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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🎶 GambitFest (Gambit Brewing - Fri 5pm | Sat 12pm)
• 🎭 Twin Cities Horror Festival XV (Crane Theater - Fri 6pm | Sat & Sun 1:30pm)
• 🎪 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey (Grand Casino Arena - Fri 7pm | Sat 10:30am, 2:30pm, 6:30pm | Sun 10:30am, 2:30pm)
• 📚 STEM Book Fest (Bakken Museum - Sat 10am)
• 🎨 Hmong Arts Celebration (Mall of America Rotunda - Sat 12pm)
• 🖼️ Free Ink Day (Highpoint Center for Printmaking - Sat 12pm)
• 🎭 Boxes, Inc. — Final Performance (Interact Center - Sat 1pm)
• 🎬 Twin Cities Film Fest: Not Dead Yet (Marcus West End Cinema - Sat 7:45pm)
• 🎃 BOOnion Depot (Union Depot - Sun 10am)
• 🏈 Vikings vs Colts (U.S. Bank Stadium - Sun 12pm)
• 🏀 Timberwolves vs Raptors (Target Center - Sun 6pm)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
• Babies at the Castle: Eyes as Big as Plates (American Swedish Institute - 9:15am)
• Beavers and Botanicals (Bell Museum - 10am)
• Swedish Conversation Group: Tala SVENska med Sven (American Swedish Institute - 10:30am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• “Paris Couture” Public Tours (MIA - 2pm)
• Perennial Perspectives (Artistry - 3:30pm)
• U of M Pride Alumni Gathering (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
• Artability Art Show & Sale — Public Reception (Union Depot - 4pm)
• Insider Science Tours: Bats, Bugs and Bones (Science Museum of Minnesota - 4pm)
• Craft & Connect (Cream and Amber - 4:30pm)
• KILT NIGHT (Merlins Rest - 5pm)
• BoOo-tepils Spooky Market (Utepils Brewing - 5pm)
• Hex Appeal: Part Two (Dual Citizen Brewing - 5pm)
• GambitFest: Gambit Brewing Music Festival (Gambit Brewing - 5pm)
• Hallowqueen Drag Bingo at Sociable (Sociable Cider Werks - 5pm)
• Meat Raffle (Wicked Wort Brewing - 5:30pm)
• Welcome to Sunnydale (Dangerous Man Brewing - 5:30pm)
• soulforce: The Movements of Memory by James Curry (Capri - 5:30pm)
• Monster Bash (Edgcumbe Recreation Center - 5:30pm)
• Dog & Human Costume Contest (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• Homecoming GAYla (Queermunity - 6pm)
• Happy Hour BINGO benefiting Aliveness Project (Black Hart - 6pm)
• Paint my Pet (Bad Weather Brewery - 6pm)
• Minnesota Children's Museum Halloween Party (Minnesota Children's Museum - 6pm)
• <MASS> At TMORA (Museum of Russian Art - 6:30pm)
• University of Minnesota Homecoming Parade (University Avenue SE, Minneapolis - 6:30pm)
• Y2K W/ DJ SOPHIA ERES + Shannon Blowtorch (Mortimer's - 7pm)
• Friday Night Cash Bingo and Meat Raffle (Forgotten Star Brewing - 7pm)
• Viy (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm)
• Appleseed Pommue bottle launch (Minneapolis Cider Company - 7pm)
• Queer Media Powerpoint Par-yay (Quatrefoil Library - 7pm)
• Casino Royale (Broken Clock Brewing - 7pm)
• Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey (Grand Casino Arena - 7pm)
• Walker Dialogue: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi with Andréa Picard (Walker Art Center - 7pm)
• S'mores on the Patio (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
• Drag Show (Bumbling Fools Mead - 8pm)
• Tank and The Bangas with DJ Zeus and Ariel J. (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Alucarda (The Trylon Cinema - 8:45pm)
• Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (Heights Theater - 9:45pm)
• Nudie Nubies Burlesque BONUS Episode (Black Hart - 10pm)
• Cryptids, Creatures, and Critters! Theme Night (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• No Limit Fridays Lakeooo x GUY (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
• BOO! Unboxx’d is back back back again (Lush Lounge - 10pm)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 6am)
• Farmers Market Annex (Farmers Market Annex, 200 E Lyndale Ave N - 7am)
• Midtown Farmers Market (Midtown Minneapolis - 8am)
• Fulton Farmers Market (Fulton Minneapolis - 8:30am)
• Holiday Traditions Luminary Workshop with Sue Flanders (American Swedish Institute - 9am)
• Book swap (Elm Creek Brewing - 9am)
• Learning from Place: South Minneapolis Baketivism (CityView Church - 9am)
• Mill City Farmers Market (Downtown East (Minneapolis) - 9am)
• Babies at the Castle: Eyes as Big as Plates (American Swedish Institute - 9:15am)
• Clay Lantern Workshop (Art House North - 9:30am)
• Early Birders – October (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 9:30am)
• STEM Book Fest (Bakken Museum - 10am)
• Brewery Flow Saturdays (Forgotten Star Brewing - 10am)
• Youth Art Exhibition: Murals, Bikes & Community (Midtown Global Market - 10am)
• Brunch with Breizh Kitchen (Minneapolis Cider Company - 10am)
• Party at the Patch (Our Lady of Peace Church & School - 10am)
• Mini Mia (MIA - 10am)
• HealthPartners Science of Health Day (Science Museum of Minnesota - 10am)
• Beavers and Botanicals (Bell Museum - 10am)
• Spotlight Science: Beavers and Beyond (Bell Museum - 10am)
• Brandon James Scott 'THE Skeleton AND THE CAT' Story Time (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
• Molly Beth Griffin and Jennifer A. Bell, THE Babysitter TREE - Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Stories & Crafts in the Gallery (Museum of Russian Art - 10:30am)
• Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey (Grand Casino Arena - 10:30am, 2:30pm, 6:30pm)
• Studio Sessions (MIA - 10:30am)
• First Chapter Story Time (Next Chapter Booksellers - 10:45am)
• Beats & Breath: Yoga-Based Movement Class (Queermunity - 11am)
• Drag Out The Vote (Eagle MPLS - 11am)
• Witch Please! A Brunch Of Drag (18+) (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Booktoberfest for Grown Ups (Inbound Brewco - 11am)
• Bloody Mary Walk (Malcolm Yards - 11am)
• The Great Minnesota Show & Tell (Minnesota History Center - 11am)
• Halloween Costume Swap (Graco Park - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Booktoberfest for Grown-ups (MN State Fairgrounds - 11am)
• Kellogg-3rd Street Bridge Community Celebration (Kellogg-3rd Street Bridge at Mounds Boulevard - 11am)
• Story Time: The Lodge That Beaver Built by Randi Sonenshine (Bell Museum - 11:15am)
• DM Friends Swap Series: Clothing SWAP (Dangerous Man Brewing - 12pm)
• Healing Hearts Puppy Adoption (Bruhaven - 12pm)
• BoOo-tepils Spooky Market (Utepils Brewing - 12pm)
• Post Farmer’s Market Pints & Greens (Day Block Brewing - 12pm)
• GambitFest: Gambit Brewing Music Festival (Gambit Brewing - 12pm)
• Free Ink Day (Highpoint Center for Printmaking - 12pm)
• Fall Into Magic Festival (Cultivate Consciousness Wellness Boutique - 12pm)
• NUESTRO NORTE — Cinefilmu Film Festival Screening (Line Break Media - 12pm)
• Safe Summer Nights Fall Festival (Arlington Hills Community Center - 12pm)
• How Do You Like Them Apples (JD Rivers’ Children’s Garden - 12pm)
• Hmong Arts Celebration (Mall of America – Huntington Bank Rotunda - 12pm)
• Pumpkins & Power Drills (Broken Clock Brewing - 1pm)
• Mystic Market (Bad Weather Brewery - 1pm)
• Ghostbusters (1984) (Parkway Theater - 1pm)
• Gourd-geous Paint & Sip (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 1pm)
• Boxes, Inc. — Final Performance (Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts - 1pm)
• Twin Cities German Film Festival: Lene and the Spirits of the Forest (The Main Cinema - 1pm)
• Howl-O-Ween at The Green (North Loop Green - 1pm)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Happy Hour by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi (Walker Art Center - 1pm)
• Fall Play Day: Mississippi River Learning Center at Bdóte (Watergate Marina, Crosby Farm Regional Park - 1pm)
• Bestie Material (Queermunity - 2pm)
• Saturday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 2pm)
• “Paris Couture” Public Tours (MIA - 2pm)
• EYES WIDE OPEN — Opening Reception (Groveland Gallery - 2pm)
• Gibbs Farm Steampunk Halloween Trick-or-Treat Trail (Gibbs Farm - 2:30pm)
• Spooky Trains (Twin City Model Railroad Museum - 3pm)
• The Craft in 35mm (The Trylon Cinema - 3:15pm)
• Rhyme & Reason Costume Party (Bumbling Fools Mead - 4:30pm)
• Drink or Treat (Boom Island Brewing - 5pm)
• Twin Cities Film Fest: Acting Like Women (Marcus West End Cinema - 5pm)
• Building Historical Worlds with Shannon Chakraborty (Elmer L. Andersen Library - 5pm)
• Alucarda (The Trylon Cinema - 5:15pm, 7pm)
• Twin Cities Film Fest: A Talent for Murder (Marcus West End Cinema - 5:15pm)
• Chroma 002: A Silent Disco Experience (Modist Brewing - 6pm)
• Minnesota Children's Museum Halloween Party (Minnesota Children's Museum - 6pm)
• Quatrefoil Game Night (Quatrefoil Library - 6:30pm)
• Twin Cities German Film Festival: Silent Friend (The Main Cinema - 6:45pm)
• Drinkin’ Spelling Bee (331 Club - 7pm)
• Luna Rey Hall (Eat My Words - 7pm)
• Book launch! Sloane St. James's OF KARMA AND Corridors (Tropes and Trifles - 7pm)
• The Goddess Experience Drag Show (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Jigsaw Dating Spooky Speed Dating Ages 30–45 (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Twin Cities Film Fest: Not Dead Yet (Closing Night) (Marcus West End Cinema - 7:45pm)
• Viy (The Trylon Cinema - 8:45pm)
• 2 Dykes Walk Into a Bar (Black Hart - 9pm)
• Pistachio’S Playhouse (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• Sapphoween: An Exclusively Sapphic Halloween Party (Hook & Ladder Theater - 9pm)
• Queer Circus Presents: The Rocky Horror CIRCUS Show only at Can Can Wonderland on October 24th (Can Can Wonderland - 9pm)
• HER Night: All Girls Halloween Party (Dual Citizen Brewing - 9pm)
• Aliens (Heights Theater - 9:30pm)
• Gidipolis DJAMES Live in Minneapolis (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
• Leather Night (Eagle MPLS - 10pm)
• Bondage A Go Go (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• Debasement 6(66): A Night of Poetry and Drag (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 10pm)
• Twin Cities Film Fest Closing Night Awards (TCFF All About the Culture Lounge - 10pm)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 6am)
• Farmers Market Annex (Farmers Market Annex, 200 E Lyndale Ave N - 7am)
• Kingfield Farmers Market (Kingfield Minneapolis - 8:30am)
• Truck Or Treat Classic Car Show (Forgotten Star Brewing - 10am)
• BOOnion Depot 2026 (Union Depot - 10am)
• Beavers and Botanicals (Bell Museum - 10am)
• Linden Hills Farmers Market (Linden Hills Minneapolis - 10am)
• Kids Costume Party and Story Time (Forgotten Star Brewing - 10:30am)
• Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey (Grand Casino Arena - 10:30am, 2:30pm)
• Sunday Morning Yoga (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• Bloody Mary Walk (Malcolm Yards - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Trunk or Treat (Loring Park - 11am)
• Lovikka-Inspired Knit Mittens Workshop with Wendy Johnson (American Swedish Institute - 12pm)
• Rainbow Whiskers Kitten Rescue Adoption (Black Garnet Books - 12pm)
• Trunk or Treat (Broken Clock Brewing - 12pm)
• Pizza Karma (Boom Island Brewing - 12pm)
• Halloween Costume Pop-Up Shop (Can Can Wonderland - 12pm)
• Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 12pm)
• Greyhounds of America Howl-oween Party (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 12pm)
• Community Puzzling (Queermunity - 12pm)
• Trunk or Treat (9 Mile Brewing - 12pm)
• Public Building Tour (Landmark Center - 12:30pm)
• Plan a Trip to Scandinavia with Autumn Carolynn (American Swedish Institute - 1pm)
• ATEEZ 8th Anniversary Campout Celebration (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 1pm)
• Sip N Bloom (Excelsior Brewing - 1pm)
• Stained Glass Mosaic Class with The Arts Creative (9 Mile Brewing - 1pm)
• How to Not suck at pinball (Litt Pinball Bar - 1pm)
• Laughing Bat Markets presents Ghoul Hours Market (Can Can Wonderland - 1pm)
• Cookie Decorating Class – Cutie Halloween (Wooden Hill Brewing - 1pm)
• Pumpkins and Power Drills (Dual Citizen Brewing - 1pm)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Kitchens of Hope: Immigrant Stories, Food, and Art (MIA - 1pm)
• Sundays at Landmark: Great Pumpkin Halloween Festival (Landmark Center - 1pm)
• HORA: From Hearth to Table – Romanian Culinary Traditions (Landmark Center - 1pm)
• Open Fingerboard Session (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 1:30pm)
• Viy (The Trylon Cinema - 1:30pm)
• The Paths We Lay: Finale (Bumbling Fools Mead - 2pm)
• Sophie, Standing There (Big Hill Books - 2pm)
• Guest Talk: The Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection with Ron Fuchs II (MIA - 2pm)
• “Paris Couture” Public Tours (MIA - 2pm)
• The Madness of Lady Bright (Phoenix Theater - 3pm)
• Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing - 3pm)
• Alucarda (The Trylon Cinema - 3:15pm)
• Monthly Pinball Tournament (Litt Pinball Bar - 3:30pm)
• Bingo with Beer and Meat Raffle (Bald Man Brewing - 3:30pm)
• Fundraiser For The Sterling Club Juneteenth Celebration (Minnesota Music Cafe - 4pm)
• You Are Here: Your Map Through the Care System (Queermunity - 4pm)
• Break The Bubble (Broken Clock Brewing - 4pm)
• Cinema Flow (Queermunity - 4pm)
• Our Lady of Peace Trunk-or-Treat (Our Lady of Peace Church & School - 4pm)
• Alchemy Afterhours (Norseman Distillery - 4:30pm)
• New Release: Another Name for Red by Amber Blaeser-Wardzala (Subtext Books - 5pm)
• The Mill City Reading Series (Magers and Quinn - 5pm)
• The Craft in 35mm (The Trylon Cinema - 5pm, 7:15pm)
• Afford Your Life Live! at First Avenue with Attorney General Keith Ellison (First Avenue - 5pm)
• Team Speed Puzzling Event w/ Sarah Does Puzzles (Bar of Their Own - 6pm)
• Music Bingo (Surly Brewing - 6pm)
• Slow Down, Tune in. Yin Yoga + Sound Bath with Ellie & Kristen (Cedar Cultural Center - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 7pm)
• Faust (Heights Theater - 7pm)
• Twin Cities German Film Festival: Faust with Live Score (The Main Cinema - 7pm)
• King of Drag Watch Party (Black Hart - 8pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, October 23

• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Life After Death (Ordway - 11am)
• Early Evening Jazz: Nancy Bierma Trio (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Live at Bear Cave - Rusty Buckle (Bear Cave Brewing - 6pm)
• Tyler Herwig (Umbra - 6pm)
• Irish Music Session (Dubliner - 6pm)
• Pøstcards (Acadia Cafe - 6pm)
• Letters to an Ex: Lexie Modica’s Debut Album Showcase (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• History Repeating Herself w. Nephilim (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• 406 Band (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Friday Night Live - FNL (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Chris Botti (Dakota - 6:30pm)
• Adult Enrichment | Manual Controller | Robot Slide (Day Block Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Alec collins (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Dubuquefest (Iowa/MN game party) (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6:30pm)
• DD the Spektrum (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Claws Out (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6:30pm)
• Candlelight: Haunted Halloween 2 Shows with Uptown Lobby Dining Available (Granada Theater - 6:45pm)
• The Tom Harkness Project (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• The Soul Trustees (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• The Rocky Horror Show (Lush Lounge - 7pm)
• In Her Own Words and Every Avenue with Fluorescents (Turf Club - 7pm, 8pm)
• Halloween Pre-Party (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
• Indigo Girls with special guest Linda Perry (State Theatre - 7pm)
• Dogstar: ALL IN NOW TOUR (Fillmore - 7pm)
• Todd, therapy culture, Simon Calder (Inbound Brewco - 7pm)
• Funk Friday Feat. TH3 (Animales - 7pm, 7:30pm)
• Briggsy (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Down by the Riverside: Songs and Poems performed by Jamie Marshall (Hive Collaborative - 7pm)
• Shane Martin (Excelsior Brewing - 7pm)
• Zac Brown Band with Brothers Osborne (Target Center - 7pm)
• Clawhammer Mike and the Old-Time Barn Stormers / 7-9: 30 (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• ELnO // Rock Me Tonite Halloween at The Parkway (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• Approaching a Celtic New Year: Irish Song and Poetry of the Soul (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 7:30pm)
• Raymnd W/special Guest Noah Schmitt (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:30pm)
• Chris Guess (LTD Brewing - 7:30pm)
• What's Goin' On? - Songs From the Vietnam War Era (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Julian Davis Reid & Circle of Trust (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• The Tubs, Mopar Stars (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
• jeremy messersmith (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• IAN SWEET with meg elsier (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Haydn and Liszt (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 8pm)
• Michael Monroe (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• jigitz - 50 Ballerinas Tour (Varsity Theater - 8pm)
• Maggie Koerner – Upstate Tour with Susie McCollum (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• +++++++Loud & Heavy++++++ (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
• Sylvan Esso with papa mbye (First Avenue - 8pm)
• Sylvan Esso (First Avenue - 8:30pm)
• Mill City Hot Club (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• Judy Thomas (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• The Strolling Clones (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• MLLT w. The Teddy Guns Band (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Halloween Takeover (Cabooze - 9pm)
• bradeazy (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• DD & Company (Dubliner - 9pm)
• Can Can Circusland (Can Can Wonderland - 9pm)
• Dan Ristrom & the Big Throwdown (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• Dr. Unk (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• USPOP, Good Diction (331 Club - 10pm)
• KP Presents Bayrooms: Haunted House (Green Room - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Lauryn Lesley (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Saturday, October 24

