This is the weekday list for those whose weekend is during the week, those who like to avoid the big weekend crowds, and everybody else too.

Call out anything you're excited to check out this week. If I missed anything or you want help finding something specific this week, drop it in a comment.

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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 📚 In Our Words: MN BIPOC Writers Series Launch (Minnesota Humanities Event Center - Mon 6:30pm)
• 🎸 AJJ – Dirty Old Power Tour with Greet Death (Cedar Cultural Center - Mon 7:30pm)
• ⚽ USMNT vs Canada (Allianz Field - Tue 7pm)
• 🎸 SEX Pistols feat. Frank Carter (Fillmore - Tue 7pm)
• 🎬 Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert (Fitzgerald Theater - Tue 7:30pm)
• 🎭 The Ordway Presents: Mystic Pizza (Ordway - Tue-Thu 7:30pm)
• 🎥 “They're Here” Screening + Q&A (Riverview Theater - Wed 5:45pm)
• 📚 David Mura Book Launch: Exit, Miss Saigon (Theater Mu - Wed 7pm)
• 🎞️ Cine Latino Opening Night: La Bola Negra (The Main Cinema - Wed 7:30pm)
• 🎬 No Man's Land Film Festival (North Garden Theater - Thu 6pm)
• 📖 The Fire is Here: Beginning Middle End with Valeria Luiselli (The Loft at Open Book - Thu 6pm)
• 🎸 Buddy Guy 90 (State Theatre - Thu 7:30pm)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 05

• Dollar Dog Night (Broken Clock Brewing - 4pm)
• 1St Monday Happy Hour + Musical Mondays (Lush Lounge - 5pm)
• Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• St. Paul Board Game Group (Lake Monster Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Sketchy Night (Schmidt Artist Lofts - 6:30pm)
• In Our Words: MN BIPOC Writers Series Launch (Minnesota Humanities Event Center - 6:30pm)
• John Green: "Hollywood, Ending" Book Tour, presented by Magers & Quinn (The O'Shaughnessy - 7pm)
• Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• Witness- Open Mic Mondays October 2026 (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
• Suspiria in 4K (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm, 9pm)
• Monday Night Square Dance (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 7pm)
• Listen to Children: An Evening of Student-Led Art Regarding Gun Violence (Landmark Center - 7pm)
• October Twin Cities Pride Board Meeting (Twin Cities Pride Office - 7pm)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 06

• Virtual Makers Mornings (American Swedish Institute - 10:30am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Vitality Arts: Iconic Female Artists (MIA - 1:30pm)
• Memorial Experiences Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 4:30pm)
• Drink and Dine For A Cause – Minnesota K9 Search Specialists (Wooden Hill Brewing - 5pm)
• Old Time Music Workshop & Jam (Padraigs Brewing - 5pm)
• FREE Meat & Cheese Raffle (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Dungeons and Dragons Adventure League (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• Stained Glass Mosaic Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Cribbage Club (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
• Kao Kalia Yang, MOMMA'S Christmas GIFT (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
• TCS Rollerskate Class (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• Bingq (LTD Brewing - 6pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Dangerous Man Brewing - 6pm)
• NA ENG & Indivisible TWIN CITIES - ART OF SAVING Democracy (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
• Hablamos Pues (La Doña Cervecería Brewery - 6pm)
• Crokinole Meetup (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• Monthly Cribbage Tournament (Fulton Brewing Company - 6pm)
• Banned Book Read In (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 6pm)
• October Bike Night at Forgotten Star Brewing with The Litas (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
• LITT Pinball League (Litt Pinball Bar - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Let’s Learn Mahjong! – Beginner Class (Indeed Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Book Release Party! Tessa Bailey's BROKEN RIVAL (Tropes and Trifles - 7pm)
• Kawai Strong Washburn book launch (Milkweed Books - 7pm)
• Leather Club (Eagle MPLS - 7pm)
• Club Book: Lisa Unger (Red Balloon Bookstore - 7pm)
• Better Things October (Moon Palace Books - 7pm)
• Kristin Kobes Du Mez presents Live, Laugh, Love (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• Weekly Pool Tournament (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Suspiria in 4K (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm, 9pm)
• Community Table Tennis (Minneapolis Cider Company - 7pm)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004) w/ pre-movie burlesque by Queenie Von Curves (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 07

