Live Music • Traditional Dance • Tented Biergarten • German Food • Oktoberfest Beers • Salt-Glazed Anniversary Steins • 2025 Oktoberfest glass tankards • Collectible pewter hat pins and more! Sep 19-21 & 26-28, 2025 FRIDAYS 12-10pm SATURDAYS 12-10pm SUNDAYS 12-7pm Sundays are Family Days--kids under 5 free!
Join Ruff Start Rescue as we celebrate an incredible milestone: 15 years of lifesaving work and more than 30,000 animals rescued! This open house is our way of thanking the fosters, volunteers, donors, adopters, and community members who made it possible. Admission is free, family-friendly, and open to all (donations welcome!). Whether you’re a long-time foster, first-time adopter, or passionate animal supporter, this event is for you. Visit the Facebook Event Page for more details.
Join our farm hands as they make prairie sugar, also known as sorghum molasses. Help strip the leaves off the sorghum canes, press the canes through a horse-powered press to extract the juice, and stir the juice as it boils down to make a sweet, syrupy molasses. Then, enjoy a sweet treat of molasses confections such as gingerbread and molasses candy.
Playboi Carti will make his Saint Paul debut when he plays Grand Casino Arena on October 23! Don't miss this exciting show!
Join us for fall transformation!
Features include:
The best wedding professionals in Southern Minnesota!
Live music throughout the whole event from the Penny Peaches!
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Delicious samples from Absolute Catering and other vendors!
Complimentary Mimosas for our couples from the Courtyard by Marriott!
Discover the stories, history, and vibrant culture of St. Paul’s West Side—the heart of Minnesota’s Latino community. This immersive experience focuses on The Flats and the Latino Cultural District, a neighborhood shaped by generations of Mexican Americans, and now home to the future Minnesota Latino Museum. Offered in collaboration with the Minnesota Latino Museum.
“Jennifer Grimm Sings Judy Garland” is an energetic and exciting concert celebrating the music and showmanship of Judy Garland. Join Jennifer and her eleven-piece band, including seven horns. Here, she sweetly sails through Garland classics like “You Made Me Love You”, “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart”. Also, of course, “Over the Rainbow”.
The Pavek Museum brings back the thrilling Havoc at the Pavek, and this year’s theme is Haunted Manor! This one-of-a-kind scavenger hunt-style experience is a STEM adventure that takes you through the history of electronic communication but with a ghostly twist. Journey through a series of STEM activities hidden throughout the museum, collecting pieces along the way to build a special artifact that will help remove the ghosts!
An inspiring evening of discussion as Duchesne Drew of Minnesota Public Radio, Star Tribune Publisher Steve Grove, and University of St. Thomas President Rob Vischer come together to tackle the growing challenge of polarization in our communities. They’ll explore how storytelling, civic dialogue, and media ethics—transparency, fairness, and accountability—can rebuild trust and help bridge divides across journalism, media, and education.
