| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 May Day Fair | 2 Chaos
Fashion Paul Simon |
3 |
4 Jackson
Browne |
5 Cinco de Mayo (see May 6-7 below) |
6 Movie: Thor | 7
Colin
Hay Fattenin' Frogs Free Comic Book Day Lewis Black |
| 8
Dalai
Lama Sheryl Crow |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 Bob
Seger Retrorama Taste of Lakeville |
13
Chicago Fishing Opener |
14 Scottish
Fair & Highland Games Tim McGraw Trans-Siberian Orchestra |
| 15 Lyn Lake Fest | 16 | 17 Cars | 18 | 19 Robert Cray | 20 Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean | 21 Death
Cab For Cutie Diane Jarvi & Dan Newton Princeton Swap Usher WaterFest |
| 22 | 23  |
24 | 25 | 26 Adele Movie: Kung Fu Panda 2 Tree Party |
27
Jimmy
Eat World Styx |
28 Arctic
Monkeys Doobie Brothers 93X Fest |
| 29 Grand
Asian Concert Rock Stock |
30 Memorial Day | 31 |
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| May 1 | fair, parade May Day (Tree of Life ceremony - festival - parade), Powderhorn Park (1-7pm) | ||
| May 2 | fashion show
Chaos
- Evolution of Fashion, Minneapolis Community and Technical
College (7pm, free) folk Paul Simon, Minneapolis Convention Center (7:30pm, $52+) -- here's Graceland (see May 3rd) classical St. Catherine String Chamber Orchestra Concert, Our Lady of Victory Chapel, St. Kate's (7:30pm, free) |
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| May 3 | folk Paul Simon, First Avenue (7pm, $52) -- here's You Can Call Me Al (see May 2nd) | ||
| May 4 | rock
Jackson
Browne - Acoustic, State
Theatre (7:30pm, $54+) (Guac
fund) -- here's Load Out-Stay >> "When that last guitar's been packed away, you know that I still want to play, so just make sure you've got it all set to go,before you come for my piano." |
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| May 5-8 | fair Festival of Nations, RiverCentre, St. Paul | ||
| May 6 |
reggae rock
Slightly
Stoopid, First
Avenue mainroom (7:30pm, $25) -- here's Closer To
The Sun movie Thor (Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins) -- here's the trailer |
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| May 6-7 | fair
Cinco
de Mayo Fiesta,
Cesar Chavez Street, St. Paul (Friday 4-9pm &
Saturday 9-6pm) >> The Cinco de Mayo Parade is May 7 from 10am-noon, starting at Plato & Wabasha (Holiday Station) and end at Ada & Cesar Chaves (Cozy Cantina). ballet Dance Festival, Fitzgerald Theater ($26) -- featuring Don Quixote & The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
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| May 6-8 | art tour
St. Croix Valley Pottery
Tour, various upper St. Croix locations (map)
(Fri-Sat 10am-6pm, sun 10am-5pm) >> Robert Briscoe, Linda Christianson, Guillermo Cuellar, Connee Mayerson, Jeff Oestreich, Will Swanson, & Richard Vincent |
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| May 7 | rock
Colin Hay,
Pantages
Theatre (8pm, $27) -- here's Overkill
from Scrubs blues Fattenin' Frogs - Robert Johnson Birthday, Palmers Bar, 500 Cedar Av S, Mpls (9pm, $5) -- KC Stomp comic books Free Comic Book Day, Big Brain & Comic Book College in Minneapolis, The Source in Falcon Heights, Midway Books & Uncle Svens in St. Paul, and other locations for a bag of free comic books. comedy Lewis Black - In God We Rust, State Theatre (8pm, $40+) -- here's America Isn't #1 |
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| May 7-8 | show
Living Green
Expo,
Grandstand, State
Fairgrounds fair Shepherd's Harvest Sheep & Wool Fest, Washington Co. Fairgrounds, Lake Elmo -- sheer fun. |
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| May 8 |
rock, folk
Sheryl Crow,
Mayo
Civic Center (7:30pm, $52) -- here's Soak Up
The Sun (also May 7
Mpls Conven.) choral music St. Catherine Choral Society - Ashes of Roses, O'Shaughnessy Auditorium, St Catherine's (3pm, $10) |
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| May 8-9 | spiritual
Dalai Lama,
One Heart - One Mind - One Universe, Northrop Auditorium ($35+) >> His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama advocates: • basic
human values and ethics for human happiness
• inter-religious harmony • welfare of the Tibetan people |
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| May 11-14 | sale YMCA Garage Sale, Merchandise Mart, State Fairgrounds | ||
| May 11-15 | plays Ten-Minute Play Festival - 10 x10, Bedlam Theatre, Capri Theater, 2027 W Broadway, Mpls | ||
| May 12 | rock
Bob
Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Xcel
Center (7:30pm, $69) -- here's Turn The
Page fashion Retrorama, History Center (7-10pm, $15) -- Christopher Straub, Danielle Everine, Samantha Rei, Heather Luca, & Sarah White food Taste of Lakeville, Lakeville Area Arts Center (5-9pm) choral music Women's Choir - Collage, Jeanne D'Arc Auditorium, St Catherine's (8pm, free) |
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| May 12-15 | horse show
FASH Horse Show,
Warner Coliseum, State
Fairgrounds environment Urban Birding Festival, St. Paul Audubon Society, multiple locations |
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| May 13 | rock Chicago, Mystic Lake Casino (8pm, $67, sold out) -- here's 25 or 6 to 4 | ||
| May 13-14 | fishing
Minnesota Fishing
Opener, Lake Pokegama, Grand Rapids (map) >> The Governor's Fishing Opener has been a state tradition since 1948 or 1951. Gov.
