Friday,
July 1BFG Legend
of TarzanJuly 1-4:
Freedom
Days, Apple Valley
Saturday,
July 2
July
2-3:
J4 - Hmong Sports
Tournament (soccer, volleyball, flag football), McMurray
Fields, Como Park, St. Paul ($5)
July 2-4:
Funfest,
Eagan
Sunday,
July 3Island
Block Party (fireworks too), Treasure Island Casino (5-11pm,
free, no coolers)
July 3, 12, 17, 22, 29, 31:
Lynx
basketball, Target Center
Monday,
July 4Independence Day 
Freedom
Festival, Apple Valley
Independence
Day - Fourth of July (2016) - Fireworks
Displays
Apple Valley
- Freedom Days,
Johnny Cake Ridge Park - fireworks start at 10pm
Chanhassen
- Lake Ann Park -
fireworks start at 10pm
Coon
Rapids
- Coon Rapids Ice Center, 11000 Crooked Lake Blvd - fireworks start at
10pm
Eagan -
Eagan Community Center, Central Park - fireworks start at 10pm
Eden
Prairie
- Round Lake Park - fireworks start at 10pm
Excelsior
- Lake
Minnetonka - Common Park - fireworks at dusk
Forest
Lake - Lakeside Park - fireworks start at 10pm (Am.
Legion)
Lakeville
- Lakeville North High School - fireworks start at dusk (set to music)
Maplewood
- Hazelwood Park - Light It Up (4pm) - fireworks 10pm (no coolers)
Minneapolis
- Stone Arch Bridge - fireworks start at 10pm (usually 20 minutes)
view from the Stone Arch Bridge, Gold Medal Park, Mpls rooftops, or
Lake Calhoun
Prior
Lake - Watzel's Beach
in Lakefront Park - fireworks after 10pm (see Shakopee)
Richfield
- Veteran's Park: 64th St & Portland or 66th St &
Chicago - fireworks start
at 10pm
Roseville
- Central Park over Bennett Lake - fireworks start at 10pm
St.
Cloud
- Mississippi River between Hester and Wilson Parks at 10pm - 2013 video
St. Louis Park
- Aquila Park - fireworks
start
at 10pm
St.
Paul Saints - CHS field after the Saints baseball
game, 360
N Broadway St, St Paul, MN 55101 (about 10pm)The
2015 press release says, "enjoy
the free fireworks display
from nearby Indian
Mounds Regional Park or Lower
Landing Park." Between
the CHS side
of Mounds Park
and the Lower Landing roadside rest, there are about 20 parking spots.In
2015 St.
Paul suggested riding bikes
to the parks. If you do, please wear every light and reflector you own
for the ride home.
Shakopee - Shakopee
Mdewakanton
Wacipi, Prior
Lake (music 5-10pm, fireworks 10pm)
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Wacipi Grounds, 3212 Dakotah
Parkway, are south of
County Road 42 between County
Road 83 (Canterbury
Road) and County Road
17 (Marschall Road). (No coolers.)
White Bear Lake
- Memorial Beach - fireworks start
at 10pm (rain date July 5th)
Woodbury - Bielenberg
Sports Center, 4125 Radio Drive (music 7-10pm,
fireworks 10pm)also Valleyfair,
Shakopee - fireworks start at 9:50pm (& each July
night)Here
were our
lists for 2015,
2014,
2013, 2012,
2011,
2010,
and 2009.
July
4-6, 12-17, 22-27:
Saints
baseball, CHS Field, St. Paul
Tuesday,
July 5
July 5-6:
Adele,
Xcel Center (7:30pm, $40+)
July 5-Aug 7:
Disney’s
The Lion King, Orpheum Theatre ($49+)
Friday,
July 8Hunter
Hayes, Grand Casino - Hinckley (7:30pm, $25+)
Secret Life of
Pets
July
8-9:
Basilica
Block Party, Basilica of St. Marys (5-10:30pm)
July
8-10:
Wacipi
Celebration (pronounced
Wa
chee pee), Treasure Island Casino Pow Wow grounds (free)
Saturday,
July 9Alabama,
Grand Casino - Hinckley (7:30pm, $40+)
July
9-10:
Dragon
Festival, Lake Phalen (free, 10am-5pm)
Sunday,
July 10
Billy
Idol, First Avenue (7pm, $70, sold out)
Wednesday,
July 13Peter
Frampton, State Theatre (7:30pm, $54+)
July
13-17:
Ramsey
County Fair, 2020 White Bear Av, Maplewood (free)
Thursday,
July 14Hank Williams
Jr., Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior Lake MN
(8pm, $39+)
Philandro
Castile funeral and reception
• 9am: horse-drawn hearse procession
from Brooks
Funeral Home (862 Concordia Av, St. Paul) to the St. Paul Cathedral
(239 Selby Av, St. Paul)
•
10am-noon: funeral at St. Paul Cathedral (239 Selby Av, St.
