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Minnesota Festivals & Events

Plan the Perfect Trip

Catch an Unforgettable Concert

It's the summer of LCD Soundsystem, Guns N' Roses, Tim McGraw and more 

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Minnesota's Best Summer Events

From Water Ski Days (it's a thing!) to the State Fair 

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Spring & Summer's Theater Essentials

Including "Spamalot," "A Chorus Line" and Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning "In the Heights"

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60 Absolute Musts

We've got the entire year covered 

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Minnesota's Best Food Festivals

Including nods to garlic, cheese curds, artisanal wine and more 

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Seize the Season

Tulips in bloom at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Spring
Concert stage at dusk
Summer
The corn maze at Otter Berry Farm
Fall
A couple friends hang out in the cold at Winter Beer Dabbler
Winter