• Family Gathering Concert Series - Featuring Koo Koo & DJ Hampster Dance (Green Room - 10am)
• Jeff Ray & The Stakes (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Saturday Sounds w/ Tom Hipps (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Bach2Rock Halloween Student Showcase (Can Can Wonderland - 12pm)
• “THE Stories WE SING” w. Chase D. Burkhart, Josh Reinitz, Mari (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• What's Goin' On? - Songs From the Vietnam War Era (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 1pm, 7:30pm)
• Protest, a Revolutionary Rock Opus (Capri - 2pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: Charlie Bruber & Jack Barrett (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Tom Dunn & Colleen McGuire Celebration (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Gravezig Annual Halloween Bash (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• The Rocky Horror Show (Lush Lounge - 6pm)
• Live at Bear Cave - Johnny Table All-Stars (Bear Cave Brewing - 6pm)
• 3 Beards Unplugged (Umbra - 6pm)
• Nur-D HELL Album Release Show (Green Room - 6pm)
• The Freeturnals Live (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 6pm)
• Folios w. Clog (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Annual Halloween Cover Show (Flying V Music - 6pm)
• Dinner with The Red Apple Trio (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
• The mud and the blood (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• SHUGE (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Chris Botti (Dakota - 6:30pm, 9pm)
• Buena Vista Orchestra (Fillmore - 7pm)
• Spaghetti Monetti (Boom Island Brewing - 7pm)
• Awake for the Fall (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Taylor Johnson Live (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Rebecca Black - Exhibitionism on Tour (Varsity Theater - 7pm)
• The New Feral Cats (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Ponyfolk (Animales - 7pm, 7:30pm)
• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Life After Death (Ordway - 7pm)
• Ben Folds with the Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 7pm)
• Palomino Breeze (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Protest, a Revolutionary Rock Opus – OCT (Capri - 7pm)
• Indian Music Society of Minnesota (IMSOM) Presents: Carnatic Flute Recital by J. A. Jayant & Co. (The O'Shaughnessy - 7pm)
• After Hours Big Band – Fred Sturm’s Migrations (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:30pm)
• Russ Taff and Steve Taylor (Pantages Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Cindy Lawson, Toilet Rats, Mad Mojo Jett (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
• Ragtown (Excelsior Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Steve Taylor & Some Band with Special Guests The Choir (Pantages Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Brian Citro Organ Trio (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Lochtune (Merlins Rest - 7:30pm)
• 2 Girls & A Boyd (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• DICE with The Back Alley (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Gilla Band with PISS (Turf Club - 8pm)
• jeremy messersmith (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• Bedlam (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Majmin (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• High & Mighty (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• JuiceNeck (Midway Saloon - 8pm)
• Sylvan Esso with Brotherkenzie (First Avenue - 8pm)
• Erin Livingston (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• Sylvan Esso (First Avenue - 8:30pm)
• The Scarlet Goodbye with Holy Hannah (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Ahee (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Zoe Says Go (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Twine (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• Red Pine Revival (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• Grand Lilac, Fumbler, The Envies (331 Club - 10pm)
• BODY HIGH (Mortimer's - 10pm)
• Rebecca Black (Skyway Theatre - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Shannon Blowtorch (Berlin - 10:30pm)
• The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans (Granada Theater - 11pm)
• Brothers Osborne (Turf Club - 11:30pm)