Paul)
• 4-6pm:
reception at J.J. Hill Montessori Magnet School (998 Selby Av, St. Paul)
July
14-16:
Rock Fest,
Cadott, WI (20 miles NE of Eau Claire, WI) ($86+) -
bandsFriday,
July 15
GhostbustersJuly
15-16:
Spirit of
the Lakes Festival, Mound, MN
July 15-17:
Middle Eastern Festival,
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 1250 Oakdale, West St. Paul
(free)
Saturday,
July 16Deep Blues Fest,
3010-3036 Minnehaha Av, Minneapolis ($20+)
Rondo Av
Festival, Dale & Concordia, St. Paul
(10am-6pm, free)
July 16-17:
Air Expo, Flying
Cloud Airport, Eden Prairie (9-4pm, $15)
Tuesday,
July 19
full
moon
Wednesday,
July 20
Aquatennial
Torchlight Parade, Hennepin Av (Basilica of St. Mary to 5th
St) 8:30pm
July
20-23:
Aquatennial,
Minneapolis
Thursday,
July 21July
21-23:
Moondance
Jam,
Moodance
Saloon, Walker, MN ($120+)
July 21 - Firehouse, Kix, Chevelle, Bush
July 22 - Foghat, Little River Band, Loverboy, Rick Springfield, Chicago
July 23 - Thundherstruck, Blues Traveler, Queensrÿche,
Sixx:am, Boston
Friday,
July 22Air
Supply, Grand Casino - Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia, MN
(7pm, $40+)
Boston,
Treasure Island Casino, Prairie Island Mdewakanton, Welch MN (8pm,
$59+, sold out)
Lyle
Lovett, State Theatre (8pm, $54+)
Ice
Age: Collision Course
Star Trek BeyondJuly
22-24:
Slice
of Shoreview, Island Lake Park, Shoreview
Saturday,
July 23Clothing
& Seed Swap, Mount Olive Church, 3045 Chicago Av S,
Minneapolis (2-4pm)
Diana
Ross, Treasure Island Casino, Prairie Island Mdewakanton,
Welch MN (8pm, $56+)
Dr. Dog,
Surly Brewing Festival Field, 520 Malcolm Avenue SE, Minneapolis (5pm,
$30)
Duran
Duran, Xcel Center (7pm, $30+)
Sunday,
July 24Culture Club,
Myth, Maplewood (7pm, $60)
Drake,
Xcel Center (7pm, $50+)
Vans Warped
Tour, Canterbury Park, 1100 Canterbury Road, Shakopee (11am,
$38)
Tuesday,
July 26
Malala
Yousafzai, Target Center (7:30pm, $33+)
July
26-31:
Anoka
County Fair, Anoka
Thursday,
July 28Pollinator
Party - A Celebration of Bees, Lyndale Park
Gardens, 1300 W 42nd St, Minneapolis (5-8pm, free)
Friday,
July 293
Doors Down & Three Days Grace, Grand Casino -
Hinckley (7pm, $40+)
Jason BourneTwenty
One Pilots, Xcel Center (7pm, $25+)
Saturday,
July 30Goo Goo Dolls,
Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior Lake MN (7:30pm, $29+)
Owámni
Falling Water Festival, Father Hennepin Bluff Park, 420 Main
St SE, Minneapolis (1-5pm, free)
July
30-31:
Loring
Park Art Festival, Loring Park, Minneapolis (free)
July
30-31:
Stevens
Square Art Festival,
Stevens
Square Park, 1801 Stevens Av, Mpls (Sat 11am-7pm, Sun
11am-5pm)
Sunday,
July 315
Seconds of Summer, Xcel Center (7:30pm, $30+)
Yanni,
Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior Lake MN (8pm, $46+)
Rondo
Av Festival
