martin Garrix (Armory - 9pm)
• Belfast Cowboys (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• 120 Minutes Band (331 Club - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Andrés Crovetti (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Sunday, May 24

• Roe Family Singers (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Sunday Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons (Aster Cafe - 11am)
• Utepalooza 2026 - Summer Music Series (Utepils Brewing - 12pm)
• Throckmorton Trio w. Glass, 13 Howell (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Open Fingerboard Session (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 1:30pm)
• Fridley High School Jazz Ensemble Spring Showcase (MetroNOME Brewery - 2pm)
• The Comebacks Duo (Dubliner - 2pm)
• Rock U Student Showcase (Can Can Wonderland - 3pm)
• Celebration For Conrad (First Avenue - 3pm)
• Al Church’s Sunday Service - A Monthly Mass of Sing Alongs (Animales - 3pm)
• Doyle Turner (331 Club - 3pm)
• Tunes Sunday (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
• Memorial Day Weekend All White Day Party (Cabooze - 5pm)
• Hurricane Harold Trio (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Lori Dokken Presents …. Painting Joni … Celebrating the Music of a Master (Crooners Supper Club - 5pm)
• Piano District Presents MAS Musiq live (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 5pm)
• The Desperate Saga Continues! with Jalan Crossland (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• Mike Poot Band w. James Whatton Band (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Nectarous, Cursed by Lightning, and Fine Dials live at Amsterdam (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• The Sam Stauning Quartet (MetroNOME Brewery - 6:30pm)
• RaveSituation: Three the Hard Way, Dj Ted Ned, Phil Dumka (331 Club - 7pm)
• Transit Authority - A Tribute to Chicago (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7pm)
• Kenny Reichert’s Letters From the Road: Colours Quintet (Berlin - 7pm)
• The Belfast Cowboys (Dakota - 7pm)
• Monarch (Green Room - 7pm)
• Sunday Trad Session (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• Obi Original and The Black Atlantics Residency (Icehouse - 9pm)

Monday, May 25

• Give Back Monday - Minnetonka High School Orchestra Boosters (LTD Brewing - 12pm)
• Keane Sense of Rhythm Presents National Tap Dance Day (Dock and Paddle - 1pm)
• Favourite Girl (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 5:30pm)
• Aeternum (Acadia Cafe - 6pm)
• The Midnight Movers (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• HonkyTonk Ranch (331 Club - 6pm)
• Admiral Fox (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• MN Hard Bop Collective Jazz Performance Workshops (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Minnesota State Band (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
• Memorial Day Jam! Featuring Johnny & Fillet O Soul (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Phil Berbig (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Glen David Andrews (Dakota - 7pm)
• Tyte Phitt (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
• The Deslondes, Michael Gay, and Kiki Cavazos. (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
• Slaphazard w. Coax from Chuckanut, Sishir (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

THEATER

• A Chorus Line (Park Square Theatre - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• 80s Kids (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 7pm)
• Kuumba: A Gathering of Black Dance and Theatre (Southern Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm)
• Gut (Hive Collaborative - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Law & Order The Unscripted Parody - A ComedySportz Production (Strike Theater - Friday 7:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 6:30pm)
• Courting Harry (History Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• The Hobbit (Theatre in the Round - 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)
• Can Can Circusland (Can Can Wonderland - Friday 9pm)
• That Felt Good (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 9:30pm)
• Backstage Tour (Guthrie Theater - Saturday 10:15am)
• You'll see (Celtic Junction Arts Center - Saturday 1pm, 4pm)
• The Hobbit (Pay-What-You-Can) (Theatre in the Round - Saturday 2pm)
• 2026 Spring Concert (Luminary Arts Center - Saturday 6pm | Sunday 3pm)
• Comedy Sportz (Strike Theater - Saturday 7:30pm)
• BALLS Cabaret (Strike Theater - Sunday 2pm)
• Improv-A-Go-Go (Strike Theater - Sunday 7:30pm)

COMEDY

• Craig Robinson (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)
• April Macie (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Friday 7:30pm, 9:45pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• COMEDY NIGHT (Norseman Distillery - Friday 8pm)
• Sam Salem (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 8pm, 10pm | Saturday 6pm, 8pm)
• Triple Feature - Tido Maldonado Edition (Comedy Corner Underground - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• After Dark! Minnesota's Top Comedy Improv Show (Camp Bar - Friday 10pm)
• Big Dawgs on Tour (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Saturday 7pm, 10pm)
• Last Call (Sisyphus Brewing - Saturday 10pm)
• Joe Avati Special Presentation (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Sunday 7pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Twins @ Red Sox ⚾ (Friday 6:10pm | Saturday 3:10pm | Sunday 12:35pm)
• Saint Paul Saints vs Omaha Storm Chasers ⚾ (Friday 6:37pm | Saturday 6:37pm | Sunday 5:07pm)
• Minnesota Lynx @ Sky 🏀 (Saturday 12pm)
• Minnesota United vs Real Salt Lake ⚽ (Saturday 3:30pm)
• Minnesota Aurora @ Rally Madison ⚽ (Saturday 6pm)
• Minnesota Twins @ White Sox ⚾ (Monday 1:10pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Minnesota Lynx Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Saturday 12pm)
• MNUFC Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Saturday 3:30pm)

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
• 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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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🚋 Como-Harriet streetcar rides open (Lake Harriet - All Weekend)
• 🌌 May Star Party (Bell Museum, Friday 9:30pm)
• ⛳ Skyline Mini Golf (Walker Art Center, Friday | Saturday | Sunday)
• 🌺 Memorial Day Ceremony (Lakewood Cemetery, Monday)
• 🏇 Racing all weekend, including Bulldog Races and Memorial Day Racing (Canterbury Park - Saturday, Sunday, Monday)

FRIDAY, MAY 22

• “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
• Friday Friend Lab: Crafting & Game Night (Queermunity - 4pm)
• Spark Patio Party w/ J.BBY (Eagle MPLS - 5pm)
• Museum Nights (Science Museum of Minnesota - 5pm)
• Kids Prom Night (Pershing Park - 5:30pm)
• Happy Hour BINGO benefiting Aliveness Project (Black Hart - 6pm)
• Beer & Cheese Pairing Class! (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• MixFIt Theatre Drag Cabaret (Padraigs Brewing - 6pm)
• Cash Bingo and Meat Raffle (Forgotten Star Brewing - 7pm)
• Roxy's Cabaret Presents: Whitney Houston and Friends (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Basement Bar - 7pm)
• S'mores on the Patio (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
• Shaking Tails & Cocktails (Eagle MPLS - 9pm)
• A Very Special Mirage: Drag After Dark (21+) (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• The Dick Von Dyke Show (Black Hart - 9pm, 9:30pm)
• May Star Party (Bell Museum - 9:30pm)
• Kandi Rave (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• Friday Night Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - 10pm)
• Frequency Fridays: Customer Appreciation - Game Night Edition (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)

SATURDAY, MAY 23

• Early Birders – May-August (Minneapolis Parks - 7:30am)
• Loring Park Pond Invasive Plant Pull (Loring Park - 9am)
• Comfy Coffee and Conversations Hour: Puzzles and Games! (Quatrefoil Library - 10am)
• Taproom Yoga (Forgotten Star Brewing - 10am)
• Pilates, Barre, + Bubbles (Malcolm Yards - 10am)
• Science Studios (Bakken Museum - 10am)
• Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
• Lynnhurst (almost) 5K – Spring (Lake Harriet - 10am)
• Mini Mia (MIA - 10am)
• Opening Day: Our Backyard (Science Museum of Minnesota - 10am)
• Thomas Celebration (Twin City Model Railroad Museum - 10am)
• Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
• Louise Aamodt 'A Forest Begins Anew' Story Time! (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
• Mary Casanova, NORTHWOODS LULLABY - Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Novel Approach: A Bookish Burlesque Brunch (Minneapolis Cider Company - 11am)
• Patio Yoga with Pete (White Squirrel Bar - 11am)
• A Cher Brunch Of Drag (18+) (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Beats & Breath: Yoga-Based Movement Class (Queermunity - 11am)
• May the Fierce be with you Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 11am, 2pm)
• Sloppy Disc: Blu-ray Rental Pop-Up (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• First Chapter Story Time (Next Chapter Booksellers - 11:45am)
• Midwest Mystery Works presents "The Kill Code Collective" (Once Upon a Crime - 12pm)
• Healing Hearts Rescue (Bruhaven - 12pm)
• TRee FOrt: A Poetry Event by George J Farrah & Guests (Eat My Words - 1pm)
• Standish-Ericsson Plant Sale (Venn Brewing - 1pm)
• Red Bird Chapbooks: Books to Zines – Histories, Hands, and the Pamphlet Stitch (Landmark Center - 1pm)
• BCBC 3-Strike Pinball Tournament (Broken Clock Brewing - 1:30pm)
• Weekly DJ: Mpls House (Modist Brewing - 2pm)
• Saturday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 2pm)
• Blood Simple by Joel and Ethan Cohen (Walker Art Center - 2pm)
• “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
• Story Time with Izem (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 4pm)
• Paint & Sip: Flower Vase at Troubadour Wine Bar (Troubadour - 5pm)
• Dinner and a Movie (Science Museum of Minnesota - 5:30pm)
• Shine Talent Competition (Lush Lounge - 6:30pm)
• Quatrefoil Game Night (Quatrefoil Library - 6:30pm)
• Tee Time Presents a Star Wars Drag Show (Can Can Wonderland - 6:30pm)
• FLAMboyANCE Drag Show (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Drinkin’ Spelling Bee (331 Club - 7pm)
• BINGO LOCO Presents- Name that song!! (Granada Theater - 7:30pm)
• The Other Picture Show 3: Bring It On (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• Bondage A Go Go (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• Gidipolis Cousins Party Edition (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
• SATURDAY NIGHT VIBES: $100 Bottle War (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)

SUNDAY, MAY 24

• Neighborhood Creek Restoration: Bloomington to 12th Ave S (E Minnehaha Pkwy & 14th Ave S - 9am)
• Yoga Flow with Annie Hayes (Utepils Brewing - 10am)
• Quiet Community Reading Club and Cozy Hour (Queermunity - 10am)
• Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
• Sunday Morning Yoga (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• Parralily Brunch (Venn Brewing - 11am)
• Sunday A Brunch Of Drag (18+) (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Can-Lander Tournament (Wooden Hill Brewing - 12pm)
• Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 12pm)
• Pop-Up Permanent Jewelry (Unmapped Brewing - 12pm)
• Community Puzzling (Queermunity - 12pm)
• Sunday Craft & Craft - Kinusaiga Fabric Art Workshop (Lake Monster Brewing - 1pm)
• A Tiny Market – K‑Pop Inspired Community Event (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 1pm)
• “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
• Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing - 3pm)
• Open Mic Sundays Hosted by James Stanley (Camp Bar - 6pm)
• Team Speed Puzzling Event w/ Sarah does puzzles (Bar of Their Own - 6pm)
• Movie Night: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Memorial Day Pop Up - 2nd Edition (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)

MONDAY, MAY 25

• Brian Kraft Memorial 5K (Lake Nokomis - 8:30am)
• Memorial Day Classic Car Show (Forgotten Star Brewing - 11am)
• Retro & Board Game Night (Gambit Brewing - 4pm)
• Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock 🎮 (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Poetry- Open Mic Mondays May 2026 (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
• 16 Bar BINGO: BOOK CLUB BINGO (Hive Collaborative - 7pm)
• Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• Taste the Movies: Shrek 2001 (Granada Theater - 7pm)
• Variety Open Mic (Camp Bar - 8:30pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, May 22

• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: The Centre is Everywhere with Abel Selaocoe (Ordway - 11am, 7pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: Ross Clowser / Josh Granowski (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Becky M (Umbra - 6pm)
• Kate Swanson (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Vacant, Menstrual Tramps, Left in Rot, & Varmints (Underground Music Venue - 6pm)
• CEDAR AVE BIG BAND feat Colleen Raye (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• Grave Corps’ School’s Out Forever: Party Of The Undead (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• The Mary Cutrufello Band (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Irish Music Session (Dubliner - 6pm)
• The Mud & the Blood (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• MainStage Global (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Cryptopsy, Necrot, Spirit Adrift, and Blood Monolith (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7pm)
• NATHAN STANLEY 'Tribute To Dr. Ralph Stanley' (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• Jamecia Bennett Presents: Tribute to Toni Braxton & Adele (Dakota - 7pm)
• Beer Choir (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Adam Bohanan (The Voice) (Troubadour - 7pm)
• The Smallweeds (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
• Machinery Hill (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• bdifferent (Cabooze - 7pm)
• Steve Daly (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• A Piano in Every Home (Animales - 7pm)
• Seaweeds (56 Brewing - 7pm)
• Fiona Hayes (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
• The Slow Death, Micah and the Mirrors, Cheap Glue (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
• Grim Lot, Electric Church, & Most of a Horse (Zhora Darling - 7:30pm)
• Utepalooza 2026 - Summer Music Series (Utepils Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Charlene Kaye: Tiger Daughter (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• Chris Depoian (LTD Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Ella Grace & Marisa Cravero (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Transit Authority - A Tribute to Chicago (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Whitney with Lucky Cloud (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Mike Munson Trio Record Release Show (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Scott Gagner (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Cory Waller & The Wicked Things (Midway Saloon - 8pm)
• Kelly Collette with Santiago Garcia (Camp Bar - 8pm)
• Colin Bracewell with Call Me Fritz and Obadiah Gamble (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• SMERZ with Kaitlin Simotics (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• Dean Magraw & Suwal Singh (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Mill City Hot Club (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• DJ Izzy P (Basement Bar - 9pm)
• MADVKTM (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Legacy (Dubliner - 9pm)
• Sexton of Gotterdammerung w. Andy Hound, Alan Parsons (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Leviathan (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Martin Garrix (Armory - 9pm)
• R-Factor (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• Sexy Nerds - Spring Fling (Green Room - 9:30pm)
• Boots & Needles, The Gated Community, Woolley Mack (331 Club - 10pm)
• Cameroon Collective Presents Destination 237 Le Continent (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Luzia Fuschia (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Saturday, May 23

• Jeff Ray & The Stakes (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Saturday Sounds with Thyme and Stardust (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Greenvale Manitou (Cedric Briand) w. Undergrad & Lochtune (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• The High 48s (Animales - 3pm, 7pm)
• Utepalooza 2026 - Summer Music Series (Utepils Brewing - 3pm)
• River Falls Jazz Combos (MetroNOME Brewery - 3pm)
• Island Summer Splash (Hook & Ladder Theater - 4pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: Harry Scott Trio (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Bomja Golden Hours 001 (Cabooze - 5pm)
• ELL | Nomolos | Logan Metz | Taylor Benson (of Ambient Toad) (Day Block Brewing - 5pm)
• Nicollet & Alcohol (Midway Saloon - 5pm)
• Rockin' Woody on BEER THAT ROCKS STAGE! (Bald Man Brewing - 6pm)
• Becky M (Umbra - 6pm)
• The Working Stiffs (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
• The Moods of Mancini with Maud Hixson and Rick Carlson (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• The Development (Acadia Cafe - 6pm)
• Live Music: Small Town Radio (Elm Creek Brewing - 6pm)
• Flying in a Blue Dream – A Tribute to Joe Satriani (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 6pm)
• Blood brothers (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• THE KICKOFF: A Summer Kickoff Party (Cedar Cultural Center - 6:30pm)
• Brass Elephant (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Lake Country Jazz Collective (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: The Centre is Everywhere with Abel Selaocoe (Ordway - 7pm)
• Steve Cole: Record Release (Dakota - 7pm)
• Joe Jackson + Band - Hope and Fury Tour 2026 (Pantages Theatre - 7pm, 8pm)
• Urban Classic Presents: PURE FUNK (Crooners Supper Club - 7pm)
• Zach Spirov (Troubadour - 7pm)
• The Night Painters (WI), Courtesy Call (WI), Waking Hour, & The Rest (WI) (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
• Your Last Breath LIVE @ The Amsterdam (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• The Tom Harkness Project (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Blitz (Boom Island Brewing - 7pm)
• Will Aldrich/Jack Schabert Birthday Bash #4 (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Music: LP Project / 7 - 9:30 PM (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Transit Authority - A Tribute to Chicago (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Joe Policastro Trio (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• The Stunt (Excelsior Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Red Dons, Miracle Debt, Laugh Track, Censer (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
• Lochtune (Merlins Rest - 7:30pm)
• The Langer’s Ball (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Kelly Collette with Santiago Garcia (Camp Bar - 8pm)
• The Whips with Clean Plate Club and Matcha Fever (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Freddie Gibbs with Nourished By Time (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
• High & Mighty (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• 6th Annual Bob Dylan Birthday Bash (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Jon Vezner with Special Guest Pat Frederick (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Marvelous (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• Richard Kriehn & Pat Donohue (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Shrek Rave (First Avenue - 9pm)
• DJ Katnip (Basement Bar - 9pm)
• PROSECUTE x NIMDA (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Emo Nite (Fine Line Music Cafe - 9pm)
• Leather Night (Eagle MPLS - 9pm)
• Topiary Blush w. Nicotine Addiction & River Sinclaire (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• PU$$Y CNTRL (Black Hart - 9pm)
• Late Nite Takeout presents SANGARANG (Green Room - 9pm)
• Tree (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Martin Garrix (Armory - 9pm)
• Belfast Cowboys (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• 120 Minutes Band (331 Club - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Andrés Crovetti (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Sunday, May 24

• Roe Family Singers (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Sunday Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons (Aster Cafe - 11am)
• Utepalooza 2026 - Summer Music Series (Utepils Brewing - 12pm)
• Throckmorton Trio w. Glass, 13 Howell (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Open Fingerboard Session (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 1:30pm)
• Fridley High School Jazz Ensemble Spring Showcase (MetroNOME Brewery - 2pm)
• The Comebacks Duo (Dubliner - 2pm)
• Rock U Student Showcase (Can Can Wonderland - 3pm)
• Celebration For Conrad (First Avenue - 3pm)
• Al Church’s Sunday Service - A Monthly Mass of Sing Alongs (Animales - 3pm)
• Doyle Turner (331 Club - 3pm)
• Tunes Sunday (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
• Memorial Day Weekend All White Day Party (Cabooze - 5pm)
• Hurricane Harold Trio (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Lori Dokken Presents …. Painting Joni … Celebrating the Music of a Master (Crooners Supper Club - 5pm)
• Piano District Presents MAS Musiq live (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 5pm)
• The Desperate Saga Continues! with Jalan Crossland (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• Mike Poot Band w. James Whatton Band (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Nectarous, Cursed by Lightning, and Fine Dials live at Amsterdam (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• The Sam Stauning Quartet (MetroNOME Brewery - 6:30pm)
• RaveSituation: Three the Hard Way, Dj Ted Ned, Phil Dumka (331 Club - 7pm)
• Transit Authority - A Tribute to Chicago (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7pm)
• Kenny Reichert’s Letters From the Road: Colours Quintet (Berlin - 7pm)
• The Belfast Cowboys (Dakota - 7pm)
• Monarch (Green Room - 7pm)
• Sunday Trad Session (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• Obi Original and The Black Atlantics Residency (Icehouse - 9pm)

Monday, May 25

• Give Back Monday - Minnetonka High School Orchestra Boosters (LTD Brewing - 12pm)
• Keane Sense of Rhythm Presents National Tap Dance Day (Dock and Paddle - 1pm)
• Favourite Girl (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 5:30pm)
• Aeternum (Acadia Cafe - 6pm)
• The Midnight Movers (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• HonkyTonk Ranch (331 Club - 6pm)
• Admiral Fox (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• MN Hard Bop Collective Jazz Performance Workshops (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Minnesota State Band (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
• Memorial Day Jam! Featuring Johnny & Fillet O Soul (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Phil Berbig (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Glen David Andrews (Dakota - 7pm)
• Tyte Phitt (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
• The Deslondes, Michael Gay, and Kiki Cavazos. (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
• Slaphazard w. Coax from Chuckanut, Sishir (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

THEATER

• A Chorus Line (Park Square Theatre - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• 80s Kids (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 7pm)
• Kuumba: A Gathering of Black Dance and Theatre (Southern Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm)
• Gut (Hive Collaborative - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Law & Order The Unscripted Parody - A ComedySportz Production (Strike Theater - Friday 7:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 6:30pm)
• Courting Harry (History Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• The Hobbit (Theatre in the Round - 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)
• Can Can Circusland (Can Can Wonderland - Friday 9pm)
• That Felt Good (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 9:30pm)
• Backstage Tour (Guthrie Theater - Saturday 10:15am)
• You'll see (Celtic Junction Arts Center - Saturday 1pm, 4pm)
• The Hobbit (Pay-What-You-Can) (Theatre in the Round - Saturday 2pm)
• 2026 Spring Concert (Luminary Arts Center - Saturday 6pm | Sunday 3pm)
• Comedy Sportz (Strike Theater - Saturday 7:30pm)
• BALLS Cabaret (Strike Theater - Sunday 2pm)
• Improv-A-Go-Go (Strike Theater - Sunday 7:30pm)

COMEDY

• Craig Robinson (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)
• April Macie (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Friday 7:30pm, 9:45pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• COMEDY NIGHT (Norseman Distillery - Friday 8pm)
• Sam Salem (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 8pm, 10pm | Saturday 6pm, 8pm)
• Triple Feature - Tido Maldonado Edition (Comedy Corner Underground - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• After Dark! Minnesota's Top Comedy Improv Show (Camp Bar - Friday 10pm)
• Big Dawgs on Tour (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Saturday 7pm, 10pm)
• Last Call (Sisyphus Brewing - Saturday 10pm)
• Joe Avati Special Presentation (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Sunday 7pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Twins @ Red Sox ⚾ (Friday 6:10pm | Saturday 3:10pm | Sunday 12:35pm)
• Saint Paul Saints vs Omaha Storm Chasers ⚾ (Friday 6:37pm | Saturday 6:37pm | Sunday 5:07pm)
• Minnesota Lynx @ Sky 🏀 (Saturday 12pm)
• Minnesota United vs Real Salt Lake ⚽ (Saturday 3:30pm)
• Minnesota Aurora @ Rally Madison ⚽ (Saturday 6pm)
• Minnesota Twins @ White Sox ⚾ (Monday 1:10pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Minnesota Lynx Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Saturday 12pm)
• MNUFC Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Saturday 3:30pm)

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
• 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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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🎨 The 3rd Annual Art House North Show & Tell (Art House North, Tuesday)
• ⛳ Skyline Mini Golf Opens (Walker Art Center, Wednesday)
• 🎡 Kickoff to Summer at the Fair (MN State Fairgrounds, Thursday)
• 🥾 Annual OUT Hike (Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Thursday 9am)

MONDAY, MAY 18

• Peace Garden Volunteering (Lyndale Park Peace Garden - 9:30am)
• Give Back Monday - Loaves & Fishes (LTD Brewing - 12pm)
• Retro & Board Game Night (Gambit Brewing - 4pm)
• Overlook Garden Volunteering (Overlook Garden - 5pm)
• Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• Mahjong Open Play (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Mahjong Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Plant Bingo (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• St. Paul Board Game Group (Lake Monster Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• MN Hard Bop Collective Jazz Performance Workshops (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Book Release: Sarah A. Parker's Ballad of Falling Dragons (Tropes and Trifles - 7pm)
• Storytelling Open Mic Mondays (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
• Sold OUT: No One Cares About Crazy People // Mental Health Awareness Month Film Screening and Q&A Session (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Variety Open Mic (Camp Bar - 8:30pm)

TUESDAY, MAY 19

• Peavey Fountain Gardening (Lake of the Isles - 7:30am)
• Weekly Story Time! (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
• Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am)
• Workshop for All: Loving Your Uniqueness w/Ray Simpson (Queermunity - 12pm)
• “Year of the Horse: Hoofbeats through Time” Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
• Open Mic @ Acadia (Acadia Cafe - 5pm)
• Old Timey Music Session (Padraigs Brewing - 5pm)
• Ribbon Cutting (Stewart Recreation Center - 5:30pm)
• All Us Saints Book Launch (Moon Palace Books - 6pm)
• Paint & Sip Class (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Bingq (LTD Brewing - 6pm)
• Dr. Brittany Lewis: Building A New Table (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
• Cribbage Club (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
• An evening of memoir, comedy, and conversation (Troubadour - 6pm)
• Beer Buddies: Paint a Pot Night (Bald Man Brewing - 6pm)
• FREE Meat & Cheese Raffle (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Team Jigsaw Puzzle Contest with Sarah Does Puzzles (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• TCS Rollerskate Class (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• Crokinole Meetup (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• Summer House Finale + In The City Premier Watch Party (Modist Brewing - 6pm)
• Dungeons and Dragons Adventure League (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• Mary Logue "A Wasp in the Beehive" (Once Upon a Crime - 6:30pm)
• Minnesota Cribbage Nice Night – Every other Tuesday (Day Block Brewing - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Weekly Pool Tournament (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Todd Smith launches Relegated (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• DJ Bingo (Bauhaus Brew Labs - 7pm)
• The 3rd Annual Art House North Show & Tell (Art House North - 7pm)
• Stand-Up Comedy Open Mic (Gambit Brewing - 7pm)
• World Premiere Performance: Alex Lubet, Amy Levy: Songs of Love and Loss, for mountain dulcimer and mezzo-soprano (Minnesota JCC Sabes Center Minneapolis - 7:30pm)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

