| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 Brazilian free Lego Social Distortion |
3 Despicable Me 2 Island Block Lone Ranger  |
4
 Independence Day (see below)  |
5
Bad Company & Joan Jett Umphreys McGee |
6
J4 |
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| 7
J4
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8 Jimmy
Eat World Paint Party  |
9 Alice
In Chains Counting Crows sinkhole |
10 Bob
Dylan & Wilco Steve Kaul  |
11 free Slurpee Mystikal |
12 Hinder Kenny Chesney Pacific Rim  |
13 Art
at St Kate's Deep Blues Drum Corp Foam |
| 14 Bastille Day Food Fight   |
15 | 16 Dick Dale | 17 | 18 Beyoncé One Direction  |
19 Alexander
O’Neal Caitlin Rose Merle Haggard |
20
New
Kids Supertrucks |
| 21 Peter
Frampton Sarah Silverman Warped Tour |
22 One
Republic Steve Martin & Edie Brickell  |
23 Unhinged | 24
NSA
Vote |
25 |
26 Skyline
Music Valkyries Wolverine |
27 BJ
Thomas Brian Wilson Hmong Dance Lowertown Roots |
| 28 Alabama
Shakes |
29 | 30 | 31 Best
Coast Mass Marriage Madness |
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| July 1-3 | history Battle of Gettysburg (150 years ago) | |
| July 2 | Brazil music
Dibigode
with Choro
Borealis, Fine
Line Cafe (7:30pm, $12) kids free Lego crab, Lego Store, Mall of America (5pm) -- ages 6 to 14 only & while supplies last punk Social Distortion, Cabooze (6pm, $30) -- here's the Story Of My Life |
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| July 3 | movie
Despicable Me 2,
best trailer
of
2012 block party Island Block, Treasure Island Casino, Welch, MN (7:30pm, fireworks at dusk, free) movie Lone Ranger, with Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp |
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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) biking Freedom From Pants Ride VII, vacant lot behind 616 - 2nd Av SE, Minneapolis (6pm, free of pants) run Red, White & Boom! TC Half Marathon, St Anthony Main, Mpls (6:30am) civil rights Restore the Fourth, Hennepin County Government Plaza, Minneapolis (6pm) reopening Liberty Island (after damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2012), New York City |
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| July 4-7 | sci-fi con CONvergence - British Invasion, Doubletree, 7800 Normandale Blvd, Bloomington ($100, schedule) | |
| July 5 | astronomy
Aphelion (Earth is farthest from the
Sun, 10am CST) rock Bad Company & Joan Jett, Grand Casino Hinckley (8pm, $30+, fireworks after) -- here's Bad Company Hmong rock Destiny Band, Myth, Maplewood (8pm, $20) -- here's Nyiag Hlub Koj rock Umphreys McGee, Cabooze, Minneapolis (7pm, $25+) -- here's Much Obliged |
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| July 6 | rock Cheap Trick, Weesner Amphitheater, Minnesota Zoo (7:30pm, $67+) | |
| July 6-7 | fair
Hmong
International Sports Tournament - J4, Como
Park ($4) -- soccer, volleyball, flag football, kato, top spin, golf, 50,000+ people attend, 400 merchandise booths, 120 food booths |
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| July 6 & 13 | basketball Minnesota Mist (bikini basketball), Green Central Gym, 3416 4th Av S, Minneapolis (4pm) | |
| July 6-9, 18-21, 26-28, 30-31 |
baseball Saints, Midway Stadium | |
| July 7, 9, 24 | basketball Minnesota Lynx, Target Center | |
| July 8 | rock
Jimmy
Eat World, First
Avenue (7pm, $25)
-- here's The Middle messy teens Paint Party (ages 16 to 20), Epic Minneapolis (7pm, $15) -- wear non-important white |
|
| July 9 | rock
Alice
In Chains, Roy
Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul (7:30pm, $43) -- here's Rooster rock Counting Crows, Myth, Maplewood (6:30pm) -- here's Round Here traffic sinkhole in 2nd Av (between 6th & 7th), Target Center without water, Minneapolis |