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
• Discovery Days (MIA - 10am)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Community Acupuncture by Mangata (Queermunity - 2pm)
• Wild Beauty: Meet the Artists (Bell Museum - 2pm)
• Sheridan Neighborhood Happy Hour (Broken Clock Brewing - 4pm)
• A Conversation about Healthy Aging in the LGBTQIA2S+ Community (Queermunity - 5pm)
• Brew Babies (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 5pm)
• Magic Nights @ Metronome (MetroNOME Brewery - 5pm)
• Discover Lakewood: Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• Philanthrobrew: FilmNorth (Urban Growler - 5:30pm)
• Rules Lite TTRPG Night (Queermunity - 5:30pm)
• An Evening with Rick Nelson: Food, Fashion and Architecture (The Quinlan Room - 5:30pm)
• “They're Here” Screening + Q&A (Riverview Theater - 5:45pm)
• Colleen AF Venable and Stephanie Yue, KATIE THE Catsitter: Villain CON (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
• Punk Rock Pingolf (Litt Pinball Bar - 6pm)
• Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 6pm)
• Education in Ireland- Twin Cities (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 6pm)
• Game Night (Arbeiter Brewing - 6pm)
• Saint City Mahjong (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• Open Mic with host Neal Dimick (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Lakewood Artist in Residence Info Session (10/7) (Lakewood Cemetery - 6pm)
• Initials Game Live (Boom Island Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Queer Threads (Quatrefoil Library - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Tape Freaks (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm, 9pm)
• Trading Card Night (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• You're Not From Here, Are You? (Black Hart - 7pm)
• David Mura Book Launch: Exit, Miss Saigon (Theater Mu - 7pm)
• 318 Open Mic w/Grant Dawson (318 Cafe - 7:30pm)
• Programme 4: In Colour! Featuring Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff, aka The MADS (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• MN Transplant Pickleball Social (Minneapolis Cider Company - 7:30pm)
• Cine Latino Opening Night: La Bola Negra (The Main Cinema - 7:30pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• Glitter Bomb HOT NEW EVENT (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• DRAG SHOWS (Gay 90's - 10pm)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 08

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
• House that Beer Built (Broken Clock Brewing - 8am)
• Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
• Tiny Tots Story Time (Big Hill Books - 10:30am)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Four Sisters Farmers Market (Four Sisters Minneapolis - 11am)
• Schubert Club: Courtroom Concert (Landmark Center - 12pm)
• MNsure Health Insurance Navigation (Queermunity - 1pm)
• Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Free Energy — Artist Talk with Shana Kaplow (Bethel University - 1:20pm)
• Throwback Thursdays (Excelsior Brewing - 4pm)
• Tony Hawk/Gamer Thursday (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 4pm)
• Audubon Mini Market (Audubon Minneapolis - 4pm)
• Tikka Flavors (Wabasha Brewing - 4:30pm)
• From Memoir to Sci-Fi: Two Authors Write About Mental Illness (Bumbling Fools Mead - 5pm)
• Red Door Outreach - Free HIV Testing (Queermunity - 5pm)
• Meat Raffle with Mike’s (Wabasha Brewing - 5pm)
• Inkwell Story Lab (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 5pm)
• Steve Ozone: Retraced Steps — Opening (Gordon Parks Gallery - 5pm)
• Autumn Bonfire (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 5pm)
• Roots of Resilience: Black Minnesotans – Lakewood Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• Twin Cities Sibling Rivalry (Black Hart - 6pm)
• Exploring Traditional Wooden Boatbuilding Techniques with Brian Thorkildson (American Swedish Institute - 6pm)
• Cycle Unmapped (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• Halloween Jigsaw Puzzle Contest with Sarah Does Puzzles (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• JoyFulton Fall Social Ride + Walk (Fulton Brewing Company - 6pm)
• Thursday Night BINGO With Bloomington Lions Club (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• The Fire is Here: Beginning Middle End with Valeria Luiselli (The Loft at Open Book - 6pm)
• No Man's Land Film Festival (North Garden Theater - 6pm)
• Art and Wellness: Yess Yoga x Mia (MIA - 6pm)
• The Urban Ecosystem: Music Inspired by the Nature of Cities (Bell Museum - 6pm)
• FREE Meat Raffle (Elm Creek Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Singles Pickleball Social (Minneapolis Cider Company - 6:30pm)
• Cookie Decorating Class (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 6:30pm)
• (Canceled) Our Shared Table Demo: The Wonders of Wild Foods with Derek Nicholas (American Swedish Institute - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (LTD Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Beginnings & Endings- Online (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
• Cribbage Tournament (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
• Suspiria in 4K (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm)
• Book release party! Jasmine Guillory's IT'S ONLY Dancing (Tropes and Trifles - 7pm)
• Dinner and a Doc: “Rooted: Stories from Minnesota’s Farming Future” (Animales - 7pm)
• Snapz Live Band Open Mic (Green Room - 8pm)
• Stand Up Comedy Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - 8pm)
• Bessie Snow Presents: Appètit, a Burlesque Review (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• Gay Bowl After Party (Eagle MPLS - 10pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Monday, October 05

• Soul Trouvère (331 Club - 6pm)
• Worm Grunter (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Minnesota Monday Jam (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Acoustic Jam (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• The L.i.e. – Light Inside Everyone – Mondays@metronome (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Kelela - new avatar live (Varsity Theater - 7pm)
• Monthly MUSIC (Morrissey's Irish Pub - 7pm)
• Music by Phil Berbig (Troubadour - 7pm)
• The Great Irish Sing-Along (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Mondays@metronome – Free Community Concerts (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Open Mic (Flying V Music - 7pm)
• AJJ – Dirty Old Power Tour with Greet Death (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• Hazlett (First Avenue - 7:30pm)
• Cheekface with Apes of the State (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Troy Richardson (Acadia Cafe - 8pm)
• Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)