• Peace Garden Volunteering (Lyndale Park Peace Garden - 9:30am)
• Discovery Days (MIA - 10am)
• CLICK, CLACK, MOO Storytime with the Ordway (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• “Year of the Horse: Hoofbeats through Time” Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
• Rolling Chapters Mobile Book Store (Dual Citizen Brewing - 4pm)
• Free HIV Testing (Lush Lounge - 4:30pm)
• Happy Hour Support Hangout (Broken Clock Brewing - 4:30pm)
• Our Health, Our Power: Northside Health Equity Summit (Capri - 4:30pm)
• Brew Babies (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 5pm)
• Twin Cities Camogie Club Giveback Night (Bar of Their Own - 5pm)
• Magic Nights @ Metronome (MetroNOME Brewery - 5pm)
• Legacy Trees of Lakewood: Public Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• Aahanaa Tibrewal Opening Gallery Reception (Queermunity - 5:30pm)
• Community Bonding Event (Pershing Park - 5:30pm)
• Minnesota Writers Off the Page: Kristin Collier (Cream and Amber - 6pm)
• Sapphic Speed Dating (Bruhaven - 6pm)
• CAW (Crop Art Wednesday) (Lake Monster Brewing - 6pm)
• Game Night (Arbeiter Brewing - 6pm)
• Lino Stamp Printmaking (MetroNOME Brewery - 6pm)
• Paint & Sip (Roxy's Cabaret - 6pm)
• Open Mic with host Neal Dimick (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Shannon Gibney, Where Is My Sister? - With Kao Kalia Yang (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
• Pottery Painting: Mugs (Queermunity - 6pm)
• Wednesday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 6pm)
• Saint City Mahjong Club’s Mahj U (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• Art & Wine and Art & Spirits (MIA - 6pm)
• Teen Science Café (Bell Museum - 6pm)
• Star Wars Drag Bingo with Tee Time Drag Shows (Can Can Wonderland - 6:30pm)
• Initials Game Live (Boom Island Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Raymond Ave MEAT UP (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Book Release Party: Anna Sortino's Stops Along The Way (Tropes and Trifles - 7pm)
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) with pre-movie music by Black Widows (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Queer Threads (Quatrefoil Library - 7pm)
• Learn to play Catan (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Laura Garbes presents Listeners Like Who? (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• Line Dancing (Animales - 7pm)
• Nerd Night (Black Hart - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Dingbats Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - 8pm)
• Glitter Bomb HOT NEW EVENT (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• DRAG SHOWS (Gay 90's - 10pm)

THURSDAY, MAY 21

• Annual OUT Hike (Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge - 9am)
• Rose Garden Volunteering (Lyndale Park/Rose Garden - 9am)
• Let’s Do Coffee: Brew & Bond for 60+ (Queermunity - 9:30am)
• Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
• Tiny Tots Story Time (Big Hill Books - 10:30am)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am)
• “Year of the Horse: Hoofbeats through Time” Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
• Tony Hawk/Gamer Thursday (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 4pm)
• 2026 Kickoff to Summer at the Fair (MN State Fairgrounds - 4pm)
• Meat Raffle (Wabasha Brewing - 5pm)
• Meet the Makers Mini-Market (Queermunity - 5pm)
• Flower Hour (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 5pm)
• Leading the Way: Remarkable Firsts – Lakewood Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• May Death Cafe at Lakewood (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• SW High School Choir (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 5pm)
• A Guide to Transforming Adversity into Sustainable Peace (MIA - 5:30pm)
• Lit & Libations (Black Garnet Books - 6pm)
• Paint & Sip "Poppy Fields at Sunset" (Can Can Wonderland - 6pm)
• Bloom’n Craft Night: Candle & DIY Workshop (King Coil Spirits - 6pm)
• Cycle Unmapped (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• Second Period Art Class (Fulton Brewing Company - 6pm)
• Hat Burning (Bad Weather Brewery - 6pm)
• Audrey Thayer & Colette Hyman: Weaving Community (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
• Thursday Night Bingo With Bloomington Lions Club (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Brocialize (Queermunity - 6pm)
• First Sip Tasting: Green Tea (Minneapolis Cider Company - 6pm)
• Margi Preus, The Shrew Detective - with Chris Monroe (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
• Book Talk: FreeQuency with Junauda Petrus (Moon Palace Books - 6pm)
• Plant Bingo (Black Stack Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Euchre Tournament (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (LTD Brewing - 6:30pm)
• FREE Meat Raffle (Elm Creek Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Paint & Sip Ceramics Class (Broken Clock Brewing - 6:30pm)
• SW High School Pops Concert (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 6:30pm)
• Cribbage Tournament (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
• The Object Live! (MIA - 7pm)
• Stand Up Comedy Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - 8pm)
• Mpls Summers Presents: Blackout Party (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Monday, May 18

• Devil Dodger (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• “Womenfolk Presents”, Nikki Matteson & Rich Rue (331 Club - 6pm)
• Fleshpots of Egypt: Hymntap (Dubliner - 6:30pm)
• Shanty Sing (Merlins Rest - 7pm)
• Phil Berbig (Troubadour - 7pm)
• MMC Monday Jam Featuring Johnny & Fillet O Soul (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Ariel Corinne (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Travis Anderson Trio: The Music of Studio Ghibli (Dakota - 7pm)
• Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
• L.A's Monday Nights (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Accessory (Jason Balla of Dehd) with Facing and Sandpaper (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Freak When Sees w. Queen Jeanne, SugarBush (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

Tuesday, May 19

• Dance Gavin Dance with Special Guests (Fillmore - 6pm)
• Worker’s Playtime, Tom Feldmann (331 Club - 6pm)
• Concrete Boys (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• TCA May Band Concert (Dock and Paddle - 6pm)
• The New Havoline Supremes (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Sammie Jean Cohen | Fox and Bones | Unfinished Products (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• Jehry Robinson (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
• River City Jazz Orchestra (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• New Band Night #32 (Green Room - 7pm)
• St Dominic's Trio (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Southside Aces: A Night in New Orleans (Dakota - 7pm)
• Kreator with Carcass and Cold Steel (First Avenue - 7:30pm)
• FIGHTMASTER with Katie Lynne Sharbaugh (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• Anjimile (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 8pm)
• Aestis Tuesday Night Residency w. Dumb N Evil, Pinched (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• May Conspiracy Series featuring, Willow Waters and the Earthtones, Robyn Jamner (331 Club - 9:30pm)

Wednesday, May 20

• Spinning Wheel Trilogy (Crooners Supper Club - 5:30pm)
• Wednesday Night Open Jam (Excelsior Brewing - 6pm)
• Cradle of Filth (Varsity Theater - 6pm)
• midwestlust (CHI), Machine Country (PDX), I Owe This Land a Body, Stoneharp, Human Body, & Meat Sweatz (Underground Music Venue - 6pm)
• St Paul Mudsteppers (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Fundraiser for the Haskell’s Employees (Excelsior Brewing - 6pm)
• Vinyl Night! (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 6pm)
• Sonic Sea Turtles (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Jada Brown, Will They Kiss, & Oliver Nollet (Zhora Darling - 6:30pm)
• Larry McDonough Quintet: Trumpetocity (Berlin - 7pm)
• The Twin Cities Céilí Band (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Irish Céilí Dancing (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Karaoke Blast With Chazz (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Berrette McNaught (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Harold’s House Party on KFAI, Dean Magraw & Bruce Henry (331 Club - 7pm)
• Alvaro Star Wars To Bossanova (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• An Evening with Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera at The Quinlan Room (Dakota - 7pm)
• Sylvia May (solo) (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Dead North and LaPlant Road in The Courtyard (Icehouse - 7pm)
• Mississippi Hot Club (Crooners Supper Club - 7:30pm)
• Baby Keem (Armory - 8:30pm)
• Lords of the Universe (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• 406 The Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• The Matt Arthur Contraption (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• The Cherry Pit Open Jam (Berlin - 10:15pm)

Thursday, May 21

• Live Music Thursday with John Penny (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Black Veil Brides: North American Tour 2026 (Fillmore - 4:30pm)
• Eli Gardiner (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Dirty P’s Thirsty 3rd Thursdays Club (Hook & Ladder Theater - 5pm)
• JC Lippold (Crooners Supper Club - 5pm)
• Vinyl Night (Gambit Brewing - 6pm)
• Genesis Jazz Orchestra feat. Bekah Peterson & Riley Helgeson (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• Hyer // Live Music (Wooden Ship Brewing - 6pm)
• Public Figure (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Archspire with Undeath, Crown Magnetar and Mutilation Barbecue (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7pm)
• D.R.I. 2026 TOUR w/ Deathwish (Cabooze - 7pm)
• Portrayal of Guilt (TX) w/ Street Sects (TX), Halloween (PA), & Giallo (Zhora Darling - 7pm)
• Dark Click With Curtiss A (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Tony Cuchetti (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Jeff Dayton: Glen Campbell & Beyond (Dakota - 7pm)
• David Huckfelt's Mystery Lights (Animales - 7pm)
• Sunflower Sky (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Ladyband Minneapolis (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
• Minneapolis Police Band (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
• White Dune x headtriiip Featuring Nelson Devereaux with Bobby Rethwish (Icehouse - 7pm)
• Peter Kogan Jazz Presents... (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Chris True / Miners and Gardeners / Matt Angeles (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• The Hit Songs of Neil Diamond and Paul Simon (Crooners Supper Club - 7pm)
• Tommy Boynton (Volstead's Emporium - 7:30pm)
• Running on Empty – A Tribute to Jackson Browne (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Effy + Kwey Present: Off Wax (feat. Le Rú) (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Devil Dodger (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Eli Quist (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• The Music of Beck, Clapton, and Page ⏤ performed by Self Titled (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Side.Door (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
• Anna Devine with Walker Rider and lily blue (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• An Evening with The Joy Formidable (Parkway Theater - 8pm)
• Snapped Live Band Open Mic (Green Room - 8pm)
• Neon Sons (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Cross Pollination, Knife Emoji, Clung Tight, Maya McDonald (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• WE Collective (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 10pm)

THEATER

• Nudge (Open Eye Theatre - Monday 7pm)
• Gut (Hive Collaborative - Monday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Kuumba: A Gathering of Black Dance and Theatre (Southern Theater - Tuesday 5:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Guthrie Theater - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Back to the Barre Live with Christi & Kelly (Parkway Theater - Tuesday 8pm)
• Improvocation (Phoenix Theater - Wednesday 7pm)
• A Chorus Line (Park Square Theatre - Wednesday 7pm | Thursday 7pm)
• Courting Harry (History Theatre - Thursday 10am, 7:30pm)

COMEDY

• Ray Bull: Please Stop Laughing Tour (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - Monday 6pm)
• Fantastic Voyage Improv Show (Broken Clock Brewing - Monday 7pm)
• Craic Up Comedy Night (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Tuesday 7pm)
• Canned Laughter (Sisyphus Brewing - Tuesday 7pm)
• Comedy Free for All (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• Easy Speak Comedy Showcase (Volstead's Emporium - Wednesday 8pm)
• Elise Cole (Acme Comedy Company - Wednesday 8pm)
• Sam Salem (Sisyphus Brewing - Thursday 7pm)
• The Thursday Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 7pm)
• April Macie (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Craig Robinson (Acme Comedy Company - Thursday 8pm)
• College Comedy Night by Tage Kruger (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 8:30pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Twins vs Astros ⚾ (Monday 6:40pm | Tuesday 6:40pm | Wednesday 12:40pm)
• Saint Paul Saints vs Omaha Storm Chasers ⚾ (Tuesday 11:07am | Wednesday 6:37pm | Thursday 6:37pm)
• Minnesota Lynx vs Tempo 🏀 (Thursday 7pm)
• Minnesota Aurora vs Rochester FC ⚽ (Thursday 7pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Community Table Tennis (Minneapolis Cider Company - Tuesday 7pm)
• Minnesota Lynx Pre-Game Party (Bar of Their Own - Thursday 4pm)

KARAOKE

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Otter’s Saloon (Nightly 8pm-2am)
• Vegas Lounge (Nightly 9pm-2am)
• Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Daily 11am-9:30pm)
• Chatterbox (Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30pm-Close)
• James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (Nightly 9pm-1:45am)
• 1029 Bar (Wednesdays & Thursdays 9pm-2am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Wednesdays 9pm-1am)

ARCADES

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Up-Down Minneapolis (Daily 3pm-2am)
• CLAW LAND Maplewood (Daily 11:30am-7pm)
• CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (Daily 11am-8pm)
• Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Daily 12-8pm)
• LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (Daily 11am-2am)
• Neko Clawww Roseville (Daily 1:30pm-8pm)
• ClawZone Park Bloomington (Daily 12pm-8pm)
• Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Tue-Thu 4pm-10pm)
• DUCK! Eagan (Daily 12pm-9pm)

BOWLING

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Town Hall Lanes (Mon 11am-5pm, 10pm-11:30pm | Tue 11am-11:30pm, Wed 11am-5:30pm, 10:30pm-11:30pm, Thu 11am-4:30pm)
• Elsie’s Northeast (Mon 4pm-11pm | Tue-Thu 11am-11pm)
• Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (Mon 9am-6pm | Tue-Thu 9am-Midnight)
• Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Daily 3pm-11pm)
• Park Tavern SLP (Daily 11am-Close)
• Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Daily 11am-11pm)
• Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Daily 9am-11:30pm)
• Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (Daily 11am-1am)
• AMF Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Daily 4pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Daily 11am-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
• 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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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🎨 The 3rd Annual Art House North Show & Tell (Art House North, Tuesday)
• ⛳ Skyline Mini Golf Opens (Walker Art Center, Wednesday)
• 🎡 Kickoff to Summer at the Fair (MN State Fairgrounds, Thursday)
• 🥾 Annual OUT Hike (Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Thursday 9am)

MONDAY, MAY 18

• Peace Garden Volunteering (Lyndale Park Peace Garden - 9:30am)
• Give Back Monday - Loaves & Fishes (LTD Brewing - 12pm)
• Retro & Board Game Night (Gambit Brewing - 4pm)
• Overlook Garden Volunteering (Overlook Garden - 5pm)
• Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• Mahjong Open Play (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Mahjong Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Plant Bingo (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• St. Paul Board Game Group (Lake Monster Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• MN Hard Bop Collective Jazz Performance Workshops (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Book Release: Sarah A. Parker's Ballad of Falling Dragons (Tropes and Trifles - 7pm)
• Storytelling Open Mic Mondays (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
• Sold OUT: No One Cares About Crazy People // Mental Health Awareness Month Film Screening and Q&A Session (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Variety Open Mic (Camp Bar - 8:30pm)

TUESDAY, MAY 19

• Peavey Fountain Gardening (Lake of the Isles - 7:30am)
• Weekly Story Time! (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
• Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am)
• Workshop for All: Loving Your Uniqueness w/Ray Simpson (Queermunity - 12pm)
• “Year of the Horse: Hoofbeats through Time” Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
• Open Mic @ Acadia (Acadia Cafe - 5pm)
• Old Timey Music Session (Padraigs Brewing - 5pm)
• Ribbon Cutting (Stewart Recreation Center - 5:30pm)
• All Us Saints Book Launch (Moon Palace Books - 6pm)
• Paint & Sip Class (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Bingq (LTD Brewing - 6pm)
• Dr. Brittany Lewis: Building A New Table (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
• Cribbage Club (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
• An evening of memoir, comedy, and conversation (Troubadour - 6pm)
• Beer Buddies: Paint a Pot Night (Bald Man Brewing - 6pm)
• FREE Meat & Cheese Raffle (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Team Jigsaw Puzzle Contest with Sarah Does Puzzles (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• TCS Rollerskate Class (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• Crokinole Meetup (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• Summer House Finale + In The City Premier Watch Party (Modist Brewing - 6pm)
• Dungeons and Dragons Adventure League (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• Mary Logue "A Wasp in the Beehive" (Once Upon a Crime - 6:30pm)
• Minnesota Cribbage Nice Night – Every other Tuesday (Day Block Brewing - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Weekly Pool Tournament (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Todd Smith launches Relegated (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• DJ Bingo (Bauhaus Brew Labs - 7pm)
• The 3rd Annual Art House North Show & Tell (Art House North - 7pm)
• Stand-Up Comedy Open Mic (Gambit Brewing - 7pm)
• World Premiere Performance: Alex Lubet, Amy Levy: Songs of Love and Loss, for mountain dulcimer and mezzo-soprano (Minnesota JCC Sabes Center Minneapolis - 7:30pm)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

• Peace Garden Volunteering (Lyndale Park Peace Garden - 9:30am)
• Discovery Days (MIA - 10am)
• CLICK, CLACK, MOO Storytime with the Ordway (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• “Year of the Horse: Hoofbeats through Time” Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
• Rolling Chapters Mobile Book Store (Dual Citizen Brewing - 4pm)
• Free HIV Testing (Lush Lounge - 4:30pm)
• Happy Hour Support Hangout (Broken Clock Brewing - 4:30pm)
• Our Health, Our Power: Northside Health Equity Summit (Capri - 4:30pm)
• Brew Babies (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 5pm)
• Twin Cities Camogie Club Giveback Night (Bar of Their Own - 5pm)
• Magic Nights @ Metronome (MetroNOME Brewery - 5pm)
• Legacy Trees of Lakewood: Public Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• Aahanaa Tibrewal Opening Gallery Reception (Queermunity - 5:30pm)
• Community Bonding Event (Pershing Park - 5:30pm)
• Minnesota Writers Off the Page: Kristin Collier (Cream and Amber - 6pm)
• Sapphic Speed Dating (Bruhaven - 6pm)
• CAW (Crop Art Wednesday) (Lake Monster Brewing - 6pm)
• Game Night (Arbeiter Brewing - 6pm)
• Lino Stamp Printmaking (MetroNOME Brewery - 6pm)
• Paint & Sip (Roxy's Cabaret - 6pm)
• Open Mic with host Neal Dimick (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Shannon Gibney, Where Is My Sister? - With Kao Kalia Yang (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
• Pottery Painting: Mugs (Queermunity - 6pm)
• Wednesday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 6pm)
• Saint City Mahjong Club’s Mahj U (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• Art & Wine and Art & Spirits (MIA - 6pm)
• Teen Science Café (Bell Museum - 6pm)
• Star Wars Drag Bingo with Tee Time Drag Shows (Can Can Wonderland - 6:30pm)
• Initials Game Live (Boom Island Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Raymond Ave MEAT UP (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Book Release Party: Anna Sortino's Stops Along The Way (Tropes and Trifles - 7pm)
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) with pre-movie music by Black Widows (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Queer Threads (Quatrefoil Library - 7pm)
• Learn to play Catan (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Laura Garbes presents Listeners Like Who? (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• Line Dancing (Animales - 7pm)
• Nerd Night (Black Hart - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Dingbats Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - 8pm)
• Glitter Bomb HOT NEW EVENT (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• DRAG SHOWS (Gay 90's - 10pm)

THURSDAY, MAY 21

• Annual OUT Hike (Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge - 9am)
• Rose Garden Volunteering (Lyndale Park/Rose Garden - 9am)
• Let’s Do Coffee: Brew & Bond for 60+ (Queermunity - 9:30am)
• Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
• Tiny Tots Story Time (Big Hill Books - 10:30am)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am)
• “Year of the Horse: Hoofbeats through Time” Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• “Modern Art and Politics” Public Tour (MIA - 2pm)
• Tony Hawk/Gamer Thursday (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 4pm)
• 2026 Kickoff to Summer at the Fair (MN State Fairgrounds - 4pm)
• Meat Raffle (Wabasha Brewing - 5pm)
• Meet the Makers Mini-Market (Queermunity - 5pm)
• Flower Hour (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 5pm)
• Leading the Way: Remarkable Firsts – Lakewood Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• May Death Cafe at Lakewood (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• SW High School Choir (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 5pm)
• A Guide to Transforming Adversity into Sustainable Peace (MIA - 5:30pm)
• Lit & Libations (Black Garnet Books - 6pm)
• Paint & Sip "Poppy Fields at Sunset" (Can Can Wonderland - 6pm)
• Bloom’n Craft Night: Candle & DIY Workshop (King Coil Spirits - 6pm)
• Cycle Unmapped (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• Second Period Art Class (Fulton Brewing Company - 6pm)
• Hat Burning (Bad Weather Brewery - 6pm)
• Audrey Thayer & Colette Hyman: Weaving Community (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
• Thursday Night Bingo With Bloomington Lions Club (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Brocialize (Queermunity - 6pm)
• First Sip Tasting: Green Tea (Minneapolis Cider Company - 6pm)
• Margi Preus, The Shrew Detective - with Chris Monroe (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
• Book Talk: FreeQuency with Junauda Petrus (Moon Palace Books - 6pm)
• Plant Bingo (Black Stack Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Euchre Tournament (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (LTD Brewing - 6:30pm)
• FREE Meat Raffle (Elm Creek Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Paint & Sip Ceramics Class (Broken Clock Brewing - 6:30pm)
• SW High School Pops Concert (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 6:30pm)
• Cribbage Tournament (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
• The Object Live! (MIA - 7pm)
• Stand Up Comedy Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - 8pm)
• Mpls Summers Presents: Blackout Party (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Monday, May 18

• Devil Dodger (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• “Womenfolk Presents”, Nikki Matteson & Rich Rue (331 Club - 6pm)
• Fleshpots of Egypt: Hymntap (Dubliner - 6:30pm)
• Shanty Sing (Merlins Rest - 7pm)
• Phil Berbig (Troubadour - 7pm)
• MMC Monday Jam Featuring Johnny & Fillet O Soul (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Ariel Corinne (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Travis Anderson Trio: The Music of Studio Ghibli (Dakota - 7pm)
• Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
• L.A's Monday Nights (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Accessory (Jason Balla of Dehd) with Facing and Sandpaper (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Freak When Sees w. Queen Jeanne, SugarBush (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

Tuesday, May 19

• Dance Gavin Dance with Special Guests (Fillmore - 6pm)
• Worker’s Playtime, Tom Feldmann (331 Club - 6pm)
• Concrete Boys (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• TCA May Band Concert (Dock and Paddle - 6pm)
• The New Havoline Supremes (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Sammie Jean Cohen | Fox and Bones | Unfinished Products (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• Jehry Robinson (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
• River City Jazz Orchestra (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• New Band Night #32 (Green Room - 7pm)
• St Dominic's Trio (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Southside Aces: A Night in New Orleans (Dakota - 7pm)
• Kreator with Carcass and Cold Steel (First Avenue - 7:30pm)
• FIGHTMASTER with Katie Lynne Sharbaugh (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• Anjimile (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 8pm)
• Aestis Tuesday Night Residency w. Dumb N Evil, Pinched (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• May Conspiracy Series featuring, Willow Waters and the Earthtones, Robyn Jamner (331 Club - 9:30pm)

Wednesday, May 20

• Spinning Wheel Trilogy (Crooners Supper Club - 5:30pm)
• Wednesday Night Open Jam (Excelsior Brewing - 6pm)
• Cradle of Filth (Varsity Theater - 6pm)
• midwestlust (CHI), Machine Country (PDX), I Owe This Land a Body, Stoneharp, Human Body, & Meat Sweatz (Underground Music Venue - 6pm)
• St Paul Mudsteppers (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Fundraiser for the Haskell’s Employees (Excelsior Brewing - 6pm)
• Vinyl Night! (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 6pm)
• Sonic Sea Turtles (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Jada Brown, Will They Kiss, & Oliver Nollet (Zhora Darling - 6:30pm)
• Larry McDonough Quintet: Trumpetocity (Berlin - 7pm)
• The Twin Cities Céilí Band (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Irish Céilí Dancing (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Karaoke Blast With Chazz (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Berrette McNaught (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Harold’s House Party on KFAI, Dean Magraw & Bruce Henry (331 Club - 7pm)
• Alvaro Star Wars To Bossanova (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• An Evening with Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera at The Quinlan Room (Dakota - 7pm)
• Sylvia May (solo) (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Dead North and LaPlant Road in The Courtyard (Icehouse - 7pm)
• Mississippi Hot Club (Crooners Supper Club - 7:30pm)
• Baby Keem (Armory - 8:30pm)
• Lords of the Universe (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• 406 The Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• The Matt Arthur Contraption (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• The Cherry Pit Open Jam (Berlin - 10:15pm)

