Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1  Jennifer Lopez & Enrique Iglesias	2   Il Divo	3  Glamorama     Jeff Dunham     Movie: Bourne Legacy	4   Boston      Sharon Van Etten
5  Red Stag Block	6  Crosby, Stills, & Nash	7	8   Irish Ceili	9	10  Coldplay	11  Perseid meteors       Coldplay       India Fest       Polica
12  Il Volo	13	14  Election Primary	15	16	17  Dakota War of 1862 began	18
19	20	21  Bob Dylan       VP Joe Biden	22	23  Bonnie Raitt       Mitt Romney	24   Alan Jackson	25
26  Mpls Duathlon       WWE	27  Happy Together	28	29  Kiss & Mötley Crüe	30   Rascal Flatts	31  Cat Film Fest

	August 1	latin pop     Jennifer Lopez and Enrique Iglesias, Target Center (7:30pm, $30+) -- here's Waiting For Tonight
	Aug 1-5	fair                Washington County Fair, Lake Elmo
	Aug 1-2, 10-15, 20-22, 24-27	baseball       Saints, Midway Stadium
	August 2	popera          Il Divo, Target Center (8pm, $57+) -- here's Regresa A Mi
	Aug 2-4	country         We Fest, Detroit Lakes ($109+) -- Jason Aldean, Alabama, Toby Keith
	Aug 2-12	plays             Fringe Festival, Minneapolis -- here's an Introduction
	Aug 2-5, 8-12, 15-19	acrobatics    Circus Juventas, 1270 Montreal Avenue‚ St. Paul ($14+)
	Aug 2, 9, 16, 23, 30	music             Music in Mears, Mears Park, downtown St. Paul (6-9pm, free)
	Aug 2, 7, 9, 16, 23, 30	water ski      River Rats, 1758 W River Rd. North (near Broadway), Minneapolis (7pm, free) -- samples
	Aug 3	movie            Bourne Legacy (Bourne 4) -- Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, & Edward Norton -- here's the trailer fashion         Glamorama, Orpheum Theatre (8pm, $60) puppets        Jeff Dunham, Mystic Lake, Shakopee Mdewakanton Community, Prior Lake (8pm)
	Aug 3-5	fair                Canadian Days, Little Canada water ski      Midwest Regional Water Ski Tournament, Trophy Lake Estates III Ski Club, Center City, MN art fair          Uptown Art Fair, Hennepin & Lake, Minneapolis
	Aug 3, 4,   17, 24, 31	water ski      Little Crow Water Ski Shows, Neer Park, New London, MN (7pm, $5)                        >> In one trick, 3 water skiers ski  around the boat (no sound) or 5 around the boat
	August 4	rock               Boston, Jackpot Junction (8pm, $25+) -- here's More Than A Feeling fair                 Seward Co-op 40th Anniversary, East River Flats park, Mpls (noon-8pm) folk rock       Sharon Van Etten, First Avenue (6:3-pm, $17+) -- here's For You
	Aug 4-5	art fair          Loring Park Art Festival, Loring Park, Minneapolis art fair          Powderhorn Art Fair, Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis
	August 5	block party  Red Stag Block Party, Red Stag Supper Club, 509 First Av NE, Minneapolis (3-10pm)
	August 6	rock               Crosby, Stills, & Nash; Orpheum Theatre (7:30pm, $65+) -- here's Judy Blue Eyes
	Aug 6-12	fair                 Dakota County Fair, Farmington, MN
	August 7	rock              Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler & Cracker, Weesner Family Amphitheater, MN Zoo (7pm) walks            National Night Out, Minneapolis - St. Paul
	Aug 7-12	play               Chicago, Ordway
	August 8	dance             Irish Ceili, Rauenhorst Ballroom, St. Catherine University (7pm, $10)                         >> Irish Ceili is the intro to Chautauqua (Aug 8-15)
	August 9	film                 A Night At The Opera (Marx Bros.), Heights, 3951 Central, Columbia Heights (7:30pm, $8)
	Aug 9, 16, 23, 30	water ski       Bayside Ski Team, Edgewater Park, Albert Lea, MN (free)
	Aug 10-11	rock               Coldplay, Xcel Center (7pm) -- here's Paradise
	Aug 10-12	fair                  Irish Fair, Harriet Island, St. Paul (free)
	August 11	fair                  India Fest, Capitol Mall, St. Paul (noon-6pm) history            Mall of America - 20th Birthday, Bloomington film                  Mentoring Peace Through Art, Trylon Micro, 3258 Minnehaha Av, Mpls (1pm & 2pm) -- videos indie rock      Polica, Cabooze (5:30pm, $25) -- here's Wandering Star films, music    Square Lake Festival, 13359 Partridge Road N, north of Stillwater (2:30pm-midnight)
	Aug 11-12	fair                  Polish Festival, St. Anthony Main, Minneapolis
	August 12	classical pop  Il Volo, Orpheum Theatre (7:30pm, $40) -- here's Sole Mio
	August 14	politics           Election Primary, state-wide