Tuesday, October 06

• Worker’s Playtime, Paul Bergen (331 Club - 6pm)
• Thomas Sticha (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• gnash (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6:30pm)
• Mississippi Mosaic (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Chasing Abbey at the Turf Club (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 7pm)
• Red Planet (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• St Dominic's Trio (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• SEX Pistols (Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Glen Matlock) feat. Frank Carter (Fillmore - 7pm)
• Our Lady Peace: 30th Anniversary Tour w/ Special Guests The Verve Pipe (Varsity Theater - 7pm)
• Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert (Fitzgerald Theater - 7:30pm)
• National Park After Dark: Your Neck of the Woods Tour (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• sunn O))) with Stebmo & Bill Herzog (Palace Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Pertinence (Green Room - 8pm)
• Elizabeth Nichols with Soren Anderson (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Chance The Rapper (Armory - 8pm)
• Chasing Abbey with Áit Ait (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Bluewater Kings Showcase (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Tricky (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Main Street Free w. Aly Dyg, Fiona Hayes (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Tuesday with DJ Cam Jones (Acadia Cafe - 9pm)
• October Conspiracy Series featuring, ditch pigeon, whispers the rabbit, girdle of judith (331 Club - 9:30pm)

Wednesday, October 07

• SYGNAL TO NOISE and Friends Live in Concert (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 5pm)
• The Second Stringers w. Special Guests (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Vinyl Night (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 6pm)
• Pat Donohue & Friends (Midway Saloon - 6pm)
• Syliva May & the MayDays (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• GLAIVE - GOD SAVE THE THREE TOUR (Varsity Theater - 6:30pm)
• Open Jam Wednesdays (Excelsior Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Rufus Wainwright (Dakota - 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Irish Diplomacy (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Berlin & Trylon Present: Cinema Sorcery feat. Thunderbolt Pagoda & Witching Hour (Berlin - 7pm)
• J.Killen (PDX), Ditchweed, Aeris and the Piggies, & D.C. Leonhardt (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
• Irish Céilí Dancing (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Tytus Canby (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• An American and a Russian: Exploring the Other (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
• Harold’s House Party on KFAI, Drew Peterson (331 Club - 7pm)
• Carrie Nation And The Speakeasy w/ King-Sized Coffin, Old Smugglers, & The Gentlemen's Anti-Temperance League (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• John 'Papa' Gros (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• Leonid & Friends (Pantages Theatre - 7:30pm)
• MN Songwriter Showcase hosted by Nick Hensley (Aster Cafe - 7:30pm)
• The Bright Light Social Hour (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Red Pk (Green Room - 8pm)
• Beck: Ride Lonesome Tour with Ioanna Gika (Orpheum Theatre - 8pm)
• Chris Housman with Creekbed Carter Hogan (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Failure with quannnic (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Pinhead Gunpowder (First Avenue - 8pm)
• Wren + Wilde Album Release Show with Haley E Rydell Trio (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Maybe So w. Scruffian, Tommy Boynton (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Bosso Poetry Company (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• The Cherry Pit Open Jam (Berlin - 10pm)

Thursday, October 08

• Live Music Lunch w/ Jen Chorost (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Jeff Ray (Dubliner - 5pm)
• KRSM DJ (Arbeiter Brewing - 5:30pm)
• Hellvis w. Cap’n Seabeard (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Red Leather – Tahoe Tour (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• THROWN (Varsity Theater - 6pm)
• JPEGMAFIA: the Experimental Rap Tour (Fillmore - 6:30pm)
• Nina Luna, friendlychaos, Kaatwalk (Underground Music Venue - 6:30pm)
• FreeWhenSees (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Ellie Jackson, Hemma, We Are The Willows (Cloudland Theater - 6:30pm)
• U.S. Bank Movies & Music: Return of the Jedi in Concert with the Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 7pm)
• 32ND Street Jazz Presents Spooky Sounds (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Effy & Kwey Present: Off Wax (feat. Mack OC) (Berlin - 7pm)
• Zeb Sears (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Rooms On Fire (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Simply... T. Mychael Rambo (Dakota - 7pm)
• Anna Johnson “Swarm of Tongues” Album Release with Matthew Rahaim & Davu Seru and GLASS (Annie Enneking & Kari Tweiten) (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• Busey, Whippets, & Bruder (Zhora Darling - 7:30pm)
• David Nail // Down To The Studs Tour (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• Buddy Guy 90 (State Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Free Fallin' - A Tribute to Tom Petty (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Amélie Farren, Lilith Max, Rabbitology (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7:30pm)
• Sarah Morris, Dave Mehling, Emily Haavik & Andy Ulseth (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Dana and Alden with Alex Amen (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Leslie Rich and the Rocket Soul Choir (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Deerhoof with Intercourse (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Nikki Lemire Trio (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
• Matty & The Subtle Validation (Acadia Cafe - 8pm)
• ZOSO — The Ultimate LED Zeppelin Experience (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• Ex Rodeo w. Grim Lot, Briefcase (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Laura Hugo (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• WE Collective (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 10pm)
• Crates: “KARPEH” by Cautious Clay (Berlin - 10pm)
• SplitScreen (Mortimer's - 10pm)