Tim Pawlenty caught 2 saugers & 2 walleyes in 2010 after
several unsuccessful years.
Gov. Jesse Ventura caught 2 northern pike in 1999. Gov. Arne Carlson did not catch a fish in eight fishing openers. |
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| May 13-15 | art sale Art on a Line, Northstar Watercolor Society, Fine Arts Center, State Fairgrounds | ||
| May 14 | fair
Scottish
Fair
& Highland Games, Dakota County Fairgrounds
(9am-5:30pm) country Tim McGraw, Xcel Center (7pm, $30+) -- here's Live Like You Were Dying rock Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Beethoven's Last Night, Mystic Lake Casino (all day, $67) -- here's Requiem |
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| May 14-15 | car auction
Classic
Car Auction, State
Fairground Grandstand fair Psychic Fair, Lake Harriet Spiritual Community, 4401 Upton Av S, Mpls -- jewelry, readings play Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis, Pantages Theatre ($42+) -- here's a review |
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| May 15 | fair Lyn Lake Street Fest, Lyndale & Lake Street (noon-7pm) | ||
| May 17 | rock The Cars, First Avenue (7pm, $50) -- here's Drive | ||
| May 19 | blues Robert Cray, Pantages Theatre (7:30pm, $35) -- here's Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark | ||
| May 20 |
movie Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides (Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz) -- here's the trailer | ||
| May 20-21 | skating Roseville Open, Roseville Skating Center | ||
| May 20-22 | art tour
Art-a-Whirl,
NEMAA, various NE Mpls locations ballet Cinderella, St. Paul City Ballet, Pearson Theater, Concordia University, St. Paul kids Lego KidsFest, Minneapolis Convention Center ($18+) |
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| May 20 - June 12 |
play Twelve Angry Men, Black Box Theater, Bloonington Civic Theatre ($18) | ||
| May 21 | rock
Death
Cab For Cutie, First
Avenue mainroom (6pm, $32 sold out) -- here's A Lack of
Color folk Diane Jarvi & Dan Newton, Riverview Wine Bar, 3753 42nd Av S, Mpls (8pm, $13) -- here's To The Sea swap meet Princeton Swap Meet, Princeton Fairgrounds (8am-7pm) R & B Usher, Target Center (7:30pm, $30+) -- here's Nice & Slow fair WaterFest, Lake Phalen Pavilion (10am-2pm, free) |
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| May 21-22 | comic books
Springcon,
MCBA, Grandstand, State
Fairgrounds (10am-5pm) -- guests include Howard Chaykin, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Patrick Gleason, Dan Jurgens, Tom Nguyen, Denny O’Neil, & Gail Simone art fair Wayzata Art Experience, downtown Wayzata |
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| May 26 |
pop
Adele, First
Avenue (6:30pm, $33 sold out) -- postponed to Aug 24 - Xcel -- here's Rolling In
The Deep movie Kung Fu Panda 2 (Jack Black) -- here's the trailer western Tree Party, Kitty Kat Club (9pm) -- here's 7-Shot Symphony |
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| May 27 | rock
Jimmy
Eat World, First
Avenue mainroom (6pm, $25) -- here's Sweetness rock Styx, Jackpot Junction (8pm, $17+) -- here's Lady |
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| May 28 |
rock
93X
Fest - Godsmack, Puddle of Mudd, Queensryce, & more; Midway
Stadium (1pm, $48) rock Arctic Monkeys, First Avenue (6pm, $25 sold out) -- here's Brianstorm rock Doobie Brothers, Treasure Island (8pm, $38+) -- here's Black Water |
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| May 28-30 | block party
Memory Lanes Block
Party, 26th E & 26th S, Mpls -- Mark Mallman, Split
Lip Rayfield, In Defence, ... >> Here's last year's Celebrity Dunk Tank |
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| May 29 | asian music
Grand
Asian Concert, Grand Casino Hinkley (6pm, $27) rock KQRS Rock Stock - Styx, Cheap Trick, Badfinger, Lamont Cranston, Midway Stadium ($45) hip-hop Soundset, Canterbury Park, Shakopee (11am, $38) -- Atmosphere, Big Boi, De La Soul, Slaughterhouse, Brother Ali, Doomtree, Evidence x Rakaa-Iriscience, Mac Miller, Curren$y, Blueprint, Grieves & Budo, Zion I & The Grouch, Sab The Artist, DJ Abilities, Face Candy, Edan, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Looptroop Rockers, Rubberoom, Soulcrate Music, 2Mex, Mr. Gene Poole, Qwazaar, Longshot, Mally, Desdamona, Duenday, Midwest Konnect, Rocky Diamonds, Stage One, Shortkut, Noam The Drummer, Exile, Maseo, Skeme Richards, Kid Cut Up & Espada. Here's Atmosphere with Sunshine from 2009. |
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| May 30 |
holiday
Memorial Day |