Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 Emeli Sandé    Marriage Equity Law	2  Blackfish     Glamorama	3  Weird Al
4   Lt. Dan Band	5	6   ZZ Top	7	8	9   Planes      Yes	10 Billy Currington
11	12  Perseid meteors	13	14  Summer Slaughter	15	16	17
18	19  Ke$ha	20	21	22	23	24
25  Mpls Duathlon	26	27 Depeche Mode	28  Cat Videos       Diana Ross	29  football	30	31  Alabama

	July 31-Aug 4	fair                Washington County Fair, Lake Elmo
	August 1	soul               Emeli Sandé, Pantages Theatre (8pm, $30) -- here's Next To Me (36 million hits) civil rights   Marriage Equity law takes effect                        >> Twin Cities Weddings general information                        >> Como Park weddings, St. Paul                        >> Midnight Mass Marriage Madness, Patrick's Cabaret (July 31st 10:30pm, free) -- poster
	Aug 1-3	country         We Fest, Detroit Lakes ($124+) -- Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Eric Church
	Aug 1-11	plays             Fringe Festival, Minneapolis -- 176 shows at 16 venues & here's an Introduction
	Aug 1-18	acrobatics    Circus Juventas, 1270 Montreal Avenue‚ St. Paul ($17+)
	Aug 1, 9-15, 19-25, 31	baseball       Saints, Midway Stadium
	August 2	film                Blackfish - orca Tilikum inside Sea World, Lagoon Cinema, Uptown, Minneapolis -- trailer fashion         Glamorama, State Theatre (8pm, $75+) -- featuring Sheryl Crow & Cirque du Soleil
	Aug 2-4	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 2-8	film                Act of Killing, Lagoon Cinema, Uptown, Minneapolis ($10) -- here's the trailer                        >> documentary about a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes                        Q&A with filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer (in person, Aug 2 - after the 7pm & 10pm shows)
	Aug 2, 4, 8, 16, 18, 24, 31	basketball   Minnesota Lynx, Target Center
	August 3	comedy         Weird Al Yankovic, Mystic Lake Casino, Mdewakanton, Prior Lake (8pm) -- here's Amish Paradise
	Aug 3-4	art fair          Loring Park Art Festival, Loring Park, Minneapolis art fair          Powderhorn Art Fair, Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis
	Aug 3, 5, 7-9	dance            Katharine Hawthorne - Analog, Fringe Festival, Southern Theater ($12 + $4 button)
	August 4	singer            Hong Ngoc, Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior Lake (8pm, $27) -- her show benefit           LT. Dan Band Concert for Local Hero CPL. Mark Litynski, Pantages Theatre (7pm, $40+)
	Aug 5-11	fair                 Dakota County Fair, Farmington, MN
	August 6	walks            National Night Out, Minneapolis - St. Paul rock               ZZ Top, Myth, Maplewood (6:30pm, $55) -- here's Sharp Dressed Man
	Aug 8-10	fair                 Lakefront Days, Lakefront Park, Prior Lake -- Art in the Park (Aug 10 noon-6pm)
	August 9	football         Minnesota Valkyrie v.LA Temptation, Target Center (9pm, $18+) -- here's a 2011 game folk                 Peter Wolf Crier, Turf Club, St. Paul (8pm, $10) -- here's Down (pronounced Dah-hown) movie             Planes, an animated Disney Cars-like movie (Boats is in development) -- here's a trailer football         Vikings pre-season v. Texans, Metrodome (7pm) rock               Yes, Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior Lake (8pm, $45+) -- here's Roundabout
	Aug 9-11	fair                  Irish Fair, Harriet Island, St. Paul (free) music, camp  Summer Set, Somerset Amphitheater, Somerset, WI ($100+)
	August 10	country          Billy Currington, Cabooze, Minneapolis (7pm, $25) -- here's People Are Crazy  films, music    Square Lake Festival, 13359 Partridge Road N, north of Stillwater (2:30pm-midnight)
	Aug 10-11	fair                  Polish Festival, St. Anthony Main, Minneapolis
	Aug 10, 24, 31	basketball     Minnesota Mist (bikini basketball), Green Central Gym, 3416 4th Av S, Minneapolis (4pm)
	Aug 11-12	astronomy      Perseid meteors (constellation Perseus)
	August 14	film                  Oversimplification of Her Beauty, Take-Up Productions, Trylon microcinema (7pm, $8, trailer ) metal               Summer Slaughter, Cabooze (3:20-10pm, $29+) -- Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals As Leaders,                          Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, Aeon, Rings of Saturn...
	Aug 15-17	cajun music    Cajunfest, Northern Lights Casino (11am-10pm, free)
	August 16	movie               The Butler (the White House during 8 presidencies), starring Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey,                           Robin Williams as Ike, John Cusack as Nixon, Alan Rickman & Jane Fonda (the Reagans) - trailer movie               Kick-Ass 2, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, & Jim Carrey - trailer
	Aug 16-18	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
	August 17	fair                   Art and Jazz Festival, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, Burnsville (noon, free) bike ride         Night Owl Classic, Upper Landing Park, St. Paul (7pm, $30)
	Aug 17-Sep 29	fair                   Minnesota Renaissance Festival, Shakopee (weekends)
	August 19	electro-rap     Ke$ha, Myth, Maplewood (6:30pm, $55) -- here's C'Mon
	Aug 22-Sep 2	fair                   Minnesota State Fair, State Fairgrounds, St. Paul ($12) -- the best state fair in the state (new foods)                          >> Discount tickets ($9) July 7-Aug 21 at the State Fair, Cub Foods, & Coffman Union
	Aug 23-25	fair                   Woodbury Days, Ojibway Park, Woodbury (map)
	Aug 24-25	fair                   Henderson Hummingbird Hurrah, downtown Henderson, MN (map)  -- preview
	August 25	duathlon         Minneapolis Duathlon, West River Parkway, Minneapolis (7am)
	August 27	electro pop     Depeche Mode, Grandstand, MN State Fair (7:30pm, $60+) -- here's Enjoy The Silence astronomy       Neptune at Opposition, our farthest planet is closest to Earth & Sun illuminated (telescope)
	August 28	videos              Cat Video Festival, Grandstand, MN State Fair (7pm, $10) Motown           Diana Ross, Orpheum Theatre (8pm, $45+) -- here's Reflections
	August 29	football            Minnesota Gophers v. UNLV, TCF Bank Stadium (6pm) football            Vikings pre-season v. Titans, Metrodome (7pm)
	Aug 30-31	dance               Maria Gomez Dance Group, Patrick's Cabaret (8pm)
	August 31	country            Alabama, Grand Casino Hinckley Amphitheater, Hinckley MN (8pm, $39+) comedy            Lisa Lampanelli, Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior Lake (8pm)