THEATER

• Night EDH & Cube Night- Twin CItes Brew Crew (Broken Clock Brewing - Monday 6pm)
• The Hired Man (Crane Theater - Monday 7:30pm)
• Boxes, Inc. (Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts - Tuesday 1pm)
• Happy Hour Play Club (Guthrie Theater - Tuesday 5:30pm)
• Waiting for Godot (Guthrie Theater - Tuesday 7pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Nudge (Open Eye Theatre - Tuesday 7pm)
• Annie (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• The Ordway Presents: Mystic Pizza (Ordway - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• On The Razzle (Park Square Theatre - Wednesday 7pm | Thursday 7pm)
• ALIZA KELLY’S Haunted TEA PARTY: The Spooky Season Astrology Tour (Cedar Cultural Center - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• Indecent (Theatre Latte Da - Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Waiting for Godot Seminar (Guthrie Theater - Thursday 1:30pm)
• Cole Sarar's SciFi Reading Hour (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Thursday 7pm)
• You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Artistry - Thursday 7pm)
• "Female Figures" An Original Movement Play (Phoenix Theater - Thursday 7pm)
• Heaven’s Precious Angels (Strike Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)
• LIZZIE: The Rock Musical (Open Eye Theatre - Thursday 7:30pm)

COMEDY

• Improv U Comedy Class (Flying V Music - Monday 8pm)
• Craic Up Comedy Night (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Tuesday 7pm)
• Would I Lie to You? (Hive Collaborative - Wednesday 6:30pm)
• Good Camel Live (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Wednesday 7pm)
• Don’t Bomb Comedy League (MetroNOME Brewery - Wednesday 7pm)
• Comedy Free for All (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• Easy Speak Comedy Showcase (Volstead's Emporium - Wednesday 8pm)
• Emo Philips (Acme Comedy Company - Wednesday 8pm | Thursday 8pm)
• Adam Hunter (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Bad Indian: A Native American Comedy Show (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 8:30pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Timberwolves @ Bucks 🏀 (Monday 7pm)
• Minnesota Wild @ Buffalo Sabres 🏒 (Tuesday 6pm)
• USMNT vs Canada ⚽ (Tuesday 7pm)
• Minnesota Timberwolves @ Pacers 🏀 (Wednesday 6pm)
• Minnesota Wild @ Tampa Bay Lightning 🏒 (Thursday 6pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• WNBA Playoffs Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Wednesday 4pm)
• Survivor watch party Ep. 3 (Animales - Wednesday 7pm)
• Rhs Teddies Boys Basketball Fundraiser (Venn Brewing - Wednesday 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)
• Mother Clucker's Pizza (Tuesdays & Thursdays 9pm)
• 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
• Stonewall Sports
• 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

• 🎶 Midway Music & Arts Fest (Multiple Hamline-Midway venues - Fri-Sun)
• 🎃 Crypticon Minneapolis 2026 (Crowne Plaza West Hotel & Conference Center - Fri 4:30pm | Sat & Sun 11:30am)
• 👹 Gods & Monsters 2026 (ALTR Gallery - Fri & Sat 6pm)
• 🎻 Season Opening Celebration: Søndergård, Mozart and Prokofiev (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - Fri 8pm | Sat 7pm)
• 🎃 2026 Glass Pumpkin Patch (Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts - Sat & Sun 12pm)
• 🎭 Wife of a Salesman (Gremlin Theatre - Fri & Sat 7:30pm | Sun 2pm)
• 👗 Preview Party: “Paris Couture” (MIA - Sat 8pm)
• 🦪 Meritage Oysterfest 2026 (Seventh Place Mall - Sun 12pm)
• 📚 Haunts and Horrors Book Fair (Bad Weather Brewery - Sun 1pm)
• 🏈 Minnesota Vikings vs Miami Dolphins (U.S. Bank Stadium - Sun 3:05pm)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 02

