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Yearly Events

January
St. Paul Winter Carnival, 651.223.4700, winter-carnival.com
Lake Harriet Winter Kite Festival, 612.824.9350, tinyurl.com/5fy8nb

February
Minnesota Parent Camp Fair, St. Paul, 612.825.9205, mnparent.com
City of the Lakes Loppet, loppet.org/cityoflakesloppet/
Walk to Cure Diabetes, jdrfwalktocurediabetes.org, 952.851.070Minneapolis Home and Garden Show, mplsconvctr.org, 612.335.6000Disney on Ice, targetcenter.com/events, 612.673.1600Minnesota Camp Fair, St. Paul
March
Great Minnesota Train Expo
Steps of Hope Walk for Autism, ausm.org, 651.647.1083
Masters of the Sky, carpenternaturecenter.org, 651.437.4359
MSHSL Boys’ State Hockey Tournament, mshsl.org, 651.265.4800
Northwest Sports Show
Northwestsportsshow.com, 612.332.8330
Urban Expedition, landmarkcenter.org, 651.292.3225

April
Farm Babies, MN Zoo
Art-a-Whirl, Minnepaolis, 612.788.1679, nemaa.org

May
Heart of the Beast MayDay Parade, Minneapolis, 612.721.1679, hobt.org/maydayparade/
National Public Gardens Day
Young Eagles
Hanger Dance

June
Dinosaurs! at the Minnesota Zoo (Apple Valley)
Edina Art Fair, Edina, edinaartfair.com, 952.922.1524
Dirt-O-Rama, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Grand Old Day, grandave.com, 651.699.0029
Northern Spark, Minneapolis & St. Paul, northernspark.org
Baby Angels Foundation Run/Walk to Remember, Coon Rapids
Stone Arch Bridge Festival, stonearchbridgefestival.com
Kidstock, Maple Grove
Twin Cities Jazz Festival, hotsummerjazz.com

July

Move and Groove Family Fest, Minneapolis, moveandgroovefamilyfest.com
Minneapolis Aquatennial, Minneapolis, aquatennial.com
Eat Local Farm Tour, facebook.com/eatlocalfarmtour.coop
Midtown Global Jazz Festival, midtownglobaljazzfestival.org
Red, White and Boom! Minneapolis, tinyurl.com/6sgc2xu
Highland Fest, highlandfest.com
Rondo Days, rondoavenueinc.org

August
Circus Juventas' Summer Show, 651.699.8229, circusjuventas.org
Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, uptownartfair.com
Red House Barnfest, Red Wing, redhouserecords.com/barnfest.html
Looney Days, Vergas, looneydays.com
Renaissance Festival,  952.445.7361, renaissancefest.com
Japanese Lantern Lighting Festival, St. Paul, comozooconservatory.org
Minnesota State Fair, mnstatefair.org
Peace Games, Minneapolis, 612.330.6474, tinyurl.com/bo35m59
Irish Fair, irishfair.com
Powderhorn Art Fair
Loring Park Art Fair

September
Defeat of Jesse James Days, Northfield, 800.658.2548, djjd.org
Sunbonnet Day, Eden Prairie
Annual Bunker Prairie Festival and 5K Bunker Stampede, anokacountyparks.com/programs/prairie_fest.htm
Young Eagles
Bunker Prairie Festival, Andover, tinyurl.com/cay73ma
Hanger Dance
Monarch Festival, Minneapolis,  612.343.7784, tinyurl.com/bntd93n

October
Sever's Corn Maz and Fall Festival, Shakopee
Harvest Howl, Columbus, 651.464.3993, wildlifesciencecenter.org
Minnesota Parent Education Fair,  612.825.9205, mnparent.com
St. Paul Art Crawl,  651.292.4373, stpaulartcrawl.org

November
MCAD Art Sale, mcad.edu
Holiday Madness and Christmas Carol Parade, Pine City

December
Holiday Lights Phalen Park, St. Paul
Grand Meander, St. Paul
IBEW Holiday Lights in the Park, St. Paul, lightsinthepark.org
Cinderella, 612.874.0400, childrenstheatre.org ?
Winter Walk, Northfield, 800.658.2548, visitingnorthfield.com
A Christmas Carol, Guthrie Theater
Candlelit Woodlake Nature Center

Children's Theatre Company
Stages Theatre Company
Orheom Theatre
Old Log Theatre
Science Museum
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