| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 |
2
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3
Island
Block |
4  Independence Day (see below)  |
5
J4 Salute to America  |
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| 6
J4 |
7 |
8 Sarah
McLachlan |
9 | 10 |
11 Bret
Michaels free Slurpee  |
12 Art
at St Kate's Raspberry Jam 
|
| 13 Bastille
Day |
14 | 15 All-Star
Game |
16 | 17 Foreigner
& Styx Voice Tour  |
18 Jackson
Browne |
19
Deep Blues Fest |
20
Warped
Tour |
21 |
22 | 23
3
Days Grace |
24 Gin
Blossoms |
25 Counting
Crows |
26
Lowertown
Roots |
| 27 |
28 | 29 | 30 |
31 | ||
| July 1-2,
8-13, 18-24, 31 |
baseball Saints, Midway Stadium | |
| July 2 | movie Tammy (comedy) stars Melissa McCarthy & Susan Sarandon -- trailer (maybe a sleeper hit) | |
| July 3 | astronomy
Aphelion (Earth is farthest from the
Sun,7pm CST) block party Island Block, Treasure Island Casino, Welch, MN (7:30pm, fireworks at dusk, free) |
|
| July 3-4 | fair Eagan Funfest, Central Park Community Center, Eagan | |
| July 3-6 | sci-fi con
CONvergence -
British Invasion, Doubletree, 7800 Normandale Blvd, Bloomington ($120, schedule) fair Taste of Minnesota, Harriet Island, St. Paul Carver County Fairgrounds, Waconia, MN (map) |
|
| July 3,
8, 13, 16, 22, 25, 31 |
basketball Lynx, Target Center | |
| July 4 | holiday
Independence Day (see fireworks
list below) run Red, White & Boom! TC Half Marathon, St Anthony Main, Mpls (6:30am) |
|
| July 5 | clean fun
Foam
Party, Epic Minneapolis (10pm, $10)
-- shoulder high on
whom? classical Salute to America, Orchestra Hall (8pm, $20+) |
|
| July 5-6 | 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 |
|
| July 8 | songwriter Sarah McLachlan, State Theatre (8pm, $50+) -- here's I Will Remember You | |
| July 9-13 | fair Ramsey County Fair, Maplewood (free) | |
| July 11 | metal
Bret
Michaels, Warrant, & FireHouse, Jackpot Junction,
Morton, MN (6pm) movie Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (sci-fi) stars Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, & Keri Russell - trailer food free Slurpee (small), 7-Eleven (11am-7pm) |
|
| July 11-12 | music fair Basilica Block Party, Basilica of St Mary, 88 N 17th St, Mpls ($60+) | |
| July 12 | art fair
Art at St.
Kate's,
St. Catherine University, Randolph
& Cleveland Av, St. Paul (10am-5pm,
free) fair International Festival, Nicollet Commons Park, Burnsville (3-9pm) fair Raspberry Jam, Hopkins Arts Center (4-10pm) |
|
| July 12-13 | fair Dragon Festival, Lake Phalen (free, 10am-5pm) | |
| July 12-15 | fair Mazeppa Daze, Mazeppa, MN -- softball, volleyball, duck races, parade, & fireworks | |
| July 13 | block party
Bastille
Day, Barbette, 1600 W Lake St (& Irving), Uptown,
Minneapolis (3-10pm, free) |
|
| July 15 | baseball All-Star Game, Target Field (3:30pm, sold out) | |
| July 16-19 | rock
Moondance
Jam, Moodance
Saloon, Walker,
MN ($120+) July 17th - Sick Puppies, Sublime, Alter Bridge, Collective Soul, Seether July 18th - Autograph, Skillet, Don Felder, Foreigner, Styx July 19th - Slaughter, Badfinger, Wallflowers, George Thorogood, REO Speedwagon |
|
| July 17 | rock
Foreigner
& Styx with Don Felder, Target Center (7pm, $25+) --
here's What Love Is
& Sail Away TV music The Voice Tour, Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior Lake (8pm, $68+) |
|
| July 17-19 | fair Spirit of the Lakes Festival, Mound, MN | |
| July 17-20 | rock
Rock
Fest, Cadott,
WI (20 miles NE of Eau Claire, WI) ($83+) July 17th - Winger, Steel Panther, REO Speedwagon, Sammy Hagar July 18th - Sick Puppies, Alter Bridge, Five Finger Death Punch July 19th - Pretty Reckless, Live, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith July 20th - Redlight King, POD, Stone Sour, Rob Zombie |
|
| July 18 | rock
Jackson Browne,
State
Theatre (8pm, $58+) |
|
| July 18-20 | 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 18-26 | fair Minneapolis Aquatennial, Lake Calhoun ~ ~- pictures ~ ~ list of highlights below | |
| July 19 | blues
Deep
Blues Festival, Patrick's
Cabaret, 3010 Minnehaha Av S,
Mpls (1-10pm, $20) - 30 bands, 5 stages country Hank Williams Jr, Grand Casino Hinckley (8pm, $33+) |
|
| July 19-20 | air show
Air Expo, Flying
Cloud Airport, Eden Prairie (9-5pm, $15) rocks Agate Days, Moose Lake, MN (free) 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 20 | punk, metal Warped Tour, Canterbury Park, Shakopee (11am-9pm, $34, bus ride) | |
| July 22-27 |
fair Anoka County Fair, Anoka ($9) | |
| July 23 | rock Three Days Grace, Myth, Maplewood (6:30pm, $25) -- here's Never Too Late | |
| July 24 | rock Gin Blossoms with Spin Doctors, Grand Casino Mille Lacs, Onamia (7:30pm, $39+) -- Hey Jealousy | |
| July 25 | rock
Counting Crows,
Myth,
Maplewood (6pm, $45+) movie Hercules (adventure) stars Dwayne Johnson -- trailer movie Lucy (thriller) stars Scarlett Johansson & Morgan Freeman -- trailer rock ZZ Top, Jackpot Junction, Morton, MN (7pm, $25+) |
|
| July 25-26 | fair Carifest, W. River Road (between Broadway & Plymouth), Mpls (free) | |
| July 25-27 | fair
River
City Days, City Square Park, Chaska fair Slice of Shoreview, Island Lake Park, Shoreview |
|
| July 26 | block party
10
Thousand Sounds, 8th & Hennepin crossing
(4-10pm, $20+) |
|
| July
26-27 |
art fair Owatonna Festival of the Arts, Central Park, Owatonna, MN | |
| July 27 | 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 30 | drums
Knight
of Music and Motion, Harding High School, St. Paul (6pm) |
|
| July 30-Aug 3 | fair Washington County Fair, Lake Elmo | |
| July 31-Aug 10 | plays Fringe Festival, Minneapolis -- 169 shows at 12 venues & here's an Introduction |