• Leksand-style Needlework Workshop with Kirsi Manni (American Swedish Institute - 9am)
• The Gathering: A Leadership Convening for Our Time (Capri - 9am)
• Preschool Program: Slöjd & Spiders at Silverwood Park (American Swedish Institute - 10am)
• Uplifting Rondo Panel with Emma Collins, Dr. Artika Tyner, Hawona Sullivan Janzen & Debra Stone (Black Garnet Books - 4pm)
• Friday Friend Lab: Crafting & Game Night (Queermunity - 4pm)
• Craft & Connect (Cream and Amber - 4:30pm)
• Crypticon Minneapolis 2026 (Crowne Plaza West Hotel & Conference Center - 4:30pm)
• KILT NIGHT (Merlins Rest - 5pm)
• Meat Raffle (Wicked Wort Brewing - 5:30pm)
• Stay Human Storytelling- Ready or Not (American School of Storytelling - 6pm)
• Happy Hour BINGO benefiting Aliveness Project (Black Hart - 6pm)
• Gods & Monsters 2026 (ALTR Gallery - 6pm)
• Exhibition Reception: To Be Human & The Joy and Sorrow of Imagining (Northern Clay Center - 6pm)
• Echoes of Nature — Opening Reception (Roberts Gallery - 6pm)
• Dungeons & Dragons 101 with Game-Gather (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game (Basement Bar - 7pm)
• Friday Night Cash Bingo and Meat Raffle (Forgotten Star Brewing - 7pm)
• Day of Wrath in 35mm (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm)
• Patio: Midway Music & Arts Fest Drag & Music (Black Hart - 7pm)
• Speed Friending (Quatrefoil Library - 7pm)
• S'mores on the Patio (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
• SCREAM it off SCREEN // Short Film Competition (Parkway Theater - 8pm)
• BINGO LOCO: Name That Song (Granada Theater - 8:30pm)
• The VVitch (The Trylon Cinema - 9pm)
• HOUSE PROUD (Sociable Cider Werks - 9:45pm)
• RaptureMN presents: Haunted Forest (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 03

• St. Paul Farmers' Market – Lowertown (Lowertown St. Paul Farmers' Market - 7am)
• Record Sale (Hook & Ladder Theater - 9am)
• Brunch with Breizh Kitchen (Minneapolis Cider Company - 10am)
• Brewery Flow Saturdays (Forgotten Star Brewing - 10am)
• First Saturday Science: The Human Body (Metro State University - 10am)
• Hispanic Heritage Month Storytime with Pamela Mercado Michelli (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Trauma Support Group (Quatrefoil Library - 11am)
• A Brunch Of Drag (18+) (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Beats & Breath: Yoga-Based Movement Class (Queermunity - 11am)
• Bloody Mary Walk (Malcolm Yards - 11am)
• Crypticon Minneapolis 2026 (Crowne Plaza West Hotel & Conference Center - 11:30am)
• First Chapter Story Time (Next Chapter Booksellers - 11:45am)
• Post Farmer’s Market Pints & Greens (Day Block Brewing - 12pm)
• In-Store Signing Event with Bex Goos (Tropes and Trifles - 12pm)
• UMN vs. Michigan (Surly Brewing - 12pm)
• Good Ware Good Fare Open Studios (Q.arma Building - 12pm)
• 2026 Glass Pumpkin Patch (Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts - 12pm)
• Puppet Library (In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre - 12pm)
• Speed BINGO (Sociable Cider Werks - 12:30pm)
• Midway Music & Arts Festival: Crafting the Counter-Story: A Zine-Making Workshop (Black Garnet Books - 1pm)
• Saturday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 2pm)
• Dyke Heights- a Discussion with Lesbian Elder Activists and Organizers (Queermunity - 3pm)
• Tee Time Drag Show presents Halloween Drag Show with All-Ages Bingo and Costume Contest (Can Can Wonderland - 3:30pm)
• REVEALED | Kathy Snow Stratton — Opening Reception (Veronique Wantz Gallery - 4pm)
• The VVitch (The Trylon Cinema - 5pm, 7pm)
• 2026 BSIG Observing Session (Minnesota Astronomical Society - 6pm)
• Free Shuttle to/from Home Wild Games (Bad Weather Brewery - 6pm)
• True Stories | Grover Hogan — Opening Reception (Public Functionary - 6pm)
• The Big Tiny Show Artist Reception (Kolman & Reeb Gallery - 6pm)
• Gods & Monsters 2026 (ALTR Gallery - 6pm)
• Picturegoer Film Club Presents: Psycho (1960) (Park Square Theatre - 6pm)
• Drag, Elevated (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Drinkin’ Spelling Bee (331 Club - 7pm)
• ELO Public Star Party – Featured Speaker: Laura Hammerbeck (Minnesota Astronomical Society - 7pm)
• Golden Garters Burlesque Revue (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• Bright Eyes with Lullaby For The Working Class (First Avenue - 7:30pm)
• La Folies Burlesk (Gay 90's - 8pm)
• Stampede (Eagle MPLS - 9pm)
• Jumpsuit! Funk & Disco Dance Party (Black Hart - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• Day of Wrath in 35mm (The Trylon Cinema - 9pm)
• Kings! Drag After Dark (21+) (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• A Drinking Game MN presents: What We Do in the Shadows (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 9:30pm)
• Bondage A Go Go (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• Midnight Mayhem: Killer Klowns From Outer Space (The Main Cinema - 10pm)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 04

