Twin Cities Calendar - November 2015

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 Daylight Savings Ends (Fall back) Colin Hay Janet Jackson	2	3 Election Day	4 Joe Jackson	5	6 Spectre	7 Rick Springfield
8	9	10 Jackson Browne	11 Veterans' Day	12	13 Craig Ferguson Jennifer Nettles	14 Lifehouse
15	16	17	18 Mythbusters	19	20 Hunger Games - Mockingjay	21 Dead & Company Gopher Football
22 Vikings	23	24	25	26 Thanksgiving	27 Shopping Day Black Friday Hours (below)	28 Gopher Football So You Think You Can Dance Tree lighting
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Twin Cities Calendar for November 2015

Sunday, November 1

Daylight Savings Ends (fall back - one hour)

Colin Hay, Pantages Theatre (7:30pm, $35+)

Janet Jackson, Target Center (8pm, $30+)

November 2, 5, 10, 12, 15, 20, 23, 25: Timberwolves, Target Center

Tuesday, November 3

Election Day (voter info, polling places 1-866-687-8683)

November 4-7: Jim Gaffigan, State Theatre ($50+)

November 5, 7, 10, 21, 25, 27, 28: Wild, Xcel Center

Wednesday, November 4

Joe Jackson, Fitzgerald Theater (7:30pm, $40+)

Friday, November 6

Spectre - starring Daniel Craig as James Bond 007

Saturday, November 7

Rick Springfield, Mystic Lake (8pm, $31+, sold out)

Tuesday, November 10

Jackson Browne, State Theatre (7:30pm, $62+)

Wednesday, November 11

Veterans Day

November 12-15: Autumn Festival craft show, Canterbury Park, Shakopee ($9)

Friday, November 13

Craig Ferguson, Grand Casino - Mille Lacs, Onamia, MN (7:30pm, $40+)

Jennifer Nettles, Treasure Island Casino - Nov 13th

Jennifer Nettles, Treasure Island Casino (8pm)

Saturday, November 14

Lifehouse, Grand Casino Hinckley (7:30pm, $45+)

Sunday, November 15

St. Catherine Choral Society, O'Shaughnessy (3pm)

Wednesday, November 18

Mythbusters, State Theatre (7:30pm, $50+)

November 19-21: MCAD Art Sale, Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Friday, November 20

Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

November 20-21: Donnie & Marie, Mystic Lake (8pm, $79+)

Saturday, November 21

Dead and Company, Target Center - Nov 21st

Dead & Company, Target Center (8pm, $50+)

November 21 & 28: Gopher Football, TCF Stadium

Sunday, November 22

Vikings v. Green Bay Packers, TCF Stadium (3:25pm)

Thursday, November 26

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Friday, November 27
Shopping Day

Shopping Day

REI will be closed on Nov 26 & 27

Saturday, November 28
So You Think You Can Dance, State Theatre (8pm, $44+)

Thanksgiving Sales (2015)
Thanksgiving hours

Best Buy opens Thursday at 5pm (1 hour earlier than 2014)
K-Mart opens Thursday at 6am (2 hours earlier than 2014, same as 2013)
Macy's opens Thursday at 6pm (same as 2014, 2 hours earlier than 2013)
Target opens Thursday at 6pm (1 hour later than 2014)
Toys R Us opens Thursday at 5pm (same time as 2014 & 2013)
Walmart opens Thursday at 6pm (same time as 2014 & 2013)

Walmart Electronics (highlights)

RCA 7" Voyager II Android Ad-Free Tablet $28.88
70" Vizio HDTV $898
55" Hisense 4K UHDTV
50" HDTV $269
40" HDTV $149
Roku 32" Smart HDTV $125

Black Friday times
Half Price Books opens Friday at 9am
Menards opens Friday at 6am

The Twin Cities Mall Hours for Thanksgiving and Black Friday 2015

Eden Prairie Center 11-26 hours - 6pm-midnight
                                       11-27 midnight -9pm
Mall of America 11-26 hours - 6pm-midnight
   11-27 midnight-10pm
Maplewood Mall 11-26 hours - 6pm-1am
                                  11-27 6am-10pm

Ridgedale 11-26 hours 6pm-midnight
      11-27 6am-9pm (all stores)
Rosedale 11-26 hours 6pm-midnight (2014 info)
                    11-27 6am-9pm
Southdale 11-26 hours - 6pm-1am
                    11-27 6am-11pm

The Mall of America will not allow anyone under 16 unaccompanied by an adult after 4pm on Fridays and Saturdays.

What Not To Buy
Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales are not necessarily the best sales of the year. It's not the best for jewelry sales (April, July, or August are better). End of winter sales are better for coats and bedding. It's not the best time of year to buy toys; that would be at the last minute before and after Christmas, but by then the selection isn't as good. September is the best time to buy complete computer systems. Big name TVs have better prices in February generally, but third-tier manufacturers have better Black Friday prices. [Best times to buy other items can be found at DealNews & Lifehacker]

Each year the Twin Cities Calendar compares advertised Minneapolis - St. Paul Black Friday sales. We also report trends and list special hours at the malls.

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