Toy & Miniature Doodles Dog Races

Sunday, August 3, 2025
First Post 1:00PM

Welcome these curly-haired cuties to Canterbury Park! These pups are ready to show what they are made of. Cheer on your favorite dog to win between the Live Horse Races on Sunday, August 3.

Toss for a Cause: Bean Bag Tournament Fundraiser! Young Professionals of Monticello

Toss for a Cause: Bean Bag Tournament Fundraiser! 
Hosted by the Young Professionals of the Monticello Chamber

Join us for an afternoon of friendly competition, great company, and community support! The Young Professionals group is excited to host our Bean Bag Tournament Fundraiser — and you’re invited!

All proceeds go toward supporting the initiatives of the Young Professionals of Monticello group — helping us grow future leaders and continue our programs through the Monticello Chamber of Commerce.

Tone Loc w/ Desdamona & the Orange Goodness at Riverside Music Series

Schedule

6:00 p.m. | Get ready!

Come early to grab dinner and settle in. Food trucks start serving at 6:00 p.m., and the music starts at 7:00. Lawn chairs, blankets, and coolers are welcome.

7:00 p.m. | Desdamona and The Orange Goodness

Hip-hop meets indie funk in this powerhouse double bill. Desdamona is one of Minnesota’s most influential spoken word artists and emcees. The Orange Goodness blends raw energy, tight rhythms, and indie-pop color for a sound that's all their own.

8:00 p.m. | Tone Loc

The Tom Hall Mysteries Bus Tour

Artist and Author Art Norby began writing the Tall Hall Mysteries in 1989. In each of his 9 novels, he has made some connection to the Montevideo and Chippewa County areas. this tour will bring you to many local areas from our history. Locations included: Carlton Lake, the Canning Factory, Swift's, the Lac qui Parle Dam, and many other areas around the Chippewa and Minnesota Rivers.

Thursdays Downtown Street Festival

A weekly summer staple of downtown Rochester, Thursdays Downtown combines arts, music, food, and a vendor market into one free community-uniting, block-party-style event. Join your friends and neighbors at Thursdays Downtown to eat, drink, dance, and shop the day away!

Dates: Every Thursday from June 12 – August 14, 2025 (Except July 3)

Time: 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Location: 1st Avenue SW & 2nd Ave SW (From 2nd St. SW to 4th St. SW), Rochester, MN

A Three Tenors Christmas

Featuring The NorrSound Tenors

Do you love timeless melodies? Does the soaring high note of a song give you chills? Are you moved by beautifully blended vocals? If so, A Three Tenors Christmas by The NorrSound Tenors belongs on your Christmas concert list this year.

Three Sisters Garden Program

Join us to explore our Three Sisters Garden. Visitors will have the opportunity to examine historically accurate reproduction wood, stone, and bone tools.

Interpreters will discuss the archaeology and ethnohistoric background of the early horticultural and agricultural people of the Upper Midwest and Prairies.

Third Thursday Jazz with the North Shore Swing Band

Big Band music is alive and well in Grand Marais! The fabulous North Shore Swing Band plays every third Thursday of the month at Up Yonder on 61 in Grand Marais, from 7-9 pm. This very fine big band features vocalists Carah Thomas and Ben Nichols, along with many excellent instrumental soloists.

Up Yonder on 61 is the hottest hot spot in Grand Marais, with a great dance floor, and house sound and lights. Open daily with food service 'till 10 pm.