• St. Paul Farmers' Market – Lowertown (Lowertown St. Paul Farmers' Market - 8am)
• Yoga Flow with Annie Hayes (Utepils Brewing - 10am)
• Rainbow Reads (Quatrefoil Library - 11am)
• Bloody Mary Walk (Malcolm Yards - 11am)
• Sunday Morning Yoga (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• Learn to Mend w/MN Tool Library (Dual Citizen Brewing - 11am)
• Crypticon Minneapolis 2026 (Crowne Plaza West Hotel & Conference Center - 11:30am)
• Bingo with Beer and Meat Raffle (Bald Man Brewing - 12pm)
• Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 12pm)
• Beer & Clay: Spooky Ghost (56 Brewing - 12pm)
• Game Day watch party: Packers vs buccaneers (Animales - 12pm)
• Meritage Oysterfest 2026 (Seventh Place Mall - 12pm)
• 2026 Glass Pumpkin Patch (Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts - 12pm)
• Sourdough 101 Class (Wooden Hill Brewing - 1pm)
• Sarah Does Puzzles Beer Release & Puzzle Swap (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 1pm)
• Haunts and Horrors Book Fair (Bad Weather Brewery - 1pm)
• Day of Wrath in 35mm (The Trylon Cinema - 1pm)
• Nordic Music Workshop: Polska of the People with Renee Vaughan (American Swedish Institute - 1pm)
• Kids' Halloween Cookie Decorating Class (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 1pm)
• Birds N’ Brews Fundraiser & Panel with Land of Lakes Bird Alliance (Cream and Amber - 1pm)
• Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity Group (Quatrefoil Library - 1:30pm)
• Open Fingerboard Session (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 1:30pm)
• Beekeeping Seminar with the Uof MN Bee Lab (Bumbling Fools Mead - 1:30pm)
• Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing - 3pm)
• The VVitch (The Trylon Cinema - 3pm)
• Game Day watch party: Dolphins vs Vikings (Animales - 3pm)
• Yacht Rock on the patio w/ DJ NCK (Eagle MPLS - 3pm)
• Tunes (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
• You Are Here: Your Map Through the Care System (Queermunity - 4pm)
• Suspiria in 4K (The Trylon Cinema - 5pm, 7pm)
• Social Reading Hour (Black Garnet Books - 5pm)
• Break the Bubble (Bruhaven - 5pm)
• Open Mic Sundays Hosted by James Stanley (Camp Bar - 6pm)
• OFF-SITE EVENT: Talking Volumes: MIN JIN LEE (Next Chapter Booksellers - 7pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 7pm)
• 3Rd Annual Lush Icon Pageant (Lush Lounge - 7pm)
• Talking Volumes with Min Jin Lee (The O'Shaughnessy - 7pm)
• King of Drag Watch Party (Black Hart - 8pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, October 02

• Darkness Eve 2026 (Surly Brewing - 3pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: Mike Conrad Trio (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Friday Night Date Night (Big Hill Books - 5pm)
• Irish Music Session (Dubliner - 6pm)
• The Modern Era ( Acoustic ) | Dan Bullard | Holly XO | Leslie (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• Hurrey and Waite (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Adam Daniel (Umbra - 6pm)
• Above Average Tuba Quartet (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Adam Moe (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - North America '26 (Varsity Theater - 7pm)
• Your Last Breath (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
• moony w/ Colin Bracewell & Pullstring (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
• Edgehill w. Trophy Wife (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• Mary Rancone & Last Chance (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Steve Daly (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• An Evening with The Hounds of Finn (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 7pm)
• Mon Rovîa with Sydney Rose and Sarah Julia (Palace Theatre - 7pm)
• Curtis Salgado (Dakota - 7pm)
• Dan Israel (Animales - 7pm)
• Nothingess 'Godslaughter' Beer Party (56 Brewing - 7pm)
• The Real Chuck Norad (Inbound Brewco - 7pm)
• The Inspector Cluzo (France) (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• Paul Hecht's Pyrography (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Chase & Ovation - A Salute to the Music of Prince (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Lux Quartet – Reimagine Tradition (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:30pm)
• Vivid Lover (LTD Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Wub Club - Ft. Shanghai Doom, Detre, Akashah (Green Room - 8pm)
• Ben Noble album release with Conzemius and The Weeping Covenant (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Automatic with Donzii (Turf Club - 8pm)
• An Evening With They Might Be Giants (First Avenue - 8pm)
• Mamma Mania — The American Tribute to ABBA (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• Cardinal Bloom with Holdfast. (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Scottie Miller & Cierra Alise Hill (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• EDITH Márquez - ETERNA E Inolvidable (Pantages Theatre - 8pm)
• The Johnnie Brown Experience (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Season Opening Celebration: Søndergård, Mozart and Prokofiev (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 8pm)
• Frankie Torres (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Mill City Hot Club (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• Genre Fluid w/ Shannon Blowtorch & Greenery (Zhora Darling - 8:30pm)
• Last Chance (Driftwood Char Bar - 8:45pm)
• Afrobeats TO THE WORLD (Cabooze - 9pm)
• Arbor Moon (Dubliner - 9pm)
• Sexton Of Gotterdammerung w. Daguerreotpes, Tom Mobry (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Mr. NiceGuy and Friends (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• SOS: The Recession Pop Party (Fine Line Music Cafe - 9pm)
• Crankdat (Armory - 9pm)
• Queerdo (Black Hart - 9:30pm)
• The Violet Press (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• Mind Out of Time, Big Salt (331 Club - 10pm)
• One Night in Lagos Big Tunzy x Cedriic Old School VS Current Naija (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Rhythm Rotation by DJ McShellen (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Saturday, October 03

