August in the Twin Cities is a time for the Minnesota State Fair, easily the best state fair in the state. August is also the attack of the Art Fairs. The Art Fairs have intensive advanced waiting lists and competitions; they should be called Art Superiors.
<<    AUGUST 2007    >>
S M T W Th F Sa
Aug 1-31 - traffic - Mpls traffic news (35W bridge)
Aug 1-5 - fair - Washington Co. Fair
Aug 1, 3-6, 17-22, 31 - baseball - MN Twins, Metrodome
Aug 1, 2, 6-12, 16-18, 20-22 - baseball - St Paul Saints, Midway Stadium
Aug 2-12 - Fringe Festival
Aug 4, 7, 16, 19 - basketball - MN Lynx, target Center
Aug 10-12 - fair - Irish Fair, Harriet Island, St. Paul
Aug 18-19 - fair - Vadnais Heights Heritage Days
Aug 18-19, 25-26, Sept 1-3, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-30 - Renaissance Festival, Shakopee
Aug 19-21 - play - Fiddler on the Roof
Aug 21-Oct 28 - play - Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Aug 23-Sept 3 - Minnesota State Fair, St Paul
Aug 24-26 - skating - MN State Figure Skating, Bloomington  star
Aug 24-26 - fair - Woodbury Days, Ojibway Park, Woodbury
Aug 27-31 - St Paul Schools opening week
 1    Lake
Hiawatha Festival
Colour Revolt
 2    We Fest - Carrie Underwood
      Blues & Bar-B-Q
      JoAnna James
      Mears music-movie

MN Twins game
postponed due to
I-35W bridge collapse
 3    We Fest
Uptown Art Fair
   Wayne Newton
First Lady Laura Bush visits Mpls
 4    American Idol
Loring Park
Powderhorn Park
 Uptown Art Fair
    We Fest
    TPT Public TV
    Wayne Newton
Matthew & Gunnar Nelson
Pres. Bush
visits Mpls
5    Loring Park
 Powderhorn Park
 Uptown Art Fair
 Dots and Feathers
 6     Patti Smith
       Eisley
  Mike Monson
 7   Night Out
     Chinese Dance
     Human Abstract
 8   Sleeping
Zuhrah Flames
 9   Dream Theater
     Angry Mothers
     Bloomington Symphony
Bluegrass & Old Time Music
    Book Club -Walker
    Mears music-movie
    Como Zoo Heroes
 		10    Josh Groban
Mendota Powwow
        Vikings -pre		 11   Mendota Powwow
      Mickey Avalon
      Pizza Lucé Block
12 Mendota Powwow
Bloomington Jazz
Festival of Thailand
 Perseid Meteors
Strung Out
Tanya Tucker
 13  Perseid Meteors
 Stan Ridgeway
 14
  Reel Big Fish & Less Than Jake
 15
Brio Brass
 16  Chris Cornell
      June
      Mears music-movie
      Salsa del Soul
      SMSC powwow
 17  Glamorama
      Kelly Willis
  Shakopee powwow
      Steve Miller
      Scary Kids

 18   I-94 closed
  (MN280-35W)
            Afri-Fest
            Dweebs
Caponi Art Park
Renaissance Fest.
Sand Volleyball
Shakopee powwow
Snail Run
Weapons Show
19    I-94 closed
  (MN280-35W)
       Afri-Fest
      Honeydogs
      Renaissance
Shakopee powwow
St Paul Inline Marathon
St Paul Triathlon  star
Weapons Show
Japanese Lantern Lighting
 		20  Portugal 21
River City Jazz
 22
River City Jazz
 23  State Fair
      Bangles
      Fair to Midland
      Hilary Duff
      Mears music-movie
 24    State Fair   star
   - Goo Goo Dolls
   - Lifehouse 		25    State Fair
       - Fergie
     Dweebs
     Los Lobos
Creedence Clearwater
    Queens of Stone Age
   
26    State Fair
      - Joan Jett
        Moonlight Serenaders
 27  State Fair
    - Weird Al		 28   State Fair
 - Allman Bros
      Moonlight Serenaders
 29   State Fair
  - Vince Gill
 - Amy Grant
Expendables
      Snoop Dogg
      Velvet Revolver
 30  State Fair
   - B.B. King
   - Al Green
     Mears music-movie
     Vikings -pre 		31    State Fair
      - Prairie Home
  Gopher Vollyball
        52 Pickup

"And I don't want the world to see me, 'cause I don't think that they'd understand.
When everything's meant to be broken, I just want you to know who I am."
 - the Goo Goo Dolls are at the Minnesota State Fair on August 24th.
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