Thursday, May 21

• Live Music Thursday with John Penny (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Black Veil Brides: North American Tour 2026 (Fillmore - 4:30pm)
• Eli Gardiner (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Dirty P’s Thirsty 3rd Thursdays Club (Hook & Ladder Theater - 5pm)
• JC Lippold (Crooners Supper Club - 5pm)
• Vinyl Night (Gambit Brewing - 6pm)
• Genesis Jazz Orchestra feat. Bekah Peterson & Riley Helgeson (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• Hyer // Live Music (Wooden Ship Brewing - 6pm)
• Public Figure (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Archspire with Undeath, Crown Magnetar and Mutilation Barbecue (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7pm)
• D.R.I. 2026 TOUR w/ Deathwish (Cabooze - 7pm)
• Portrayal of Guilt (TX) w/ Street Sects (TX), Halloween (PA), & Giallo (Zhora Darling - 7pm)
• Dark Click With Curtiss A (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Tony Cuchetti (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Jeff Dayton: Glen Campbell & Beyond (Dakota - 7pm)
• David Huckfelt's Mystery Lights (Animales - 7pm)
• Sunflower Sky (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Ladyband Minneapolis (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
• Minneapolis Police Band (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
• White Dune x headtriiip Featuring Nelson Devereaux with Bobby Rethwish (Icehouse - 7pm)
• Peter Kogan Jazz Presents... (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Chris True / Miners and Gardeners / Matt Angeles (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• The Hit Songs of Neil Diamond and Paul Simon (Crooners Supper Club - 7pm)
• Tommy Boynton (Volstead's Emporium - 7:30pm)
• Running on Empty – A Tribute to Jackson Browne (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Effy + Kwey Present: Off Wax (feat. Le Rú) (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Devil Dodger (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Eli Quist (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• The Music of Beck, Clapton, and Page ⏤ performed by Self Titled (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Side.Door (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
• Anna Devine with Walker Rider and lily blue (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• An Evening with The Joy Formidable (Parkway Theater - 8pm)
• Snapped Live Band Open Mic (Green Room - 8pm)
• Neon Sons (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Cross Pollination, Knife Emoji, Clung Tight, Maya McDonald (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• WE Collective (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 10pm)

THEATER

• Nudge (Open Eye Theatre - Monday 7pm)
• Gut (Hive Collaborative - Monday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Kuumba: A Gathering of Black Dance and Theatre (Southern Theater - Tuesday 5:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Guthrie Theater - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Back to the Barre Live with Christi & Kelly (Parkway Theater - Tuesday 8pm)
• Improvocation (Phoenix Theater - Wednesday 7pm)
• A Chorus Line (Park Square Theatre - Wednesday 7pm | Thursday 7pm)
• Courting Harry (History Theatre - Thursday 10am, 7:30pm)

COMEDY

• Ray Bull: Please Stop Laughing Tour (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - Monday 6pm)
• Fantastic Voyage Improv Show (Broken Clock Brewing - Monday 7pm)
• Craic Up Comedy Night (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Tuesday 7pm)
• Canned Laughter (Sisyphus Brewing - Tuesday 7pm)
• Comedy Free for All (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• Easy Speak Comedy Showcase (Volstead's Emporium - Wednesday 8pm)
• Elise Cole (Acme Comedy Company - Wednesday 8pm)
• Sam Salem (Sisyphus Brewing - Thursday 7pm)
• The Thursday Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 7pm)
• April Macie (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Craig Robinson (Acme Comedy Company - Thursday 8pm)
• College Comedy Night by Tage Kruger (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 8:30pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Twins vs Astros ⚾ (Monday 6:40pm | Tuesday 6:40pm | Wednesday 12:40pm)
• Saint Paul Saints vs Omaha Storm Chasers ⚾ (Tuesday 11:07am | Wednesday 6:37pm | Thursday 6:37pm)
• Minnesota Lynx vs Tempo 🏀 (Thursday 7pm)
• Minnesota Aurora vs Rochester FC ⚽ (Thursday 7pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Community Table Tennis (Minneapolis Cider Company - Tuesday 7pm)
• Minnesota Lynx Pre-Game Party (Bar of Their Own - Thursday 4pm)

KARAOKE

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Otter’s Saloon (Nightly 8pm-2am)
• Vegas Lounge (Nightly 9pm-2am)
• Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Daily 11am-9:30pm)
• Chatterbox (Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30pm-Close)
• James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (Nightly 9pm-1:45am)
• 1029 Bar (Wednesdays & Thursdays 9pm-2am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Wednesdays 9pm-1am)

ARCADES

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Up-Down Minneapolis (Daily 3pm-2am)
• CLAW LAND Maplewood (Daily 11:30am-7pm)
• CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (Daily 11am-8pm)
• Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Daily 12-8pm)
• LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (Daily 11am-2am)
• Neko Clawww Roseville (Daily 1:30pm-8pm)
• ClawZone Park Bloomington (Daily 12pm-8pm)
• Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Tue-Thu 4pm-10pm)
• DUCK! Eagan (Daily 12pm-9pm)

BOWLING

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Town Hall Lanes (Mon 11am-5pm, 10pm-11:30pm | Tue 11am-11:30pm, Wed 11am-5:30pm, 10:30pm-11:30pm, Thu 11am-4:30pm)
• Elsie’s Northeast (Mon 4pm-11pm | Tue-Thu 11am-11pm)
• Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (Mon 9am-6pm | Tue-Thu 9am-Midnight)
• Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Daily 3pm-11pm)
• Park Tavern SLP (Daily 11am-Close)
• Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Daily 11am-11pm)
• Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Daily 9am-11:30pm)
• Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (Daily 11am-1am)
• AMF Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Daily 4pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Daily 11am-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
• 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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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🖼️ Art-a-Whirl (NE Minneapolis, All Weekend)
• 🛍️ Citywide Garage Sales (Many Suburbs, All Weekend)
• 🏃 Women Run the Cities (Minnehaha Park, Saturday 8:30am)
• ⚽ Minnesota Aurora First Home Game (TCO Stadium, Saturday 7pm)
• 🛶 Minnesota State Champs Regatta (Bde Maka Ska, Saturday & Sunday 9am)
• 🦇 Goth Prom XIX (Granada Theater, Saturday 6pm)

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)

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
• 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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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🖼️ Art-a-Whirl (NE Minneapolis, All Weekend)
• 🛍️ Citywide Garage Sales (Many Suburbs, All Weekend)
• 🏃 Women Run the Cities (Minnehaha Park, Saturday 8:30am)
• ⚽ Minnesota Aurora First Home Game (TCO Stadium, Saturday 7pm)
• 🛶 Minnesota State Champs Regatta (Bde Maka Ska, Saturday & Sunday 9am)
• 🦇 Goth Prom XIX (Granada Theater, Saturday 6pm)

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)

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
• 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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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🤣 Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival (Crooners Supper Club, Wed & Thu)
• 🛍️ Citywide Garage Sales (Many Suburbs, Thu)
• 🎙️ The Moth: I Got It From My Mama (Amsterdam Bar & Hall, Wed 6:30pm)
• 🎬 PIEOWA: A Piece Of America (Riverview Theater, Thu 7pm)
• 🪄 The Magic Underground: Magicians' Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing, Tue 7pm)

MONDAY, MAY 11

• Spring Blood Drive (Fulton Brewing Company - 12pm)
• Give Back Monday - Glen Lake Mighty Mites Baseball (LTD Brewing - 12pm)
• Second Monday Community Book Exchange at Nine Mile Brewing (9 Mile Brewing - 4pm)
• Retro & Board Game Night (Gambit Brewing - 4pm)
• My Name is... Monday (56 Brewing - 4pm)
• South-Asian Inspired Evening of Books, Bevs, & BAEKA (Cream and Amber - 5:30pm)
• Learn How To Play Mahjong (Utepils Brewing - 5:30pm)
• Mahjong Open Play (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Swing Left Letter Writing (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• May’s Crokinole Tournament (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Mahjong Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• Educator Appreciation Night (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
• Lets Learn Mahjong (Indeed Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Stephanie Carpenter presents Moral Treatment (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• MN Hard Bop Collective Jazz Performance Workshops (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• Variety Open Mic (Camp Bar - 8:30pm)

TUESDAY, MAY 12

• Weekly Story Time (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
• Open Mic @ Acadia (Acadia Cafe - 5pm)
• FREE Meat & Cheese Raffle (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• May’s Cribbage Tournament (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Bingq (LTD Brewing - 6pm)
• Louise M. Aamodt, FOREST BEGINS ANEW (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
• Beer Buddies: Puzzle Night (Bald Man Brewing - 6pm)
• TCS Rollerskate Class (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• Cribbage Club (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
• Miles for Mental Wellness & Connection (Pride Cultural Arts Center - 6pm)
• Irish Trad Session (Padraigs Brewing - 6pm)
• Merchant Leather - Leatherworking Class (Utepils Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Board Game Night (Bad Weather Brewery - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• DJ Bingo (Bauhaus Brew Labs - 7pm)
• Weekly Pool Tournament (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Stand-Up Comedy Open Mic (Gambit Brewing - 7pm)
• Space Between (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• Book Talk: ...AGAIN with Mark Nowak (Moon Palace Books - 7pm)
• The Magic Underground: Magicians' Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - 7pm)
• Susan Koefod presents Albert Park and Escapes (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• The Psychedelic Furs with We Are Scientists and DJ Jake Rudh (First Avenue - 7:30pm)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13

• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Rainbow Seniors (Pride Cultural Arts Center - 1pm)
• Catalyst Cafe (Queermunity - 2:30pm)
• Magic Nights @ Metronome (MetroNOME Brewery - 5pm)
• Plant Potting Bar & Truck (Boom Island Brewing - 5pm)
• Game Night (Arbeiter Brewing - 6pm)
• Saint City Mahjong Club’s Mahj U (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• Support a Human in Crisis Training (Queermunity - 6pm)
• Inkwell Craft Club (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 6pm)
• The Ordway Presents: Puppet Making Workshop with In the Heart of the Beast (Ordway - 6pm)
• Wednesday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 6pm)
• Star Wars Bingo (Can Can Wonderland - 6pm)
• The Moth: I Got It From My Mama (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6:30pm)
• Initials Game Live (Boom Island Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Raymond Ave MEAT UP (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Maria Giesbrecht and Jennae Cecilia in conversation (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• Mario Kart World Racing Tournament (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Line Dancing (Animales - 7pm)
• Pop Up Dance Party (Bryant Square - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Glitter Bomb HOT NEW EVENT (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• DRAG SHOWS (Gay 90's - 10pm)
• M.A.Y. residency week two ft Gothess (Mortimer's - 10pm)

THURSDAY, MAY 14

• Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Tiny Tots Story Time (Big Hill Books - 10:30am)
• MNsure Health Insurance Navigation (Queermunity - 1pm)
• Nooks & Crannies Tour (James J. Hill House - 3:15pm)
• Tony Hawk/Gamer Thursday (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 4pm)
• Free Thursday Nights at the History Center (Minnesota History Center - 4pm)
• Ixcali Tacos (Wabasha Brewing - 4:30pm)
• Meat Raffle (Wabasha Brewing - 5pm)
• Inkwell Story Lab (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 5pm)
• Bash for Mental Health (Forgotten Star Brewing - 5pm)
• Philanthrowbrew: Voyageur Outward Bound School (Urban Growler - 5pm)
• Meet at Mia - Breaking the Mold (MIA - 5pm)
• Flower Hour (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 5pm)
• Sex Science Fair and Happy Hour (Moon Palace Books - 5:30pm)
• [Virtual] Book Talk: What Ever Happened to Eddy Crane? (Moon Palace Books - 5:30pm)
• JULIE SCHUMACHER: PATIENT, FEMALE: STORIES (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
• CoHi Mutual Aid Fundraiser (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 6pm)
• Thursday Night Bingo With Bloomington Lions Club (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Jigsaw Puzzle Contest (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• FREE Meat Raffle (Elm Creek Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Pitch-A-Friend (Queer Night) (Bruhaven - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (LTD Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Cribbage Tournament (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
• Cassandra Neyenesch presents A Little Bit Bad (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• PIEOWA: A Piece Of America (Riverview Theater - 7pm)
• Act of Joy (Black Hart - 8pm)
• Bessie Snow Presents: Appètit, a Burlesque Review (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Monday, May 11

• Mumblin’ Drew’s Oldfangled Orchestrators (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• JWAC, CLOG (331 Club - 6pm)
• First Out (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Blues Jam with Moses Oakland (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Sea Shanty Sing (Dubliner - 7pm)
• fakemink: a Terrible Beauty - The Tour (Fillmore - 7pm)
• Phil Berbig (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Brad Mehldau Trio (Dakota - 7pm)
• Guitar Women: An Evening with Sue Foley, Rory Block, & Cindy Cashdollar (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• L.A's Monday Nights (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
• Red Rum Club with Joan of Profile (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• MLLT w. Landfill Harmonik (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

Tuesday, May 12

• Drink & Dine for a Cause: Bloomington Symphony Orchestra (Wooden Hill Brewing - 5pm)
• Worker’s Playtime, Aaron Lee Kaplan (331 Club - 6pm)
• DL4 (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• YYY (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Nova Jazz Orchestra (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Brad Mehldau Trio (Dakota - 7pm)
• St Dominic's Trio (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Lowertown with Micah Preite (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• An Evening with Chantal Kreviazuk (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• King Tuff with Caution (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Aestis Tuesday Night Residency w. Vinn, Huge If True (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• MayConspiracy Series featuring, Willow Waters and the Earthtones, Squinny (331 Club - 9:30pm)

Wednesday, May 13

• Bruno Mars Pre Concert Party (Umbra - 4pm)
• Vinyl Night (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 6pm)
• Molly Maher & Her Disbelievers (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Smiling Cowboys Showcase (Minnesota Music Cafe - 6pm)
• Wednesday Night Open Jam (Excelsior Brewing - 6pm)
• Deep Fortune (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• New Diplomat (Green Room - 7pm)
• Artemis: Sketches Of Miles (Dakota - 7pm)
• Irish Céilí Dancing (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Foxby (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Harold’s House Party on KFAI, Rachel Kurtz (331 Club - 7pm)
• Tom Dahill and Ginny Johnson (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Qveen Herby - Isle of Qveen Tour (Fillmore - 7pm)
• Trans Music Archive: ZORA (Vinyl Release) & booboo3000000 (Berlin - 7pm)
• OCE's World Music Night ft. Wanaku & Co. (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7:30pm)
• The Suburbs: Two Centuries of Rock! (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• Brown Horse with Kiernan (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Starlight Vinyl Night: MAKR Spins the Classic (Icehouse - 8pm)
• High Fade with Scorched Waves (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Cole Diamond’s Whiskey Wednesdays (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Mobetta & Friends - The After Party ft. DJ Pee Wee (aka Anderson Paak) (Icehouse - 9pm)
• Bee and the Knees (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• The Cherry Pit Open Jam (Berlin - 10:15pm)

Thursday, May 14

• Live Music Thursday with Tom Hipps (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Smokin’ On the Runway, NeCann Afterparty (Hook & Ladder Theater - 5pm)
• Doug Collins (Dubliner - 5pm)
• KRSM DJ (Arbeiter Brewing - 5:30pm)
• James Whatton // Live Music (Wooden Ship Brewing - 6pm)
• Jake Hanson & Luke Enyeart (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Vinyl Night (Gambit Brewing - 6pm)
• Quarter-Past-Half-Time (Acadia Cafe - 6:30pm)
• Open Stage & Moonlight Muses Presents Spring Rock Concert (Day Block Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Burnt Orange (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in Concert with the Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota Orchestra - 7pm)
• Jerome J. and Allison L. (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Joe Pulice Big Band feat. Ricky Peterson (Dakota - 7pm)
• Zeb Sears (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• DJ Katnip (Basement Bar - 7pm)
• Cole Diamond (Animales - 7pm)
• The Glass Cannon Network Presents “Call of Cthulhu Live!” (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• Lewis / Bates / Nichols (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• Sam Prekop and John McEntire with White Dune (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• Defend Our Friends ⏤ Album Release for “ICE OUT” Protest Record (Turf Club - 7:30pm)
• Clejan (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• Feeling Good - A Michael Bublé Tribute (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Ty Myers (Armory - 7:30pm)
• Leslie Rich and the Rocket Soul Choir (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Snapped Live Band Open Mic (Green Room - 8pm)
• Billy Johnson (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Pastrami w/ Heliotrope (Icehouse - 8pm)
• MNAKED: Will Durie & Mary Cutrefello (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
• Built to Spill with Wussy (First Avenue - 8pm)
• Michael Grooves Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Smokdoubt Co-Op w. The Quantum Mechanics & “SPLASH!” (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• ART-A-Whirl Weekend \ 2026, PRE-Party!, Hiahli, Izzy Cruz, Toussaint Morrison (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• Splitscreen (Mortimer's - 10pm)
• WE Collective (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 10pm)

THEATER

• Julius Caesar (Crane Theater - Monday 7pm | Thursday 7pm)
• Ruby Rain “In the Palm of Her Hand” (American School of Storytelling - Monday 7pm)
• Buffalo Show (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Tuesday 7pm)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Orpheum Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Guthrie Theater - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• A Chorus Line (Park Square Theatre - Wednesday 7pm | Thursday 7pm)
• MN Opera: Pagliacci University Night (Ordway - Thursday 6:30pm)
• MN Opera: Pagliacci (Ordway - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Courting Harry - Previews (History Theatre - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Heaven’s Precious Angels (Strike Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)

COMEDY

• Craic Up Comedy Night (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Tuesday 7pm)
• C. Willi Myles: Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival (Crooners Supper Club - Wednesday 6pm)
• Maggie Faris: Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival (Crooners Supper Club - Wednesday 7pm)
• Comedy Free for All (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• All-Star Showcase #1: Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival (Crooners Supper Club - Wednesday 8pm)
• Trevor Anderson (Acme Comedy Company - Wednesday 8pm)
• Dingbats Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - Wednesday 8pm)
• The Thursday Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 7pm)
• The $10,000 Comedy Competition: Round 1 (Crooners Supper Club - Thursday 7pm)
• Shinob Squad (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Mary Mack: Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival (Crooners Supper Club - Thursday 8pm)
• Bobcat Goldthwait (Acme Comedy Company - Thursday 8pm)
• Stand Up Comedy Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - Thursday 8pm)
• A Special Taping by Ronny Sharts (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 8:30pm)
• The $10,000 Comedy Competition: Round 2 (Crooners Supper Club - Thursday 8:45pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Frost @ Montréal Victoire 🏒 (Monday 6pm)
• Minnesota Timberwolves @ Spurs 🏀 (Monday 7pm)
• Minnesota Wild vs Colorado 🏒 (Monday 7pm)
• Saint Paul Saints vs Columbus Clippers ⚾ (Tuesday 6:37pm | Wednesday 6:37pm | Thursday 6:37pm)
• Minnesota Twins vs Marlins ⚾ (Tuesday 6:40pm | Wednesday 6:40pm | Thursday 12:40pm)
• Minnesota Lynx @ Mercury 🏀 (Tuesday 9pm)
• Minnesota Wild @ Colorado 🏒 (Wednesday 7pm)
• Minnesota United vs Colorado Rapids ⚽ (Wednesday 7:30pm)
• Minnesota Lynx @ Wings 🏀 (Thursday 7pm)
• Minnesota Timberwolves vs Spurs 🏀 (Thursday 7pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Community Table Tennis (Minneapolis Cider Company - Tuesday 7pm)
• Minnesota Lynx Pre-Game Party (Bar of Their Own - Thursday 4pm)
• JoyFulton Social Ride (Fulton Brewing Company - Thursday 6pm)

KARAOKE

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Otter’s Saloon (Nightly 8pm-2am)
• Vegas Lounge (Nightly 9pm-2am)
• Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Daily 11am-9:30pm)
• Chatterbox (Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30pm-Close)
• James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (Nightly 9pm-1:45am)
• 1029 Bar (Wednesdays & Thursdays 9pm-2am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Wednesdays 9pm-1am)

ARCADES

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Up-Down Minneapolis (Daily 3pm-2am)
• CLAW LAND Maplewood (Daily 11:30am-7pm)
• CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (Daily 11am-8pm)
• Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Daily 12-8pm)
• LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (Daily 11am-2am)
• Neko Clawww Roseville (Daily 1:30pm-8pm)
• ClawZone Park Bloomington (Daily 12pm-8pm)
• Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Tue-Thu 4pm-10pm)
• DUCK! Eagan (Daily 12pm-9pm)

BOWLING

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Town Hall Lanes (Mon 11am-5pm, 10pm-11:30pm | Tue 11am-11:30pm, Wed 11am-5:30pm, 10:30pm-11:30pm, Thu 11am-4:30pm)
• Elsie’s Northeast (Mon 4pm-11pm | Tue-Thu 11am-11pm)
• Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (Mon 9am-6pm | Tue-Thu 9am-Midnight)
• Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Daily 3pm-11pm)
• Park Tavern SLP (Daily 11am-Close)
• Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Daily 11am-11pm)
• Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Daily 9am-11:30pm)
• Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (Daily 11am-1am)
• AMF Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Daily 4pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Daily 11am-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
• 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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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🤣 Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival (Crooners Supper Club, Wed & Thu)
• 🛍️ Citywide Garage Sales (Many Suburbs, Thu)
• 🎙️ The Moth: I Got It From My Mama (Amsterdam Bar & Hall, Wed 6:30pm)
• 🎬 PIEOWA: A Piece Of America (Riverview Theater, Thu 7pm)
• 🪄 The Magic Underground: Magicians' Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing, Tue 7pm)

MONDAY, MAY 11

• Spring Blood Drive (Fulton Brewing Company - 12pm)
• Give Back Monday - Glen Lake Mighty Mites Baseball (LTD Brewing - 12pm)
• Second Monday Community Book Exchange at Nine Mile Brewing (9 Mile Brewing - 4pm)
• Retro & Board Game Night (Gambit Brewing - 4pm)
• My Name is... Monday (56 Brewing - 4pm)
• South-Asian Inspired Evening of Books, Bevs, & BAEKA (Cream and Amber - 5:30pm)
• Learn How To Play Mahjong (Utepils Brewing - 5:30pm)
• Mahjong Open Play (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Swing Left Letter Writing (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• May’s Crokinole Tournament (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Mahjong Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• Educator Appreciation Night (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
• Lets Learn Mahjong (Indeed Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Stephanie Carpenter presents Moral Treatment (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• MN Hard Bop Collective Jazz Performance Workshops (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• Variety Open Mic (Camp Bar - 8:30pm)

TUESDAY, MAY 12

• Weekly Story Time (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
• Open Mic @ Acadia (Acadia Cafe - 5pm)
• FREE Meat & Cheese Raffle (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• May’s Cribbage Tournament (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Bingq (LTD Brewing - 6pm)
• Louise M. Aamodt, FOREST BEGINS ANEW (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
• Beer Buddies: Puzzle Night (Bald Man Brewing - 6pm)
• TCS Rollerskate Class (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• Cribbage Club (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
• Miles for Mental Wellness & Connection (Pride Cultural Arts Center - 6pm)
• Irish Trad Session (Padraigs Brewing - 6pm)
• Merchant Leather - Leatherworking Class (Utepils Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Board Game Night (Bad Weather Brewery - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• DJ Bingo (Bauhaus Brew Labs - 7pm)
• Weekly Pool Tournament (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Stand-Up Comedy Open Mic (Gambit Brewing - 7pm)
• Space Between (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• Book Talk: ...AGAIN with Mark Nowak (Moon Palace Books - 7pm)
• The Magic Underground: Magicians' Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - 7pm)
• Susan Koefod presents Albert Park and Escapes (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• The Psychedelic Furs with We Are Scientists and DJ Jake Rudh (First Avenue - 7:30pm)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13

• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Rainbow Seniors (Pride Cultural Arts Center - 1pm)
• Catalyst Cafe (Queermunity - 2:30pm)
• Magic Nights @ Metronome (MetroNOME Brewery - 5pm)
• Plant Potting Bar & Truck (Boom Island Brewing - 5pm)
• Game Night (Arbeiter Brewing - 6pm)
• Saint City Mahjong Club’s Mahj U (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• Support a Human in Crisis Training (Queermunity - 6pm)
• Inkwell Craft Club (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 6pm)
• The Ordway Presents: Puppet Making Workshop with In the Heart of the Beast (Ordway - 6pm)
• Wednesday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 6pm)
• Star Wars Bingo (Can Can Wonderland - 6pm)
• The Moth: I Got It From My Mama (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6:30pm)
• Initials Game Live (Boom Island Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Raymond Ave MEAT UP (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Maria Giesbrecht and Jennae Cecilia in conversation (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• Mario Kart World Racing Tournament (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Line Dancing (Animales - 7pm)
• Pop Up Dance Party (Bryant Square - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Glitter Bomb HOT NEW EVENT (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• DRAG SHOWS (Gay 90's - 10pm)
• M.A.Y. residency week two ft Gothess (Mortimer's - 10pm)