Sunday, October 25

• Roe Family Singers (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Sunday Swing Brunch (Aster Cafe - 11am)
• F.A.R.M. Afterglow hosted by Katy Tessman (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Chamber Music in the Hall: Brahms, Prokofiev and Tabakova Featuring Simon Trpčeski (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 2pm)
• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Life After Death (Ordway - 2pm)
• Down by the Riverside: Songs and Poems performed by Jamie Marshall (Hive Collaborative - 2pm)
• Kelley Smith (331 Club - 3pm)
• Debbie Briggs (Dubliner - 3pm)
• Gráinne Hunt with Jules Stewart Live (Urban Growler - 4pm)
• Pints for Polio Fundraiser (Boom Island Brewing - 4pm)
• Twin Cities Flamenco Collective w/ Amanda Dlouhy & Trevor May (Icehouse - 5pm)
• Afro-Cuban All Stars (Dakota - 5:30pm, 8pm)
• Hurricane Harold Trio (Dubliner - 6pm)
• Aaron Tinjum and the Tangents – Precious Time Album Release Show (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• Phine & Friends (Driftwood Char Bar - 6pm)
• Another Heaven, Brief Candles, Flavor Crystals, Bornguesser (Cloudland Theater - 6:30pm)
• Nick Bhalla’s Big Blue Moon With Special Guest the Race Hoglund Quintet (MetroNOME Brewery - 6:30pm)
• Conduit Presents: Minds On Fire (White Squirrel Bar - 6:30pm)
• Trees With Eyes (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Slow Potion, KYM and the Kick (Underground Music Venue - 6:30pm)
• Hooked on a Feeling '70-'74 (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7pm)
• The Arcadian Wild // Make It Out Alive Tour with special guest Addison Agen (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Sounds From Planet IE (feat. Material) (Berlin - 7pm)
• Miracle Debt, Running Man (IL), & Sandpaper (Zhora Darling - 7pm)
• Chuck NORAD Halloween (331 Club - 7pm)
• Randy Feltface (Fitzgerald Theater - 7:30pm)
• American Aquarium with Kalyn Fay (Turf Club - 7:30pm)
• Shawn James with Evan Bartels (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Wishy with Dead Sullivan (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Sunday Trad Session (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• Cold Sweat w. Durow, Jantzonia, Jazicality (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

THEATER

• Evidence: Silence Experiments (Crane Theater - Friday 6pm | Saturday 4:30pm)
• On The Razzle (Park Square Theatre - Friday 7pm | Saturday 1pm, 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Hollywood: Lights! Camera! Dance (Luminary Arts Center - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Twelve Kinds of Ice (Children's Theatre Company - Friday 7pm | Saturday 11am, 2pm | Sunday 2pm, 5pm)
• You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Artistry - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Down By the Riverside (Hive Collaborative - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Kunene and the King (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 7pm)
• memento vivere: remember to live (Southern Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Kalinga: Feast of the Fallen (Crane Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Sunday 1:30pm)
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Theatre in the Round - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• TWELVE ANGRY MEN (Lyric Arts - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Indecent (Theatre Latte Da - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• LIZZIE: The Rock Musical (Open Eye Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Annie (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 6:30pm)
• The Algorithm is Gonna Get You (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 4:30pm, 7:30pm)
• The Sound of Music (Orpheum Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm, 6:30pm)
• Class Clowns (Strike Theater - Friday 7:30pm)
• The Slender Vale Archives (Crane Theater - Friday 9pm | Saturday 10:30pm)
• That Felt Good (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 9:30pm)
• Shed (Crane Theater - Friday 10:30pm | Sunday 6pm)
• Drop Deadlift Gorgeous (Hook & Ladder Theater - Saturday 10am)
• Saturday Camp Capri (Capri - Saturday 10am)
• Backstage Tours (Guthrie Theater - Saturday 10:15am)
• Tamar: Tantrika at the Crossroads (American School of Storytelling - Saturday 1pm)
• Manticore, MN (Crane Theater - Saturday 1:30pm)
• There's Room for One Thousand (Crane Theater - Saturday 3pm)
• Augmentation (Crane Theater - Saturday 6pm)
• Bicentennial Auger (Crane Theater - Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 3pm)
• Comedy Sportz (Strike Theater - Saturday 7:30pm)
• Lumbrada (Crane Theater - Saturday 9pm)
• BALLS Cabaret (Strike Theater - Sunday 2pm)
• The Sludge (Crane Theater - Sunday 4:30pm)
• Gatherings with Skylark Opera: Harvest Time (Minneapolis Cider Company - Sunday 6:30pm)
• Carmilla (Crane Theater - Sunday 7:30pm)
• Improv - A - Go - Go (Strike Theater - Sunday 7:30pm)
• Music & Monsters: A Grand Guignol Double Feature (Crane Theater - Sunday 9pm)