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| July 9-10 | rock Dawes, First Avenue (7:30pm, $20) -- here's When My Time Comes | |
| July 10 | rock fair
Americanarana
Music Festival, Midway Stadium, St. Paul (4:30pm, $68+) >> Bob Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket, & Richard Thompson Electric Trio pre-industry Steve Kaul & The Brass Kings, Northrop Plaza, UofM (noon, free) -- here's Smokeys Night |
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| July 10-14 | fair Ramsey County Fair, Maplewood (free) | |
| July 11 | food
free Slurpee
(small), 7-Eleven (11am-7pm) hip-hop Mystikal, Cabooze (10pm, $20+) -- here's Shake It Fast samba, jazz Viva Brazil, Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis (7pm, free) |
|
| July 12 | rock
Hinder,
Jackpot
Junction, Morton MN ($10+) -- here's Lips of an Angel
country Kenny Chesney & Zac Brown Band, Target Field (5pm, $102+) -- here's There Goes My Life film Minnesota Delivery, Amsterdam Bar, 6th & Wabasha, St. Paul (7:30pm, $15) -- here's the trailer movie Pacific Rim, giant monsters v. giant robots -- here's the trailer |
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| July 12-13 | music fair Basilica Block Party, Basilica of St Mary, 88 N 17th St, Mpls ($40+) | |
| July 12-14 | fair Mazeppa Daze, Mazeppa, MN -- softball, volleyball, duck races, parade, & fireworks | |
| July 12-Aug 4 | musical Producers by Mel Brooks, Phipps Center, Hudson, WI ($24) | |
| July 13 | art fair
Art at St.
Kate's,
St. Catherine University, Randolph
& Cleveland Av, St. Paul (10am-5pm,
free) dance DJs Bassgasm 9, First Avenue (5pm, $20) blues Deep Blues Festival, Patrick's Cabaret, 3010 Minnehaha Av S, Mpls (1-10pm, $20) - 28 bands - 3 stages drums Drum Corps International, TCF Bank Stadium (1:30pm, $35+) clean fun Foam, Epic Minneapolis (10pm, $10) -- shoulder high on whom? truck racing Supertrucks, Metrodome (6:30pm, $33+) |
|
| July 13-14 |
air show
Air Expo, Flying
Cloud Airport, Eden Prairie (9-5pm, $15) rocks Agate Days, Moose Lake, MN fair Dragon Festival, Lake Phalen (free, 10am-5pm) water ski Greater Midwest Open, Trophy Lake Estates, New Germany, MN art fair Hopkins Arts Festival (free, 10am-5pm) |
|
| July 13-21 | fair Raspberry Festival, Hopkins | |
| July 14 | block party
Bastille Day
Block Party, Barbette,
Irving & Lagoon, Minneapolis (3pm, free) singer-songw. Bruno Mars, Xcel Center (7:30pm, $30+) -- here's the Lazy Song food fight Midwest Tomato Fest, 395 Portland Av S, Minneapolis (1pm-4pm, $40) >> Food and music, then tomato fight. latin, bachata Zacarías Ferreira, Epic Minneapolis (9pm, $50) -- here's Quédate Conmigo |
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| July 14-15 | rock Alice Cooper, State Theatre (7:30pm, $44+) | |
| July 14-20 | fair Minneapolis Aquatennial, Lake Calhoun ~ ~- pictures ~ ~ list of highlights below | |
| July 16 | surf guitar Dick Dale, Cabooze (8pm, $23+) -- here's the Ed Sullivan show | |
| July 17 | film Ride Lonesome (1959) & James Best (in person), Heights Theatre, Columbia Heights (7:30pm, $12) | |
| July 18 | pop
Beyoncé,
Xcel
Center (8pm, $47+) -- here's The Best Thing I Never Had
metal Godsmack, Myth, Maplewood (6:30pm, $42) -- here's I Stand Alone (20 million hits) talk James Best (actor), Heights Theatre, Columbia Heights (7:30pm, $16) metal Ken Mode, Surf Club, St. Paul (9pm, $12) -- here's Extending Common Courtesy folk Lily & Madeleine, Bryant Lake Bowl (8pm, $10) -- here's In The Middle pop One Direction, Target Center (7:30pm, $30+) -- here's Kiss You (144 million hits) |
|
| July 18-20 | rock
Moondance
Jam, Moodance