THURSDAY, MAY 14

• Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Tiny Tots Story Time (Big Hill Books - 10:30am)
• MNsure Health Insurance Navigation (Queermunity - 1pm)
• Nooks & Crannies Tour (James J. Hill House - 3:15pm)
• Tony Hawk/Gamer Thursday (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 4pm)
• Free Thursday Nights at the History Center (Minnesota History Center - 4pm)
• Ixcali Tacos (Wabasha Brewing - 4:30pm)
• Meat Raffle (Wabasha Brewing - 5pm)
• Inkwell Story Lab (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 5pm)
• Bash for Mental Health (Forgotten Star Brewing - 5pm)
• Philanthrowbrew: Voyageur Outward Bound School (Urban Growler - 5pm)
• Meet at Mia - Breaking the Mold (MIA - 5pm)
• Flower Hour (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 5pm)
• Sex Science Fair and Happy Hour (Moon Palace Books - 5:30pm)
• [Virtual] Book Talk: What Ever Happened to Eddy Crane? (Moon Palace Books - 5:30pm)
• JULIE SCHUMACHER: PATIENT, FEMALE: STORIES (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
• CoHi Mutual Aid Fundraiser (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 6pm)
• Thursday Night Bingo With Bloomington Lions Club (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Jigsaw Puzzle Contest (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• FREE Meat Raffle (Elm Creek Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Pitch-A-Friend (Queer Night) (Bruhaven - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (LTD Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Cribbage Tournament (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
• Cassandra Neyenesch presents A Little Bit Bad (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• PIEOWA: A Piece Of America (Riverview Theater - 7pm)
• Act of Joy (Black Hart - 8pm)
• Bessie Snow Presents: Appètit, a Burlesque Review (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Monday, May 11

• Mumblin’ Drew’s Oldfangled Orchestrators (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• JWAC, CLOG (331 Club - 6pm)
• First Out (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Blues Jam with Moses Oakland (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Sea Shanty Sing (Dubliner - 7pm)
• fakemink: a Terrible Beauty - The Tour (Fillmore - 7pm)
• Phil Berbig (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Brad Mehldau Trio (Dakota - 7pm)
• Guitar Women: An Evening with Sue Foley, Rory Block, & Cindy Cashdollar (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• L.A's Monday Nights (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
• Red Rum Club with Joan of Profile (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• MLLT w. Landfill Harmonik (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

Tuesday, May 12

• Drink & Dine for a Cause: Bloomington Symphony Orchestra (Wooden Hill Brewing - 5pm)
• Worker’s Playtime, Aaron Lee Kaplan (331 Club - 6pm)
• DL4 (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• YYY (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Nova Jazz Orchestra (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Brad Mehldau Trio (Dakota - 7pm)
• St Dominic's Trio (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Lowertown with Micah Preite (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• An Evening with Chantal Kreviazuk (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• King Tuff with Caution (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Aestis Tuesday Night Residency w. Vinn, Huge If True (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• MayConspiracy Series featuring, Willow Waters and the Earthtones, Squinny (331 Club - 9:30pm)

Wednesday, May 13

• Bruno Mars Pre Concert Party (Umbra - 4pm)
• Vinyl Night (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 6pm)
• Molly Maher & Her Disbelievers (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Smiling Cowboys Showcase (Minnesota Music Cafe - 6pm)
• Wednesday Night Open Jam (Excelsior Brewing - 6pm)
• Deep Fortune (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• New Diplomat (Green Room - 7pm)
• Artemis: Sketches Of Miles (Dakota - 7pm)
• Irish Céilí Dancing (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Foxby (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Harold’s House Party on KFAI, Rachel Kurtz (331 Club - 7pm)
• Tom Dahill and Ginny Johnson (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Qveen Herby - Isle of Qveen Tour (Fillmore - 7pm)
• Trans Music Archive: ZORA (Vinyl Release) & booboo3000000 (Berlin - 7pm)
• OCE's World Music Night ft. Wanaku & Co. (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7:30pm)
• The Suburbs: Two Centuries of Rock! (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• Brown Horse with Kiernan (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Starlight Vinyl Night: MAKR Spins the Classic (Icehouse - 8pm)
• High Fade with Scorched Waves (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Cole Diamond’s Whiskey Wednesdays (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Mobetta & Friends - The After Party ft. DJ Pee Wee (aka Anderson Paak) (Icehouse - 9pm)
• Bee and the Knees (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• The Cherry Pit Open Jam (Berlin - 10:15pm)

Thursday, May 14

• Live Music Thursday with Tom Hipps (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Smokin’ On the Runway, NeCann Afterparty (Hook & Ladder Theater - 5pm)
• Doug Collins (Dubliner - 5pm)
• KRSM DJ (Arbeiter Brewing - 5:30pm)
• James Whatton // Live Music (Wooden Ship Brewing - 6pm)
• Jake Hanson & Luke Enyeart (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Vinyl Night (Gambit Brewing - 6pm)
• Quarter-Past-Half-Time (Acadia Cafe - 6:30pm)
• Open Stage & Moonlight Muses Presents Spring Rock Concert (Day Block Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Burnt Orange (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in Concert with the Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota Orchestra - 7pm)
• Jerome J. and Allison L. (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Joe Pulice Big Band feat. Ricky Peterson (Dakota - 7pm)
• Zeb Sears (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• DJ Katnip (Basement Bar - 7pm)
• Cole Diamond (Animales - 7pm)
• The Glass Cannon Network Presents “Call of Cthulhu Live!” (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• Lewis / Bates / Nichols (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• Sam Prekop and John McEntire with White Dune (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• Defend Our Friends ⏤ Album Release for “ICE OUT” Protest Record (Turf Club - 7:30pm)
• Clejan (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• Feeling Good - A Michael Bublé Tribute (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Ty Myers (Armory - 7:30pm)
• Leslie Rich and the Rocket Soul Choir (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Snapped Live Band Open Mic (Green Room - 8pm)
• Billy Johnson (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Pastrami w/ Heliotrope (Icehouse - 8pm)
• MNAKED: Will Durie & Mary Cutrefello (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
• Built to Spill with Wussy (First Avenue - 8pm)
• Michael Grooves Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Smokdoubt Co-Op w. The Quantum Mechanics & “SPLASH!” (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• ART-A-Whirl Weekend \ 2026, PRE-Party!, Hiahli, Izzy Cruz, Toussaint Morrison (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• Splitscreen (Mortimer's - 10pm)
• WE Collective (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 10pm)

THEATER

• Julius Caesar (Crane Theater - Monday 7pm | Thursday 7pm)
• Ruby Rain “In the Palm of Her Hand” (American School of Storytelling - Monday 7pm)
• Buffalo Show (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Tuesday 7pm)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Orpheum Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Guthrie Theater - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• A Chorus Line (Park Square Theatre - Wednesday 7pm | Thursday 7pm)
• MN Opera: Pagliacci University Night (Ordway - Thursday 6:30pm)
• MN Opera: Pagliacci (Ordway - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Courting Harry - Previews (History Theatre - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Heaven’s Precious Angels (Strike Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)

COMEDY

• Craic Up Comedy Night (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Tuesday 7pm)
• C. Willi Myles: Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival (Crooners Supper Club - Wednesday 6pm)
• Maggie Faris: Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival (Crooners Supper Club - Wednesday 7pm)
• Comedy Free for All (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• All-Star Showcase #1: Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival (Crooners Supper Club - Wednesday 8pm)
• Trevor Anderson (Acme Comedy Company - Wednesday 8pm)
• Dingbats Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - Wednesday 8pm)
• The Thursday Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 7pm)
• The $10,000 Comedy Competition: Round 1 (Crooners Supper Club - Thursday 7pm)
• Shinob Squad (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Mary Mack: Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival (Crooners Supper Club - Thursday 8pm)
• Bobcat Goldthwait (Acme Comedy Company - Thursday 8pm)
• Stand Up Comedy Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - Thursday 8pm)
• A Special Taping by Ronny Sharts (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 8:30pm)
• The $10,000 Comedy Competition: Round 2 (Crooners Supper Club - Thursday 8:45pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Frost @ Montréal Victoire 🏒 (Monday 6pm)
• Minnesota Timberwolves @ Spurs 🏀 (Monday 7pm)
• Minnesota Wild vs Colorado 🏒 (Monday 7pm)
• Saint Paul Saints vs Columbus Clippers ⚾ (Tuesday 6:37pm | Wednesday 6:37pm | Thursday 6:37pm)
• Minnesota Twins vs Marlins ⚾ (Tuesday 6:40pm | Wednesday 6:40pm | Thursday 12:40pm)
• Minnesota Lynx @ Mercury 🏀 (Tuesday 9pm)
• Minnesota Wild @ Colorado 🏒 (Wednesday 7pm)
• Minnesota United vs Colorado Rapids ⚽ (Wednesday 7:30pm)
• Minnesota Lynx @ Wings 🏀 (Thursday 7pm)
• Minnesota Timberwolves vs Spurs 🏀 (Thursday 7pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Community Table Tennis (Minneapolis Cider Company - Tuesday 7pm)
• Minnesota Lynx Pre-Game Party (Bar of Their Own - Thursday 4pm)
• JoyFulton Social Ride (Fulton Brewing Company - Thursday 6pm)

KARAOKE

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Otter’s Saloon (Nightly 8pm-2am)
• Vegas Lounge (Nightly 9pm-2am)
• Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Daily 11am-9:30pm)
• Chatterbox (Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30pm-Close)
• James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (Nightly 9pm-1:45am)
• 1029 Bar (Wednesdays & Thursdays 9pm-2am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Wednesdays 9pm-1am)

ARCADES

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Up-Down Minneapolis (Daily 3pm-2am)
• CLAW LAND Maplewood (Daily 11:30am-7pm)
• CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (Daily 11am-8pm)
• Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Daily 12-8pm)
• LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (Daily 11am-2am)
• Neko Clawww Roseville (Daily 1:30pm-8pm)
• ClawZone Park Bloomington (Daily 12pm-8pm)
• Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Tue-Thu 4pm-10pm)
• DUCK! Eagan (Daily 12pm-9pm)

BOWLING

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Town Hall Lanes (Mon 11am-5pm, 10pm-11:30pm | Tue 11am-11:30pm, Wed 11am-5:30pm, 10:30pm-11:30pm, Thu 11am-4:30pm)
• Elsie’s Northeast (Mon 4pm-11pm | Tue-Thu 11am-11pm)
• Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (Mon 9am-6pm | Tue-Thu 9am-Midnight)
• Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Daily 3pm-11pm)
• Park Tavern SLP (Daily 11am-Close)
• Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Daily 11am-11pm)
• Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Daily 9am-11:30pm)
• Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (Daily 11am-1am)
• AMF Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Daily 4pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Daily 11am-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
• 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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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🌿 Mother's Day Bonsai Show (Como Park and Conservatory - Saturday & Sunday)
• 🎵 Saint Paul Civic Symphony Mother's Day Concert (Landmark Center - Sunday 1pm)
• 🖼️ Sculpture Garden Art Fair (Minneapolis Sculpture Garden - Saturday & Sunday)
• 🚪 Doors Open Minneapolis (Many Places - Saturday & Sunday)
• ✨ AniMinneapolis 2026 (Hyatt Regency - All Weekend)
• 🏀 Minnesota Lynx Home Opener (Target Center - Saturday 7pm)
• ⚾ Southside Serious Hotties - Punk Rock Baseball Opening Game (Powderhorn Park - Saturday 3pm)
• 🚂 Spring TCMRM Hobby Show and Sale (State Fairgrounds - Saturday)
• 🐎 FASH Spring Horse Show (State Fairgrounds - All Weekend)
• 🪴 Friends School Plant Sale (State Fairgrounds - All Weekend)

FRIDAY, MAY 08

• Friday Friend Lab: Crafting & Game Night (Queermunity - 4pm)
• Cream & Amber: Craft Night (Cream and Amber - 5pm)
• Happy Hour BINGO benefiting Aliveness Project (Black Hart - 6pm)
• D&D Social Hour (Bruhaven - 6pm)
• Elements! Dragons Lair Student and Teacher Showcase (Ground Zero Nightclub - 7pm)
• Roxy's Cabaret Presents: Diana Ross and Friends (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• The Daisy Chain Flower Shop Author Event with Laurie Gilmore (Granada Theater - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Basement Bar - 7pm)
• Cash Bingo and Meat Raffle (Forgotten Star Brewing - 7pm)
• INTERNET KIDS ⏤ Hyperpop Dance Party (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• S'mores on the Patio (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
• Monthly Underwear Night (Eagle MPLS - 9pm)
• Friday Night Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - 10pm)
• Mall Goth (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• Nudie Nubies Burlesque (Black Hart - 10pm)

SATURDAY, MAY 09

• Yoga amongst the Tulips (Lakewood Cemetery - 8am)
• Doors Open at the Capri (Capri - 10am)
• Move Together MN for Pancreatic Cancer (Black Stack Brewing - 10am)
• Quatrefoil in Doors Open Minneapolis (Quatrefoil Library - 10am)
• Taproom Yoga (Forgotten Star Brewing - 10am)
• Doors Open (Bakken Museum - 10am)
• Camp Capri 1st & 3rd Saturdays (Capri - 10am)
• Mother's Day Mini-Floral Memorials (Lakewood Cemetery - 10am)
• Abby Cooper, IT'S A MOM! - Mother's Day Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Family Rock (Bauhaus Brew Labs - 10:30am)
• Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
• Sloppy Disc: Blu-ray Rental Pop-Up (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• Beats & Breath: Yoga-Based Movement Class (Queermunity - 11am)
• Saturday A Brunch Of Drag (18+) (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Anniversary Party (Wooden Ship Brewing - 12pm)
• AAPI Phoenix Fest (Arbeiter Brewing - 12pm)
• Radical Queer Tarot Reading Group (Quatrefoil Library - 12pm)
• Safe Hands Rescue Meet & Greet (Broken Clock Brewing - 12pm)
• Matt Goldman "Liar's Creek" (Once Upon a Crime - 12pm)
• Makers & Moms: A Pre-Mother’s Day Celebration (Bruhaven - 12pm)
• Adoption Event (Forgotten Star Brewing - 12pm)
• 11 Year Anniversary Party (56 Brewing - 12pm)
• Segundo Sabado (Queermunity - 12:30pm)
• Vinyl Records Market! (Boom Island Brewing - 1pm)
• Mother’s Day Sourdough Class with “The Sourdough Lady” (9 Mile Brewing - 1pm)
• ZAAGIBAGAA GIIZIS A Budding Moon Spring Market (Queermunity - 1pm)
• Second Annual: Strib Unbound After Party! (Utepils Brewing - 1pm)
• Saturday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 2pm)
• Bearacade (Eagle MPLS - 2pm)
• Weekly DJ: Mpls House (Modist Brewing - 2pm)
• Their Eyes Were Watching God (Screening and Discussion) (Lutunji's Palate - 2pm)
• Makers Market (620 Club - 3pm)
• Mother's Day Story Time Tea Party (Big Hill Books - 4pm)
• Paint & Sip: Spring Stroll with Mom (Troubadour - 5pm)
• Quatrefoil Game Night (Quatrefoil Library - 6:30pm)
• Simply the Best Saturday Drag Show (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Drinkin’ Spelling Bee (331 Club - 7pm)
• Reaper of Resistance: An Author Reading by S. M. Garbers (Eat My Words - 7pm)
• Mary Brewster's Sparkle 30th Anniversary Show (Black Hart - 8:30pm)
• Mirage: Drag After Dark (21+) (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• Revenge of the Synth - Star Wars Rave (Can Can Wonderland - 9pm)
• Bondage A Go Go (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• SATURDAY NIGHT VIBES: Y2K Throwback Party (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)

SUNDAY, MAY 10

• Sensory Friendly Sunday (Walker Art Center - 8am)
• Quatrefoil in Doors Open Minneapolis (Quatrefoil Library - 10am)
• Doors Open (Pantages Theatre - 10am)
• Yoga Flow with Annie Hayes (Utepils Brewing - 10am)
• Ember in Bloom – Slow Flow Yoga + Sound Bath (9 Mile Brewing - 10am)
• Quiet Community Reading Club and Cozy Hour (Queermunity - 10am)
• Family Day - May the Force Be with You (MIA - 10am)
• Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
• Sunday Morning Yoga (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• Mother's Day All-Ages A Brunch Of Drag (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Mother's Day DIY Flower Bouquet Making Station (Forgotten Star Brewing - 11am)
• Mother’s Day at Surly (Surly Brewing - 11am)
• Mother's Day at Utepils (Utepils Brewing - 11am)
• Mother's Day Brunch Buffet (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 11am)
• Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 12pm)
• Paint & Sip Ceramics - Mother's Day Mugs (Bruhaven - 12pm)
• 2nd Sunday Market (Venn Brewing - 12pm)
• Bubbles & Bloodys at Bear Cave (Bear Cave Brewing - 12pm)
• Mother's Day Free Beer (Boom Island Brewing - 12pm)
• Mutual Aid Mother's Day Market (Bad Weather Brewery - 12pm)
• Rainbow Story Hour with Ladies of the Lakes (Queermunity - 1pm)
• Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School (331 Club - 2pm)
• MEGA Mother's Day Houseplant BINGO (Elm Creek Brewing - 2pm)
• Jules’ Poetry Playhouse (American School of Storytelling - 2pm)
• Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing - 3pm)
• Houseplant Bingo (Excelsior Brewing - 3pm)
• Open Mic Sundays Hosted by James Stanley (Camp Bar - 6pm)
• Movie Night: Clueless (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, May 08

• Early Evening Jazz: Shane Cox Trio (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Grunge Unplugged + FNL (Utepils Brewing - 5pm)
• Live Music: Zach Thomas (Elm Creek Brewing - 6pm)
• Minneapolis Dueling Pianos Night (Umbra - 6pm)
• Semi Infamous w. Sam Soderholm (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Manifest Content | Sleepy Eye | Glass Eyed Brother (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• Peg Meyer (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Live at Bear Cave - Clark Machtemes and the Traveled Ground (Bear Cave Brewing - 6pm)
• Michael Jackson Family Review with R Factor (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• Irish Music Session (Dubliner - 6pm)
• Jugsluggers (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• The COLLABOARATORY (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Beer Choir (Fulton Brewing Company - 7pm)
• Tommy Castro & The Painkillers (Dakota - 7pm)
• Blue Lake (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Tainted Canyon/The Locals/Bottlerocket (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Joe Flip (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Friday Night Date Night (Big Hill Books - 7pm)
• A Look Bacharach with RetroFizz and Friends (Crooners Supper Club - 7pm)
• Big Lake (Animales - 7pm)
• Live Music: Astronomy Town (56 Brewing - 7pm)
• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: American Chamber Music (Capri - 7pm)
• Cornell '77 Turns 49 (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• Hamish Smith Quartet (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• Tony Molek (LTD Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Amerikan Junk – Linus – Atomic Lights (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7:30pm)
• The Twin Cities Jazz Popup Tour with HEYARLO! (Crooners Supper Club - 7:30pm)
• JENNY DON'T AND THE SPURS with Cowboy Thoughts (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• Frankie Torres (The Voice) (Troubadour - 8pm)
• Rooms On Fire (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Wayne Grimsrud & Friends (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Kindohm, Heckadecimal, Deep Glens, Abyyy and Whole Earth (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Cut Worms with Tchotchke (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle (Minnesota Orchestra - 8pm)
• Alan Doyle with Bandits on the Run (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• ADULT. with HIDE and The Treasury (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Marilyn Manson (Armory - 8pm)
• Parisota Hot Club (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• The New Entangled Particles (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Wild Colonial Bhoys (Dubliner - 9pm)
• High Tension Records Presents: Briefcase w. Loki’s Folly, Farfaraway (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• 70's Magic Sunshine Band (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9pm)
• DJ Shawn Doe (Basement Bar - 9pm)
• Em & The Gems (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• SVDDEN DEATH (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Side of Sarcasm (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• J-mo On The Beat, DeTrell Melodies, The Sol Tribe (331 Club - 10pm)
• PROMISCUOUS: A 2000's CLUB BANGERS THROWBACKS PARTY (Green Room - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: JEN-E (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Saturday, May 09

• Cornbread Harris & Friends (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies: Spring Festival (Minnesota Orchestra - 10:15am, 2:20pm)
• Hamish Smith: Composition & Songwriting Workshop (Berlin - 10:30am)
• Meat Raffle Band (Urban Growler - 11am)
• Hamish Smith: Rhythm Section Workshop (Berlin - 12:30pm)
• The Get Up Mondays w. Frannie Crego (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Peace In the World Concert (Loring Park - 1pm)
• In Good Company (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 2pm)
• Sleepyheads [early indie dance party] (Green Room - 3pm)
• Molly Maher (Animales - 3pm)
• Voltage Controller (331 Club - 3pm)
• DOLO’S BIG 2000s Day Party & Barbeque (Cabooze - 4pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: Bryan Nichols / Dan Carpel / Jay Epstein (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Everly Covers Band Duo (Bald Man Brewing - 5pm)
• Rob Evans (Bruhaven - 6pm)
• Liminality | Velvet Ghoul | Victimless Progress (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• Live Music: Preston Gunderson (Elm Creek Brewing - 6pm)
• Live at Bear Cave - Beatnik Brothers (Bear Cave Brewing - 6pm)
• Giant Valley String Band w. Earnest Money (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Mateo's World Music Trio (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
• A Tribute to Jazz Rock Fusion of the 1970’s (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• Tony Williams (Umbra - 6pm)
• Punk Night: The Silent Treatment, Constant Insult & The Dirty Pretty (Gambit Brewing - 6pm)
• Side of Sarcasm (Dock and Paddle - 6pm)
• Candlelight: Tribute to Tool (Granada Theater - 6:30pm)
• Live Music - Robert Elwood (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Wage War with Nevertel and Orthodox (First Avenue - 6:30pm)
• Candlelight: 90s Unplugged (Granada Theater - 6:30pm)
• Ghost Wagon (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Ali & Joe (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• American Roots Revue (Dakota - 7pm, 9pm)
• Loud & Local Release Party at The Amsterdam: The Melismatics, High On Stress (album), Pullstring (single) (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• GRRRL SCOUT Presents: Mature Content (Icehouse - 7pm)
• Kit Kildahl & Blue Earth (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• ART Dept. (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Agony in the Living Room, Bright Young Things, Rigby (Klash Coffee - 7pm)
• Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle (Minnesota Orchestra - 7pm)
• Berette McNaught (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Adam & Ava Levy (Animales - 7pm)
• Live Music: Danger Club (Boom Island Brewing - 7pm)
• Mom & Me: A Little Bit Silly, A Whole Lotta Love (Crooners Supper Club - 7:30pm)
• NewDad with Freak Slug (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• Slovczech (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:30pm)
• Big Backyard (Excelsior Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• Hamish Smith Quartet (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Claire Rosinkranz (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7:30pm)
• One Night Only - Chris Trapper with special guest Pete Muller (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• ELI WINTER TRIO and LUKE SCHNEIDER with Jonah Hatten (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• Release The Craicen (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Harland Williams (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• The Good The Bad The Funky (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• J. Roddy Walston with Beemer (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Yungblud (Armory - 8pm)
• The Scarlet Goodbye "Semi-Acoustic" (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• An Evening with Mdou Moctar (solo) (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Tarek Abedelqader Quartet (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• The Ostrom Brothers (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• KP Presents BAYROOM: Pre-EDC Party (Green Room - 9pm)
• Sweet Heat w. Nathan Walker, Thomas Richey (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Kaivon (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Malamanya (James Ballentine Uptown VFW - 9pm)
• DJ Joey Bills (Basement Bar - 9pm)
• Swag (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• Billy Gleason and the Green Line (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• Baby Mahi and the Sitters, Fairooz Nazifa and Dost Toast, Pelicant (331 Club - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: dealdrugger B2B vlush (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Sunday, May 10

• Nick 'The Feelin' (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Sunday Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons (Aster Cafe - 11am)
• Mother’s Day: Aric Bieganek (Animales - 11:30am)
• Cap’n Al w. Chickaboom & Troglodyte, Ballroom Surfers (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Saint Paul Civic Symphony Mother's Day Concert (Landmark Center - 1pm)
• Open Fingerboard Session (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 1:30pm)
• Crown of Clover (Dubliner - 2pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 2pm)
• Disco Kings & The V Gees (Minnesota Music Cafe - 2pm)
• 2 Timothy with Forrest Guptill (Dock and Paddle - 2:30pm)
• The Smokin' Section (Animales - 3pm)
• Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies: Spring Festival (Minnesota Orchestra - 3:30pm)
• Tunes Sunday (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
• Women Who Cook - A Mother’s Day Reunion (Dakota - 4pm, 7pm)
• Flamenco en la primavera By Twin Cities Flamenco Collective (Icehouse - 5pm)
• Robb Henry Trio (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Mama’s Boy’s A Mother’s Day Special: C Willi Myles & Fred Steele (Crooners Supper Club - 5:30pm)
• Rêvefleur, Gauze, Spiderlily LIVE at The Amsterdam (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• Phine & Friends (Driftwood Char Bar - 6pm)
• Cal Pflum (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• The Current Presents: The Afghan Whigs 40th Anniv. Tour w/ Mercury Rev (Varsity Theater - 6:30pm)
• Mother’s Day Cabaret with Erin Schwab, Jay Fuchs and Sophie Todaro (Crooners Supper Club - 6:30pm)
• Maye and Ambar Lucid with judith (Fine Line Music Cafe - 6:30pm)
• Emmy Woods and friends (331 Club - 7pm)
• Kenny Reichert’s Letters From the Road: Moldovest (Berlin - 7pm)
• Anthony Shore & His All-Star Band’s Tribute to Elvis (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Sophisticated Lady - Celebrating the Legendary Music of Natalie Cole (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7pm)
• Ann Reed w/Joan Griffith (318 Cafe - 7pm)
• Foxtide with hallpass (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• N3RD4KING (Acadia Cafe - 8pm)
• Daniel Romano's Outfit with Uni Boys (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Obi Original and The Black Atlantics Residency (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Sunday Trad Session (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• Open Jam (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