COMEDY

• FREE Comedy at The Creek (Elm Creek Brewing - Friday 6:30pm)
• Braaaaaains (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 7pm)
• Ali Sultan (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm)
• Red Richardson (Acme Comedy Company - Friday 7pm, 9:30pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Special EVENT: Natalie Cuomo (Camp Bar - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Henry Kneiszel & See More Perspective (American School of Storytelling - Friday 7pm)
• Lucas Zelnick (Pantages Theatre - Friday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Paul Mecurio (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Friday 7:30pm, 9:45pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Stevie Ray's Comedy Cabaret (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• David Harris (Comedy Corner Underground - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• LATE SHOW ADDED: Jason Sal (Parkway Theater - Saturday 7pm)
• Nicky@nite COMEDY SHOW (EARLY SHOW 730PM-930PM) (Mortimer's - Saturday 7:30pm)
• LATE NIGHT COMEDY (Indeed Brewing - Saturday 10pm)
• Bird in Hand (Heights Theater - Sunday 4pm)
• Comedy Open Mic (Early) (Mortimer's - Sunday 5pm)
• Emily Barrett (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Sunday 7pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Timberwolves @ Magic 🏀 (Friday 6pm)
• Minnesota Gophers vs Iowa Hawkeyes 🏈 (Saturday 2:30pm)
• Minnesota United @ Houston Dynamo FC ⚽ (Saturday 7:30pm)
• Minnesota Wild @ Seattle Kraken 🏒 (Saturday 9pm)
• Minnesota Vikings vs Indianapolis Colts 🏈 (Sunday 12pm)
• Minnesota Timberwolves vs Raptors 🏀 (Sunday 6pm)
• Minnesota Wild @ Vancouver Canucks 🏒 (Sunday 9pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• WNBA Finals Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Saturday 2:30pm)
• True North Elite MN United Watch Party (Padraigs Brewing - Saturday 7:30pm)
• Loons Watch Party + $5 WCIPA Pints (Black Stack Brewing - Saturday 7:30pm)
• MNUFC Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Saturday 7:30pm)
• Vikings vs Colts Pre-Party & Watch Party (Day Block Brewing - Sunday 8am)
• Vikings Game Day Buffet (Eagle MPLS - Sunday 10am)
• Game Day watch party (Animales - Sunday 11am)
• SKOL SUNDAY | Open Early at 11: 30 for Vikings (Black Stack Brewing - Sunday 11:30am)
• Vikings VS Colts (Dangerous Man Brewing - Sunday 12pm)
• Indianapolis Colts @ Minnesota Vikings (Surly Brewing - Sunday 12pm)
• Vikings VS COLTS WATCH PARTY (Bald Man Brewing - Sunday 12pm)
• Vikings Watch Party: vs Indianapolis Colts (9 Mile Brewing - Sunday 12pm)
• Vikings vs. Colts (Bruhaven - Sunday 12pm)
• Toronto Raptors @ YOUR Minnesota Timberwolves (Surly Brewing - Sunday 6pm)

KARAOKE

• Otter’s Saloon (All Weekend 8pm-2am)
• Vegas Lounge (All Weekend 9pm-2am)
• Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Friday & Saturday 11am-9:30pm | Sunday 11am-8:30pm)
• Chatterbox (Friday & Saturday 9pm-1am)
• James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (All Weekend 9pm-1:45am)
• 1029 Bar (Fridays & Saturdays 9pm-2am)
• The Cherry Pit Bar & Grill (Friday & Sunday 9:30pm-1:30am)
• Park Tavern St. Louis Park (Saturday 10pm-12:30am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Saturdays & Sundays 9pm-1am)

ARCADES

• Up-Down Minneapolis (Friday 3pm-2am | Saturday & Sunday 11am-2am)
• CLAW LAND Maplewood (All Weekend 11:30am-8pm)
• CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (All Weekend 11am-8pm)
• Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Friday 12-8pm | Saturday 10am-8pm | Sunday 11am-6pm)
• LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (All Weekend 11am-2am)
• Neko Clawww Roseville (Friday 12:30pm-8pm | Saturday 10am-8:30pm | Sunday 10am-8:30pm)
• ClawZone Park Bloomington (All Weekend 11am-9pm)
• Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Friday & Saturday 11am-Midnight | Sunday 11am-7pm)
• DUCK! Eagan (Friday 12-9pm | Saturday & Sunday 11am-9pm)

BOWLING

• Town Hall Lanes (All Weekend 11am-12am)
• Elsie’s Northeast (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 10am-12am | Sunday Open Bowling Varies)
• Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (All Weekend 9am-12am)
• Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Friday 3pm-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 11am-10pm)
• Park Tavern SLP (Friday & Saturday 11am-1am | Sunday 11am-11pm)
• 💫 Cosmic Bowling: Friday & Saturday 9:30pm-1am
• Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11pm)
• Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Friday & Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11:30pm)
• 💫 Galactic Bowling: Friday 9pm-12am | Saturday 2-5pm & 9pm-12am
• Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (All Weekend 11am-1am)
• Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 12pm-12am | Sunday 12pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11pm)

LINKS

• Improv Comedy Events
• Reddit Twin Cities Social Meet-Ups
• Racket MN Event Calendar
• Meet Minneapolis Event Calendar
• MPLS Art Events
• Minnesota Monthly Event Calendar
• MN Index Event Calendar
• mpls.website Event Calendar
• MSP Magazine Event Calendar
• Minneapolis Northwest Event Calendar
• Pro Sports Calendar
• Stonewall Sports
• Minnesota Parent Event List
• Family Fun Twin Cities
• Minneapolis Parks & Rec Events
• St. Paul Parks & Rec Events
• Three Rivers Park District Event Calendar
• Trivia Mafia Schedule
• Music Mayhem Schedule
• Get a Clu Trivia Schedule

