Twin Cities Calendar

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 Styx & Foreigner	2	3 Devo Hold Steady
4 Independence (fireworks - see below)	5	6	7 Spookey Ruben Widespread Panic	8	9 Crystal Gayle & Loretta Lynn	10
11 Art at St Kate's Radio Rey Rodeo Star Wars in Concert	12	13 Joan Baez	14 Max Weinberg Modest Mouse WB Av Parade	15	16 Black Music Awards Hole Jordin Sparks Lynyrd Skynyrd	17 Art Escapes Dakota Street Fest Pat Benatar & REO Speedwagon
18 America Lilith Fair	19	20	21	22 Built to Spill	23 Bassgasm 2	24 Chicago Frankie Valli Natalie Merchant Police Car Show Stew Thornley
25 Ringo Starr Swell Season	26	27 Heartless Bastards	28 Dead Weather	29	30	31 Bill Cosby Lowertown Music Fest

	July 1	rock Styx, Foreigner, & Kansas, Target Center (7pm) >> Here's Lady from Styx & I Want to Know What Love Is from Foreigner
	July 1-4	fair Eagan Funfest, Central Park Community Center, Eagan >> July 4th 7pm The Penguins, 8:30pm The Dweebs
	July 2-5	fair Taste of Minnesota, Harriet Island, St Paul -- prices went up, no rides, & fireworks only on Sunday >> July 2 - Gospel Retribution Choir (Hide It Away) & Minus the Bear (Pachuca Sunrise) >> July 3 - Sammy Hagar (Can't Drive 55), Lou Gramm (Midnight Blue), John Waite (Missing You) >> July 4 - Counting Crows (Mr. Jones), Need To Breathe (Outsiders), Gin Blossoms (Hey Jealousy) >> July 5 - 311 (Love Song), The Offspring (Pretty Fly), Pepper (No Control)
	July 2, 3, 9, 16, 22, 30	waterski Little Crow Water Ski Team, Neer Park, New London, MN (7:30pm)
	July 2-4, 9-11, 16-18, 23-25, 30-Aug 1	play Come Blow Your Horn, Theatre In The Round >> Neil Simon's first play was about two brothers who leave the wax fruit business.
	July 3	punk Devo, Minnesota Zoo (7pm) rock Hold Steady, Cabooze (5pm) -- here's The Weekenders
	July 3-4	fair Chanhassen Fourth of July, City Center Park & Lake Ann Park -- camel rides & carnival rides fair Hmong International Sports Tournament, McMurray Field, Como Park
	July 3-Aug 29	play A Streetcar Named Desire, Guthrie Theatre >> Stella: "Don't you think your superior attitude is a little out of place?" -- Hey Stella!
	July 4	holiday Independence Day -- see below for Twin Cities fireworks displays & times fair Hometown Celebration, Round Lake Park, Eden Prairie (11:30am-11pm) country Oak Ridge Boys, Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee (6pm) -- here's Elvira run Red, White & Boom! TC Half Marathon, St Anthony Main, Mpls (6:30am)
	July 4-10	fair Pan-O-Prog, Lakeville
	July 4, 6-11, 20-22, 28-31	baseball St. Paul Saints, Midway Stadium
	July 7	pop Spookey Ruben, Kitty Cat Klub, Minneapolis -- here's These Days Are Old >> “If I notice that we have somehow left the bassist at the gas station in Kapuskasing, we will drive back and get him,” Spookey promises. rock Widespread Panic, Orpheum Theatre (7:30pm) -- here's Love Tractor >> They were Panicing before anyone... before it was common.
	July 9	country Crystal Gayle & Loretta Lynn, Hinckley Events & Convention Center (7pm) -- SOLD OUT >> Here's Crystal's Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
	July 9-10	music Basilica Block Party, Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis
	July 9-11	powwow Wacipi Celebration, Prairie Island Dakota, Welch, MN (Treasure Island Casino) -- here's Eyabay >> Grand entry performances on July 9th at 7pm, July 10th at 1pm & 7pm, July 11th at 1pm.
	July 10-11	fair Dragon Festival, Lake Phalen, St. Paul art fair Hopkins Arts Festival, historic Mainstreet, downtown Hopkins
	July 10-17	soccer Schwan's USA Cup, National Sports Center, Blaine
	July 11	art fair Art at St Kate's, Randolph & Cleveland Av, College of St. Catherine (10am-5pm) rodeo Radio Rey Mexican Rodeo, Warner Coliseum, State Fairgrounds classical Star Wars in Concert, Xcel Energy Center (3pm & 7:30pm) >> Gustav Holst composed The Planets nearly 60 years before John Williams composed very similar Star Wars music. -- here's Mars
	July 13	folk Joan Baez, Minnesota Zoo (7pm)
	July 14	jazz Max Weinberg Big Band, Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis (7:30 & 9:30pm) -- here's Max rock Modest Mouse, Orpheum Theatre (7:30pm) parade White Bear Avenue, St. Paul (7pm)
	July 14-15	Mex rock Los Lobos, Minnesota Zoo (7pm) -- here's La Bamba
	July 14-17	music Moondance Jam, Moodance Saloon, Walker, MN (maps) >> July 14 - Pre Jam Party & Hairball July 15 - Sammy Hagar, Buckcherry, Collective Soul, & Hoobastank July 16 - REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Don Felder, The Smithereens, & Pat Travers July 17 - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jonny Lang, Cinderella Black Stone Cherry, & Blackberry Smoke
	July 14-18	fair Ramsey County Fair, Maplewood
	July 15-17	fair Spirit of the Lakes Festival, Mound, MN
	July 15-18	rock Rock Fest, Cadott, WI >> July 15 - Apocalyptica, Theory of a Deadman, Daughtry July 16 - Default, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Soul Asylum, 3 Doors Down July 17 - Elmwood, Candlebox, Blue October, Collective Soul, John Mellencamp July 18 - Sleeper Cell, Trapt, Drowning Pool, Limp Bizkit, Alice In Chains
	July 16	music Black Music Awards, Pantages Theatre (8pm) rock Hole (Courtney Love), First Avenue (10pm) -- here's Celebrity Skin r&b Jordin Sparks, First Avenue (5pm) -- here's One Step At A Time rock Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mystic Lake Casino (8pm) -- here's Free Bird in 1975
	July 16-18	fair Highland Fest, Highland Park, St Paul
	July 16-24	fair Minneapolis Aquatennial, Lake Calhoun - pictures
	July 17	art tour Art Escapes, St Cloud - travel from Bloomington to St Cloud rock Band of Horses, State Theatre (7pm) -- here's The Funeral exhibit Beatles, One Night Stand in the Heartland, exhibit opening, History Center fair Dakota Street Fest, Nicollet & 10th, Minneapolis (noon-10pm) rock Pat Benatar & REO Speedwagon, Treasure Island Casino (8pm)
	July 17-18	art fair Woodbury Lakes Art Faire, Woodbury Lakes Center (94 & Radio Dr), Woodbury
	July 18	soft rock America, Orchestra Hall (7pm) -- here's Sister Golden Hair, Tin Man, & Ventura Highway music Lilith Fair, Target Center (2:20pm) >> Sarah McLachlan, Mary J. Blige, Heart, Metric, Kate Nash, La Roux, & Vedera rock Wolf Parade, First Avenue (7:30pm) -- here's I'll Believe in Anything
	July 22	rock Built To Spill, First Avenue (6pm) -- here's Car
	July 22-25	fair Lumberjack Days, Lowell Park, Stillwater >> July 24 - Chicago -- here's Saturday In The Park
	July 23	music fair Bassgasm 2, First Avenue (5pm) -- here's the Feb 2010 Bassgasm
	July 23-24	fair Carifest - Caribbean Festival, downtown Minneapolis fair River City Days, City Square Park, Chaska
	July 23-25	fair Slice of Shoreview, Island Lake Park, Shoreview
	July 24	soft rock Frankie Valli, Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee -- here's Can't Take My Eyes Off You rock Kele (Bloc Party), Varsity Theater (8pm) here's Tenderoni films Laurel & Hardy, Fitzgerald Theater (7pm) car show Law Enforcement Car Show, Machinery Hill (between Hoyt & Randall) >> Pull over to look at tomorrow's squad cars. soft rock Natalie Merchant, The O'Shaughnessy, St. Catherine (8pm) -- here's Wonder baseball Stew Thornley, Hennepin Stages (7pm)
	July 24-25	art fair Owatonna Festival of the Arts, Owatonna Arts Center, Owatonna, MN
	July 25	rock Ringo Starr, Mystic Lake (10pm) -- here's It Don't Come Easy folk Swell Season, First Avenue (7pm) -- here's Low Rising (I've also been in selective rain.)
	July 27	rock Heartless Bastards, Varsity Theater (7pm) -- here's Out At Sea
	July 27-Aug 1	fair Anoka County Fair, Anoka
	July 28	rock Dead Weather, First Avenue (8pm) -- here's Treat Me Like Your Mother
	July 29	folk Joan Armatrading, Fitzgerald Theatre (7pm) -- here's Love and Affection rock Neil Young, Northrop Auditorium (8pm) -- here's Hey Hey My My
	July 29-31	fair Rice Street Festival & Parade, St Paul
	July 31	comedy Bill Cosby, Treasure Island Casino (7pm & 9:30pm) -- here's Chocolate Cake music Lowertown Music Festival, 5th & Sibley, St. Paul (3pm)
	July 31-Aug 1	fair Canadian Days, Little Canada