	August 16	dance              Shakopee Mdewakanton Wacipi Exhibition, Mall of America
	Aug 16-18	cajun music    Cajunfest, Northern Lights Casino (11am-10pm, free)
	August 17	memorial        150 years since the Dakota War began in 1862 (Mankato, MN History, petition)
	Aug 17-19	TV live             Price Is Right Live, Jackpot Junction, Morton, MN (registration 5pm, show 8pm, $32) powwow          Shakopee Mdewakanton Wacipi, 3212 Dakotah Parkway, Prior Lake ($5)                           >> Host drums: Mazakute, Nebraska & Wahpekute, South Dakota                           Grand entries: Fri 7pm, Sat 1pm & 7pm, & Sun 1pm
	Aug 17, 19, 28, 31	basketball      Lynx, Target Center -- here are Highlights of the 2011 Champions
	August 18	fair                   Art and Jazz Festival, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, Burnsville (noon, free) blues                Hugh Laurie and the Copper Bottom Band, Pantages Theatre (8pm, $43+) -- Know My Mind bike ride         Night Owl Classic, Upper Landing Park, St. Paul (7pm, $30) old timey         Pert' Near Sandstone, Cabooze Outdoor Plaza (4pm, $25) -- here's Wild Bill Jones music fair        West Bank Music Festival, Cedar Av, Mpls (3pm-on, $5) -- 30 bands & 10 stages
	Aug 18-19	fair                   Henderson Hummingbird Hurrah, downtown Henderson, MN (map)  -- preview
	Aug 18, 19, 26	film                   Star Dreamers - The Indian System, Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Av S, Mpls (free)
	Aug 18-Sep 30	fair                   Minnesota Renaissance Festival, Shakopee (weekends)
	August 19	culture            Japanese Lantern Lighting, McNeely Conservatory, Como Park (3-9pm, $5) -- preview
	Aug 20-23	conference      Dakota Iyuha Owanjina "Together As One," Dakota Nationwide Conference                           >> Aug 20 noon-8pm - American Indian Center, 1530 E Franklin Av,  Minneapolis                           Aug 21  7:30am-10pm - Ft. Snelling-Pike Island, MN Capitol, Mill City Museum                           Aug 22  7:30am-8pm - Ft. Snelling Visitor's Cener                           Aug 23  7:30am - Minnesota Historical Society
	Aug 21	folk rock         Bob Dylan, Taylor Arena, Mayo Civic Center, Rochester, MN (7:30pm, $50+) -- here's Knockin'                           >> Bob Dylan is also in Fargo on Aug 19 & Des Moines on Aug 22 politics            VP Joe Biden, The Depot, 300 Washington Av S, Mpls (12:30pm, free - call 612-244-7872 ) politics            VP Joe Biden, Olmsted County Fairgrounds, Rochester (4:30pm, free - call 507-848-3221)
	Aug 21-22	soul                  Spinners, Dakota Jazz Club (7pm & 9pm, $45+)
	Aug 23	blues                Bonnie Raitt & Mavis Staples, Grandstand, Minnesota State Fair  (7:30pm, $35+) politics            Mitt Romney, Minnetonka Beach & Shorewood, MN (reception $2,500+, dinner $50,000)
	Aug 23-Sep 3	fair                   Minnesota State Fair, State Fairgrounds, St. Paul -- the best state fair in the state ($12)                          >> Discount tickets ($9) July 8-Aug 22 at the State Fair, Cub Foods, & Coffman Union
	August 24	country            Alan Jackson, Grandstand, Minnesota State Fair (7:30pm, $40) astronomy       Neptune at Opposition, our farthest planet is closest to Earth & Sun illuminated (telescope)
	Aug 24-26	music, camping  Summer Set, Somerset Amphitheater, Somerset, WI ($86+) fair                   Woodbury Days, Ojibway Park, Woodbury (map)
	Aug 24-Sep 30	play                  Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, Jungle Theater ($20+)
	August 26	duathlon         Minneapolis Duathlon, West River Parkway, Minneapolis (7am) wrestling         WWE Smackdown, Taylor Arena, Mayo Civic Center, Rochester, MN (7pm, $16+)
	August 27	rock, pop         Happy Together - Turtles, Micky Dolenz,  Grass Roots, & Buckinghams, MN Fair (8pm, $18)
	August 29	metal                Kiss and Mötley Crüe, Grandstand, MN State Fair (7pm, $51+)                            >> Here's Kiss with Made for Lovin' You and Mötley Crüe with Same Ol' Situation
	August 30	cat films            Cat Video Film Festival, Walker Art Open Field (4-10pm; videos 8:30-9:30pm; free) -- YouTube country             Rascal Flatts with Little Big Town, Eli Young Band, & Edens Edge; MN State Fair (7pm, $43+)
	Aug 31-Sep 3	sheep herding  WWSDA Sheepdog Trials, Badlands Rec Area Sno, 772 Kinney Rd, Hudson, WI (8am, map)