The Downtown Art Fair is an annual community celebration of art and creativity! This festive outdoor event includes dozens of local artist vendors with handmade and one-of-a-kind items in jewelry, pottery, painting, fiber arts, glass blowing, woodworking, and many other mediums. There is also live music, food trucks, artist demos, lawn games, and free hands-on art activities for all ages. The Downtown Art Fair is free and open to all!
Are you a cheese lover on the lookout for your next cheesy experience?! Join us and the Grater Good on April 16 for a cheese an craft beer pairing rundown featuring a cheese and beer flight!
You'll learn about how each cheese is made and the farms and creameries they're being sourced from. This class includes a flight of six cheeses and flight of four beers for $40!
Head over to Tuffy's Stadium at Al Krueger Field for the annual Baseball game and Fireworks show put on by the Perham Athletics Association. Baseball in the evening and fireworks start at dusk!
Come and meet artist, Linnea Borealis Rose at the Tettegouche Visitor Center on May 2nd at 7 pm. Linnea will present her show, "Along the Superior Hiking Trail" that was inspired by her backpacking journeys between Tettegouche and Cascade River State Parks. Linnea's work will be on display for the month of May.
Art in the Park offers a day of creativity and outdoor fun, featuring make-and-take art activities along the trail in Hartkopf Park in Brooklyn Park. Art enthusiasts of all ages are welcome! Activities are free, no registration required.
Activities include:
One of the Twin Cities most popular & delicious free events — comes back to the city where it all began. MN Food Truck Festival will take place in the beautifully renovated Father Hennepin Bluff Park along the Mississippi River & Saint Anthony Main district of Minneapolis.
We will be showcasing over 40 superstars of the local streets with dishes ranging from crispy pork belly and green papaya salad to gourmet mini doughnuts and wood fired pizzas.
The Aquabats! are bringing ‘The Bats! Kats & Rats Tour’ to Uptown Theater on Friday, August 8th with special guests The Koffin Kats and Mike V & The Rats (Skateboard Legend Mike Valley’s Original Punk Band)! Make sure to get your tickets now!
Calum Scott brings ‘The Avernoir Tour’ to Fillmore Minneapolis on May 3, 2026! Make sure to get your tickets now before it’s too late!
Betty Gaedtke is an Elder of the Quapaw Nation of Oklahoma and a traditional potter. She specializes in recreating vessels made by her Quapaw Ancestors of Arkansas during the Mississippian Period.
The Mississippian Period, (roughly 1,000-1500 CE) was a time of cultural explosion. People across America were experimenting with new forms of farming and government. Trade and new art forms flourished while people built pyramids and America's first cities.
Ms. Gaedtke will share the history of her Tribe, family, and Quapaw/Mississippian pottery.
Inspired to reconnect with his Ojibwe heritage and to share it with others, artist Sam Zimmerman / Zhaawanoogiizhik returns home to family and his Ojibwe culture and relates Ojibwe stories and underlying symbols through his artwork.
Sam will also share an early preview of his work that he is doing in Tettegouche State Park as the MNPAIR artist in residence.