• Nikki Matteson & Rich Rue (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Family Gathering Concert featuring jeremy messersmith with Sarah Morris (Parkway Theater - 10am)
• Flannel Roots Festival (Unmapped Brewing - 10am)
• Oktoberfest (Indeed Brewing - 11am)
• Animales Anniversary Party (Animales - 11am)
• Darkness Day 2026 (Surly Brewing - 11am)
• Saturday Sounds w/ Niny Salem (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• East Lake Jazz (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Cornbread Harris & Friends (Animales - 3pm)
• Jasha's 50th Birthday Celebration (Mortimer's - 3pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: Chresten Hyde Trio (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Inaara | VVakefield | Gradience | Gauze (Day Block Brewing - 5pm)
• Paris Chansons (Dakota - 5:30pm, 8pm)
• Rare Form (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 6pm)
• Always Tired w. Paramedics (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• DJ Brian Engel of Hipshaker (Animales - 6pm)
• Sip & Paint: Bonfire (Cabooze - 6pm)
• Mark Joseph & Friends (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
• My Cousin Dallas (Bumbling Fools Mead - 6pm)
• Lena and The Lovekills (Elm Creek Brewing - 6pm)
• Greg Byers (Umbra - 6pm)
• Hot Flash Heat Wave w/ Bleary Eyed & High. (Underground Music Venue - 6pm)
• Midway Music & Arts Fest ft. Pullstring, Keep for Cheap, Ryan Traster, and Sawtooth Witch (Turf Club - 6:30pm)
• Pete Capello (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• J Train Jazz (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Season Opening Celebration: Søndergård, Mozart and Prokofiev (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 7pm)
• Burn The Ice (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Taylor Johnson Live (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Lost Island Society (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
• Neighbors Again (Inbound Brewco - 7pm)
• Haute & Freddy's Big Disgrace Tour (Varsity Theater - 7pm)
• Soul Trouvère + Ukrainian Village Band: A benefit for Unidos MN (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 7pm)
• Mastodon with Deafheaven and Alcest (Palace Theatre - 7pm)
• The Cactus Blossoms with special guest Thomas Sticha (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• Chase & Ovation - A Salute to the Music of Prince (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Green Line (Album Release) (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Love Spells with Orca (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• Cary Morin Duo (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 7:30pm)
• Girl In A Coma, Spit Takes, Surly Grrly (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
• Root Pickers perform (Merlins Rest - 7:30pm)
• Gavin Strappe (Dubliner - 8pm)
• An Evening With They Might Be Giants (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• Stephen Day with Brother Elsey (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Return of The Droppers (Icehouse - 8pm)
• IAMJOY with Anna Houston and Maddie Thies (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• Freak of the Week w/ Freddy Fresh, Nola Rave, Noel Jean, & DJ Blue Funk (Zhora Darling - 8pm)
• Michael Shynes (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Tim Sparks (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• Raegan Boehmer & Sammie Jean (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Stoned Level (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Jaybee & The Routine (Minnesota Music Cafe - 9pm)
• Halloween Takeover (Cabooze - 9pm)
• Of The Trees (Armory - 9pm)
• Lodge (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• SEXY NERDS Minneapolis (Green Room - 9:30pm)
• Alex Rossi (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• Cahoots (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• Lords of the Universe, Socktopus, Wooly Mack (331 Club - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Baher (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Sunday, October 04

• Sarah Morris (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Sunday Swing Brunch (Aster Cafe - 11am)
• Corpse Reviver (331 Club - 3pm)
• Twin Prop Jane Matinee (Dubliner - 3pm)
• Banned Books Week Event (Subtext Books - 3pm)
• Don Was & The Pan-Detroit Ensemble (Dakota - 5:30pm, 8pm)
• Phine & Friends (Driftwood Char Bar - 6pm)
• Zolita w. Pig Milk (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• Rebecca Lake Fritz w. Deep Pool (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Lounge: Mike Maimone LP release party (Black Hart - 6pm)
• Parisota Trio (Dubliner - 6pm)
• Boy Harsher (Varsity Theater - 6:30pm)
• Radioactivity, Visual Learner, Cheap Glue (Cloudland Theater - 6:30pm)
• Marc Churchill (318 Cafe - 7pm)
• Lori Dokken Presents: A Return to Studio 54 (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7pm)
• Sounds From Planet IE (feat. John Marks, Crystal Myslajek, and John C.S. Keston) (Berlin - 7pm)
• Lorraine-Dietrich (KC), Solana & the Sunsets, & Blvckbvrn (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
• Brass Messengers (331 Club - 7pm)
• The Eclectics and Triple Fiddle (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 7pm)
• Militarie Gun with Softcult, Shady Nasty and Dazy (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7pm)
• W.I.T.C.H. with American Cream Band and Van Glow Light Show (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• The Cactus Blossoms with special guests Hilary Thavis & Doug Otto (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• Kennedy Ryon (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• Doja Cat (Target Center - 7:30pm)
• JOURNEY (Grand Casino Arena - 7:30pm)
• An Evening With They Might Be Giants (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• An Evening with The Dream Syndicate (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• The Holdup (Green Room - 8pm)
• Sunday Trad Session (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Scale EP/ Libra Birthday Bash (Acadia Cafe - 8pm)
• Sparrowhawk w. Dead on Board, Coworker and Cattlesnake (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

