| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1
Hennepin-Lake
Run Warped Tour |
2
Something
Corporate |
3
Night Out |
4 Chris
Isaak |
5 | 6
Glamorama Melissa Etheridge |
7 Bill Cosby |
| 8 Limerick Contest Slightly Stoopid |
9 Edward
Sharpe Where's My Tony |
10 election
primary Hanson |
11 Keane | 12 Ramadan Perseids Meteors Phoenix |
13 Stone Temple Pilots | 14 Hank
Williams Jr Pizza Lucé Block Uptown Block |
| 15 Int'l
Festival Peter Frampton |
16 | 17 George
Thorogood Uproar Festival |
18 | 19 Tokyo Police Club | 20 Bret Michaels | 21 Cheap
Trick Gov't Mule Hmong Art & Music Nightowl Classic Red Stag Block Slayer & Megadeth West Bank Music |
| 22 | 23 | 24 Mumiy Troll |
25 McCartney tribute | 26  |
27 Rush |
28 Vikings |
| 29 American
Idol Entertainment Machine Mpls Duathlon |
30 Lady
Gaga |
31 Carrie
Underwood |
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| Aug 1 |
run
Hennepin-Lake
Classic, Xerxes & W Calhoun Pkwy, Lake
Calhoun (8:15am) music Vans Warped Tour, Canterbury Park, Shakopee -- 81 bands & non-profits |
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| Aug 2 | rock Something Corporate, Cabooze (8pm) -- here's If You C Jordan | ||
| Aug 3 | walks National Night Out, Minneapolis - St. Paul | ||
| Aug 4 | soft rock Chris Isaak, The O'Shaughnessy, St. Catherine (7:30pm) -- here's Wicked Game | ||
| Aug 4-8 |
fair
Washington County
Fair, Lake Elmo |
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| Aug 5-7 | country We Fest, Detroit Lakes, MN | ||
| Aug 5-11 | musical Gospel at Colonus, Ordway Center | ||
| Aug 5-15 |
plays Fringe Festival, Minneapolis | ||
| Aug 6 | fashion
Glamorama,
Orpheum Theatre (8pm) rock Melissa Etheridge, O'Shaughnessy, St. Catherine's (8pm) -- here's I Want To Come Over |
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| Aug 6-7 | fair Taste of Maplewood, Goodrich Park, east of Aldrich Arena, Maplewood | ||
| Aug 6-8 |
art fair Uptown Art Fair, Hennepin & Lake, Minneapolis | ||
| Aug 6, 7, 20, 27 | waterski Little Crow Water Ski Team, Neer Park, New London, MN (7:30pm) | ||
| Aug
6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 27-28 |
play Bye Bye Liver - The Twin Cities' Drinking Play, Hennepin Stages | ||
| Aug 7 |
comedy
Bill Cosby,
Northern
Lights Casino, Walker, MN (6 & 8pm) |
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| Aug 7-8 |
art fair
Loring Park Art
Festival, Loring Park, Minneapolis art fair Powderhorn Art Fair, Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis |
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| Aug 8 | wit
Limerick
Contest, Kieran’s Irish Pub, 600 Hennepin Av N,
Mpls (7pm) >> submissions due July 28, 2010 reggae Slightly Stoopid, Cabooze (5:30pm) -- here's 2am |
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| Aug 9 | folk
Edward
Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Cabooze
(5pm) -- here's Desert Song play Where's My Tony?, Hennepin Stages (7:30pm) |
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| Aug 9-15 | fair Dakota County Fair, Farmington, MN | ||
| Aug
9-15, 20-25 |
baseball St. Paul Saints, Midway Stadium | ||
| Aug 10 | politics
Election
Primary, Voting
Locations >> 2010 Ballot - US Representatives, MN Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Auditor, State Senators, State Representatives... pop Hanson, Weesner Amphitheater, Minnesota Zoo (7pm) -- here's MMMBop |
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| Aug 11 | piano rock Keane, First Avenue (6pm) -- here's Somewhere Only We Know | ||
| Aug 11-Sep 19 | play Wicked, Orpheum Theatre | ||
| Aug 12 | holiday
Ramadan (start of Ramadan fasting) astronomy Perseids Meteor Shower, northestern sky (early morning, late evening) pop Phoenix, State Theatre (7:30pm) |
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| Aug 13 | rock Stone Temple Pilots, Roy Wilkins Auditorium (7pm) -- here's Plush | ||
| Aug 13-15 | fair Irish Fair, Harriet Island, St. Paul -- free admission | ||