Saloon, Walker,
MN -- Mötley Crüe, Cheap Trick,
Bachman-Turner... fair Spirit of the Lakes Festival, Mound, MN |
|
| July 18-21 | rock
Rock
Fest, Cadott, WI >> July 18th - Three Days Grace, Seether July 19th - Korn, Offspring July 20th - Kiss, Megadeth, Stone Sour July 21st - Mötley Crüe, Whitesnake, Skillet |
|
| July 19 | r&b
Alexander O’Neal,
First
Avenue (8pm, $20) -- here's Criticize
folk, country Caitlin Rose, Turf Club, St. Paul (9pm, $14) -- here's Own Side country Merle Haggard, State Theatre (8pm, $54) -- here's Mama Tried |
|
| July 19-21 | car show
Car
Craft
Summer Nationals, State
Fairground (free) fair Highland Fest, Highland Park, St Paul -- art fair, business fair, home expo fair Middle Eastern Festival, St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 1250 Oakdale, West St. Paul (free) |
|
| July 20 | country
Martina McBride,
Jackpot
Junction, Morton MN($40+) -- here's Concrete Angel
pop New Kids on the Block, 98°, & Boyz II Men; Target Center (7:30, $30+) |
|
| July 20-21 | view
Highland
Park Water Tower open house, Snelling Av & Ford
Prkwy, St. Paul (9am-5pm, free) -- ad art fair Minnesota River Arts Fair, The Landing at Three Rivers Park, 2187 Highway 101 East, Shakopee |
|
| July 21 | rock
Peter
Frampton, State
Theatre (7:30pm, $54+) -- here's Do You
Feel Like I Do comedy Sarah Silverman, Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior Lake (7pm, $68) punk, metal Warped Tour, Canterbury Park, Shakopee (11am-9pm, $34, bus ride) |
|
| July 22 | pop rock
One Republic,
Myth,
Maplewood (6:30pm, $43)
-- here's All The
Right Moves & Secrets
bluegrass Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell, State Theatre (7:30pm, $44+) |
|
| July 23 | comedy Unhinged Variety Hour, Fearless Comedy Productions, Honey, 205 E Hennepin Av, Mpls (7:30pm, $8) | |
| July 23-28 |
fair Anoka County Fair, Anoka ($9) | |
| July 24 | privacy NSA Vote, U.S. House of Representatives (HR 2397) -- find your U.S. Representative (vote: 205-217) | |
| July 26 | football
Minnesota
Valkyrie v.
Chicago Bliss, Target
Center (9pm, $18+) -- here's a 2011 game
rock Skyline Music Festival, Target Field (4pm, $25+) -- Soul Asylum, Big Head Todd, Matthew Sweet movie Wolverine stars Hugh Jackman as the Marvel superhero from the X-Men -- here's the trailer |
|
| July 26-27 | fair Carifest, W. River Road (between Broadway & Plymouth), Mpls (free) | |
| July 26-28 | tribute
rock Legends in Concert,
Mystic
Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior Lake (8pm, $27) fair River City Days, City Square Park, Chaska fair Slice of Shoreview, Island Lake Park, Shoreview |
|
| July 27 | pop BJ Thomas, Pantages Theatre (8pm, $33) -- here's Hooked On A Feeling (with electric sitar) beach rock Brian Wilson, Weesner Amphitheater, Minnesota Zoo (7:30pm, $64+) Hmong dance Deep Roots Lush Leaves, Iny Dance Theater, UROC Gallery, 2001 Plymouth Av N, Mpls (11am, free) dating End of the World, Nerds at Heart, Devil's Advocate, 89 S 10th St, Mpls (4-7pm, $30) blues, Nordic Lowertown Roots Music Festival, Mears Park, St. Paul (2:30-10pm, free) >> Paul Dahlin Spelmanslag, Nordic Angst, High 48s, Randy Sabien's Violin Roots, C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band |
|
| July 27-28 | art fair
Owatonna
Festival of the Arts, Central Park, Owatonna, MN |
|
| July 28 | rock Alabama Shakes, Cabooze (7pm, $30, sold out) -- here's Hold On | |
| July 30-Aug 4 | play Les Misérables, Orpheum Theatre | |
| July 31 | surf rock
Best Coast,
First
Avenue (8pm, $15) -- here's Our Deal
civil rights Midnight Mass Marriage Madness, Patrick's Cabaret (10:30pm, free) -- poster |
|
| July 31-Aug 4 | fair Washington County Fair, Lake Elmo |