THEATER

• The Thorn (Orpheum Theatre - Friday 7pm | Saturday 1pm, 7pm)
• Head Over Heels (Lush Lounge - Friday 7pm | Saturday 5:30pm)
• On The Razzle (Park Square Theatre - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Artistry - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Pinocchio (Children's Theatre Company - Friday 7pm | Saturday 11am, 2pm | Sunday 2pm, 5pm)
• KNOWN | Unknown (Luminary Arts Center - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• LIZZIE: The Rock Musical (Open Eye Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• The Great Gatsby (Theatre in the Round - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Indecent (Theatre Latte Da - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• The Hired Man (Crane Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Fancy Dancer (History Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Friday Night Improv Club (Strike Theater - Friday 7:30pm)
• Mothership (Penumbra Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 4pm)
• Dan and Phil: Hard Launch World Tour (State Theatre - Friday 7:30pm)
• Minnesota International Dance Festival: Ecuador (Southern Theater - Friday 7:30pm)
• The Algorithm is Gonna Get You (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 4:30pm, 7:30pm)
• Waiting for Godot (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm)
• Annie (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 6:30pm)
• Wife of a Salesman (Gremlin Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• House Party - an improv comedy show (Strike Theater - Friday 9pm)
• That Felt Good (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 9:30pm)
• Family Pickleball Social (Minneapolis Cider Company - Saturday 10am)
• Live Action TTRPG with Mixed Blood Theatre (Bumbling Fools Mead - Saturday 2pm)
• Saints & Sinners Pole Dance Show- Matinee Mass (Granada Theater - Saturday 5pm)
• Singalong Broadway (Pantages Theatre - Saturday 7pm)
• Kaboom Cabaret: Again, but Spooky (Hive Collaborative - Saturday 7:30pm)
• The Mess and The Bearded Company (Strike Theater - Saturday 7:30pm)
• Saints & Sinners Pole Dance Show- A Sinful Soiree (Granada Theater - Saturday 7:45pm)
• André Cymone (Capri - Saturday 8pm)
• Saturday Night Improv Show featuring Your Co-Worker’s Improv Show & Original Sin (Strike Theater - Saturday 9pm)
• The Great Gatsby (Pay-What-You-Can) (Theatre in the Round - Sunday 2pm)
• Anda Flamenco’s “Ritmos de Otoño” (Autumn Rhythms) (Hive Collaborative - Sunday 3pm)
• Improv - A - Go - Go (Strike Theater - Sunday 7:30pm)

COMEDY

• Akaash Singh: Generational Triumph Tour (Uptown Theater - Friday 6pm)
• Widow's Babe (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm)
• Ran Barnaclo (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm)
• Crash And Burn XV (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)
• Jay Pharoah Special Presentation (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Friday 7:30pm, 9:45pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Special Event: ​Olivia Carter (Camp Bar - Friday 8pm)
• Comedy Hour Showcase (Bumbling Fools Mead - Friday 8pm)
• Sarah Adelman and Eion Falance (Comedy Corner Underground - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• After Dark! Minnesota's Top Comedy Improv Show (Camp Bar - Friday 10pm)
• The Running Game Show (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Saturday 2pm)
• One Weekend. Three Stories of Love, Life, and Adventure. (Phoenix Theater - Saturday 7pm | Sunday 7pm, 8pm)
• Comedy Open Mic (Early) (Mortimer's - Sunday 5pm)
• Steven Castillo (Sisyphus Brewing - Sunday 6pm)
• Brickhaus Comedy Drag Review (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Sunday 7pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Wild vs Boston Bruins 🏒 (Saturday 7pm)
• Minnesota Vikings vs Miami Dolphins 🏈 (Sunday 3:05pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• WNBA Playoffs Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Friday 6pm | Sunday 11am)
• Gopher Game Day (Malcolm Yards - Saturday 9:30am)
• NOTRE DAME WATCH Parties (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Saturday 10am)
• NDSU vs Wyoming Watch Party (Padraigs Brewing - Saturday 2:30pm)
• Vikings vs Dolphins Pre-Party & Watch Party (Day Block Brewing - Sunday 11am)
• Game Day at Bear Cave (Bear Cave Brewing - Sunday 11:30am)
• SKOL! ALLEY: Vikings vs. Miami Dolphins Tailgate (Umbra - Sunday 12pm)
• Vikings vs. Dolphins Watch Party at Forgotten Star (Forgotten Star Brewing - Sunday 2pm)
• Vikings Watch Party: vs Miami Dolphins (9 Mile Brewing - Sunday 3pm)
• Vikings Game Pitcher Deal (Boom Island Brewing - Sunday 3pm)
• Vikings VS Dolphins WATCH PARTY (Bald Man Brewing - 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

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