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There's a lot to celebrate in Minnesota! Across the state, and throughout the year, communities celebrate with festivals and fairs, and a wide variety of other events, as well. Music festivals, ethnic festivals, food festivals---events range from the quirky to the quintessential.
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The Driveway Tour
Minneapolis
Metro > Minneapolis/St Paul > Minneapolis
Phone: (612) 874-6338Date(s): 5/1/2013-9/1/2013
Open Eye Figure Theatre creates grand theatrical events on an intimate scale.
Read MoreSouth Forestville in Territorial Times
21899 County 118, Preston
Southern > Mississippi Bluff Country > Preston
Phone: 507-765-2785Date(s): 5/25/2013
Military History Timeline
Hwys 5 and 55, St Paul
Metro > Minneapolis/St Paul > St Paul
Phone: 612-726-1171Date(s): 5/27/2013
Memorial Day Pow-wow
43411 Oodena Drive, Onamia
Central > Lakes & Links > Onamia
Phone: 320-532-3632Date(s): 5/27/2013
The Mille Lacs Indian Museum offers exhibits dedicated to telling the story of the Band. Trace their journey to settle in Northern Minnesota, learn about their fate during a period of treaties made and broken, and follow their story up to the present.
Read MoreMemorial Day Program
202 Parkway Ave S, Lanesboro
Southern > Mississippi Bluff Country > Lanesboro
Phone: (507) 944-2670Date(s): 5/27/2013
Wild West Days
Zimmerman
Central > Metro > Central Lakes > Zimmerman
Phone: (763) 234-5414Date(s): 5/23/2013-5/27/2013
Wild West Days City of Zimmerman celebration - an annual Memorial Day Weekend event for your family and friends.
Read MoreImmigrant for a Day!
Elim Lutheran Church, Scandia
Metro > St Croix River Valley > Scandia
Phone: 651-433-5053Date(s): 5/26/2013
Causes of the U.S. - Dakota War and Battlefield Tour
Fort Ridgely State Park, Fairfax
Southern > Minnesota River Valley > Fairfax
Phone: 507-426-7888Date(s): 5/26/2013
Join us for a presentation by Historian John LaBattle and a tour over the causes of the US/Dakota War in 1862.
Read MoreAfrica and Dinosaurs - Two Adventures- One Place
13000 Zoo Boulevard, Apple Valley
Metro > South Metro > Apple Valley
Phone: 952-431-9200Date(s): 5/25/2013-9/2/2013
Progressive Beer Dinner Tour
Stillwater
Metro > St Croix River Valley > Stillwater
Phone: (855) 236-6343Date(s): 5/23/2013, 6/27/2013
Progressive dinner paired with craft beer. Brewery Tour of Lift Bridge Brewery. Trolley tour of historic Stillwater
Read MoreCannon River Fur Trade Rendezvous
5 miles west of Cannon Falls on Hwy 19, Cannon Falls
Metro > South Metro > Cannon Falls
Phone: (763) 213-7572Date(s): 5/24/2013-5/27/2013
The Cannon River Rendezvous is a re-enactment of an 18th century rendezvous featuring participants in historically correct costumes and tent camps, demonstrating activities, contests, and skills of the period.
Read MoreCapitol Civil War Tour
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St Paul
Metro > Minneapolis/St Paul > St Paul
Phone: 651-296-2881Date(s): 5/25/2013, 9/28/2013, 11/30/2013, 1/18/2014, 3/22/2014, 5/24/2014, 9/27/2014, 11/29/2014
Rice County Steam and Gas Engines Show
Three miles south on Highway 3 , Dundas
Southern > Southern Lakes > Dundas
Phone: (507) 645-4336Date(s): 5/25/2013-5/26/2013, 8/31/2013-9/2/2013
Death of the Empire Builder
240 Summit Ave, St Paul
Metro > Minneapolis/St Paul > St Paul
Phone: 651-297-2555Date(s): 5/25/2013-5/26/2013
Savor the Flavors of Stillwater Tour
201 Water Street, Stillwater
Metro > St Croix River Valley > Stillwater
Phone: (855) 236-6343Date(s): 3/2/2013-11/2/2013
Culinary walking tours in historic Stillwater. Beer and wine tastings.
Read MoreMemorial Day Pie and Ice Cream Social
8131 Bridge St, Rockford
Metro > North Metro > West Metro > Rockford
Phone: 763-477-5383Date(s): 5/27/2013
Memorial Day fun for the family at the Ames-Florida-Stork House!
Read MoreGifts from the Earth: American Indian Handicrafts
27160 County Road 2, Comfrey
Southern > Prairie Land > Comfrey
Phone: 507-628-5591Date(s): 5/25/2013
Ghost Walks
113 South Hiawatha Ave, Pipestone
Southern > Prairie Land > Pipestone
Phone: 507-825-2563Date(s): 5/25/2013, 6/1/2013, 6/8/2013, 6/15/2013, 6/22/2013, 6/29/2013, 7/6/2013, 7/13/2013, 7/20/2013, 7/27/2013, 8/3/2013, 8/10/2013, 8/17/2013, 8/24/2013, 8/31/2013
Ghostly Tours of Downtown Pipestone, MN
Read MoreBreakfast with Big Ole
206 Broadway, Alexandria
Central > Glacial Lakes & Hills > Alexandria
Phone: 320-763-3160Date(s): 5/25/2013
Music at the Harkin Store
Cty Hwy 21, New Ulm
Southern > Minnesota River Valley > New Ulm
Phone: 507-354-8666Date(s): 5/26/2013
Savor the smells and sights of an 1870s general store as you sample the wares or try a game of checkers and sit by the stove. Chat with the costumed staff, or sit on the porch and envision a steamboat plying the river below. When the railroad passed by th
Read MoreStory Time
25022 Cty Rd 41, Starbuck
Central > Glacial Lakes & Hills > Starbuck
Phone: (866) 857-2757Date(s): 5/25/2013, 6/1/2013, 6/15/2013, 6/29/2013, 7/6/2013, 7/20/2013, 8/3/2013, 8/17/2013, 8/31/2013
12 Pack Craft Beer Tour
4441 Lake Avenue South, White Bear Lake
Metro > St Croix River Valley > White Bear Lake
Phone: 651-429-2633Date(s): 5/24/2013, 5/31/2013, 6/7/2013, 6/14/2013, 6/21/2013, 6/28/2013, 7/5/2013, 7/12/2013, 7/19/2013, 7/26/2013, 8/2/2013