Thursdays on Fountain
Fountain Lake Gazebo
5:30pm–7:00pm
Free Community Event
Join us for our beloved Thursdays on Fountain music series at the Fountain Lake Gazebo! Bring a lawn chair, gather your friends, and enjoy a summer evening filled with live music and lakeside views. A different performer each week. A new sound. Same great summer vibe. This week’s performer: Holly Day
Thursdays on Fountain
Fountain Lake Gazebo
5:30pm–7:00pm
Free Community Event
Join us for our beloved Thursdays on Fountain music series at the Fountain Lake Gazebo! Bring a lawn chair, gather your friends, and enjoy a summer evening filled with live music and lakeside views. A different performer each week. A new sound. Same great summer vibe. This week’s performer: Eclipse
That Arena Rock Show is the ultimate high energy tribute to “Classic” Rock N’ Roll. Performing legendary rock anthems that ruled the airwaves in the 70s and 80s. Including artists like: Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, AC/DC, BonJovi, Guns N Roses to name a few. This show will take you on a trip back in time, turning every sized venue into an arena for a night! Get your lighters out and your fist in the air. This rock show is more than just music-it’s an experience!
Have you ever wondered where Prince’s shade of purple came from? While working at Children’s Theatre Company, Marliss Jensen was asked to dye the purple lace that Prince wore to the 57th Academy Awards in 1985. Prince won Best Original Song Score and Best Original Musical for Purple Rain, and Marliss Jensen continued dying fabrics for Prince Rogers Nelson.
Join us for a special conversation with Marliss Jensen, moderated by Andrea Swensson, and learn more about the creativity and expertise behind the creation of spectacular outfits for Prince and his bandmates.
Get ready for the debut Rockin' The Island Festival at Treasure Island Amphitheater this coming June! The 2-day pass offers nonstop rock music entertainment during Friday 26th June 2026.
The Rochester Quilters' Sew-ciety will host their biennial quilt show "Symphony of Quilts" on Friday, October 16th and Saturday, October 17th, 2026. The group invites the community to attend and view a variety of beautiful hand-made quilts and wall hangings on display. This show will have a vendor mall, a boutique where visitors have an opportunity to purchase finished hand-made quilted items, a silent quilt auction of small quilts, special recognition displays and demonstrations of quilting techniques.
Pioneer Christmas
December 13, 2026
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Brass Band playing Christmas music around the Park
Take selfies with Mr & Mrs Clause
Wagon Rides around the park
S'mores by the fire
Come Self-Tour heated buildings:
1886 Train Depot, Finnish Apostolic Church (Ties to the Titanic), one room School House, Sorenson Cabin, 1902 House & Trappers Cabin.
Come join us for a Home Cooked Christmas Meal More details soon
While the Holocaust is most commonly associated with Germany and Poland, it was truly an international catastrophe that impacted nations and their Jewish populations in vastly different ways. Join us as Dr. Kyle Ward examines the diverse responses of the Nordic countries—Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland—during the Shoah and how these historical actions continue to shape the national identities and contemporary politics of these countries today.
Nobel Shadduck founder of Minnesota Pioneer Park Fall Festival
Regular Gate Admission
September 20, 2026
10:00 am-2:00 pm
Come Self-Tour our Park 23 buildings with artifacts from the late 1800-to-early 1900's,
Horseless Carriage Rides, Wagon Rides, smores,
Kids Games in Village, Face Painting, Gunnysack races, tug of war, archery (Axe throwing, bow n arrow), lots of other games.
Meal will be served in the Big Woods Dining Hall
More Details at a later date
A Night in Valhalla – Great Northern Viking Festival
Step beyond the daylight festival and into the firelit world of the Vikings.
A Night in Valhalla is the 21+ after-dark experience of the Great Northern Viking Festival in Mankato, Minnesota, an immersive evening of music, mead, and myth.