THEATER

• The Imaginary Invalid (Hive Collaborative - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Biomes (Luminary Arts Center - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 5:30pm)
• Wayfinding the Wilds: Tracking A Myth (American School of Storytelling - Friday 7pm)
• Julius Caesar (Crane Theater - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Fall of the High School Valedictorian (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 7pm)
• Everything Is Nothing (Open Eye Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Orpheum Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7pm | Sunday 1pm, 7pm)
• Gutenberg! The Musical! (Theatre Latte Da - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm)
• Doing 90 Down Memory Lane (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Law & Order The Unscripted Parody - A ComedySportz Production (Strike Theater - Friday 7:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm)
• The Hobbit (Theatre in the Round - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Rainy Days & Mondays - The Music of the Carpenters (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm)
• Sleuth (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm)
• That Felt Good (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 9:30pm)
• Backstage Tour (Guthrie Theater - Saturday 10:15am)
• Narnia The Ballet (Ames Center - Saturday 1pm, 6pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Carnival of the Animals & A Trip to the Moon – A Film and Music Event (Capri - Saturday 3pm)
• Bring Your Kids (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Saturday 3pm)
• Songversations: we have been told we sound just like our mothers (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Saturday 7pm | Sunday 7pm)
• Transcendence (Phoenix Theater - Saturday 7:30pm)
• Comedy Sportz (Strike Theater - Saturday 7:30pm)
• MN Opera: Pagliacci (Ordway - Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Guys and Dolls Mother's Day (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Sunday 1pm)
• BALLS Cabaret (Strike Theater - Sunday 2pm)
• Making Music: A Conversation with Channy Leaneagh (Southern Theater - Sunday 4pm)
• Celebrating Caregivers! Cabaret With Jen Burleigh-bentz – Special Guest Jen Maren (MetroNOME Brewery - Sunday 6:30pm)

COMEDY

• Myq Kaplan (Acme Comedy Company - Friday 7pm, 9:30pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• SOLD OUT: Amber Autry (Parkway Theater - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm)
• Stevie Ray's Comedy Cabaret (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Pedro Gonzalez (Phoenix Theater - Friday 7:30pm)
• Ryan Long Special Presentations (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Friday 7:30pm, 9:45pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• AJ Finney with Samara Suomi (Camp Bar - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Walter Masterson (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 8pm)
• Riley Cosgrove (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Deanna Ortiz: Funny Slut (Comedy Corner Underground - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• After Dark! Minnesota's Top Comedy Improv Show (Camp Bar - Friday 10pm)
• Next Stop Comedy Show (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - Saturday 8pm)
• Last Call (Sisyphus Brewing - Saturday 10pm)
• The Disableds Comedy Show (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Sunday 7pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Twins @ Guardians (Fri 6:15pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Frost vs Montréal Victoire (Fri 7:30pm) 🏒
• Minnesota Timberwolves vs Spurs (Fri 8:30pm) 🏀
• Saint Paul Saints @ Las Vegas Aviators (Fri 9:05pm) ⚾
• Southside Serious Hotties vs St Louis Skeletons (Powderhorn Park - Sat 3pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Twins @ Guardians (Sat 5:10pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Lynx vs Dream (Sat 7pm) 🏀
• Minnesota Wild vs Colorado (Sat 8pm) 🏒
• Saint Paul Saints @ Las Vegas Aviators (Sat 9:05pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Twins @ Guardians (Sun 12:40pm) ⚾
• Saint Paul Saints @ Las Vegas Aviators (Sun 2:05pm) ⚾
• Twin Cities Gemini @ Denver Onyx (Sun 3pm) 🏉
• Minnesota United vs Austin FC (Sun 6pm) ⚽
• Minnesota Timberwolves vs Spurs (Sun 6:30pm) 🏀

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Minnesota Frost Pre-Game Party (Bar of Their Own - Friday 4pm)
• Dwarfanators EXTREME Wrestling (Midway Saloon - Friday 7pm)
• Timberwolves vs Spurs Game 2 (Bruhaven - Friday 8:30pm)
• MN Brewery Running Series: 5k Fun Run (Urban Growler - Saturday 11am)
• MN Wild vs Avalanche Game 3 (Bruhaven - Saturday 8pm)
• TC Gemini Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Sunday 3pm)
• MNUFC Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Sunday 6pm)
• Timberwolves vs Spurs Game 4 (Bruhaven - Sunday 6:30pm)

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
• 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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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🌿 Mother's Day Bonsai Show (Como Park and Conservatory - Saturday & Sunday)
• 🎵 Saint Paul Civic Symphony Mother's Day Concert (Landmark Center - Sunday 1pm)
• 🖼️ Sculpture Garden Art Fair (Minneapolis Sculpture Garden - Saturday & Sunday)
• 🚪 Doors Open Minneapolis (Many Places - Saturday & Sunday)
• ✨ AniMinneapolis 2026 (Hyatt Regency - All Weekend)
• 🏀 Minnesota Lynx Home Opener (Target Center - Saturday 7pm)
• ⚾ Southside Serious Hotties - Punk Rock Baseball Opening Game (Powderhorn Park - Saturday 3pm)
• 🚂 Spring TCMRM Hobby Show and Sale (State Fairgrounds - Saturday)
• 🐎 FASH Spring Horse Show (State Fairgrounds - All Weekend)
• 🪴 Friends School Plant Sale (State Fairgrounds - All Weekend)

FRIDAY, MAY 08

• Friday Friend Lab: Crafting & Game Night (Queermunity - 4pm)
• Cream & Amber: Craft Night (Cream and Amber - 5pm)
• Happy Hour BINGO benefiting Aliveness Project (Black Hart - 6pm)
• D&D Social Hour (Bruhaven - 6pm)
• Elements! Dragons Lair Student and Teacher Showcase (Ground Zero Nightclub - 7pm)
• Roxy's Cabaret Presents: Diana Ross and Friends (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• The Daisy Chain Flower Shop Author Event with Laurie Gilmore (Granada Theater - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Basement Bar - 7pm)
• Cash Bingo and Meat Raffle (Forgotten Star Brewing - 7pm)
• INTERNET KIDS ⏤ Hyperpop Dance Party (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• S'mores on the Patio (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
• Monthly Underwear Night (Eagle MPLS - 9pm)
• Friday Night Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - 10pm)
• Mall Goth (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• Nudie Nubies Burlesque (Black Hart - 10pm)

SATURDAY, MAY 09

• Yoga amongst the Tulips (Lakewood Cemetery - 8am)
• Doors Open at the Capri (Capri - 10am)
• Move Together MN for Pancreatic Cancer (Black Stack Brewing - 10am)
• Quatrefoil in Doors Open Minneapolis (Quatrefoil Library - 10am)
• Taproom Yoga (Forgotten Star Brewing - 10am)
• Doors Open (Bakken Museum - 10am)
• Camp Capri 1st & 3rd Saturdays (Capri - 10am)
• Mother's Day Mini-Floral Memorials (Lakewood Cemetery - 10am)
• Abby Cooper, IT'S A MOM! - Mother's Day Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Family Rock (Bauhaus Brew Labs - 10:30am)
• Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
• Sloppy Disc: Blu-ray Rental Pop-Up (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• Beats & Breath: Yoga-Based Movement Class (Queermunity - 11am)
• Saturday A Brunch Of Drag (18+) (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Anniversary Party (Wooden Ship Brewing - 12pm)
• AAPI Phoenix Fest (Arbeiter Brewing - 12pm)
• Radical Queer Tarot Reading Group (Quatrefoil Library - 12pm)
• Safe Hands Rescue Meet & Greet (Broken Clock Brewing - 12pm)
• Matt Goldman "Liar's Creek" (Once Upon a Crime - 12pm)
• Makers & Moms: A Pre-Mother’s Day Celebration (Bruhaven - 12pm)
• Adoption Event (Forgotten Star Brewing - 12pm)
• 11 Year Anniversary Party (56 Brewing - 12pm)
• Segundo Sabado (Queermunity - 12:30pm)
• Vinyl Records Market! (Boom Island Brewing - 1pm)
• Mother’s Day Sourdough Class with “The Sourdough Lady” (9 Mile Brewing - 1pm)
• ZAAGIBAGAA GIIZIS A Budding Moon Spring Market (Queermunity - 1pm)
• Second Annual: Strib Unbound After Party! (Utepils Brewing - 1pm)
• Saturday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 2pm)
• Bearacade (Eagle MPLS - 2pm)
• Weekly DJ: Mpls House (Modist Brewing - 2pm)
• Their Eyes Were Watching God (Screening and Discussion) (Lutunji's Palate - 2pm)
• Makers Market (620 Club - 3pm)
• Mother's Day Story Time Tea Party (Big Hill Books - 4pm)
• Paint & Sip: Spring Stroll with Mom (Troubadour - 5pm)
• Quatrefoil Game Night (Quatrefoil Library - 6:30pm)
• Simply the Best Saturday Drag Show (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Drinkin’ Spelling Bee (331 Club - 7pm)
• Reaper of Resistance: An Author Reading by S. M. Garbers (Eat My Words - 7pm)
• Mary Brewster's Sparkle 30th Anniversary Show (Black Hart - 8:30pm)
• Mirage: Drag After Dark (21+) (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• Revenge of the Synth - Star Wars Rave (Can Can Wonderland - 9pm)
• Bondage A Go Go (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• SATURDAY NIGHT VIBES: Y2K Throwback Party (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)

SUNDAY, MAY 10

• Sensory Friendly Sunday (Walker Art Center - 8am)
• Quatrefoil in Doors Open Minneapolis (Quatrefoil Library - 10am)
• Doors Open (Pantages Theatre - 10am)
• Yoga Flow with Annie Hayes (Utepils Brewing - 10am)
• Ember in Bloom – Slow Flow Yoga + Sound Bath (9 Mile Brewing - 10am)
• Quiet Community Reading Club and Cozy Hour (Queermunity - 10am)
• Family Day - May the Force Be with You (MIA - 10am)
• Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
• Sunday Morning Yoga (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• Mother's Day All-Ages A Brunch Of Drag (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Mother's Day DIY Flower Bouquet Making Station (Forgotten Star Brewing - 11am)
• Mother’s Day at Surly (Surly Brewing - 11am)
• Mother's Day at Utepils (Utepils Brewing - 11am)
• Mother's Day Brunch Buffet (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 11am)
• Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 12pm)
• Paint & Sip Ceramics - Mother's Day Mugs (Bruhaven - 12pm)
• 2nd Sunday Market (Venn Brewing - 12pm)
• Bubbles & Bloodys at Bear Cave (Bear Cave Brewing - 12pm)
• Mother's Day Free Beer (Boom Island Brewing - 12pm)
• Mutual Aid Mother's Day Market (Bad Weather Brewery - 12pm)
• Rainbow Story Hour with Ladies of the Lakes (Queermunity - 1pm)
• Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School (331 Club - 2pm)
• MEGA Mother's Day Houseplant BINGO (Elm Creek Brewing - 2pm)
• Jules’ Poetry Playhouse (American School of Storytelling - 2pm)
• Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing - 3pm)
• Houseplant Bingo (Excelsior Brewing - 3pm)
• Open Mic Sundays Hosted by James Stanley (Camp Bar - 6pm)
• Movie Night: Clueless (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, May 08

• Early Evening Jazz: Shane Cox Trio (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Grunge Unplugged + FNL (Utepils Brewing - 5pm)
• Live Music: Zach Thomas (Elm Creek Brewing - 6pm)
• Minneapolis Dueling Pianos Night (Umbra - 6pm)
• Semi Infamous w. Sam Soderholm (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Manifest Content | Sleepy Eye | Glass Eyed Brother (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• Peg Meyer (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Live at Bear Cave - Clark Machtemes and the Traveled Ground (Bear Cave Brewing - 6pm)
• Michael Jackson Family Review with R Factor (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• Irish Music Session (Dubliner - 6pm)
• Jugsluggers (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• The COLLABOARATORY (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Beer Choir (Fulton Brewing Company - 7pm)
• Tommy Castro & The Painkillers (Dakota - 7pm)
• Blue Lake (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Tainted Canyon/The Locals/Bottlerocket (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Joe Flip (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Friday Night Date Night (Big Hill Books - 7pm)
• A Look Bacharach with RetroFizz and Friends (Crooners Supper Club - 7pm)
• Big Lake (Animales - 7pm)
• Live Music: Astronomy Town (56 Brewing - 7pm)
• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: American Chamber Music (Capri - 7pm)
• Cornell '77 Turns 49 (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• Hamish Smith Quartet (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• Tony Molek (LTD Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Amerikan Junk – Linus – Atomic Lights (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7:30pm)
• The Twin Cities Jazz Popup Tour with HEYARLO! (Crooners Supper Club - 7:30pm)
• JENNY DON'T AND THE SPURS with Cowboy Thoughts (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• Frankie Torres (The Voice) (Troubadour - 8pm)
• Rooms On Fire (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Wayne Grimsrud & Friends (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Kindohm, Heckadecimal, Deep Glens, Abyyy and Whole Earth (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Cut Worms with Tchotchke (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle (Minnesota Orchestra - 8pm)
• Alan Doyle with Bandits on the Run (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• ADULT. with HIDE and The Treasury (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Marilyn Manson (Armory - 8pm)
• Parisota Hot Club (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• The New Entangled Particles (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Wild Colonial Bhoys (Dubliner - 9pm)
• High Tension Records Presents: Briefcase w. Loki’s Folly, Farfaraway (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• 70's Magic Sunshine Band (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9pm)
• DJ Shawn Doe (Basement Bar - 9pm)
• Em & The Gems (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• SVDDEN DEATH (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Side of Sarcasm (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• J-mo On The Beat, DeTrell Melodies, The Sol Tribe (331 Club - 10pm)
• PROMISCUOUS: A 2000's CLUB BANGERS THROWBACKS PARTY (Green Room - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: JEN-E (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Saturday, May 09

• Cornbread Harris & Friends (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies: Spring Festival (Minnesota Orchestra - 10:15am, 2:20pm)
• Hamish Smith: Composition & Songwriting Workshop (Berlin - 10:30am)
• Meat Raffle Band (Urban Growler - 11am)
• Hamish Smith: Rhythm Section Workshop (Berlin - 12:30pm)
• The Get Up Mondays w. Frannie Crego (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Peace In the World Concert (Loring Park - 1pm)
• In Good Company (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 2pm)
• Sleepyheads [early indie dance party] (Green Room - 3pm)
• Molly Maher (Animales - 3pm)
• Voltage Controller (331 Club - 3pm)
• DOLO’S BIG 2000s Day Party & Barbeque (Cabooze - 4pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: Bryan Nichols / Dan Carpel / Jay Epstein (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Everly Covers Band Duo (Bald Man Brewing - 5pm)
• Rob Evans (Bruhaven - 6pm)
• Liminality | Velvet Ghoul | Victimless Progress (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• Live Music: Preston Gunderson (Elm Creek Brewing - 6pm)
• Live at Bear Cave - Beatnik Brothers (Bear Cave Brewing - 6pm)
• Giant Valley String Band w. Earnest Money (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Mateo's World Music Trio (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
• A Tribute to Jazz Rock Fusion of the 1970’s (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• Tony Williams (Umbra - 6pm)
• Punk Night: The Silent Treatment, Constant Insult & The Dirty Pretty (Gambit Brewing - 6pm)
• Side of Sarcasm (Dock and Paddle - 6pm)
• Candlelight: Tribute to Tool (Granada Theater - 6:30pm)
• Live Music - Robert Elwood (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Wage War with Nevertel and Orthodox (First Avenue - 6:30pm)
• Candlelight: 90s Unplugged (Granada Theater - 6:30pm)
• Ghost Wagon (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Ali & Joe (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• American Roots Revue (Dakota - 7pm, 9pm)
• Loud & Local Release Party at The Amsterdam: The Melismatics, High On Stress (album), Pullstring (single) (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• GRRRL SCOUT Presents: Mature Content (Icehouse - 7pm)
• Kit Kildahl & Blue Earth (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• ART Dept. (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Agony in the Living Room, Bright Young Things, Rigby (Klash Coffee - 7pm)
• Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle (Minnesota Orchestra - 7pm)
• Berette McNaught (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Adam & Ava Levy (Animales - 7pm)
• Live Music: Danger Club (Boom Island Brewing - 7pm)
• Mom & Me: A Little Bit Silly, A Whole Lotta Love (Crooners Supper Club - 7:30pm)
• NewDad with Freak Slug (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• Slovczech (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:30pm)
• Big Backyard (Excelsior Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• Hamish Smith Quartet (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Claire Rosinkranz (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7:30pm)
• One Night Only - Chris Trapper with special guest Pete Muller (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• ELI WINTER TRIO and LUKE SCHNEIDER with Jonah Hatten (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• Release The Craicen (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Harland Williams (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• The Good The Bad The Funky (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• J. Roddy Walston with Beemer (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Yungblud (Armory - 8pm)
• The Scarlet Goodbye "Semi-Acoustic" (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• An Evening with Mdou Moctar (solo) (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Tarek Abedelqader Quartet (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• The Ostrom Brothers (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• KP Presents BAYROOM: Pre-EDC Party (Green Room - 9pm)
• Sweet Heat w. Nathan Walker, Thomas Richey (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Kaivon (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Malamanya (James Ballentine Uptown VFW - 9pm)
• DJ Joey Bills (Basement Bar - 9pm)
• Swag (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• Billy Gleason and the Green Line (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• Baby Mahi and the Sitters, Fairooz Nazifa and Dost Toast, Pelicant (331 Club - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: dealdrugger B2B vlush (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Sunday, May 10

• Nick 'The Feelin' (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Sunday Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons (Aster Cafe - 11am)
• Mother’s Day: Aric Bieganek (Animales - 11:30am)
• Cap’n Al w. Chickaboom & Troglodyte, Ballroom Surfers (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Saint Paul Civic Symphony Mother's Day Concert (Landmark Center - 1pm)
• Open Fingerboard Session (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 1:30pm)
• Crown of Clover (Dubliner - 2pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 2pm)
• Disco Kings & The V Gees (Minnesota Music Cafe - 2pm)
• 2 Timothy with Forrest Guptill (Dock and Paddle - 2:30pm)
• The Smokin' Section (Animales - 3pm)
• Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies: Spring Festival (Minnesota Orchestra - 3:30pm)
• Tunes Sunday (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
• Women Who Cook - A Mother’s Day Reunion (Dakota - 4pm, 7pm)
• Flamenco en la primavera By Twin Cities Flamenco Collective (Icehouse - 5pm)
• Robb Henry Trio (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Mama’s Boy’s A Mother’s Day Special: C Willi Myles & Fred Steele (Crooners Supper Club - 5:30pm)
• Rêvefleur, Gauze, Spiderlily LIVE at The Amsterdam (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• Phine & Friends (Driftwood Char Bar - 6pm)
• Cal Pflum (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• The Current Presents: The Afghan Whigs 40th Anniv. Tour w/ Mercury Rev (Varsity Theater - 6:30pm)
• Mother’s Day Cabaret with Erin Schwab, Jay Fuchs and Sophie Todaro (Crooners Supper Club - 6:30pm)
• Maye and Ambar Lucid with judith (Fine Line Music Cafe - 6:30pm)
• Emmy Woods and friends (331 Club - 7pm)
• Kenny Reichert’s Letters From the Road: Moldovest (Berlin - 7pm)
• Anthony Shore & His All-Star Band’s Tribute to Elvis (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Sophisticated Lady - Celebrating the Legendary Music of Natalie Cole (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7pm)
• Ann Reed w/Joan Griffith (318 Cafe - 7pm)
• Foxtide with hallpass (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• N3RD4KING (Acadia Cafe - 8pm)
• Daniel Romano's Outfit with Uni Boys (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Obi Original and The Black Atlantics Residency (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Sunday Trad Session (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• Open Jam (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

THEATER

• The Imaginary Invalid (Hive Collaborative - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Biomes (Luminary Arts Center - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 5:30pm)
• Wayfinding the Wilds: Tracking A Myth (American School of Storytelling - Friday 7pm)
• Julius Caesar (Crane Theater - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Fall of the High School Valedictorian (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 7pm)
• Everything Is Nothing (Open Eye Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Orpheum Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7pm | Sunday 1pm, 7pm)
• Gutenberg! The Musical! (Theatre Latte Da - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm)
• Doing 90 Down Memory Lane (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Law & Order The Unscripted Parody - A ComedySportz Production (Strike Theater - Friday 7:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm)
• The Hobbit (Theatre in the Round - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Rainy Days & Mondays - The Music of the Carpenters (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm)
• Sleuth (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm)
• That Felt Good (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 9:30pm)
• Backstage Tour (Guthrie Theater - Saturday 10:15am)
• Narnia The Ballet (Ames Center - Saturday 1pm, 6pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Carnival of the Animals & A Trip to the Moon – A Film and Music Event (Capri - Saturday 3pm)
• Bring Your Kids (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Saturday 3pm)
• Songversations: we have been told we sound just like our mothers (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Saturday 7pm | Sunday 7pm)
• Transcendence (Phoenix Theater - Saturday 7:30pm)
• Comedy Sportz (Strike Theater - Saturday 7:30pm)
• MN Opera: Pagliacci (Ordway - Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Guys and Dolls Mother's Day (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Sunday 1pm)
• BALLS Cabaret (Strike Theater - Sunday 2pm)
• Making Music: A Conversation with Channy Leaneagh (Southern Theater - Sunday 4pm)
• Celebrating Caregivers! Cabaret With Jen Burleigh-bentz – Special Guest Jen Maren (MetroNOME Brewery - Sunday 6:30pm)

COMEDY

• Myq Kaplan (Acme Comedy Company - Friday 7pm, 9:30pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• SOLD OUT: Amber Autry (Parkway Theater - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm)
• Stevie Ray's Comedy Cabaret (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Pedro Gonzalez (Phoenix Theater - Friday 7:30pm)
• Ryan Long Special Presentations (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Friday 7:30pm, 9:45pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• AJ Finney with Samara Suomi (Camp Bar - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Walter Masterson (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 8pm)
• Riley Cosgrove (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Deanna Ortiz: Funny Slut (Comedy Corner Underground - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• After Dark! Minnesota's Top Comedy Improv Show (Camp Bar - Friday 10pm)
• Next Stop Comedy Show (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - Saturday 8pm)
• Last Call (Sisyphus Brewing - Saturday 10pm)
• The Disableds Comedy Show (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Sunday 7pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Twins @ Guardians (Fri 6:15pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Frost vs Montréal Victoire (Fri 7:30pm) 🏒
• Minnesota Timberwolves vs Spurs (Fri 8:30pm) 🏀
• Saint Paul Saints @ Las Vegas Aviators (Fri 9:05pm) ⚾
• Southside Serious Hotties vs St Louis Skeletons (Powderhorn Park - Sat 3pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Twins @ Guardians (Sat 5:10pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Lynx vs Dream (Sat 7pm) 🏀
• Minnesota Wild vs Colorado (Sat 8pm) 🏒
• Saint Paul Saints @ Las Vegas Aviators (Sat 9:05pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Twins @ Guardians (Sun 12:40pm) ⚾
• Saint Paul Saints @ Las Vegas Aviators (Sun 2:05pm) ⚾
• Twin Cities Gemini @ Denver Onyx (Sun 3pm) 🏉
• Minnesota United vs Austin FC (Sun 6pm) ⚽
• Minnesota Timberwolves vs Spurs (Sun 6:30pm) 🏀

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Minnesota Frost Pre-Game Party (Bar of Their Own - Friday 4pm)
• Dwarfanators EXTREME Wrestling (Midway Saloon - Friday 7pm)
• Timberwolves vs Spurs Game 2 (Bruhaven - Friday 8:30pm)
• MN Brewery Running Series: 5k Fun Run (Urban Growler - Saturday 11am)
• MN Wild vs Avalanche Game 3 (Bruhaven - Saturday 8pm)
• TC Gemini Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Sunday 3pm)
• MNUFC Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Sunday 6pm)
• Timberwolves vs Spurs Game 4 (Bruhaven - Sunday 6:30pm)

