| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 MN Shutdown
Movie: Transformers |
2 | |||||
| 3 Black
Keys Island Block Party & Fireworks |
4  Independence Day (see below) |
5 | 6 Britney Spears | 7 | 8 Josh Groban | 9 Goo
Goo Dolls We Laughing |
| 10 | 11 | 12 Kid Cudi | 13 Indigo Girls Metrodome rises |
14 | 15 Finger
Eleven Movie: Harry Potter  |
16 Dakotafest Lakefront Jazz Tim Minchin |
| 17 Fleet
Foxes Milk carton boat races (see Aquatennial)  |
18 |
19 Five
For Fighting Jennifer Hudson WWE |
20 Shutdown ended |
21 |
22 Movie: Capt. America | 23 Art at St
Kates Trampled By Turtles U2  |
| 24 Wayne Newton | 25 | 26 | 27 Dolly Parton |
28 INXS Journey |
29
Movie:
Cowboys & Aliens Pat Benatar |
30 |
| 31 Beach Boys | ||||||
| July 1 | burlesque
Jeez Loueez,
Underpants
Show, Bryant-Lake Bowl (7 & 10pm, $15) movie Transformers - Dark of the Moon (Shia LeBeouf) -- here's the trailer |
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| July 1-2 | rock Monkees, Minnesota Zoo Amphitheater (7:30pm, $76+) -- here's I'm a Believer | ||
| July 1-5 | fair Richfield's Fourth of July, Veteran's Park, Richfield | ||
| July 2-3 | fair Hmong International Sports Tournament, Como Park | ||
| July 2-4 | fair
Chanhassen's
4th of July Celebration, City Center Park & Lake Ann
Park fair Eagan Funfest, Central Park Community Center, Eagan |
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| July 3 | blues
Black Keys,
Roy
Wilkins (6:30pm, $40) -- here's Tighten Up fair Island Block Party & Fireworks, Treasure Island Casino, Prairie Island, Welch, MN (5-11pm, free) |
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| July 4 | holiday
Independence Day (see fireworks
list below) fair Hometown Celebration, Round Lake Park, Eden Prairie (5:30-11pm) run Red, White & Boom! TC Half Marathon, St Anthony Main, Mpls (6:30am) |
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| July 5 | food Free Cookies, Scott Alexander & inflatable couch, Uptown street corner -- here's 3rd Cent. Chinese | ||
| July 6 | pop music
Britney Spears,
Xcel
-- here's Hold It Against Me film Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode 910 Final Sacrifice, Bryant-Lake Bowl (10pm, free) -- clips |
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| July 8 | songwriter Josh Grobin, Target Center (8pm, $75) -- here's You Are Loved | ||
| July 8-9 | music fair
Basilica Block Party,
Basilica of St Mary, 88 N 17th St, Mpls ($40+) -- here's the YouTube
playlist >> July 8th - Michael Franti and Spearhead -- here's Say Hey; July 9th - Drive-By Truckers |
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| July 8-10 | powwow
Wacipi
Celebration, Treasure Island Casino, Prairie
Island Mdewakanton (free) >> Grand Entry performance times: Friday 7pm, Saturday 1pm & 7pm, and Sunday 1pm. |
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| July 9 | rock
Goo
Goo Dolls w/ Michelle
Branch, Grand
Casino - Mille Lacs (7pm, $35+) -- here's Iris &
Breathe
pop music Katy Perry, Xcel Energy Center (7:30pm, $25+) -- (postponed due to food poisoning) -- here's Firework rock, blues Rock & Deep Blues Festival, Patrick's Cabaret (3pm-1am, $5+) -- 3 stages, 20 performances comedy We Laughing Comedy Jam, Pantages Theatre (8pm, $44+) |
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| July 9-10 | fair
Dragon Festival,
Lake Phalen art fair Hopkins Arts Festival, Hopkins Art Center |
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| July 9-17 | fair Raspberry Festival, Hopkins | ||
| July 9, 13, 16, 26, 29 |
basketball Minnesota Lynx, Target Center | ||
| July 12 | rap Kid Cudi, Target Center (7:30pm, $40+) -- here's Day 'n Night | ||
| July 12-17 | play West Side Story, Orpheum Theatre ($28+) | ||
| July 13 | folk
Indigo
Girls, MN
Zoo (7pm) jazz film Louis Prima, Trylon Cinema (7pm, $8) -- here's Louis Prima & Keely Smith's Old Black Magic venue Metrodome roof inflation (7am, tours closed) parade White Bear Avenue, St. Paul (7pm, free) |
