Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 Vikings
preseaon![]() |
2
Frank
Caliendo![]() |
3 Carrie
Underwood Weezer ![]() |
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4
Blondie Messaround ![]() |
5 Labor Day Train & Maroon 5 ![]() |
6 | 7 Blink 182 | 8 | 9 Ed Asner as FDR | 10 Lyn-Lake Oktoberfest Monarch Fest Rubber Soul Tommy Emmanuel |
11 9-11 ten year anniversary Cowles Center Kingdom of Survival St. Paul Bike Tour Standing Together ![]() |
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13 | 14 Foo Fighters | 15 Loverboy | 16 Envision
Artopia Hairball Lindsey Buckingham M. Jackson Tribute |
17 Gordon
Lightfoot Lowry Harvest Meatloaf Supper Tiffany Bottoms |
18 Mpls Bike Tour Vikings |
19 John
Hiatt Weedeater |
20 Dark Side of the Universe | 21 | 22 |
23 Fall starts |
24 Beer
Fest Feis John Oliver |
25 Booya (see below) Vikings |
26 | 27 | 28 Rosh Hashanah |
29 Colbie Caillat | 30 Agassi, McEnroe, Courier, Chang Bill Cosby Peter Frampton |
September 1 | football Vikings preseason v. Houston Texans, H.H. Humphrey Metrodome (7pm, $23+) | ||
September 1-5 | fair
Minnesota State Fair,
Fairgounds, St. Paul -- the best state fair in the state |
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September 2 | comedy Frank Caliendo, Treasure Island, Prairie Island Mdewakanton (8pm, $50+) -- here's Impressions | ||
September 2, 8 | basketball Minnesota Lynx, Target Center | ||
September 3 | country, pop
Carrie
Underwood, Mystic
Lake Casino (8pm, $68+) -- here's
a preview
& Just A
Dream rock Weezer, Grandstand, MN State Fair (7:30pm, $35) -- here's Island In The Sun |
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September 4 | punk
Blondie,
Mystic
Lake (7pm, $24) -- here's a preview
& Heart of
Glass / 11:59
hot rods Messaround, Memory Lanes, 2520 26th Av S, Mpls (free, 10am-5pm) -- here's a 2010 ad |
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September 5 | holiday
Labor Day rock Train & Maroon 5, Grandstand, MN State Fair (7:30pm, $37+) -- here's Hey Soul Sister |
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September 7 | punk Blink 182 & My Chemical Romance, Xcel Center (7pm, $29+) -- here's I Miss You & Teenagers | ||
Sept 8-11 | jazz funk Shangri-La with Wookiefoot & 27 other bands, Harmony Park, Clarks Grove, MN (near Albert Lea) | ||
September 9 | play Ed Asner as FDR, Fitzgerald Theater (7pm, $39) -- here's a preview | ||
Sept 9-11 | music fair
Concrete and Grass,
Mears Park, St. Paul (Fri starting at 5:30pm, Sat & Sun
1pm) fair Watermelon Festival, Kellogg Park, Kellogg, MN |
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Sept 9-11,
13-18, 22-25, 29-Oct 2 |
play August: Osage County, Park Square Theatre, St. Paul ($25+) -- original cast prologue | ||
Sept 9-11,
15-18, 22-25, 29-Oct 2 |
play Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon, Black Box Theater , Bloomington Art Center ($18) | ||
September 10 | fair
Lyn-Lake Oktoberfest,
Herkimer, Lyndale & 29th, Mpls (1-10pm, free) nature Monarch Festival, Lake Nokomis (10am-4pm, free) Beatles Rubber Soul -Beatles tribute, Maplewood Performing Arts, Maplewood Center (7:30pm, $24) -- Help guitar Tommy Emmanuel, Burnsville Arts Center (8pm, $40) -- here's his Here Comes The Sun >> Outstanding acoustic guitar... I'm guessing he learned guitar by imitating bands on the radio. |
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Sept 10-11 | art fair Fall into the Arts Festival, Centennial Lakes Park, Edina (Fri 10am,-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm) | ||
September 11 | time
9-11 ten year anniversary biking Bike Tour, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul (7:15am, $38) opening Cowles Center for Dance (formerly Shubert Theater), 528 Hennepin Av S (11am-5pm, free) -- info film Kingdom of Survival, Parkway Theater (7pm, $8) -- here's the trailer memorial Standing Together, 9-11 Anniversary, State Capitol mall (2-4pm, free) -- here's a PSA |
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Sept 11, 15-17, 22-24, 29-Oct 1 |
play Zafira the Olive Oil Warrior, Avalon Theatre, 1500 E Lake St, Minneapolis ($18) | ||
Sept 13-17 | comedy Maria Bamford, Acme Comedy Co., 708 N 1st St, Mpls ($15+) -- here's Maria at the Laugh Factory | ||
Sept 13, 20, 27 | guitar Peter Lang, Turf Club, St. Paul (9pm, $8) | ||
September 14 | rock Foo Fighters, Xcel Center (7pm, $35) -- here's Pretender | ||