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
• 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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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🌼 Cinco De Mayo (Various locations and days, see link)
• 🏛️ Aldo Moroni and the Minneapolis Fed: A Hands-On Experience (Federal Reserve - Monday and Wednesday 11am)
• 💬 Afrofuturism and the Ethics of Generative AI (Penumbra Theatre - Monday 6pm)
• 🖼️ Opening Reception: What Holds and What Breaks (Minnesota Museum of American Art - Thursday 6pm)
• ❤️ Open Arms of MN – Moveable Feast (State Fairground - Thursday 5pm)
• 📽️ Monster in Me: The Video Work of Cecelia Condit (Walker Art Center - Thursday 7pm)

MONDAY, MAY 04

• Aldo Moroni and the Minneapolis Fed: A Hands-On Experience (Federal Reserve - Wed 11am)
• Give Back Monday - River City Rhythm (LTD Brewing - 12pm)
• My Name is... Monday (56 Brewing - 4pm)
• Educator & Librarian Appreciation Night (Cream and Amber - 4pm)
• Mustache Monday (Venn Brewing - 5pm)
• Community Showcase: Art as a Catalyst for Learning (Walker Art Center - 5pm)
• Volunteer Orientation (Cedar Cultural Center - 5:30pm)
• Afrofuturism and the Ethics of Generative AI (Penumbra Theatre - 6pm)
• Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock 🎮 (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• EDH & Cube Night- Twin CItes Brew Crew (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• Mahjong Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Mahjong Open Play (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Initials Game with Trivia Mafia (Wooden Ship Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• St. Paul Board Game Group (Lake Monster Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Captain Jack and His Rocket Powered Go-Kart (2026) (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Witness- Open Mic Mondays May 2026 (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
• Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• Initials Game Live with Trivia Mafia (9 Mile Brewing - 7pm)
• Book Talk: The Way Disabled People Love Each Other (Moon Palace Books - 7pm)
• Cory Haala presents When the Democrats Won the Heartland (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)

TUESDAY, MAY 05

• [VIRTUAL] Persisting Against All Odds with Terry Tempest Williams and Parker J. Palmer (Moon Palace Books - 10am)
• Weekly Story Time! (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
• Mobile Blood Drive (Boom Island Brewing - 2pm)
• Open Mic @ Acadia (Acadia Cafe - 5pm)
• MARY MOORE EASTER: DANCING ON THE PRECIPICE (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
• Katherine Applegate, WOMBAT WAITING (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
• Crokinole Meetup (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• Dungeons and Dragons Adventure League (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• TCS Rollerskate Class (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• Hat Burning/Engraving Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Monthly Cribbage Tournament (Fulton Brewing Company - 6pm)
• Cribbage Club (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
• FREE Meat & Cheese Raffle (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Minnesota Cribbage Nice Night – Every other Tuesday (Day Block Brewing - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Capri Big Band (Capri - 6:30pm)
• Better Things May (Moon Palace Books - 7pm)
• Zongxee Lee and Natalie Hoidal present Tshuaj Ntsuab (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• Mille Movie Club Presents: Dick (1999) (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Weekly Pool Tournament (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Leather Club (Eagle MPLS - 7pm)
• Book Release for Liar's Creek by Matt Goldman (Comma Bookshop - 7pm)
• DJ Bingo - Every Tuesday At 7pm (Bauhaus Brew Labs - 7pm)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 06

• Mini Mia (MIA - 10:15am & 12:15pm)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Aldo Moroni and the Minneapolis Fed: A Hands-On Experience (Federal Reserve - 11am)
• Bloodmobile (Modist Brewing - 4pm)
• Saint Paul Downtown Alliance Annual Meeting (Palace Theatre - 4pm)
• Brew Babies (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 5pm)
• Magic Nights @ Metronome (MetroNOME Brewery - 5pm)
• Break the Bubble (Forgotten Star Brewing - 5pm)
• GARY BRUEGGEMANN : SAINTS AND SINNERS (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
• Saint City Mahjong Club’s Mahj U (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• Open Mic with host Neal Dimick (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Wednesday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 6pm)
• Speed Puzzle Contest (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• Sapphic Speed Dating (Bruhaven - 6pm)
• Game Night (Arbeiter Brewing - 6pm)
• Minnesota Book Awards (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6:30pm)
• Silent Cram Sess (Broken Clock Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Raymond Ave MEAT UP (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Initials Game Live (Boom Island Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Line Dancing (Animales - 7pm)
• Drag Blingo with B. Louise! (Sisyphus Brewing - 7pm)
• Queer Threads (Quatrefoil Library - 7pm)
• Advance Beginner Board Gaming Night (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Goldfinger (1964) w/ pre-movie music by Leslie Vincent! (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• You're Not From Here, Are You? (Black Hart - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• 318 Open Mic w/Grant Dawson (318 Cafe - 7:30pm)
• The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library Presents: Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony (Ordway - 7:30pm)
• Dingbats Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - 8pm)
• Glitter Bomb HOT NEW EVENT (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• Bosso Poetry Company (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• DRAG SHOWS (Gay 90's - 10pm)

THURSDAY, MAY 07

• Let’s Do Coffee: Brew & Bond for 60+ (Queermunity - 9:30am)
• Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
• FASH Spring Horse Show (State Fairgrounds - 10am)
• Tiny Tots Story Time (Big Hill Books - 10:30am)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Thirsty Thursday (Bear Cave Brewing - 3pm)
• CRAFTernoons with Jordan (Bruhaven - 3pm)
• Nooks & Crannies Tour (James J Hill House - 3:15pm)
• Free Thursday Nights at the History Center (Minnesota History Center - 4pm)
• Tony Hawk/Gamer Thursday (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 4pm)
• Bloom & Brew Spring Market (Wooden Hill Brewing - 4:30pm)
• Open Arms of MN – Moveable Feast (State Fairground - 5pm)
• Flower Hour (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 5pm)
• Paint & Bloom: A Mother’s Day Activity (Hiawatha School Park - 5pm)
• Storied Women of History – Lakewood Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• Meat Raffle (Wabasha Brewing - 5pm)
• Opening Reception: What Holds and What Breaks (Minnesota Museum of American Art - 6pm)
• Book Launch: Again, Harder with Alice Stoehr (Moon Palace Books - 6pm)
• Brocialize (Queermunity - 6pm)
• The Princess and the Frog (2009) (Granada Theater - 6pm)
• Vegan Potluck (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• Sarah Does Puzzles presents: (Indeed Brewing - 6pm)
• Thursday Night Bingo With Bloomington Lions Club (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Paint & Sip (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• The Initials Game Live (LTD Brewing - 6:30pm)
• FREE Meat Raffle (Elm Creek Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Plant Bingo!! (Black Stack Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Euchre Tournament (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Monster in Me: The Video Work of Cecelia Condit (Walker Art Center - 7pm)
• Opinionation! (Headflyer Brewing - 7pm)
• Garden for Life: Author Event with Rhonda Fleming Hayes (Subtext Books - 7pm)
• Cribbage Tournament (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
• Sarah Peterson presents Dish and Tell (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• Money $ Milkies (Black Hart - 7pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Monday, May 04

• 1St Monday Happy Hour + Musical Mondays (Lush Lounge - 5pm)
• Sounds Of Santana (Featuring Joe Cruz) (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• Soul Trouvère (331 Club - 6pm)
• Catfish Troy (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Joy And Melancholy (Acadia Cafe - 6:30pm)
• The Great Irish Sing-Along (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Star Wars Day with Southside Aces (Crooners Supper Club - 7pm)
• Phil Berbig (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Jam Society Monday Jam (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Music Mondays at Morrisseys! (Morrissey's Irish Pub - 7pm)
• Blues Jam with Moses Oakland (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Acoustic Jam (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Hippie Sabotage: Give and Take Tour (Fillmore - 7pm)
• MN Hard Bop Collective Jazz Performance Workshops (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Jake Shimabukuro (Dakota - 7pm)
• Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol with American Sharks and Pink Fuzz (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• L.A's Monday Nights (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Pub Choir (First Avenue - 8pm)
• Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
• Metal Mondays (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

Tuesday, May 05

• Vinyl Record Release Event (Indeed Brewing - 12am)
• Summer School Supply Drive (Unmapped Brewing - 4:30pm)
• Old Time Music Workshop & Jam (Padraigs Brewing - 5pm)
• August Burns Red & The Amity Affliction: The Springs Horizons Tour (Fillmore - 5:30pm)
• Worker’s Playtime, David Huckfelt (331 Club - 6pm)
• Thomas Sticha (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Bike Night Launch Party (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
• Lords of Acid (Varsity Theater - 6pm)
• St Dominic's Trio (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• New Band Night #31 (Green Room - 7pm)
• An Evening with The Greyboy Allstars (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• The Beatles Reimagined (Dakota - 7pm)
• Bluewater Kings Showcase (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Red Planet (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Schubert Club Presents: Accordo with Silent Film (Ordway - 7:30pm)
• The Cedar and Festival de las Calaveras present: An Evening with PASCUALA ILABACA Y FAUNA (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• Faetooth with Latter and bosses (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• Taylor Austin Dye with Haley E Rydell (Turf Club - 8pm)
• An Evening with VNV Nation (Fine Line Music Cafe - 9pm)
• Aestis Tuesday Night Residency w. The Morning Kings, Dashed (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• MayConspiracy Series featuring, Willow Waters and the Earthtones, Kevin Gamble Quartet (331 Club - 9:30pm)

Wednesday, May 06

• Great River School Digs the 70s (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 5:30pm)
• Wednesday Night Open Jam (Excelsior Brewing - 6pm)
• Pat Donohue & Friends (Midway Saloon - 6pm)
• Lori Dokken presents … “Just Me …” (Volume 3) – Jazz and Stuff! (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• Vinyl Night! (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 6pm)
• Robyn Jamner & the Soft Skills (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Nicholas David: Live (Dakota - 7pm)
• Poudre Canyon Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Irish Céilí Dancing (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Irish Diplomacy (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Mac DeMarco with Mock Media (First Avenue - 7pm)
• Tytus Canby (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Floryence (Green Room - 7pm)
• VooDoo Bird Family (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Harold’s House Party on KFAI, Half Baked (331 Club - 7pm)
• Félicia Atkinson w/ Liz Draper (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• GARNET ROGERS with Carol Montag (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• Friends In Real Life / Mr. Michael Motorcycle (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7:30pm)
• MN Songwriter Showcase hosted by Nick Hensley (Aster Cafe - 7:30pm)
• Moe Reen with Michael Gay & Sadie Gustafson-Zook (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Sluice with Hiding Places (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• The Moss with Gatlin (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Matte Blvck with Night Audit (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Distress Tolerance (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• HUNNY BEAR W. Sonic Bloom, J-Mo On The Beat & The J-Lighters (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• The Cherry Pit Open Jam (Berlin - 10:15pm)

Thursday, May 07

• Sylvia May // Live Music (Wooden Ship Brewing - 12am)
• Live Music Thursday with Ben Aaron (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Pop Wagner (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Emmy Woods (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Kickoff to ROCK MELON SUMMER (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• Record Night (Fulton Brewing Company - 6pm)
• Jenny Klukken: Jazz Marimbist (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• HEAVY THURSDAY, Shadow Hex (331 Club - 6pm)
• My Blvk Hippie (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Roseville Area High School Jazz Band – Show #1 (MetroNOME Brewery - 6:45pm)
• David Huckfelt's Mystery Lights (Animales - 7pm)
• Aliah Sheffield (Crooners Supper Club - 7pm)
• Ledfoot Larry (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Lowdown Dirty Fools Blues Band (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• La Dispute with From Indian Lakes and Flooding (First Avenue - 7pm)
• Ray Barnard (620 Club - 7pm)
• Thursday Terror w/ Blodwar, Pain Portal, Psychodelic, Inaforethought (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• The Stonecutters (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Martin Zellar (Dakota - 7pm)
• Beech Montana (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Twin Cities Tango Music Showcase (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• Marc Broussard with Sway Wild (Fitzgerald Theater - 7:30pm)
• Barns Courtney (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7:30pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• THAT HANDSOME DEVIL with Human Zoo (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• Roseville Area High School Jazz Band – Show #2 (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:50pm)
• Never Ending Fall with J Solomon and Devvy Dub (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Between Howls with Socktopus and The Confused (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Gatecreeper with Eternal, Dying Remains and Another Enemy (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Monica Livorsi & Cassandra Morgan (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• The Daily Norm & Jeff Ray (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
• Test Site 67 (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Piss with Style w. Ben Vogel & JWAC (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Life Support (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• NORTHEAST INVITATIONAL (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• WE Collective (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 10pm)

THEATER

• Dirty Twenty: An Interactive D&D Improv Campaign (Hive Collaborative - Monday 7:30pm)
• Marble (Hive Collaborative - Tuesday 2pm, 7pm)
• National Day of Theater Readings for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (Guthrie Theater - Tuesday 6pm)
• Bingq (LTD Brewing - Tuesday 6pm)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Orpheum Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Holidating (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Tuesday 7:30pm)
• Good Camel Live (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Wednesday 7pm)
• MNProv LIVE! (Hive Collaborative - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Guthrie Theater - Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Sleuth (Guthrie Theater - Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Gutenberg! The Musical! (Theatre Latte Da - Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 2pm, 7:30pm)
• MN Opera: Pagliacci Student Dress Rehearsal (Ordway - Thursday 11am)
• Sesame Street Live - Elmo's Got the Moves (State Theatre - Thursday 6pm)
• The Imaginary Invalid (Hive Collaborative - Thursday 7pm)
• Highest 2 Lowest (Capri - Thursday 7pm)
• Biomes (Luminary Arts Center - Thursday 7pm)
• I Wrote This For You! (Strike Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Rainy Days & Mondays - The Music of the Carpenters (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Sft 13 (Phoenix Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)

COMEDY

• Craic Up Comedy Night (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Tuesday 7pm)
• Fantastic Voyage Improv 7-9:30 PM (Doors 6:30) / Cellar (Padraigs Brewing - Wednesday 6:30pm)
• Myq Kaplan (Acme Comedy Company - Wednesday 8pm | Thursday 8pm)
• Easy Speak Comedy Showcase (Volstead's Emporium - Wednesday 8pm)
• Carlos Sanchez (Show Totalmente En Español - Special Event) (Camp Bar - Thursday 7pm)
• Monster Science First Thursdays: Season of the Witch (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Thursday 7pm)
• The Thursday Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 7pm)
• Taylor Baggott (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Stand Up Comedy Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - Thursday 8pm)
• Orange Aide presented by Jackson Hicks & Greg Orange (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 8:30pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Twins @ Nationals (Tue 5:45pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Frost @ Montréal Victoire (Tue 6pm) 🏒
• Saint Paul Saints @ Las Vegas Aviators (Tue 9:05pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Twins @ Nationals (Wed 5:45pm) ⚾
• Saint Paul Saints @ Las Vegas Aviators (Wed 9:05pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Twins @ Nationals (Thu 12:05pm) ⚾
• Saint Paul Saints @ Las Vegas Aviators (Thu 9:05pm) ⚾

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Community Table Tennis (Minneapolis Cider Company - Tuesday 7pm)

KARAOKE

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Otter’s Saloon (Nightly 8pm-2am)
• Vegas Lounge (Nightly 9pm-2am)
• Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Daily 11am-9:30pm)
• Chatterbox (Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30pm-Close)
• James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (Nightly 9pm-1:45am)
• 1029 Bar (Wednesdays & Thursdays 9pm-2am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Wednesdays 9pm-1am)

ARCADES

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Up-Down Minneapolis (Daily 3pm-2am)
• CLAW LAND Maplewood (Daily 11:30am-7pm)
• CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (Daily 11am-8pm)
• Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Daily 12-8pm)
• 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

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Town Hall Lanes (Mon 11am-5pm, 10pm-11:30pm | Tue 11am-11:30pm, Wed 11am-5:30pm, 10:30pm-11:30pm, Thu 11am-4:30pm)
• Elsie’s Northeast (Mon 4pm-11pm | Tue-Thu 11am-11pm)
• Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (Mon 9am-6pm | Tue-Thu 9am-Midnight)
• Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Daily 3pm-11pm)
• Park Tavern SLP (Daily 11am-Close)
• Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Daily 11am-11pm)
• Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Daily 9am-11:30pm)
• Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (Daily 11am-1am)
• AMF Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Daily 4pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Daily 11am-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
• 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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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🌼 Cinco De Mayo (Various locations and days, see link)
• 🏛️ Aldo Moroni and the Minneapolis Fed: A Hands-On Experience (Federal Reserve - Monday and Wednesday 11am)
• 💬 Afrofuturism and the Ethics of Generative AI (Penumbra Theatre - Monday 6pm)
• 🖼️ Opening Reception: What Holds and What Breaks (Minnesota Museum of American Art - Thursday 6pm)
• ❤️ Open Arms of MN – Moveable Feast (State Fairground - Thursday 5pm)
• 📽️ Monster in Me: The Video Work of Cecelia Condit (Walker Art Center - Thursday 7pm)

MONDAY, MAY 04

• Aldo Moroni and the Minneapolis Fed: A Hands-On Experience (Federal Reserve - Wed 11am)
• Give Back Monday - River City Rhythm (LTD Brewing - 12pm)
• My Name is... Monday (56 Brewing - 4pm)
• Educator & Librarian Appreciation Night (Cream and Amber - 4pm)
• Mustache Monday (Venn Brewing - 5pm)
• Community Showcase: Art as a Catalyst for Learning (Walker Art Center - 5pm)
• Volunteer Orientation (Cedar Cultural Center - 5:30pm)
• Afrofuturism and the Ethics of Generative AI (Penumbra Theatre - 6pm)
• Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock 🎮 (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• EDH & Cube Night- Twin CItes Brew Crew (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• Mahjong Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Mahjong Open Play (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Initials Game with Trivia Mafia (Wooden Ship Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• St. Paul Board Game Group (Lake Monster Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Captain Jack and His Rocket Powered Go-Kart (2026) (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Witness- Open Mic Mondays May 2026 (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
• Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• Initials Game Live with Trivia Mafia (9 Mile Brewing - 7pm)
• Book Talk: The Way Disabled People Love Each Other (Moon Palace Books - 7pm)
• Cory Haala presents When the Democrats Won the Heartland (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)

TUESDAY, MAY 05

• [VIRTUAL] Persisting Against All Odds with Terry Tempest Williams and Parker J. Palmer (Moon Palace Books - 10am)
• Weekly Story Time! (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
• Mobile Blood Drive (Boom Island Brewing - 2pm)
• Open Mic @ Acadia (Acadia Cafe - 5pm)
• MARY MOORE EASTER: DANCING ON THE PRECIPICE (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
• Katherine Applegate, WOMBAT WAITING (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
• Crokinole Meetup (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• Dungeons and Dragons Adventure League (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• TCS Rollerskate Class (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• Hat Burning/Engraving Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Monthly Cribbage Tournament (Fulton Brewing Company - 6pm)
• Cribbage Club (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
• FREE Meat & Cheese Raffle (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Minnesota Cribbage Nice Night – Every other Tuesday (Day Block Brewing - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Capri Big Band (Capri - 6:30pm)
• Better Things May (Moon Palace Books - 7pm)
• Zongxee Lee and Natalie Hoidal present Tshuaj Ntsuab (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• Mille Movie Club Presents: Dick (1999) (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Weekly Pool Tournament (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Leather Club (Eagle MPLS - 7pm)
• Book Release for Liar's Creek by Matt Goldman (Comma Bookshop - 7pm)
• DJ Bingo - Every Tuesday At 7pm (Bauhaus Brew Labs - 7pm)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 06

• Mini Mia (MIA - 10:15am & 12:15pm)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Aldo Moroni and the Minneapolis Fed: A Hands-On Experience (Federal Reserve - 11am)
• Bloodmobile (Modist Brewing - 4pm)
• Saint Paul Downtown Alliance Annual Meeting (Palace Theatre - 4pm)
• Brew Babies (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 5pm)
• Magic Nights @ Metronome (MetroNOME Brewery - 5pm)
• Break the Bubble (Forgotten Star Brewing - 5pm)
• GARY BRUEGGEMANN : SAINTS AND SINNERS (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
• Saint City Mahjong Club’s Mahj U (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• Open Mic with host Neal Dimick (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Wednesday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 6pm)
• Speed Puzzle Contest (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• Sapphic Speed Dating (Bruhaven - 6pm)
• Game Night (Arbeiter Brewing - 6pm)
• Minnesota Book Awards (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6:30pm)
• Silent Cram Sess (Broken Clock Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Raymond Ave MEAT UP (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Initials Game Live (Boom Island Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Line Dancing (Animales - 7pm)
• Drag Blingo with B. Louise! (Sisyphus Brewing - 7pm)
• Queer Threads (Quatrefoil Library - 7pm)
• Advance Beginner Board Gaming Night (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Goldfinger (1964) w/ pre-movie music by Leslie Vincent! (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• You're Not From Here, Are You? (Black Hart - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• 318 Open Mic w/Grant Dawson (318 Cafe - 7:30pm)
• The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library Presents: Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony (Ordway - 7:30pm)
• Dingbats Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - 8pm)
• Glitter Bomb HOT NEW EVENT (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• Bosso Poetry Company (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• DRAG SHOWS (Gay 90's - 10pm)

THURSDAY, MAY 07

• Let’s Do Coffee: Brew & Bond for 60+ (Queermunity - 9:30am)
• Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
• FASH Spring Horse Show (State Fairgrounds - 10am)
• Tiny Tots Story Time (Big Hill Books - 10:30am)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Thirsty Thursday (Bear Cave Brewing - 3pm)
• CRAFTernoons with Jordan (Bruhaven - 3pm)
• Nooks & Crannies Tour (James J Hill House - 3:15pm)
• Free Thursday Nights at the History Center (Minnesota History Center - 4pm)
• Tony Hawk/Gamer Thursday (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 4pm)
• Bloom & Brew Spring Market (Wooden Hill Brewing - 4:30pm)
• Open Arms of MN – Moveable Feast (State Fairground - 5pm)
• Flower Hour (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 5pm)
• Paint & Bloom: A Mother’s Day Activity (Hiawatha School Park - 5pm)
• Storied Women of History – Lakewood Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• Meat Raffle (Wabasha Brewing - 5pm)
• Opening Reception: What Holds and What Breaks (Minnesota Museum of American Art - 6pm)
• Book Launch: Again, Harder with Alice Stoehr (Moon Palace Books - 6pm)
• Brocialize (Queermunity - 6pm)
• The Princess and the Frog (2009) (Granada Theater - 6pm)
• Vegan Potluck (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• Sarah Does Puzzles presents: (Indeed Brewing - 6pm)
• Thursday Night Bingo With Bloomington Lions Club (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Paint & Sip (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• The Initials Game Live (LTD Brewing - 6:30pm)
• FREE Meat Raffle (Elm Creek Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Plant Bingo!! (Black Stack Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Euchre Tournament (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Monster in Me: The Video Work of Cecelia Condit (Walker Art Center - 7pm)
• Opinionation! (Headflyer Brewing - 7pm)
• Garden for Life: Author Event with Rhonda Fleming Hayes (Subtext Books - 7pm)
• Cribbage Tournament (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
• Sarah Peterson presents Dish and Tell (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• Money $ Milkies (Black Hart - 7pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Monday, May 04

• 1St Monday Happy Hour + Musical Mondays (Lush Lounge - 5pm)
• Sounds Of Santana (Featuring Joe Cruz) (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• Soul Trouvère (331 Club - 6pm)
• Catfish Troy (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Joy And Melancholy (Acadia Cafe - 6:30pm)
• The Great Irish Sing-Along (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Star Wars Day with Southside Aces (Crooners Supper Club - 7pm)
• Phil Berbig (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Jam Society Monday Jam (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Music Mondays at Morrisseys! (Morrissey's Irish Pub - 7pm)
• Blues Jam with Moses Oakland (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Acoustic Jam (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Hippie Sabotage: Give and Take Tour (Fillmore - 7pm)
• MN Hard Bop Collective Jazz Performance Workshops (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Jake Shimabukuro (Dakota - 7pm)
• Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol with American Sharks and Pink Fuzz (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• L.A's Monday Nights (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Pub Choir (First Avenue - 8pm)
• Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
• Metal Mondays (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

Tuesday, May 05

• Vinyl Record Release Event (Indeed Brewing - 12am)
• Summer School Supply Drive (Unmapped Brewing - 4:30pm)
• Old Time Music Workshop & Jam (Padraigs Brewing - 5pm)
• August Burns Red & The Amity Affliction: The Springs Horizons Tour (Fillmore - 5:30pm)
• Worker’s Playtime, David Huckfelt (331 Club - 6pm)
• Thomas Sticha (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Bike Night Launch Party (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
• Lords of Acid (Varsity Theater - 6pm)
• St Dominic's Trio (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• New Band Night #31 (Green Room - 7pm)
• An Evening with The Greyboy Allstars (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• The Beatles Reimagined (Dakota - 7pm)
• Bluewater Kings Showcase (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Red Planet (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Schubert Club Presents: Accordo with Silent Film (Ordway - 7:30pm)
• The Cedar and Festival de las Calaveras present: An Evening with PASCUALA ILABACA Y FAUNA (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• Faetooth with Latter and bosses (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• Taylor Austin Dye with Haley E Rydell (Turf Club - 8pm)
• An Evening with VNV Nation (Fine Line Music Cafe - 9pm)
• Aestis Tuesday Night Residency w. The Morning Kings, Dashed (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• MayConspiracy Series featuring, Willow Waters and the Earthtones, Kevin Gamble Quartet (331 Club - 9:30pm)

