Twin Cities Calendar for May 2016

Sunday, May 1

MayDay parade & festival, Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis (parade at noon)

Powwow & Craft Fair, Grand Casino - Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia, MN (10am-7pm, free)

St. Catherine Choral Society Spring Concert, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 515 S. Albert Street, St. Paul (3pm, $10)

The Who, Target Center (7:30pm, $40+)


Tuesday, May 3

Wording Out, Northrop (6:30pm, free)


Wednesday, May 4

May 4-5: Paul McCartney, Target Center (8pm, $47+)


Thursday, May 5

Ellie Goulding, Xcel Center (7pm, $35+)

May 5-8: Festival of Nations, RiverCentre, St. Paul ($14)


Friday, May 6

Captain America: Civil War movie

Santana tribute, Fitzgerald Theater (7:30pm, $28+)


Tony Bennett, State Theatre (8pm, $74+)


May 6-8: Animinneapolis, Hyatt Regency, 1300 Nicollet, Minneapolis  ($40+)

May 6-8: Wizard World, Minneapolis Convention Center ($40+)
               Gotham: Robin Lord Taylor (Oswald Cobblepot), Cory Michael Smith (Edward Nygma), & James Frain (Theo Galavan)
               Grimm: David Giuntoli (Nick Burkhardt) & Bitsie Tulloch (Eve)
               plus Billy Boyd (Lord of the Rings),  James Marsters (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Smallville), & more


Saturday, May 7
 
Cinco de Mayo, Cesar Chavez Street (between Robert St & Hwy 52), St. Paul (9am-6pm)

Easy Star All-Stars, Dakota Jazz Club (7pm, $35+)

Free Comic Book Day,  Big Brain & Comic Book College in Minneapolis, The Source in Roseville,
               Midway Books in St. Paul, and other locations for a bag of free comic books.

Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY


Sunday, May 8

Mother's  Day

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Southdale Mall (6am registration, 9:15am 5K walk, $40)


Monday, May 9

Transit of Mercury (astronomy) - don't look at the sun but a dot is crossing it


Tuesday, May 10

May 10-29: Book of Mormon, Orpheum Theatre ($49+)


Wednesday, May 11
Statehood Day


Thursday, May 12

Harry Connick, Jr., State Theatre (7:30pm, $79+)

Melissa Manchester, Dakota Jazz Club (7pm & 9pm, $30+)

Uncensored Voice: Suffering, Protest, and Lament in the Hebrew Bible; Rauenhorst Ballroom, St. Catherine University (7pm, free)
- assistant professor Hanne Loeland Levinson, University of Minnesota - Classical and Near Eastern Studies



May 12-14: Fishing Opener, Big Sandy Lake, McGregor, MN
                   The Governor's Fishing Opener has been a state tradition since 1951 or 1958.
                   Gov. Mark Dayton was unsuccessful in 2011, 2012, & 2014 but caught a walleye in 2013 and caught 9 in 2015.
                   Gov. Tim Pawlenty caught 2 saugers & 2 walleyes in 2010 after several unsuccessful years.
                   Gov. Jesse Ventura caught 2 northern pike in 1999.
                   Gov. Arne Carlson did not catch a fish in eight fishing openers.


Saturday, May 14

English Beat, Dakota Jazz Club (7:30pm, $40+)

Katwalk fashion, O'Shaughnessy (7:30pm, $15)

Kenny Rogers, Treasure Island Casino, Prairie Island Mdewakanton, Welch MN (8pm, $48+, sold out)

Pan Asian Arts performances, Mall of America rotunda (noon-8pm)


May 14-15: Comicon, State Fairgrounds Grandstand (Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 10am-5pm, $14)

May 14 & 27:  Lynx basketball, Target Center


Sunday, May 15

last hard freeze (on average)

Best of Wurst, Sociable Cider Werks, 1500 Fillmore St NE, Minneapolis (2-6pm, $35)


Tuesday, May 17

Toxicology, Café Scientifique, Bryant-Lake Bowl, Minneapolis (7pm, $5+)

May 17-19:  Solar Expo conference, DoubleTree by Hilton, 411 Minnesota St, St Paul ($350)


Thursday, May 19


Saints baseball opener, CHS Field, St. Paul (7:05pm, $6+)

May 19-22, 26-29: Saints baseball, CHS Field, St. Paul (pdf)


Friday, May 20

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Surly Brewing Festival Field, 520 Malcolm Avenue SE, Minneapolis (5pm, $35, sold out)

Evolution of Opera, Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall (8pm, $29)


Saturday, May 21

full moon

Beatles tribute - Fab Four, Jackpot Junction, Morton, MN (8pm, $20+)

Beer Fest, West End, St. Louis Park (5–9pm)

Gregg Allman, Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior Lake MN (8pm, $59+)

Heart & Joan Jett, Grand Casino - Hinckley (7pm, $35+)

Honeydogs, Mill City Nights (8pm, $15)


Monday, May 23

Beatles - In My Life (story, tribute), Cowles Center (7:30pm, $39+)


Beyoncé, TCF Stadium (7:30pm)

Vikings Skol Line drum auditions, Mall of America rotunda (6-8pm)


Friday, May 27

Tracy Morgan, Mystic Lake Casino (8pm, $39+)


X-Men: Apocalypse movie


Saturday, May 28

Aretha Franklin, Treasure Island Casino, Prairie Island Mdewakanton, Welch MN (8pm, $62+)


Sunday, May 29

Soundset music festival, Minnesota Fairgrounds (11am-9:30pm, $68+)