Twin Cities Calendar News for July 2010: 10,000 Lakes Festival is on hiatus in 2010.

Independence Day - Fourth of July - Fireworks Displays (2010 Info)

Apple Valley - Johnny Cake Ridge Park - fireworks start at 10pm
Chanhassen - Lake Ann Park - fireworks start at 10pm
Coon Rapids - Sand Creek Park - fireworks start at 10pm
Eagan - Central Park - fireworks start at 10pm
Eden Prairie - Round Lake Park - fireworks start at 10pm
Forest Lake - Lakeside Park - fireworks start at 10pm (Am. Legion)
Lakeville - Lakeville North High School - fireworks start at dusk (set to music)
Maplewood - Hazelwood Park - no fireworks or events for 2010
Minneapolis - Powderhorn Park - fireworks usually at 10pm (no 2010 information)
Minneapolis - Stone Arch Bridge - fireworks start at 10pm (usually 20 minutes)
Prior Lake - Watzel's Beach in Lakefront Park - fireworks start just after 10pm
Richfield - Veteran's Park - fireworks start at 10pm (for 20 minutes)
Roseville - Central Park - fireworks start at 10pm
St. Cloud - Mississippi River between Hester and Winter Parks at 10pm
St. Paul - Harriet Island - fireworks usually start at 10pm (fireworks Sunday only)
Shakopee - Shakopee Mdewakanton Pow-wow Grounds (after the Oak Ridge Boys concert)
White Bear Lake - Memorial Beach - fireworks start at 10pm (rain date July 5th)
Woodbury - Ojibway Park - fireworks start at 10pm
also Valleyfair, Shakopee - fireworks start at 10pm (& every Saturday night July 10-Aug 14)

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