Wednesday, May 06

• Great River School Digs the 70s (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 5:30pm)
• Wednesday Night Open Jam (Excelsior Brewing - 6pm)
• Pat Donohue & Friends (Midway Saloon - 6pm)
• Lori Dokken presents … “Just Me …” (Volume 3) – Jazz and Stuff! (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• Vinyl Night! (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 6pm)
• Robyn Jamner & the Soft Skills (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Nicholas David: Live (Dakota - 7pm)
• Poudre Canyon Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Irish Céilí Dancing (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Irish Diplomacy (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Mac DeMarco with Mock Media (First Avenue - 7pm)
• Tytus Canby (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Floryence (Green Room - 7pm)
• VooDoo Bird Family (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Harold’s House Party on KFAI, Half Baked (331 Club - 7pm)
• Félicia Atkinson w/ Liz Draper (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• GARNET ROGERS with Carol Montag (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• Friends In Real Life / Mr. Michael Motorcycle (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7:30pm)
• MN Songwriter Showcase hosted by Nick Hensley (Aster Cafe - 7:30pm)
• Moe Reen with Michael Gay & Sadie Gustafson-Zook (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Sluice with Hiding Places (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• The Moss with Gatlin (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Matte Blvck with Night Audit (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Distress Tolerance (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• HUNNY BEAR W. Sonic Bloom, J-Mo On The Beat & The J-Lighters (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• The Cherry Pit Open Jam (Berlin - 10:15pm)

Thursday, May 07

• Sylvia May // Live Music (Wooden Ship Brewing - 12am)
• Live Music Thursday with Ben Aaron (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Pop Wagner (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Emmy Woods (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Kickoff to ROCK MELON SUMMER (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• Record Night (Fulton Brewing Company - 6pm)
• Jenny Klukken: Jazz Marimbist (Crooners Supper Club - 6pm)
• HEAVY THURSDAY, Shadow Hex (331 Club - 6pm)
• My Blvk Hippie (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Roseville Area High School Jazz Band – Show #1 (MetroNOME Brewery - 6:45pm)
• David Huckfelt's Mystery Lights (Animales - 7pm)
• Aliah Sheffield (Crooners Supper Club - 7pm)
• Ledfoot Larry (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Lowdown Dirty Fools Blues Band (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• La Dispute with From Indian Lakes and Flooding (First Avenue - 7pm)
• Ray Barnard (620 Club - 7pm)
• Thursday Terror w/ Blodwar, Pain Portal, Psychodelic, Inaforethought (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• The Stonecutters (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Martin Zellar (Dakota - 7pm)
• Beech Montana (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Twin Cities Tango Music Showcase (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• Marc Broussard with Sway Wild (Fitzgerald Theater - 7:30pm)
• Barns Courtney (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7:30pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• THAT HANDSOME DEVIL with Human Zoo (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• Roseville Area High School Jazz Band – Show #2 (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:50pm)
• Never Ending Fall with J Solomon and Devvy Dub (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Between Howls with Socktopus and The Confused (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Gatecreeper with Eternal, Dying Remains and Another Enemy (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Monica Livorsi & Cassandra Morgan (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• The Daily Norm & Jeff Ray (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
• Test Site 67 (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Piss with Style w. Ben Vogel & JWAC (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Life Support (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• NORTHEAST INVITATIONAL (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• WE Collective (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 10pm)

THEATER

• Dirty Twenty: An Interactive D&D Improv Campaign (Hive Collaborative - Monday 7:30pm)
• Marble (Hive Collaborative - Tuesday 2pm, 7pm)
• National Day of Theater Readings for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (Guthrie Theater - Tuesday 6pm)
• Bingq (LTD Brewing - Tuesday 6pm)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Orpheum Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Holidating (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Tuesday 7:30pm)
• Good Camel Live (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Wednesday 7pm)
• MNProv LIVE! (Hive Collaborative - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Guthrie Theater - Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Sleuth (Guthrie Theater - Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Gutenberg! The Musical! (Theatre Latte Da - Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 2pm, 7:30pm)
• MN Opera: Pagliacci Student Dress Rehearsal (Ordway - Thursday 11am)
• Sesame Street Live - Elmo's Got the Moves (State Theatre - Thursday 6pm)
• The Imaginary Invalid (Hive Collaborative - Thursday 7pm)
• Highest 2 Lowest (Capri - Thursday 7pm)
• Biomes (Luminary Arts Center - Thursday 7pm)
• I Wrote This For You! (Strike Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Rainy Days & Mondays - The Music of the Carpenters (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Sft 13 (Phoenix Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)

COMEDY

• Craic Up Comedy Night (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Tuesday 7pm)
• Fantastic Voyage Improv 7-9:30 PM (Doors 6:30) / Cellar (Padraigs Brewing - Wednesday 6:30pm)
• Myq Kaplan (Acme Comedy Company - Wednesday 8pm | Thursday 8pm)
• Easy Speak Comedy Showcase (Volstead's Emporium - Wednesday 8pm)
• Carlos Sanchez (Show Totalmente En Español - Special Event) (Camp Bar - Thursday 7pm)
• Monster Science First Thursdays: Season of the Witch (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Thursday 7pm)
• The Thursday Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 7pm)
• Taylor Baggott (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Stand Up Comedy Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - Thursday 8pm)
• Orange Aide presented by Jackson Hicks & Greg Orange (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 8:30pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Twins @ Nationals (Tue 5:45pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Frost @ Montréal Victoire (Tue 6pm) 🏒
• Saint Paul Saints @ Las Vegas Aviators (Tue 9:05pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Twins @ Nationals (Wed 5:45pm) ⚾
• Saint Paul Saints @ Las Vegas Aviators (Wed 9:05pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Twins @ Nationals (Thu 12:05pm) ⚾
• Saint Paul Saints @ Las Vegas Aviators (Thu 9:05pm) ⚾

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Community Table Tennis (Minneapolis Cider Company - Tuesday 7pm)

KARAOKE

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Otter’s Saloon (Nightly 8pm-2am)
• Vegas Lounge (Nightly 9pm-2am)
• Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Daily 11am-9:30pm)
• Chatterbox (Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30pm-Close)
• James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (Nightly 9pm-1:45am)
• 1029 Bar (Wednesdays & Thursdays 9pm-2am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Wednesdays 9pm-1am)

ARCADES

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Up-Down Minneapolis (Daily 3pm-2am)
• CLAW LAND Maplewood (Daily 11:30am-7pm)
• CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (Daily 11am-8pm)
• Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Daily 12-8pm)
• 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

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Town Hall Lanes (Mon 11am-5pm, 10pm-11:30pm | Tue 11am-11:30pm, Wed 11am-5:30pm, 10:30pm-11:30pm, Thu 11am-4:30pm)
• Elsie’s Northeast (Mon 4pm-11pm | Tue-Thu 11am-11pm)
• Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (Mon 9am-6pm | Tue-Thu 9am-Midnight)
• Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Daily 3pm-11pm)
• Park Tavern SLP (Daily 11am-Close)
• Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Daily 11am-11pm)
• Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Daily 9am-11:30pm)
• Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (Daily 11am-1am)
• AMF Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Daily 4pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Daily 11am-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
• 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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AROUND TOWN

• 🧺 Many farmer’s markets opening!
• 🌸 Mayday Minneapolis (Powderhorn Park - Sunday)
• 🎺 MinneHONK! (Various locations, see link - All Weekend)
• 🌼 Cinco De Mayo Weekend (Various locations, see link - All Weekend)
• 🦆 Minnehaha Creek Duck Race (Minnehaha Creek - Saturday)
• 🚀 Air, Space, and Sci-Fest (Science Museum - Saturday)
• 🎪 Circus Juventas - Spring Show - Final Weekend (Circus Juventas - All Weekend)
• 🎴 Minnesota Card Show (Canterbury Park - Saturday & Sunday)

FRIDAY, MAY 01

• Weekend Long Outdoor Arcade Party (Bad Weather Brewery - 3pm)
• Friday Friend Lab: Crafting & Game Night (Queermunity - 4pm)
• 3-4-1 Drinks (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
• Board Game Night (Cream and Amber - 5pm)
• Porsches & Pints (Boom Island Brewing - 5pm)
• Happy Hour BINGO benefiting Aliveness Project (Black Hart - 6pm)
• Midwest Poetry Mash-Up (Phoenix Theater - 6pm, 8pm)
• YAC Open Mic (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 6pm)
• Cash Bingo and Meat Raffle (Forgotten Star Brewing - 7pm)
• Puzzle Club (Eat My Words - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Basement Bar - 7pm)
• Bette Midler and Friends (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Church of Cash - World-Class Johnny Cash Tribute (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• S'mores on the Patio (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
• SCREAM it off SCREEN // Short Film Competition (Parkway Theater - 8pm)
• KPop Club Night (Varsity Theater - 9pm)
• Rustina's Peach Cabaret (Black Hart - 9:30pm)
• House Proud (Sociable Cider Werks - 9:45pm)
• Vampire Rave at RaptureMN (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• Friday Night Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - 10pm)

SATURDAY, MAY 02

• Animal Humane Society Walk for Animals (State Fairgrounds - 9am)
• Used Books Sale for Near North Families (Big Hill Books - 9am)
• Free First Saturday (Walker Art Center - 10am)
• Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
• PAYAL DOSHI 'Magic Gems' Story Time! (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
• A TOTALLY 90’s BRUNCH OF DRAG (18+) (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Religious Trauma Support Group (Quatrefoil Library - 11am)
• Beats & Breath: Yoga-Based Movement Class (Queermunity - 11am)
• Minnesota Table Top Market (Broken Clock Brewing - 12pm)
• Mother’s Day Craft Market (Bald Man Brewing - 1pm)
• Vault Tour (Bakken Museum - 1pm)
• Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) (Parkway Theater - 1pm)
• Plant and Seed Exchange (Queermunity - 1pm)
• Saturday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 2pm)
• Bingo & Meat Raffle (Wicked Wort Brewing - 3pm)
• Cars & Craft (Bauhaus Brew Labs - 5pm)
• Midwest Poetry Mash-Up (Phoenix Theater - 7pm)
• Drinkin’ Spelling Bee (331 Club - 7pm)
• Book launch! Sarah Glenn Marsh's OUR ROGUE FATES (Tropes and Trifles - 7pm)
• The Goddess Experience Drag Show (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Church of Cash - World-Class Johnny Cash Tribute (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Documentary: Amharc Éireann: A View of Ireland (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 7:30pm)
• La Folies Burlesk (Gay 90's - 8pm)
• Adult Prom: Redo (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
• Kings! Drag After Dark (21+) (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• STAMPEDE (Eagle MPLS - 9pm)
• SATURDAY NIGHT VIBES: DRAKE vs KENDRICK (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)
• Bondage A Go Go (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)

SUNDAY, MAY 03

• Spring Extravaganza Car Show & Swap Meet (State Fairgrounds - 8am)
• Northland Vintage Toy, Train, Advertising & Pop Culture Show (State Fairgrounds - 9am)
• Mayday Before Party – Flower Crowns! (Quatrefoil Library - 9am)
• Yoga Flow with Annie Hayes (Utepils Brewing - 10am)
• Quiet Community Reading Club and Cozy Hour (Queermunity - 10am)
• Pop-Up! Kitten Snuggles with Rainbow Kitten Whiskers (Tropes and Trifles - 10am)
• Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
• Sunday Morning Yoga (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• Rainbow Reads (Quatrefoil Library - 11am)
• The Wellness Cabaret Series Continued (Queermunity - 12pm)
• Sociable Summer Market (Sociable Cider Werks - 12pm)
• Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 12pm)
• Drag Queen Charity Bingo (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 12:30pm)
• Day Camp the Tea Dance with music by DJ Naughty Boyy (Roxy's Cabaret - 1pm)
• Mahjong Tournament (Broken Clock Brewing - 1pm)
• Pre-Concert Meet & Greet: Gráinne Hunt (Urban Growler - 1pm)
• Paint & Sip (Sociable Cider Werks - 1pm)
• Sip N Bloom (Excelsior Brewing - 1pm)
• Sip & Stacker Ring Making Class (Wooden Hill Brewing - 1pm)
• Books & Beers Fundraiser for AmazeWorks (Cream and Amber - 1pm)
• Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity Group (Quatrefoil Library - 1:30pm)
• Around Our Table for Two (Big Hill Books - 2pm)
• Screen Printing and Raffle for rent relief! (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 2pm)
• Burly Brunch (Gambit Brewing - 3pm)
• Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing - 3pm)
• Smokin' on the Runway (Hook & Ladder Theater - 4pm)
• Social Reading Hour (Black Garnet Books - 5pm)
• Speaking Our Peace (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 5pm)
• Community Day (Circus Juventas - 5pm)
• Mother’s Day Family Social (Dual Citizen Brewing - 5:30pm)
• Open Mic Sundays Hosted by James Stanley (Camp Bar - 6pm)
• ALTR- artist social (Norseman Distillery - 6pm)
• Movie Night: The Craft (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Church of Cash - World-Class Johnny Cash Tribute (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, May 01

• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Sang Yoon Kim Plays Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto (Ordway - 11am)
• It's our Birthday! (Bear Cave Brewing - 11:30am)
• VIP Event: Al Di Meola: Guitarchitect (Dakota - 4pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: The Musical Multiverse of Herbie Hancock (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• MN Music Resistance presents MAYDAY! MAYDAY! (Hook & Ladder Theater - 5pm)
• Fit For A King - Lonely God North American Tour (Fillmore - 6pm)
• MinneHONK! & Brass Solidarity (Arbeiter Brewing - 6pm)
• Clean Plate Club | Matcha Fever | Brunch (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• Destiny To Funk ft. Keyez Williams (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Irish Music Session (Dubliner - 6pm)
• David Singley (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Friday Night Live - FNL (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Daniel the Violinist (Umbra - 6pm)
• Al Di Meola: Guitarchitect (Dakota - 6:30pm, 9pm)
• Erin McCawley's Harrison Street Band (Animales - 7pm)
• The Menagerie (Dual Citizen Brewing - 7pm)
• The New Feral Cats (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• DJ Dan: Country Vinyl Night (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Zinadelphia “Boutique Tour” (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• Woodcock Johnson (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Dojo Saints, Mainstreet Freefall, Sigcell, Queen Jeanne (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Friday Night Date Night (Big Hill Books - 7pm)
• Mouthful (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
• Just The Two of Us: The Music of Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers (Crooners Supper Club - 7pm)
• Cloud Nothings with Censer (Turf Club - 7pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• Kyle Walker (Green Room - 7:30pm)
• TC Promotions (Acadia Cafe - 7:30pm)
• Traveled Ground (LTD Brewing - 7:30pm)
• david bixler trio incognito (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• ROBOT SLIDE & SPACEPORT (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• Strange Daze (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Reckoning Crew (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• GB Leighton (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• YFN Lucci, Plies, Webbie, Big Boogie, Belly Gang Kushington (Armory - 8pm)
• More to Hear: The Listening Project (Minnesota Orchestra - 8pm)
• In The Middle Tour with The Matriarch featuring anni xo and Waking Hours (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Canaan Cox with Preston Gunderson (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Iron & Wine with Improvement Movement (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• The Lemon Twigs with Josephine Network (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• The Midnight with New Constellations (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
• Caribbean Nights with Charanga Tropical (Crooners Supper Club - 8pm)
• Dumpster Juice //Wilbur “Joints//Pains” EP release//Kvsket (Mortimer's - 8pm)
• Join Us for a Night of Jazz with Clover Club! (Troubadour - 8pm)
• DANCEFESTOPIA YELLOW BRICK ROAD TOUR (Cabooze - 8:30pm)
• Paul Harper (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• Mark Ross & The Three-Nineteen (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• No Thanks (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Reventón Presents ⏤ PERREO360 with Cristian Baca (First Avenue - 9pm)
• The Value of Human Life w. Massive Green & Drift Pattern (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Dion Timmer (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Aventi Entertainment Presents (Basement Bar - 9pm)
• Gavin Strappe (Dubliner - 9pm)
• Double Take (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• FREQUENCY FRIDAYS: Beats For The Underground (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)
• Vacant, Raspberry Tart, Fierro (331 Club - 10pm)
• SYNASTRY (James Ballentine Uptown VFW - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: The Witching Hour (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Saturday, May 02

• Nikki Matteson & Rich Rue (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Saturday Sounds with Cole Thomas (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Creekside Ruffians w. Sidewalk Diamonds, Access Otherwise (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Minnesota State Band Spring Concert (Minnesota History Center - 1pm)
• DJ MPLS House (Modist Brewing - 2pm)
• Cornbread Harris & Friends (Animales - 3pm)
• The Froggy Martian Boys (Inbound Brewco - 3pm)
• Rock The Hall: Jojo Green (Graze - 3:30pm)
• VIP Event: Al Di Meola: Guitarchitect (Dakota - 4pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: Ryan Freitas Trio (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Nici Peper Duo (Bald Man Brewing - 5pm)
• Sonata, Prithvi. Stoneharp, Sclera, Cudgel, Revefluer (Klash Coffee - 5pm)
• Totino-Grace High School Jazz Department Spring Concert (Crooners Supper Club - 5:30pm)
• Matt McAllister (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• North Country Singers (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Naked Eye (Gambit Brewing - 6pm)
• The Working Stiffs (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
• Daniel the Violinist (Umbra - 6pm)
• Dean | Mick | Carla (DMC) (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 6pm)
• Vana with Chandler Leighton, Deadlands and RedHook (Fine Line Music Cafe - 6pm)
• Runaway Ricochet (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6pm)
• Candlelight: Tribute to Taylor Swift with Uptown Lobby Dinning (Granada Theater - 6:30pm)
• Al Di Meola: Guitarchitect (Dakota - 6:30pm, 9pm)
• Grunge Unplugged (Unmapped Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Sang Yoon Kim Plays Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto (Ordway - 7pm)
• Afrobeat(s) Arkestra (Inbound Brewco - 7pm)
• Dave’s Manual (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Haze Gazer (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
• J Train Jazz (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Solo Trio (Troubadour - 7pm)
• J Streitz and the Long Odds (Animales - 7pm)
• Storm Records Artist (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Lemonbrass (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:30pm)
• Atlantis Quartet (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• SatchVai Band Ft Joe Satriani & Steve Vai with Animals As Leaders / Surfing With the Hydra 2026 Tour (State Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• Leela James: 2BHONEST (Pantages Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Electric Callboy (Armory - 7:30pm)
• The Minneapolis Mandolin Quartet (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• The Cribs with The Dead Century (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Luke Callen Album Release Show with Special Guest Voulouse (Icehouse - 8pm)
• St. Paul & The Broken Bones with Brother Wallace (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
• MAMA'S BROKE with Creekbed Carter Hogan (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• AFI with Choir Boy (First Avenue - 8pm)
• Waking Murphy (Dubliner - 8pm)
• William Black (Skyway Theatre - 8pm)
• The New Pornographers with Will Sheff (of Okkervil River) (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• Electric Six with Tragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees and Beyond (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Bryan Murray (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• The Long Goodbyes (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Candlelight Concert: A Tribute to Adele w/Uptown Lobby Dining. (Granada Theater - 8:45pm)
• MN Local Music Lineup - Jezebel Sweet, BlurCurve, and Nectarous (Can Can Wonderland - 9pm)
• Symphony Ball: And All That Jazz (Minnesota Orchestra - 9pm)
• DJ Joey Bills (Basement Bar - 9pm)
• Jaybee & The Routine (Minnesota Music Cafe - 9pm)
• The Paramedics (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Dojo Saints w. Duck Bomb & UAGM (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Reggae Bash World Tour (Varsity Theater - 9pm)
• Jumpsuit! Funk & Disco Dance Party (Black Hart - 9pm)
• Barking Daisy (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• Mick Sterling & the Stud Brothers (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• The Record Club, Powersock, Dimitri (331 Club - 10pm)
• Club Classics [bratty bass party pop] (Green Room - 10pm)
• House Sessions (Mortimer's - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Rambo Salinas (TX) & Little Dynasty (NYC) (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Sunday, May 03

• Doug Otto & Hilary Thavis (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Sunday Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons (Aster Cafe - 11am)
• Monthly Bluegrass Jam (Caydence Records and Coffee - 12pm)
• Joe Nicola w. Rockabilly Mayhem! (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Open Fingerboard Session (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 1:30pm)
• Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs: 45th Anniversary Spring Concerts (Minnesota Orchestra - 1:30pm, 5pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 2pm)
• Wren (Dubliner - 2pm)
• Boozewater (Animales - 3pm)
• Kelley Smith (331 Club - 3pm)
• Yohay Sponder (Varsity Theater - 3pm, 6pm)
• On The Road Again Tribute To Willie Nelson (Minnesota Music Cafe - 3pm)
• Music in the Chapel: Turn Turn Turn (Lakewood Cemetary - 3pm)
• VocalEssence Presents: Global Rhythms, Joyful Voices (Ordway - 4pm)
• Twin Cities Jazz Workshop (Icehouse - 4pm)
• Tunes Sunday (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
• Jake La Botz Book Release Party (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Salsa w/Charanga Tropical (Icehouse - 5pm)
• Ryan Picone Quartet with Patrick Harison (Crooners Supper Club - 5:30pm)
• Phoneboy and Heart Attack Man with Slow Joy and PONY (Fine Line Music Cafe - 6pm)
• Phine & Friends (Driftwood Char Bar - 6pm)
• Calum Scott - The Avenoir Tour 2026 (Fillmore - 6pm)
• GALACTIC COWBOY ORCHESTRA (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Gráinne Hunt in Concert (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 6pm)
• June Henry (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Melrose Avenue (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6:30pm)
• Joyann Parker Life Lines Album Release (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Brass Messengers (331 Club - 7pm)
• Isaiah Collier: Collier Plays Coltrane (Dakota - 7pm)
• Kenny Reichert’s Letters From the Road: Prairie Grass (Berlin - 7pm)
• BIA FERREIRA with Lady Midnight (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• Caroline Kingsbury (Green Room - 7:30pm)
• Sunday Trad Session (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• Your Neighbors with VISION ARCADE and Callback (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Sam Shackleton with Dusty The Kid and Ross Thorn (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Obi Original and The Black Atlantics Residency (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Canadian Girlfriend W. Ausgang City (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Tannins Residency (Mortimer's - 10pm)

THEATER

• More 4Play with Threshold Theater (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 7pm)
• The Imaginary Invalid (Hive Collaborative - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• The Jungle - Final Weekend (Mixed Blood Theater - Friday, Saturday & Sunday 7:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 6:30pm)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Orpheum Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7pm | Sunday 1pm, 7pm)
• Tapestries 10.0 - Anniversary Edition (Southern Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm)
• Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm, 7pm)
• Sleuth (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm, 7pm)
• Gutenberg! The Musical! (Theatre Latte Da - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Friday Night Improv Club (Strike Theater - Friday 7:30pm)
• That Felt Good (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 9:30pm)
• Ragamala Rooted: a Gala Celebration (Luminary Arts Center - Saturday 5pm)
• Broadway Baby (Lush Lounge - Saturday 6:30pm)
• Doing 90 Down Memory Lane (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Saturday 7:30pm)
• The Mess (Strike Theater - Saturday 7:30pm)
• Saturday Night Improv Show featuring You Co-Worker’s Improv Show (Strike Theater - Saturday 9pm)
• A Drinking Game MN Presents: The Craft (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Saturday 9:30pm)
• Bountiful Blooms: NexGen/YDP Student Showcase (Southern Theater - Sunday 2pm)
• BALLS Cabaret (Strike Theater - Sunday 2pm)
• Improv - A - Go - Go (Strike Theater - Sunday 7:30pm)
• Slinky (Hive Collaborative - Sunday 7:30pm)

COMEDY

• Miss Shannan’s Comedy Through the Chaos (Crooners Supper Club - Friday 6pm)
• Julie Kim (Acme Comedy Company - Friday 7pm, 9:30pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Comedy Night hosted by Andy Duong and Luke Pauling (9 Mile Brewing - Friday 7pm)
• Dylan Carlino (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Friday 7:30pm, 9:45pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Stevie Ray's Comedy Cabaret (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Chris Maddock (Comedy Corner Underground - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Brent Terhune with Eli Wilz (Camp Bar - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Sureni Weerasekera (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Caroline's Chaotic Crashout Comedy Golden Birthday Extravaganza! (Volstead's Emporium - Friday 8pm)
• After Dark! Minnesota's Top Comedy Improv Show (Camp Bar - Friday 10pm)
• Steph Tolev // Keepin' Em Hard (Parkway Theater - Saturday 7pm)
• Last Call (Sisyphus Brewing - Saturday 10pm)
• Kyle Reilly (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Sunday 7pm)
• May Day Comedy Celebration w/ Climate Defiance (Sisyphus Brewing - Sunday 7pm)

SPORTS

• Saint Paul Saints vs Iowa Cubs (Fri 6:37pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Lynx vs Tempo (Fri 7pm) 🏀
• Minnesota Twins vs Blue Jays (Fri 7:10pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Timberwolves @ Nuggets (Sat TBD) 🏀
• Minnesota Wild @ Dallas (Sat 11am) 🏒
• Minnesota Frost @ Montréal Victoire (Sat 1pm) 🏒
• Minnesota Twins vs Blue Jays (Sat 1:10pm) ⚾
• Saint Paul Saints vs Iowa Cubs (Sat 2:07pm) ⚾
• Minnesota United @ Columbus Crew (Sat 6:30pm) ⚽
• Minnesota Twins vs Blue Jays (Sun 11:45am) ⚾
• Saint Paul Saints vs Iowa Cubs (Sun 2:07pm) ⚾

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Finns Before the Twins (Fulton Brewing Company - Friday 3pm)
• 2nd Annual Derby Days (Utepils Brewing - Saturday 11am)
• Minnesota's Best Derby Party (Canterbury Park - Saturday 12pm)
• Annual Kentucky Derby Party (Brit's Pub - Saturday 1pm)
• Klondike Dog Derby (Excelsior Brewing - Saturday 2pm)
• MNUFC Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Saturday 6:30pm)

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 9:30pm-12:30am)
• Park Tavern St. Louis Park (Saturday 10pm-12:30am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Thursday 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 (Friday & Saturday 11am-1am | Sunday 11am-12:30am)
• Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Friday 11pm-12am | Saturday 12pm-12am | Sunday 12pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11pm)

LINKS

• Improv Comedy Events: https://tockify.com/twincitiesimprov/pinboard
• Reddit Twin Cities Social Meet-Ups: https://www.reddit.com/r/twincitiessocial
• Racket MN Event Calendar: https://www.racketmn.com/category/events/
• Meet Minneapolis Event Calendar: https://www.minneapolis.org
• MPLS Art Events: https://www.mplsart.com/calendar/upcoming
• Minnesota Monthly Event Calendar: http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/Calendar/
• MSP Magazine Event Calendar: http://mspmag.com/search/event/events-calendar/#page=1
• Minneapolis Northwest Event Calendar: https://www.minneapolisnorthwest.com/events/
• Pro Sports Calendar: https://www.minneapolis.org/sports-minneapolis/events/professional-sports/
• Minnesota Parent Event List: https://www.minnesotaparent.com/calendar/
• Family Fun Twin Cities: https://www.familyfuntwincities.com/family-fun-events-calendar/
• Minneapolis Parks & Rec Events: https://www.minneapolisparks.org/event-calendar/month/?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=316
• St. Paul Parks & Rec Events: https://www.stpaul.gov/calendar/parks-and-recreation-events
• Three Rivers Park District Event Calendar: https://web2.myvscloud.com/wbwsc/mnthreeriverswt.wsc/search.html?display=Calendar&module=event&_csrf_token=cU716Z6D0C1B2B2C3C2L454I5R604U581V665Z566H046Q3U595K0B5U4U6L4N1F0E3S6K4U055R5P4J576D734L5C576Q73535P6D015S4R504J09664Q5G5708564N5S
• Trivia Mafia Schedule: https://www.triviamafia.com/schedule
• Music Mayhem Schedule: http://www.musicmayhem.net/live-show-locations.html
• Get a Clu Trivia Schedule: https://www.getaclutrivia.com/home/#weekly-trivia-schedule

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🌺 Happy Mayday! Things really opened up this weekend.