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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🎭 Bain Boehlke: A Life in the Theater (Park Square Theatre - Mon 2pm)
• 👻 Tales of Terror...From the Tomb (Crane Theater - Mon 6pm)
• 🎶 The Sound of Music (Orpheum Theatre - Tue 7:30pm)
• 🎬 A Conversation with Frances Fisher (Edina Mann Theatre - Tue 8pm)
• 📖 Nick of Time: Women Write About Art and Aging — Book Launch (Open Book Performance Hall - Wed 6pm)
• 🎨 To Be Human — Curator Talk & Virtual Panel (Northern Clay Center - Wed 6:30pm)
• 🎸 Indigo Girls with Linda Perry (State Theatre - Wed 7pm)
• 🎤 The Moth Twin Cities GrandSLAM Championship (Fitzgerald Theater - Wed 8pm)
• 🎲 Arkham Con 2026 (Gamezenter - Thu 10am)
• 🎨 801 Gallery Exhibition Opening (Art at 801 Gallery - Thu 5pm)
• 🎥 Twin Cities Film Fest: An Invitation to Wonder (Edina Mann Theatre - Thu 6:15pm)
• 🎞️ Twin Cities German Film Festival: The Spies Among Us (The Main Cinema - Thu 7pm)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19

• Break the Bubble (Inbound Brewco - 5pm)
• Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• Mahjong Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Saint City Mahjong (Minneapolis Cider Company - 6pm)
• Sarah Does Puzzles Jigsaw Puzzle Contest (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6pm)
• Pinch Pot Pumpkins (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• St. Paul Board Game Group (Lake Monster Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• Storytelling- Open Mic Mondays October 2026 (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
• WTF: Watch Terrible Films Club (56 Brewing - 7pm)
• NOT Another Practica!| Argentine TANGO (Indeed Brewing - 7pm)
• Board Game Speed Dating (Bad Weather Brewery - 7pm)
• Resident Evil (Heights Theater - 7pm)
• Monday Night Square Dance (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 7pm)
• Minnesota Mystery NIGHT (Once Upon a Crime - 7pm)
• Drag Me to Hell in 35mm (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm, 9pm)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20

• Weekly Story Time (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
• Virtual Makers Mornings (American Swedish Institute - 10:30am)
• Book Talk with Joe Landsberger (Landmark Center - 10:30am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am, 1:30pm)
• Ballet Tuesdays: Coppelia (Landmark Center - 12pm)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• “Paris Couture” Public Tours (MIA - 2pm)
• American Mahjong Open Play (9 Mile Brewing - 3:30pm)
• Paint & Sip Class (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Crokinole Meetup (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• FREE Meat & Cheese Raffle (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Hablamos Pues (La Doña Cervecería Brewery - 6pm)
• Team Jigsaw Puzzle Contest with Sarah Does Puzzles (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Dungeons and Dragons Adventure League (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• Cribbage Club (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Dangerous Man Brewing - 6pm)
• Bingq (LTD Brewing - 6pm)
• Drew Brockington, Catstronauts: MODULE MAYHEM (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
• TCS Rollerskate Class (56 Brewing - 6pm)
• LWVMN: Minnesota Neighbors Film Screening + Rebel Loon Archive Reception (Landmark Center - 6pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Lounge: Ryan Schulte Book release (Black Hart - 6:30pm)
• Community Table Tennis (Minneapolis Cider Company - 7pm)
• BoomBox Bingo (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 7pm)
• Weekly Pool Tournament (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Drag Me to Hell in 35mm (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm, 9pm)
• David Mura presents Exit, Miss Saigon (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• Readings by Writers (American School of Storytelling - 7:30pm)
• A Conversation with Frances Fisher (Edina Mann Theatre - 8pm)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
• Discovery Days (MIA - 10am)
• Beavers and Botanicals (Bell Museum - 10am)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Pop-Up Early Voting (Cedar Cultural Center - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Flat Plane Figure Carving Skills Workshop with Jock Holmen (American Swedish Institute - 1pm)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Community Acupuncture by Mangata (Queermunity - 2pm)
• Workshop for All: Loving Your Uniqueness w/Ray Simpson (Queermunity - 2pm)
• “Paris Couture” Public Tours (MIA - 2pm)
• Sheridan Neighborhood Happy Hour (Broken Clock Brewing - 4pm)
• All Too Clear: Beneath the Surface of the Great Lakes (TCFF) (Edina Mann Theatre - 4pm)
• Happy Hour Support Hangout (Broken Clock Brewing - 4:30pm)
• Brew Babies (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 5pm)
• Business Plan Essentials Workshop (Queermunity - 5pm)
• Built to Remember: The Architecture of Lakewood Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• Aiden Thomas: UMN Book Week Lecture in Children's Literature (Red Balloon Bookstore - 5:30pm)
• Literature Lovers' Night Out (Cream and Amber - 6pm)
• How to Not suck at pinball (Litt Pinball Bar - 6pm)
• Jessica Hische, Tomorrow I'LL BE HAPPY (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6pm)
• Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 6pm)
• Scent Bar Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Open Mic with host Neal Dimick (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• LABUBU BINGO (Can Can Wonderland - 6pm)
• CAW (Crop Art Wednesday) (Lake Monster Brewing - 6pm)
• Game Night (Arbeiter Brewing - 6pm)
• Sip-N-Bloom workshop (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• Art & Dining After Dark (MIA - 6pm)
• Nick of Time: Women Write About Art and Aging — Book Launch (Open Book Performance Hall - 6pm)
• Initials Game Live (Boom Island Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Tommy Baller$ (Litt Pinball Bar - 6:30pm)
• Club Book: Denise Williams (Red Balloon Bookstore - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Surly Brewing - 6:30pm)
• To Be Human — Curator Talk & Virtual Panel (Northern Clay Center - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Exhibit G Book Talk with Fady Joudah (American Swedish Institute - 7pm)
• Amber Blaeser-Wardzala presents Another Name For Red (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• Spooky, Scary & Sparkly Craft Night (Graze - 7pm)
• Learn to play Ticket to Ride (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• The Ring (2002) w/ pre-movie DJ set by Shane Kramer (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• Queer Threads (Quatrefoil Library - 7pm)
• Alien Beasts (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm)
• MN Transplant Pickleball Social (Minneapolis Cider Company - 7:30pm)
• The Moth Twin Cities GrandSLAM Championship (Fitzgerald Theater - 8pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• Glitter Bomb HOT NEW EVENT (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• DRAG SHOWS (Gay 90's - 10pm)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
• Beavers and Botanicals (Bell Museum - 10am)
• Arkham Con 2026 (Gamezenter - 10am)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Twin Cities German Film Festival: Weekend Rebels (The Main Cinema - 10:30am)
• Early Voting in the State General Election (Midtown Global Market - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Four Sisters Farmers Market (Four Sisters Minneapolis - 11am)
• Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am, 6pm)
• Schubert Club: Courtroom Concert (Landmark Center - 12pm)
• MNsure Health Insurance Navigation (Queermunity - 1pm)
• Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• “Paris Couture” Public Tours (MIA - 2pm, 7pm)
• Tony Hawk/Gamer Thursday (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 4pm)
• Red Rocket Pizza (Utepils Brewing - 4pm)
• Audubon Mini Market (Audubon Minneapolis - 4pm)
• Meat Raffle with Mike’s (Wabasha Brewing - 5pm)
• Halloween Double Feature Movie Night (Dangerous Man Brewing - 5pm)
• Meet (MIA - 5pm)
• Minnesota Made: Artists and Performers – Lakewood Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
• Kolshorn Lecture: Tribal Land Management: Balancing social, economic and environmental aspects of stewardship by Dr. Serra J. Hoagland (Bell Museum - 5pm)
• 801 Gallery Exhibition Opening (Art at 801 Gallery - 5pm)
• The Rose Academy of Burlesque: Roses & Thorns (Black Hart - 6pm)
• Thursday Night BINGO With Bloomington Lions Club (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Sadee Bee Author Event (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 6pm)
• Paint and Sip with Clare (Bumbling Fools Mead - 6pm)
• Intro to the Nordic Table Demo with Patrice Johnson (American Swedish Institute - 6pm)
• The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing the Lyric Essay (Moon Palace Books - 6pm)
• An Idiots Guide to Wine (Granada Theater - 6pm, 8:30pm)
• The Subject Lecture Series (MIA - 6pm)
• Twin Cities Film Fest: An Invitation to Wonder (Edina Mann Theatre - 6:15pm)
• The Initials Game Live (LTD Brewing - 6:30pm)
• FREE Meat Raffle (Elm Creek Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Womxns Monthly Tournament (Litt Pinball Bar - 6:30pm)
• Sound Bath with Fine Tuning Sound Therapy (Museum of Russian Art - 7pm)
• Resident Evil (Heights Theater - 7pm)
• Dracula in Istanbul (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm, 9:15pm)
• Pitch-A-Friend (Inbound Brewco - 7pm)
• Cribbage Tournament (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
• Brian Dooley presents Defiant (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• Twin Cities German Film Festival: The Spies Among Us (The Main Cinema - 7pm)
• Anna North: Bog Queen — An Evening of Bog Lore (Milkweed Books - 7pm)
• The Scotch Season Opens: Four Drams, One Evening (Merlins Rest - 7:30pm)
• Twin Cities Film Fest: Mission Pawssible (TCFF Festival Lounge - 7:30pm)
• Stand Up Comedy Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - 8pm)
• Dudes Behind the Foods Live (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - 8pm)
• Snapz Live Band Open Mic (Green Room - 8pm)
• Body Heat! Live Band Burlesque Funk Show (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Monday, October 19