September 15 | rock Loverboy, Treasure Island, Prairie Island Mdewakanton (8pm, $25) -- here's Turn Me Loose | ||
Sept 15-17 | junk sale Junk Bonanza, Canterbury Park, Shakopee ($8) | ||
September 16 | fashion
Envision
Artopia fashion show, Graves 601 Hotel
5th Floor Ballroom (9pm, $25) metal rock Hairball, Myth, Maplewood (8pm, $20) rock Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac, Pantages Theatre (8pm, $44+) -- here's Trouble pop Michael Jackson Tribute, Cabooze (9:30pm, $15) |
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Sept 16-18 | pow-wow Mahkato wacipi, Dakota Wokisuye Makoce (Land of Memories Park), Mankato, MN | ||
Sept 16-19 | horse show 4H Horse Show, State Fairgrounds | ||
September 17 | folk
Gordon
Lightfoot, State
Theatre (8pm, $49+) -- here's Sundown
& Edmund Fitzgerald fair Lowry Avenue Harvest Festival, Lowry & Penn Av, Mpls (11am-5pm, free) -- info food, dance Meatloaf Supper & Street Dance, Prairie Home, Fitzgerald Theater (4:45pm, $32+) bird watch Tiffany Bottoms Train Ride, Tiffany Wildlife Area, Durand, WI -- here's Whistle Stops |
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Sept 17-18 | art fair Lakeville Art Festival, Lakeville Area Arts Center, Lakeville | ||
Sept 17-Oct 30 | fair
Sever's
Fall Festival and Corn Maze, Shakopee (11am-6pm) -- hotline
952-974-5000, coupon
>> Hay rides, straw bale maze, pumpkin sling, giant slide, petting zoo, & live music. |
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September 18 | biking
Bike
Tour, Parade Field near Sculpture Gardens, Minneapolis
(7:30am, $40) football Vikings v. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, H.H. Humphrey Metrodome (noon, $23+) |
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September 19 | rock
John Hiatt,
Guthrie
Theater (7:30pm, $40+) -- here's Have A Little Faith metal Weedeater, Triple Rock Social Club (8pm, $16) -- here's Bull |
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September 20 | physics Dark Side of the Universe, Memorial Hall, McNamara Alumni Center, U of M (7pm, free) | ||
September 21 | holiday International Day of Peace | ||
September 23 |
time
Fall begins |
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Sept 23-24 | comedy
Courtney McLean
Is not as
Obsessed With Sex as
one might think, Bryant-Lake
Bowl (10pm, $15) fair Festa Italiana, Harriet Island (Fri 3-9pm, Sat 9am-9pm; free) >> First annual Italian festival features food from 14 Italian restaurants, music on 2 stages, bocce ball tournament, Italian-American history, & Gondola Romantica (Mississippi gondola rides) |
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Sept 23-25 | fair FallFest, St. John's Catholic Church, 835 2nd Av NW, New Brighton | ||
September 24 | pop tribute
Beautiful
Noise - Neil Diamond tribute, Maplewood Community Center
(7:30pm, $20) drinking Beer Fest, 4th St S & Portland Av, Mpls (5-9pm, $40) Irish dance Feis, River Centre (9-4pm, free) -- jigs (light, slip, & treble), reel, hornpipe, & traditional -all levels comedy John Oliver, Pantages Theatre (7pm, $35) -- here's an Emmy interview |
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Sept 24-25 | art tour
Eden
Prairie Art Crawl, various locations fair Parish Festival, Cathedral of St. Paul, St. Paul art fair St. Croix Art Festival, Phipps Center, Hudson, WI |
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Sept 24-Nov 6 | play Burial at Thebes, Guthrie Theater ($24+) | ||
September 25 | foodish
Booya, B-Dale
Club, 2100 N Dale, Roseville -- what's a Booya? foodish Booya, Concordia Lutheran Church, 255 W Douglas St, South St. Paul (11am-1pm) foodish Booya, North St. Paul Firefighters, Casey Lake Park, North St. Paul (11am-2pm, $4) foodish Booya, St. Francis de Sales, Highland Park Pavillion, St. Paul (11:30am-3:30pm) foodish Booya, St. Gregory Catholic Church, North Branch, MN (11:30am-2pm) football Vikings v. Detroit Lions, H.H. Humphrey Metrodome (noon, $23+) |
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September 28 |
holiday Rosh Hashanah | ||
September 29 | pop Colbie Caillat, First Avenue (6pm, $25) -- here's Realize & Bubbly | ||
September 30 |
tennis
Agassi,
McEnroe, Courier, Chang; Target Center (7:30pm, $37+) comedy Bill Cosby, Mayo Civic Center, Rochester (8pm, $51) -- here's Dentists rock Peter Frampton, State Theatre (8pm, $48+) -- here's Do You Feel Like We Do |
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Sept 30-Oct 1 | play Thrive, Patrick's Cabaret (8pm, $20) |