| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 |
2 | 3 Bloomington
Fete Movie: Amazing Spider-man  |
4  Independence Day (see below)  |
5
Movie:
Part of Me |
6
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7
Idina
Menzel Santana 311  |
| 8 Kenny
Chesney & Tim McGraw Norway Day Warped Tour |
9 American
Idol Kevin Costner  |
10 | 11 Neil Diamond | 12 | 13 Movie: Ice Age 4 Owl City  |
14 Art at St Kate's Deep Blues Food Fight  |
| 15 Bastille Day Kid Rock |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 Movie: Dark Knight
Rises |
21
Agate
Stampede |
| 22 |
23 |
24 | 25
Merle
Haggard & Kris Kristofferson |
26 |
27
Foreigner |
28 |
| 29 |
30 | 31 | ||||
| July 1 | fair
Hmong
International Sports Tournament, Como
Park ($4) -- soccer, volleyball, flag football, kato, top spin, golf, 50,000+ people attend, 400 merchandise booths, 120 food booths band Star-Spangled Salute to America, Minnesota Orchestra, Ted Mann Concert Hall, UofM (2pm) |
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| July 2-4 | fair
Chanhassen's
4th of July Celebration, City Center Park & Lake Ann
Park |
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| July 3 | movie
Amazing Spider-man
-- Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, and Rhys Ifans -- here's the trailer fair Bloomington Summer Fete, Normandale Lake Bandshell, 84th St & Chalet Rd, Bloomington |
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| July 3-4 | fair Eagan Funfest, Central Park Community Center, Eagan | |
| July 3-10, 16-18, 27-31 |
baseball Saints, Midway Stadium | |
| July 4 | holiday
Independence Day (see fireworks
list below) run Red, White & Boom! TC Half Marathon, St Anthony Main, Mpls (6:30am) |
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| July 4, 5, 12,
19, 26 |
water ski Bayside Ski Team, Edgewater Park, Albert Lea, MN (free) | |
| July 5 | movie Part of Me -- Katy Perry documentary -- trailer | |
| July 5, 12, 14, 15, 19, 26 |
water ski River Rats, 1758 W River Rd. North (near Broadway), Minneapolis (free) -- samples | |
| July 6-7 | music fair Basilica Block Party, Basilica of St Mary, 88 N 17th St, Mpls ($40+) | |
| July 7 | show tunes
Idina
Menzel, Orpheum
Theatre (8pm, $44) -- here's Defying Gravity rock Santana, Grand Casino Hinckley Amphitheater (9pm, $35+) -- here's Black Magic Woman rock 311, The Brick, Minneapolis (8pm, $48) -- here's Love Song |
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| July 7-8 | history
Archaeology
Weekend, Sibley
House Historic Site, 1357 Sibley Memorial Hwy, Mendota
(1-4pm, $7) art fair Hopkins Arts Festival, Hopkins Art Center |
|
| July 7, 12 | basketball Lynx, Target Center -- here are Highlights of the 2011 Champions | |
| July 7-15 | fair Raspberry Festival, Hopkins | |
| July 8 | country
Kenny Chesney
& Tim
McGraw, Target
Field (4:30pm, $40+) fair Norway Day, Wabun Picnic Area D, Minnehaha Park, 4801 S Minnehaha Park Dr, Mpls (10-4pm, free) punk, metal Warped Tour, Canterbury Park, Shakopee (11am-9pm, $34, bus ride) -- here's the bands |
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| July 9 | TV idols
American
Idol Live, Target Center (7pm, $31) country Kevin Costner and Modern West, Guthrie Theater (7:30pm, $37) |
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| July 9, 13, 16, 26, 29 |
basketball Minnesota Lynx, Target Center | |
| July 11 | pop
Neil
Diamond, Xcel
Center (7pm, $55) parade White Bear Avenue, St. Paul (7pm, free) |
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| July 11-12 | rock Blood, Sweat, & Tears; Dakota Jazz Club (&pm & 9pm, $40+) -- You've Made Me So Very Happy | |
| July 11-15 | fair Ramsey County Fair, Maplewood (free) | |
| July 12, 14, 18 | flood help Trail Repair Work Days, Duluth | |
| July 12.19, 26 | music Music in Mears, Mears Park, downtown St. Paul (6-9pm, free) | |
| July 13 | movie
Ice Age 4 - Continental
Drift -- voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo,
Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, and Jennifer Lopez -- here's the trailer hip-hop Mally & Culture Cry Wolf, Northrop Mall, Uof M (7pm, free) electro Owl City, Varsity Theater (6:30pm, $20) -- here's Fireflies |
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| July 13-15, 17-21 |
soccer Schwan's USA Cup, National Sports Center, Blaine | |
| July 13-21 | fair Minneapolis Aquatennial, Lake Calhoun ~ ~- pictures ~ ~ list of highlights below | |
| July 13, 20, 26 | water ski
Little
Crow Water Ski Shows, Neer
Park, New London, MN (7:30pm, $5) >> In one trick, 3 water skiers ski around the boat (no sound) or 5 around the boat |
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| July 14 | art fair
Art at St. Kate's,
St. Catherine University, Randolph & Cleveland Av, St Paul
(10am-5pm, free) drums Drum Corps International, TCF Bank Stadium (1:30pm, $30+) blues Roots, Rock, & Deep Blues Music Festival, Patrick's Cabaret (noon-9pm, $10) food fight Midwest Tomato Fest, 395 Portland Av S, Minneapolis (noon-7pm, $40) >> Food and music for the first six hours, then tomato fight from 6-7pm. food fair Veg Fest for vegetarians, vegans, & omnivores, Coffman Union, UofM (10am-5pm, free) |
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| July 14-15 | fair Dragon Festival, Lake Phalen | |
| July 14-22 | fair Spirit of the Lakes Festival, Mound, MN | |
| July 15 | block party
Bastille
Day Block Party, Barbette,
Irving & Lagoon,
Minneapolis (3pm, free) rock Kid Rock, Mystic Lake, Shakopee Mdewakanton Community, Prior Lake (7pm) |
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| July 18-20 | electro music Global Dance Festival, The Brick, 111-5th St N, Minneapolis | |
| July 19-21 | rock Moondance Jam, Moodance Saloon, Walker, MN (maps) -- Kid Rock, John Fogerty, Heart, & Hinder | |
| July 19-22 | rock
Rock
Fest, Cadott, WI >> July 19th - Buckcherry July 20th - Five Finger Death Punch & Godsmack July 21st - Alice Cooper & Iron Maiden July 22nd - Firehouse, Poison & Def Leppard |
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| July 20 | movie Dark Knight Rises - Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, & Morgan Freeman -- trailer | |
| July 20-22 | car show
Car
Craft
Summer Nationals, State
Fairground fair Highland Fest, Highland Park, St Paul fair Middle Eastern Festival, St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 1250 Oakdale, West St. Paul (free) |
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| July 21 | rocks Agate Stampede, Elm Av, Moose Lake, MN (2-4pm) | |
| July 22 | food, music Legume Liberation (veggie), Gastro Non Grata & Pink Mink, Turf Club, University & Snelling (7pm, $13) | |
| July 24-29 |
fair Anoka County Fair, Anoka | |
| July 25 | country Merle Haggard & Kris Kristofferson, State Theatre (7:30pm, $59+) -- here's I'll Just Stay Here & Drink | |
| July 26 | Beatles 1964 Tribute band, Ted Mann Concert Hall, UofM West Bank (7:30pm) | |
| July 27 | rock
Foreigner,
Grand
Casino Mille Lacs (8pm, $30+) -- here's Waiting For A Girl Like You metal Steel Panther, The Brick, 111-5th St N, Mpls (9pm, $25, sold out) -- here's Community Property (censored) |
|
| July 27-28 | fair
Carifest,
W. River Road (between Broadway & Plymouth), Mpls (free) music, camping Soundtown, Somerset Amphitheater, Somerset, WI -- cancelled |
|
| July 27-29 | water
ski Midwest Regional Water
Ski Tournament, Edgewater
Park, Albert Lea, MN (free, map) fair River City Days, City Square Park, Chaska fair Slice of Shoreview, Island Lake Park, Shoreview |
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| July 27-Aug 12 | TV sports
Olympics
on NBC, 30th Olympiad, London
(NBC
stream, BBC1
& Eurosport
streaming from AtdheNet) >> Exclusive for Twin Cities Calendar: London 2012 Olympics NBC - TV Schedule (PDF) (+ event chart) |
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| July 28-29 |
art fair
Minnesota River Arts
Fair, The Landing at Three Rivers Park, 2187 Highway 101
East, Shakopee art fair Owatonna Festival of the Arts, Central Park, Owatonna, MN art fair Red Hot Art, Stevens Square Park, 1905 3rd Av S, Minneapolis |