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AROUND TOWN

• 🧺 Many farmer’s markets opening!
• 🌸 Mayday Minneapolis (Powderhorn Park - Sunday)
• 🎺 MinneHONK! (Various locations, see link - All Weekend)
• 🌼 Cinco De Mayo Weekend (Various locations, see link - All Weekend)
• 🦆 Minnehaha Creek Duck Race (Minnehaha Creek - Saturday)
• 🚀 Air, Space, and Sci-Fest (Science Museum - Saturday)
• 🎪 Circus Juventas - Spring Show - Final Weekend (Circus Juventas - All Weekend)
• 🎴 Minnesota Card Show (Canterbury Park - Saturday & Sunday)

FRIDAY, MAY 01

• Weekend Long Outdoor Arcade Party (Bad Weather Brewery - 3pm)
• Friday Friend Lab: Crafting & Game Night (Queermunity - 4pm)
• 3-4-1 Drinks (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
• Board Game Night (Cream and Amber - 5pm)
• Porsches & Pints (Boom Island Brewing - 5pm)
• Happy Hour BINGO benefiting Aliveness Project (Black Hart - 6pm)
• Midwest Poetry Mash-Up (Phoenix Theater - 6pm, 8pm)
• YAC Open Mic (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 6pm)
• Cash Bingo and Meat Raffle (Forgotten Star Brewing - 7pm)
• Puzzle Club (Eat My Words - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Basement Bar - 7pm)
• Bette Midler and Friends (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Church of Cash - World-Class Johnny Cash Tribute (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• S'mores on the Patio (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
• SCREAM it off SCREEN // Short Film Competition (Parkway Theater - 8pm)
• KPop Club Night (Varsity Theater - 9pm)
• Rustina's Peach Cabaret (Black Hart - 9:30pm)
• House Proud (Sociable Cider Werks - 9:45pm)
• Vampire Rave at RaptureMN (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• Friday Night Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - 10pm)

SATURDAY, MAY 02

• Animal Humane Society Walk for Animals (State Fairgrounds - 9am)
• Used Books Sale for Near North Families (Big Hill Books - 9am)
• Free First Saturday (Walker Art Center - 10am)
• Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
• PAYAL DOSHI 'Magic Gems' Story Time! (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
• A TOTALLY 90’s BRUNCH OF DRAG (18+) (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Religious Trauma Support Group (Quatrefoil Library - 11am)
• Beats & Breath: Yoga-Based Movement Class (Queermunity - 11am)
• Minnesota Table Top Market (Broken Clock Brewing - 12pm)
• Mother’s Day Craft Market (Bald Man Brewing - 1pm)
• Vault Tour (Bakken Museum - 1pm)
• Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) (Parkway Theater - 1pm)
• Plant and Seed Exchange (Queermunity - 1pm)
• Saturday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 2pm)
• Bingo & Meat Raffle (Wicked Wort Brewing - 3pm)
• Cars & Craft (Bauhaus Brew Labs - 5pm)
• Midwest Poetry Mash-Up (Phoenix Theater - 7pm)
• Drinkin’ Spelling Bee (331 Club - 7pm)
• Book launch! Sarah Glenn Marsh's OUR ROGUE FATES (Tropes and Trifles - 7pm)
• The Goddess Experience Drag Show (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Church of Cash - World-Class Johnny Cash Tribute (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Documentary: Amharc Éireann: A View of Ireland (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 7:30pm)
• La Folies Burlesk (Gay 90's - 8pm)
• Adult Prom: Redo (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
• Kings! Drag After Dark (21+) (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• STAMPEDE (Eagle MPLS - 9pm)
• SATURDAY NIGHT VIBES: DRAKE vs KENDRICK (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)
• Bondage A Go Go (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)

SUNDAY, MAY 03

• Spring Extravaganza Car Show & Swap Meet (State Fairgrounds - 8am)
• Northland Vintage Toy, Train, Advertising & Pop Culture Show (State Fairgrounds - 9am)
• Mayday Before Party – Flower Crowns! (Quatrefoil Library - 9am)
• Yoga Flow with Annie Hayes (Utepils Brewing - 10am)
• Quiet Community Reading Club and Cozy Hour (Queermunity - 10am)
• Pop-Up! Kitten Snuggles with Rainbow Kitten Whiskers (Tropes and Trifles - 10am)
• Yoga and a Pint (Lake Monster Brewing - 10:30am)
• Sunday Morning Yoga (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• Rainbow Reads (Quatrefoil Library - 11am)
• The Wellness Cabaret Series Continued (Queermunity - 12pm)
• Sociable Summer Market (Sociable Cider Werks - 12pm)
• Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 12pm)
• Drag Queen Charity Bingo (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 12:30pm)
• Day Camp the Tea Dance with music by DJ Naughty Boyy (Roxy's Cabaret - 1pm)
• Mahjong Tournament (Broken Clock Brewing - 1pm)
• Pre-Concert Meet & Greet: Gráinne Hunt (Urban Growler - 1pm)
• Paint & Sip (Sociable Cider Werks - 1pm)
• Sip N Bloom (Excelsior Brewing - 1pm)
• Sip & Stacker Ring Making Class (Wooden Hill Brewing - 1pm)
• Books & Beers Fundraiser for AmazeWorks (Cream and Amber - 1pm)
• Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity Group (Quatrefoil Library - 1:30pm)
• Around Our Table for Two (Big Hill Books - 2pm)
• Screen Printing and Raffle for rent relief! (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 2pm)
• Burly Brunch (Gambit Brewing - 3pm)
• Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing - 3pm)
• Smokin' on the Runway (Hook & Ladder Theater - 4pm)
• Social Reading Hour (Black Garnet Books - 5pm)
• Speaking Our Peace (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 5pm)
• Community Day (Circus Juventas - 5pm)
• Mother’s Day Family Social (Dual Citizen Brewing - 5:30pm)
• Open Mic Sundays Hosted by James Stanley (Camp Bar - 6pm)
• ALTR- artist social (Norseman Distillery - 6pm)
• Movie Night: The Craft (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Church of Cash - World-Class Johnny Cash Tribute (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, May 01

• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Sang Yoon Kim Plays Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto (Ordway - 11am)
• It's our Birthday! (Bear Cave Brewing - 11:30am)
• VIP Event: Al Di Meola: Guitarchitect (Dakota - 4pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: The Musical Multiverse of Herbie Hancock (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• MN Music Resistance presents MAYDAY! MAYDAY! (Hook & Ladder Theater - 5pm)
• Fit For A King - Lonely God North American Tour (Fillmore - 6pm)
• MinneHONK! & Brass Solidarity (Arbeiter Brewing - 6pm)
• Clean Plate Club | Matcha Fever | Brunch (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• Destiny To Funk ft. Keyez Williams (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Irish Music Session (Dubliner - 6pm)
• David Singley (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Friday Night Live - FNL (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Daniel the Violinist (Umbra - 6pm)
• Al Di Meola: Guitarchitect (Dakota - 6:30pm, 9pm)
• Erin McCawley's Harrison Street Band (Animales - 7pm)
• The Menagerie (Dual Citizen Brewing - 7pm)
• The New Feral Cats (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• DJ Dan: Country Vinyl Night (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Zinadelphia “Boutique Tour” (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• Woodcock Johnson (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Dojo Saints, Mainstreet Freefall, Sigcell, Queen Jeanne (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Friday Night Date Night (Big Hill Books - 7pm)
• Mouthful (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
• Just The Two of Us: The Music of Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers (Crooners Supper Club - 7pm)
• Cloud Nothings with Censer (Turf Club - 7pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• Kyle Walker (Green Room - 7:30pm)
• TC Promotions (Acadia Cafe - 7:30pm)
• Traveled Ground (LTD Brewing - 7:30pm)
• david bixler trio incognito (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• ROBOT SLIDE & SPACEPORT (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• Strange Daze (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Reckoning Crew (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• GB Leighton (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• YFN Lucci, Plies, Webbie, Big Boogie, Belly Gang Kushington (Armory - 8pm)
• More to Hear: The Listening Project (Minnesota Orchestra - 8pm)
• In The Middle Tour with The Matriarch featuring anni xo and Waking Hours (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Canaan Cox with Preston Gunderson (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Iron & Wine with Improvement Movement (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• The Lemon Twigs with Josephine Network (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• The Midnight with New Constellations (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
• Caribbean Nights with Charanga Tropical (Crooners Supper Club - 8pm)
• Dumpster Juice //Wilbur “Joints//Pains” EP release//Kvsket (Mortimer's - 8pm)
• Join Us for a Night of Jazz with Clover Club! (Troubadour - 8pm)
• DANCEFESTOPIA YELLOW BRICK ROAD TOUR (Cabooze - 8:30pm)
• Paul Harper (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• Mark Ross & The Three-Nineteen (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• No Thanks (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Reventón Presents ⏤ PERREO360 with Cristian Baca (First Avenue - 9pm)
• The Value of Human Life w. Massive Green & Drift Pattern (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Dion Timmer (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Aventi Entertainment Presents (Basement Bar - 9pm)
• Gavin Strappe (Dubliner - 9pm)
• Double Take (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• FREQUENCY FRIDAYS: Beats For The Underground (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)
• Vacant, Raspberry Tart, Fierro (331 Club - 10pm)
• SYNASTRY (James Ballentine Uptown VFW - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: The Witching Hour (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Saturday, May 02

• Nikki Matteson & Rich Rue (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Saturday Sounds with Cole Thomas (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Creekside Ruffians w. Sidewalk Diamonds, Access Otherwise (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Minnesota State Band Spring Concert (Minnesota History Center - 1pm)
• DJ MPLS House (Modist Brewing - 2pm)
• Cornbread Harris & Friends (Animales - 3pm)
• The Froggy Martian Boys (Inbound Brewco - 3pm)
• Rock The Hall: Jojo Green (Graze - 3:30pm)
• VIP Event: Al Di Meola: Guitarchitect (Dakota - 4pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: Ryan Freitas Trio (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Nici Peper Duo (Bald Man Brewing - 5pm)
• Sonata, Prithvi. Stoneharp, Sclera, Cudgel, Revefluer (Klash Coffee - 5pm)
• Totino-Grace High School Jazz Department Spring Concert (Crooners Supper Club - 5:30pm)
• Matt McAllister (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• North Country Singers (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Naked Eye (Gambit Brewing - 6pm)
• The Working Stiffs (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
• Daniel the Violinist (Umbra - 6pm)
• Dean | Mick | Carla (DMC) (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 6pm)
• Vana with Chandler Leighton, Deadlands and RedHook (Fine Line Music Cafe - 6pm)
• Runaway Ricochet (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6pm)
• Candlelight: Tribute to Taylor Swift with Uptown Lobby Dinning (Granada Theater - 6:30pm)
• Al Di Meola: Guitarchitect (Dakota - 6:30pm, 9pm)
• Grunge Unplugged (Unmapped Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Sang Yoon Kim Plays Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto (Ordway - 7pm)
• Afrobeat(s) Arkestra (Inbound Brewco - 7pm)
• Dave’s Manual (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Haze Gazer (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
• J Train Jazz (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Solo Trio (Troubadour - 7pm)
• J Streitz and the Long Odds (Animales - 7pm)
• Storm Records Artist (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Lemonbrass (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:30pm)
• Atlantis Quartet (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• SatchVai Band Ft Joe Satriani & Steve Vai with Animals As Leaders / Surfing With the Hydra 2026 Tour (State Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 7:30pm)
• Leela James: 2BHONEST (Pantages Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Electric Callboy (Armory - 7:30pm)
• The Minneapolis Mandolin Quartet (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• The Cribs with The Dead Century (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Luke Callen Album Release Show with Special Guest Voulouse (Icehouse - 8pm)
• St. Paul & The Broken Bones with Brother Wallace (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
• MAMA'S BROKE with Creekbed Carter Hogan (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• AFI with Choir Boy (First Avenue - 8pm)
• Waking Murphy (Dubliner - 8pm)
• William Black (Skyway Theatre - 8pm)
• The New Pornographers with Will Sheff (of Okkervil River) (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• Electric Six with Tragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees and Beyond (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Bryan Murray (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• The Long Goodbyes (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Candlelight Concert: A Tribute to Adele w/Uptown Lobby Dining. (Granada Theater - 8:45pm)
• MN Local Music Lineup - Jezebel Sweet, BlurCurve, and Nectarous (Can Can Wonderland - 9pm)
• Symphony Ball: And All That Jazz (Minnesota Orchestra - 9pm)
• DJ Joey Bills (Basement Bar - 9pm)
• Jaybee & The Routine (Minnesota Music Cafe - 9pm)
• The Paramedics (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Dojo Saints w. Duck Bomb & UAGM (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Reggae Bash World Tour (Varsity Theater - 9pm)
• Jumpsuit! Funk & Disco Dance Party (Black Hart - 9pm)
• Barking Daisy (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• Mick Sterling & the Stud Brothers (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• The Record Club, Powersock, Dimitri (331 Club - 10pm)
• Club Classics [bratty bass party pop] (Green Room - 10pm)
• House Sessions (Mortimer's - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Rambo Salinas (TX) & Little Dynasty (NYC) (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Sunday, May 03

• Doug Otto & Hilary Thavis (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Sunday Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons (Aster Cafe - 11am)
• Monthly Bluegrass Jam (Caydence Records and Coffee - 12pm)
• Joe Nicola w. Rockabilly Mayhem! (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Open Fingerboard Session (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 1:30pm)
• Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs: 45th Anniversary Spring Concerts (Minnesota Orchestra - 1:30pm, 5pm)
• Scarecrow on Fire (reignited) (Illusion Theater - 2pm)
• Wren (Dubliner - 2pm)
• Boozewater (Animales - 3pm)
• Kelley Smith (331 Club - 3pm)
• Yohay Sponder (Varsity Theater - 3pm, 6pm)
• On The Road Again Tribute To Willie Nelson (Minnesota Music Cafe - 3pm)
• Music in the Chapel: Turn Turn Turn (Lakewood Cemetary - 3pm)
• VocalEssence Presents: Global Rhythms, Joyful Voices (Ordway - 4pm)
• Twin Cities Jazz Workshop (Icehouse - 4pm)
• Tunes Sunday (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
• Jake La Botz Book Release Party (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Salsa w/Charanga Tropical (Icehouse - 5pm)
• Ryan Picone Quartet with Patrick Harison (Crooners Supper Club - 5:30pm)
• Phoneboy and Heart Attack Man with Slow Joy and PONY (Fine Line Music Cafe - 6pm)
• Phine & Friends (Driftwood Char Bar - 6pm)
• Calum Scott - The Avenoir Tour 2026 (Fillmore - 6pm)
• GALACTIC COWBOY ORCHESTRA (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Gráinne Hunt in Concert (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 6pm)
• June Henry (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Melrose Avenue (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6:30pm)
• Joyann Parker Life Lines Album Release (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Brass Messengers (331 Club - 7pm)
• Isaiah Collier: Collier Plays Coltrane (Dakota - 7pm)
• Kenny Reichert’s Letters From the Road: Prairie Grass (Berlin - 7pm)
• BIA FERREIRA with Lady Midnight (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• Caroline Kingsbury (Green Room - 7:30pm)
• Sunday Trad Session (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• Your Neighbors with VISION ARCADE and Callback (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Sam Shackleton with Dusty The Kid and Ross Thorn (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Obi Original and The Black Atlantics Residency (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Canadian Girlfriend W. Ausgang City (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Tannins Residency (Mortimer's - 10pm)

THEATER

• More 4Play with Threshold Theater (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 7pm)
• The Imaginary Invalid (Hive Collaborative - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• The Jungle - Final Weekend (Mixed Blood Theater - Friday, Saturday & Sunday 7:30pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 6:30pm)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Orpheum Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7pm | Sunday 1pm, 7pm)
• Tapestries 10.0 - Anniversary Edition (Southern Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm)
• Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm, 7pm)
• Sleuth (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm, 7pm)
• Gutenberg! The Musical! (Theatre Latte Da - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Friday Night Improv Club (Strike Theater - Friday 7:30pm)
• That Felt Good (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 9:30pm)
• Ragamala Rooted: a Gala Celebration (Luminary Arts Center - Saturday 5pm)
• Broadway Baby (Lush Lounge - Saturday 6:30pm)
• Doing 90 Down Memory Lane (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Saturday 7:30pm)
• The Mess (Strike Theater - Saturday 7:30pm)
• Saturday Night Improv Show featuring You Co-Worker’s Improv Show (Strike Theater - Saturday 9pm)
• A Drinking Game MN Presents: The Craft (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Saturday 9:30pm)
• Bountiful Blooms: NexGen/YDP Student Showcase (Southern Theater - Sunday 2pm)
• BALLS Cabaret (Strike Theater - Sunday 2pm)
• Improv - A - Go - Go (Strike Theater - Sunday 7:30pm)
• Slinky (Hive Collaborative - Sunday 7:30pm)

COMEDY

• Miss Shannan’s Comedy Through the Chaos (Crooners Supper Club - Friday 6pm)
• Julie Kim (Acme Comedy Company - Friday 7pm, 9:30pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Comedy Night hosted by Andy Duong and Luke Pauling (9 Mile Brewing - Friday 7pm)
• Dylan Carlino (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Friday 7:30pm, 9:45pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Stevie Ray's Comedy Cabaret (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Chris Maddock (Comedy Corner Underground - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Brent Terhune with Eli Wilz (Camp Bar - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Sureni Weerasekera (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Caroline's Chaotic Crashout Comedy Golden Birthday Extravaganza! (Volstead's Emporium - Friday 8pm)
• After Dark! Minnesota's Top Comedy Improv Show (Camp Bar - Friday 10pm)
• Steph Tolev // Keepin' Em Hard (Parkway Theater - Saturday 7pm)
• Last Call (Sisyphus Brewing - Saturday 10pm)
• Kyle Reilly (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Sunday 7pm)
• May Day Comedy Celebration w/ Climate Defiance (Sisyphus Brewing - Sunday 7pm)

SPORTS

• Saint Paul Saints vs Iowa Cubs (Fri 6:37pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Lynx vs Tempo (Fri 7pm) 🏀
• Minnesota Twins vs Blue Jays (Fri 7:10pm) ⚾
• Minnesota Timberwolves @ Nuggets (Sat TBD) 🏀
• Minnesota Wild @ Dallas (Sat 11am) 🏒
• Minnesota Frost @ Montréal Victoire (Sat 1pm) 🏒
• Minnesota Twins vs Blue Jays (Sat 1:10pm) ⚾
• Saint Paul Saints vs Iowa Cubs (Sat 2:07pm) ⚾
• Minnesota United @ Columbus Crew (Sat 6:30pm) ⚽
• Minnesota Twins vs Blue Jays (Sun 11:45am) ⚾
• Saint Paul Saints vs Iowa Cubs (Sun 2:07pm) ⚾

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• Finns Before the Twins (Fulton Brewing Company - Friday 3pm)
• 2nd Annual Derby Days (Utepils Brewing - Saturday 11am)
• Minnesota's Best Derby Party (Canterbury Park - Saturday 12pm)
• Annual Kentucky Derby Party (Brit's Pub - Saturday 1pm)
• Klondike Dog Derby (Excelsior Brewing - Saturday 2pm)
• MNUFC Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Saturday 6:30pm)

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 9:30pm-12:30am)
• Park Tavern St. Louis Park (Saturday 10pm-12:30am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Thursday 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 (Friday & Saturday 11am-1am | Sunday 11am-12:30am)
• Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Friday 11pm-12am | Saturday 12pm-12am | Sunday 12pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11pm)

LINKS

• Improv Comedy Events: https://tockify.com/twincitiesimprov/pinboard
• Reddit Twin Cities Social Meet-Ups: https://www.reddit.com/r/twincitiessocial
• Racket MN Event Calendar: https://www.racketmn.com/category/events/
• Meet Minneapolis Event Calendar: https://www.minneapolis.org
• MPLS Art Events: https://www.mplsart.com/calendar/upcoming
• Minnesota Monthly Event Calendar: http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/Calendar/
• MSP Magazine Event Calendar: http://mspmag.com/search/event/events-calendar/#page=1
• Minneapolis Northwest Event Calendar: https://www.minneapolisnorthwest.com/events/
• Pro Sports Calendar: https://www.minneapolis.org/sports-minneapolis/events/professional-sports/
• Minnesota Parent Event List: https://www.minnesotaparent.com/calendar/
• Family Fun Twin Cities: https://www.familyfuntwincities.com/family-fun-events-calendar/
• Minneapolis Parks & Rec Events: https://www.minneapolisparks.org/event-calendar/month/?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=316
• St. Paul Parks & Rec Events: https://www.stpaul.gov/calendar/parks-and-recreation-events
• Three Rivers Park District Event Calendar: https://web2.myvscloud.com/wbwsc/mnthreeriverswt.wsc/search.html?display=Calendar&module=event&_csrf_token=cU716Z6D0C1B2B2C3C2L454I5R604U581V665Z566H046Q3U595K0B5U4U6L4N1F0E3S6K4U055R5P4J576D734L5C576Q73535P6D015S4R504J09664Q5G5708564N5S
• Trivia Mafia Schedule: https://www.triviamafia.com/schedule
• Music Mayhem Schedule: http://www.musicmayhem.net/live-show-locations.html
• Get a Clu Trivia Schedule: https://www.getaclutrivia.com/home/#weekly-trivia-schedule

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edit: Add Cinco de Mayo weekend