Minnesota’s landscape provides a winter playground for cross-country skiers of all abilities. This winter, grab your skis, boots and poles and head out on thousands of miles of groomed cross-country skiing trails.
We're celebrating the season with our Community-loved Holly Jolly Night! Join us for an evening full of festive fun, cozy moments, and holiday magic. Whether you’re singing carols by the bonfire, taking a photo with Santa, or enjoying a classic holiday movie, this is a night the whole family will love!
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Head to historic Downtown St. Cloud and experience the magic of art in winter! Businesses throughout downtown will open their doors to showcase local artists of all mediums. Discover stunning works from painters, photographers, potters, glass artists, and more! Wander through unique venues, warm up with some seasonal treats, and explore new ways to enjoy the Art Crawl this season. Join them in celebrating creativity and community in this refreshed, winter-inspired art experience—there’s something for everyone to enjoy!
Willmar Winter Gun & Knife Show
February 8-9, 2025
Saturday 9am-5pm
Sunday 9am-3pm
at the Willmar Civic Center
Admission: $7.00 per person
Children Under 12 are Free
Anyone under age of 18 must be accompanied by responsible adult
Food/Concessions Available
All federal, state, and local
firearm ordinances and laws must be obeyed.
This blazingly energetic trio takes on Vince Guaraldi‘s holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Follow the story of these musicians who are told they must go on a fantastical adventure. Then, they must leave in the middle of the night to bring holiday spirit to the world. Here, they play the timeless music of Vince Guaraldi, including “Christmas Time Is Here“ and “Linus and Lucy.”
Comet Lake, WI, is your typical small town in the Heartland. Cute little main street. Picturesque park down by the lake. Quaint bookstore. Surprisingly elevated food served at the dive bar. Historic gazebo in danger of demolition if they can’t raise the money to restore it by Christmas…which is next week!
There’s no better place to be right before Christmas than at Dakota with Andrew Walesch and his eighteen-piece big band. Ring in the holidays with the songs of Bennett, Sinatra, Bublé, Basie, and more!
Suzanne Vega will be joined on stage by her longtime guitarist, Gerry Leonard (of David Bowie fame). Together they perform a career-spanning show including favorites like “Tom’s Diner”, “Luka”, and more!
In a career that took flight in 1985 with commercial and critical acclaim, guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan has consistently displayed a chameleonic musical persona of openness, imagination, versatility and maverick daring. Be it bold reinventions of classical masterpieces or soulful explorations through pop-rock hits, to blazing straight ahead jazz forays and ultramodern improvisational works—solo or with a group—Jordan can always be counted on to take listeners on breathless journeys into the unexpected.
Alicia Witt makes her debut at The Dakota to celebrate the release of her first full length Christmas album. I Think I’m Spending Christmas With You is due November 2024. Witt stars in this summer’s smash hit movie Longlegs, opposite Nicolas Cage. She has also starred in nine Hallmark Christmas movies. Additionally, Witt has performed on film, TV and stage for four decades.