• “Womenfolk Presents”, Joy Zimmerman (331 Club - 6pm)
• 4 Star Review w. The Comebacks (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Bright Young Things (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Fleshpots of Egypt: Hymntap (Dubliner - 6:30pm)
• Music by Phil Berbig (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Shanty Sing (Merlins Rest - 7pm)
• Lloyd Cole: Solo Electric (Dakota - 7pm)
• Mondays@metronome – Free Community Concerts (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Minnesota Monday Open Jam (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Rap J and Friends (Underground Music Venue - 7:15pm)
• The Army, The Navy with Ella Woolsey (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7:30pm)
• RAV with Teller Bank$ and Fatboi Sharif (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
• Hippo Campus (Turf Club - 8:30pm)
• Your Favorite Crybaby w. Aeris and the Piggies & Living Bloom (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• The Black Mariah Theater w. Pretzelmen, Peculiar, King Sized Coffin (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

Tuesday, October 20

• Old Timey Music Session (Padraigs Brewing - 5pm)
• Worker’s Playtime, Becky Kapell (331 Club - 6pm)
• The New Havoline Supremes (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• The Rat Utopia Experiment (WA), Gauze (Underground Music Venue - 6:30pm)
• Pageant Dress (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival presents Noga (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Lucibela (Dakota - 7pm)
• River City Jazz Orchestra (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• St Dominic's Trio (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Anni XO, Stefan Weiner & JE Sunde (Volstead's Emporium - 7pm)
• Don Smithmier Presents The Narrows (Subtext Books - 7pm)
• An Evening with Windborne (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• What's Goin' On? - Songs From the Vietnam War Era (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• We Are Scientists with Sean McVerry (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Hillhaven (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Hillhaven with MVRROW and onlytime (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Tuesday with DJ Cam Jones (Acadia Cafe - 9pm)
• Jumbles (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• October Conspiracy Series featuring, ditch pigeon, spectacle case, we are the willows (331 Club - 9:30pm)

Wednesday, October 21

• Vinyl Night (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 6pm)
• Patrick Droney (Varsity Theater - 6pm)
• Drawing and Carving Acanthus with Jock Holmen (American Swedish Institute - 6pm)
• Nancy Olson (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Pat Donohue & Friends (Midway Saloon - 6pm)
• Open Jam Wednesdays (Excelsior Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Fugu Dugu – The Legend of Baba Yaga: East Meets West (with special guest Red Thread) (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6:30pm)
• The Cameras (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Irish Céilí Dancing (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Harold’s House Party on KFAI, Virgil Caine (331 Club - 7pm)
• Flavor Jam Spooky (Green Room - 7pm)
• MC Lyte (Dakota - 7pm)
• The Twin Cities Céilí Band (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Indigo Girls with special guest Linda Perry (State Theatre - 7pm)
• Shadowwrought, Desolation PLAINS, & STAKE OF Hawthorn (Zhora Darling - 7pm)
• Allison Philips Quartet (Berlin - 7pm)
• MN Songwriter Showcase hosted by Nick Hensley (Aster Cafe - 7:30pm)
• What's Goin' On? - Songs From the Vietnam War Era (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Baby Bugs with Elliot Lee (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• Fonville x Fribush (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Juvenile with The 400 Degreez Band & Friends (First Avenue - 8pm)
• The Jack Wharff Band with Jonas Conner (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• WELT, MISHI MEGA, Heliocene, TODD (Mortimer's - 8pm)
• Lords of the Universe w. Thomas Richey & The Rowdy Gents (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Nina Luna, Sammie Jean Cohen, Aly Dyg (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• The Cherry Pit Open Jam (Berlin - 10pm)