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| July 13-16 | music Moondance Jam, Moodance Saloon, Walker, MN (maps) -- with 3 Doors Down | ||
| July 13-17 | fair Ramsey County Fair, Maplewood | ||
| July 14-16 | fair Spirit of the Lakes Festival, Mound, MN | ||
| July 14-17 | rock
Rock
Fest, Cadott, WI >> July 14th - Slaughter, Cinderella, Three Days Grace, & Rob Zombie July 15th - Rock Sugar, Saliva, Skillet, Hinder, & Kid Rock July 16th - My Darkest Days, Sick Puppies, Chevelle, Seether, & Avenged Sevenfold July 17th - Jackyl, Tesla, Heart, & Def Leppard |
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| July 15 |
opening
Acme
Academy of Arts, 937 W 7th, St. Paul (5:30-9pm) --
art by David Rich & Paulette Myers Rich awards Black Music Awards, Pantages Theatre (8pm, $25) rock Finger Eleven, The Cabooze (8:30pm, $15) -- here's One Thing movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Daniel Radcliffe) -- here's the trailer |
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| July 15-17 | fair Highland Fest, Highland Park, St Paul | ||
| July 15-23 | fair
Minneapolis Aquatennial,
Lake Calhoun ~ ~- pictures
~ ~ list of highlights below soccer Schwan's USA Cup, National Sports Center, Blaine |
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| July 16 | jazz
Dakotafest,
Peavey Plaza, Minneapolis jazz Lakefront Jazz & Blues Festival, Lakefront Park, Prior Lake (1pm, $10) -- Buddy Guy, Lukas Nelson... comedy Tim Minchin, Pantages Theatre (8pm, $30) -- here's Prejudice |
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| July 17 | folk Fleet Foxes, State Theatre (7:30pm, $32) -- here's White Winter Hymnal | ||
| July 18, 25 | variety All-Star Variety Show, Bryant-Lake Bowl (7pm, $12) | ||
| July 19 | rock
Five
For Fighting, Fitzgerald
Theatre (7:30pm, $30+) -- here's 100 Years
& Superman
r&b Jennifer Hudson, Mystic Lake Casino (7:30pm) -- here's Spotlight wrestle WWE Smackdown, Target Center (6:30pm, $22+) |
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| July 21-24 | fair Lumberjack Days, Lowell Park, Stillwater | ||
| July 22 |
movie Captain America - The First Avenger (Chris Evans) -- here's the trailer | ||
| July 22-24 | car show
Car Craft
Summer Nationals, State
Fairground ($13) fair Slice of Shoreview, Island Lake Park, Shoreview |
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| July 23 | art fair
Art at St. Kate's,
St. Catherine University, Randolph & Cleveland Av, St Paul
(10am-5pm, free) bluegrass Trampled By Turtles, The Cabooze (5pm, $25) -- here's Wait So Long rock U2, TCF Bank Stadium, UoM (7pm, sold out) -- here's With Or Without You |
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| July 23-31 | fair River City Days, City Square Park, Chaska | ||
| July 24 | vocals Wayne Newton, Treasure Island Casino, Prairie Island, Welch, MN (5pm, $30+) -- here's Danke Schoen | ||
| July 26-31 | fair Anoka County Fair, Anoka | ||
| July 27 | country Dolly Parton, Mystic Lake Casino (7:30pm, sold out) -- here's I Will Always Love You | ||
| July 28 | rock
INXS,
Mystic
Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton (7:30pm, $24+) --
here's Never Tear
Us Apart rock Journey with Foreigner & Night Ranger, Xcel (7pm, $30+) -- here's Don't Stop Believin' |
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| July 29 |
movie
Cowboys
& Aliens (Olivia Wilde, Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford)
-- here's the trailer rock Pat Benatar, Grand Casino Hinckley Amphitheater (8pm, $15+) -- here's You Better Run |
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| July 29-31 | fair Canadian Days, Little Canada | ||
| July 30 | electro Owl City, Roy Wilkins (7pm, $28) -- here's Fireflies | ||
| July 30-31 |
art fair Owatonna Festival of the Arts, Owatonna Arts Center, Owatonna, MN | ||
| July 31 |
rock Beach Boys, Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton (7pm) -- here's Wouldn't It Be Nice |