| Aug 14 | country
Hank Williams Jr.,
Treasure
Island Casino (7pm) -- here's Ready For Some Football food, music Pizza Lucé Block Party, 3200 Lyndale Av S, Mpls (noon-10pm) fair Uptown Block Party, Cahoun Square, Mpls (noon-4pm) |
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| Aug 14-15 | fair Polish Festival, St. Anthony Main, Minneapolis | ||
| Aug
14, 18, 21, 25, 28, Sep 1, 4, 11, 18, 25 |
kid movies
Free
movies, Theatre at Mall of America -- free (10am) Aug 14, 18 - Little Giants Aug 21, 25 - Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium |
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| Aug 15 | fair
International
Festival, Staring Lake Amphitheater, Eden Prairie (noon-7pm) rock Peter Frampton, Grand Casino Hinckley (6pm) -- here's Do You Feel Like We Do |
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| Aug 17 | blues rock
George
Thorogood, Minnesota Zoo (7pm) -- here's Bad to the Bone
(stuttering rock) movie Juno, Loring Park (8:45pm) -- free music fair Uproar Festival, Target Center (6:30pm) 2nd Stage, 1st Av & 10th St (3:30pm) |
||
| Aug 19 | art creating
Field
Day, Sculpture Gardens & Walker Art Center (2-9pm) --
free rock Tokyo Police Club, Varsity Theater (8pm) -- here's Your English Is Good |
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| Aug 19-23 | fair Heritage Days, St. Paul Park -- mud volleyball tournament, arts & crafts, carnival... | ||
| Aug 20 | rock Bret Michaels, Elko Speedway, Elko-New Market, MN (9:30pm) -- here's Poison - Good Time | ||
| Aug 20-22 | pow-wow Shakopee Mdewakanton pow wow, Prior Lake, MN | ||
| Aug 21 | rock
Cheap Trick
& Blondie, Treasure
Island Casino (8pm) -- here's Surrender
&
Heart of
Glass blues Gov't Mule, Cabooze (7pm) -- here's Soulshine art fair Hmong Art & Music Festival, Western Sculpture Park on Marion, St. Paul (11am-8pm) biking Nightowl Classic, St. Anthony Main & the River Roads, Mpls (7pm) fair Red Stag Block Party, 509 1st Av NE, Mpls (3-10pm) heavy metal Slayer & Megadeth, Roy Wilkins Auditorium (7pm) -- here's Raining Blood music fair West Bank Music Festival, 507 Cedar Av, Mpls (3-10pm outdoor, 10pm-2am indoors) |
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| Aug 21-22 | art fair ARTigras, Mayo Park, Rochester, MN | ||
| Aug 21-Oct 3 | fair Minnesota Renaissance Festival, Shakopee (weekends) | ||
| Aug 24 | rock Mumiy Troll, Varsity Theater (8pm) -- here's Polar Bear -- a top band in Russia | ||
| Aug 25 | tribute
Paul
McCartney Tribute, First Avenue (8pm) -- with The
Melismatics, Blue Sky Blackout, White Light Riot, Duke of Dark, Lanes, Guppy, Dan Israel, John Eller, Janey Winterbauer... |
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| Aug 26-Sep 6 | fair Minnesota State Fair, State Fairgrounds, St. Paul | ||
| Aug 27 | rock Rush, Grandstand, Minnesota State Fair (7:30pm) -- here's Limelight & Spirit of the Radio | ||
| Aug 27-28 | rock
Frankie
Avalon, Fabian, & Bobby Rydell; Grand Casino Mille
Lacs (7pm) fair Potato Days, Barnesville, MN -- mashed potato wrestling, potato hunt, potato pancakes... |
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| Aug 27-29 | fair Woodbury Days, Ojibway Park, Woodbury | ||
| Aug 28 | football Vikings (pre-season) vs. Seattle Seahawks, Metrodome (7pm) | ||
| Aug 29 | music
American
Idol Live Season 9 Finalists, Target Center (7:30pm) play Entertainment Machine: A Live Radio Show, Bryant-Lake Bowl (7pm) run, bike Minneapolis Duathlon 5K run, 18 mile bike, 5K run, W River Pkwy, Mpls |
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| Aug 30-31 |
pop
Lady Gaga, Xcel
Energy Center -- here's Telephone
>> Hey Lady, cigarette sunglasses are bad for your eyes. |
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| Aug 31 |
country
Carrie
Underwood, Grandstand, Minnesota State Fair (7:30pm) --
here's Just a
Dream movie Fargo, Loring Park (8:45pm) -- free |
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