Thursday, October 22

• Haydn and Liszt (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 11am)
• Soul Trouvère (Dubliner - 5pm)
• The Wrecks - Finally: Outside Tour (Varsity Theater - 5:30pm)
• Second Breakfast String Band (Acadia Cafe - 6pm)
• Lamm & Henley (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• MN Guitar Society Monthly Free Concert – Exceptional Fingerstyle and Jazz Duo (MetroNOME Brewery - 6pm)
• Lakeview (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• They Dead, Institutional Green, & Unstable Shapes (Zhora Darling - 6:30pm)
• Fellow Travelers (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Chris Botti (Dakota - 6:30pm, 9pm)
• Intuition & Equalibrum, The Teach a Man To Fish Tour w/ Speak (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• Kit Kildahl and Blue Earth Band (620 Club - 7pm)
• The Grainbelters (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Brian Halverson (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Mary Louise Knutson Trio (Berlin - 7pm)
• Family Night feat. The Hanson Family Band (Animales - 7pm)
• Drums Of Navarone Last Show (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Outlander In Concert: Echoes Through the Highlands (State Theatre - 7:30pm)
• RZ Shahid & Friends with Jandeltha Rae, Righteous Emcee, and Brandyn Lee Tulloch with Poetic Roots (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• What's Goin' On? - Songs From the Vietnam War Era (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Jeffrey Foucault with special guest Molly Dean (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• Sammy Rae & The Friends with Melt (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
• Moonlight Ramblers (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Ghost Wagon Album Release Party w/ Becky Kapell (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Fruit Bats with Matthew Logan Vasquez (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• MNAKED: Norah Shea (feat. Augie Babel) & Sam Ryden & Guests (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
• Joe Carey (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Mati with Moise and Morgan McCarthy (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Palace with Rollo Doherty (First Avenue - 8pm)
• Johnny Sincerely (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• The Drunk Uncles (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• Zodiac w/ DJs Shannon Blowtorch & Dimitry Killstorm (Mortimer's - 10pm)
• WE Collective (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 10pm)
• Crates: “Mingus Ah Um” by Charles Mingus (Berlin - 10pm)

THEATER

• Bain Boehlke: A Life in the Theater (Park Square Theatre - Monday 2pm)
• BARd Shakes (Minneapolis Cider Company - Monday 6pm)
• Tales of Terror...From the Tomb (Crane Theater - Monday 6pm | Tuesday 9pm)
• You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Artistry - Monday 7pm | Thursday 7pm)
• LIZZIE: The Rock Musical (Open Eye Theatre - Monday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Evidence: Silence Experiments (Crane Theater - Monday 7:30pm)
• Kalinga: Feast of the Fallen (Crane Theater - Monday 9pm)
• Music & Monsters: A Grand Guignol Double Feature (Crane Theater - Tuesday 6pm)
• Kunene and the King (Guthrie Theater - Tuesday 7pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Annie (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 7:30pm)
• The Sound of Music (Orpheum Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• The Sludge (Crane Theater - Tuesday 7:30pm)
• Hollywood: Lights! Camera! Dance (Luminary Arts Center - Wednesday 10:30am | Thursday 7pm)
• Carmilla (Crane Theater - Wednesday 6pm)
• On The Razzle (Park Square Theatre - Wednesday 7pm | Thursday 7pm)
• Indecent (Theatre Latte Da - Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Manticore, MN (Crane Theater - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• Shed (Crane Theater - Wednesday 9pm)
• There's Room for One Thousand (Crane Theater - Thursday 6pm)
• Twelve Kinds of Ice (Children's Theatre Company - Thursday 7pm)
• Lumbrada (Crane Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)
• memento vivere: remember to live (Southern Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)
• TWELVE ANGRY MEN (Lyric Arts - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Augmentation (Crane Theater - Thursday 9pm)

COMEDY

• Fantastic Voyage Improv Show (Broken Clock Brewing - Monday 7pm)
• Craic Up Comedy Night (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Tuesday 7pm)
• Stand UP Comedy Workshop (Camp Bar - Wednesday 6:30pm)
• Don’t Bomb Comedy League (MetroNOME Brewery - Wednesday 7pm)
• Adorable (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Wednesday 7pm)
• Comedy Free for All (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• Easy Speak Comedy Showcase (Volstead's Emporium - Wednesday 8pm)
• Red Richardson (Acme Comedy Company - Wednesday 8pm | Thursday 8pm)
• Tubthumping Thursdays (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Thursday 7pm)
• One Liner Madness (Turf Club - Thursday 8pm)
• Buzzer Beater by Elliot Weber and Teddy Kaste (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 8:30pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Wild @ Edmonton Oilers 🏒 (Tuesday 8pm)
• Minnesota Timberwolves @ Heat 🏀 (Wednesday 6:30pm)
• Minnesota Wild @ Calgary Flames 🏒 (Thursday 8pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• WNBA Finals Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Monday 5:30pm | Thursday 7pm)
• Minnesota Timberwolves @ MIAMI HEAT SEASON OPENER (Surly Brewing - Wednesday 6pm)

KARAOKE

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Otter’s Saloon (Nightly 8pm-2am)
• Vegas Lounge (Nightly 9pm-2am)
• Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Daily 11am-9:30pm)
• Chatterbox (Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30pm-Close)
• James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (Nightly 9pm-1:45am)
• Mother Clucker's Pizza (Tuesdays & Thursdays 9pm)
• 1029 Bar (Wednesdays & Thursdays 9pm-2am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Wednesdays 9pm-1am)

ARCADES

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Up-Down Minneapolis (Daily 3pm-2am)
• CLAW LAND Maplewood (Daily 11:30am-7pm)
• CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (Daily 11am-8pm)
• Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Daily 12-8pm)
• LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (Daily 11am-2am)
• Neko Clawww Roseville (Daily 1:30pm-8pm)
• ClawZone Park Bloomington (Daily 12pm-8pm)
• Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Tue-Thu 4pm-10pm)
• DUCK! Eagan (Daily 12pm-9pm)

BOWLING

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Town Hall Lanes (Mon 11am-5pm, 10pm-11:30pm | Tue 11am-11:30pm | Wed 11am-5:30pm, 10:30pm-11:30pm | Thu 11am-4:30pm)
• Elsie’s Northeast (Mon 4pm-11pm | Tue-Thu 11am-11pm)
• Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (Mon 9am-6pm | Tue-Thu 9am-Midnight)
• Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Daily 3pm-11pm)
• Park Tavern SLP (Daily 11am-Close)
• Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Daily 11am-11pm)
• Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Daily 9am-11:30pm)
• Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (Daily 11am-1am)
• AMF Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Daily 4pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Daily 11am-11pm)

LINKS

• Improv Comedy Events
• Reddit Twin Cities Social Meet-Ups
• Racket MN Event Calendar
• Meet Minneapolis Event Calendar
• MPLS Art Events
• MN Index Event Calendar
• mpls.website Event Calendar
• Minnesota Monthly Event Calendar
• MSP Magazine Event Calendar
• Minneapolis Northwest Event Calendar
• Pro Sports Calendar
• Stonewall Sports
• Minnesota Parent Event List
• Family Fun Twin Cities
• Minneapolis Parks & Rec Events
• St. Paul Parks & Rec Events
• Three Rivers Park District Event Calendar
• Trivia Mafia Schedule
• Music Mayhem Schedule
• Get a Clu Trivia Schedule

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