Sunday,
July 1June
30 - July 1:
J4 Hmong
Sports (soccer, volleyball, flag
football), McMurray
Fields, Como Park, St. Paul ($5)
Harry
Styles with Kacey Musgraves, Xcel Center (8pm, $40+)
Monday,
July 2Black
Violin, Weesner Amphitheater, MN Zoo (7:30pm, $42+)
Island
Rock Party, Treasure Island Casino, Prairie Island
Mdewakanton, Welch MN (5pm, $23+)
- Vince Neil, Tom
Keifer, Lita Ford, Great White, & Quiet Riot
July
2 (fireworks), 6-11, 25-29:
Saints baseball,
CHS Stadium, St Paul (
schedule
pdf)
Tuesday,
July 3Pitbull,
Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior Lake MN (8pm, $49)
July
3-4:
Eagan Fun
Fest, Central Park
July 3, 5, 13, 15, 18,
24:
Lynx
basketball, Target Center
Wednesday,
July 4Independence Day 
Independence
Day - Fourth of July (2018) - Fireworks
Displays
Apple
Valley
- Freedom Days,
Johnny Cake Ridge Park - fireworks at 10pm
Chanhassen
- Lake Ann Park - fireworks at 10pmCoon Rapids
- Boulevard Plaza (Splash Pad & Park), 2880 Crooked Lake Blvd -
fireworks at 10pm (CRCS
foundation)Eagan -
Eagan Community Center, Central Park - fireworks at 10pm Eden
Prairie
- Round Lake Park - fireworks at 10pmExcelsior
- Lake
Minnetonka - Common Park - fireworks at duskForest
Lake - Lakeside Park - fireworks at 10pm (Am.
Legion)Lakeville
- Lakeville North High School - fireworks at dusk (set to music)Maplewood
- Hazelwood Park - Light It Up (4pm) - fireworks 10pm (toddler
inflatables)Minneapolis
- Stone Arch Bridge - fireworks at 10pm (usually 20 minutes)
view from the Stone Arch Bridge, Gold Medal Park, Mpls rooftops, or
Lake Bde Maka SkaPrior
Lake - Watzel's Beach
in Lakefront Park - fireworks after 10pm (PLA,
see also Shakopee)
Richfield
- ice arena parking lot - fireworks at 10pm (glow stick event at 9:45pm)Roseville
- Central Park over Bennett Lake - fireworks at 10pmSt.
Cloud
- Mississippi River between Hester and Wilson Parks at 10pm - 2013 video
St.
Louis Park
- Aquila Park - fireworks
at 10pm
St.
Paul - will not have fireworks (after years of budget deficits, St. Paul can't afford fireworks)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 (music
8pm, T-6 planes flyover 8:30pm, fireworks 10pm)Woodbury
- Bielenberg
Sports Center, 4125 Radio Drive (fireworks 10pm)also
Valleyfair,
Shakopee - fireworks start at 9:50pm (July 4th)Here
were our
lists for 2017,
2016,
2015,
2014,
2013, 2012,
2011,
2010,
and 2009. Thursday,
July 5Melissa
Etheridge, Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior
Lake MN (8pm, $49+)
July 5-8:
Convergence convention,
DoubleTree Hotel, 7800 Normingdale Blvd, Bloomington ($125)
July
5-15, 30-31:
Twins
baseball, Target Field (
schedule,
pdf)
Friday,
July 6Ant-Man
& Wasp Marvel superhero film (
wikipedia)
July
6-7:
Basilica
Block Party, Basilica of St. Marys (5-10:30pm, $50+)
Saturday,
July 7English
Beat, First Avenue (8pm, $25)
Freddy
Jones Band, Turf Club (7:30pm, $25)
Russell
Peters, Treasure Island Casino, Prairie Island Mdewakanton,
Welch MN (8pm, $53+)
Tim
McGraw & Faith Hill, Target Center (7:30pm, $70+)
July
6-7:
Basilica
Block Party, Basilica of St. Marys (5-10:30pm, $50+)
Sunday,
July 8STS9,
First Avenue (7pm, $35)
Tuesday,
July 10Boz
Scaggs, State Theatre (7:30pm, $57+)
Wednesday,
July 11David
Cross, Pantages Theatre (8pm, $40)
July
11-15:
Ramsey
County Fair, 2020 White Bear Av, Maplewood (free admission,
$3 parking)
Thursday,
July 12Michael
Che (SNL), Pantages Theatre (8pm, $40+)
July
12-14:
Rock Fest,
24447 County Hwy S, Cadott, WI, 54727 ($89+)
Friday,
July 13Mary
Chapin Carpenter, Weesner Amphitheater, MN Zoo (7:30pm)
Toby
Keith, Grand Casino Hinckley - Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe,
Hinckley MN (7pm, $75+)
Saturday,
July 14July
14-15:
Dragon
Festival, Lake Phalen
Sunday,
July 15Bastille Day,
Barbette, Irving & Lagoon, Mpls (3-10pm)
Jayhawks,
Weesner Amphitheater, MN Zoo (7:30pm)
Monday,
July 16Pretenders,
State Theatre (8pm, $50+)
Wednesday,
July 18
July
18-21:
Aquatennial,
Minneapolis
July
18 - parade, Hennepin Av (Basilica of St. Mary to 5th
St), Minneapolis (8:30pm)
July 21 -
fireworks,
Gold Medal park & Stone Arch bridge (10pm)
July
19-22:
X
Games skateboarding, USbank Stadium
Friday,
July 20Brooks
and Dunn, Grand Casino Hinckley, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe,
Hinckley MN (8pm, $70+)
Raphael
Saadiq, First Avenue (8pm, $35)
July
20-21:
Spirit of
the Lakes Festival, Surfside Park, Mound MN
July
20-22:
Middle
Eastern Festival, St. George Church, 1250 Oakdale Av, West St
Paul (free admission)
Saturday,
July 21Aquatennial
fireworks, Gold Medal park & Stone Arch bridge (10pm)
Jerry Lee
Lewis, Treasure Island Casino, Prairie Island Mdewakanton,
Welch MN (8pm, $46+)
Rondo Day,
Dale & Concordia, St. Paul (10am-6pm, free)
Trevor
Noah, Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior Lake MN
(8pm, $60+)
July 21-22:
Red
Hot Art Festival,
Stevens
Square Park, 1801 Stevens Av, Mpls (11am-6pm, free)
Sunday,
July 22
Nickelback,
Treasure Island Casino, Prairie Island Mdewakanton, Welch MN (7pm, $41+)
Warped Tour,
Canterbury Park, 1100 Canterbury Road, Shakopee (11am, $41+)
Monday,
July 23Tuesday,
July 24July
24-29:
Anoka
County Fair, Anoka County Fair, 3200 St Francis Blvd, Anoka
($10)
Thursday,
July 26Vagical
Mystery Tour with Lizz Winstead, Cedar Cultural Center (8pm,
$25)
Friday,
July 27
full
moonJay
Leno, Grand Casino - Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia, MN
(7:30pm, $45+)
Journey and Def Leppard with Cheap Trick, Target Field (6pm, $33+)
July 27-29:
Slice of Shoreview Days,
Island Lake County Park, Shoreview
Saturday,
July 28All-Star
Game - WNBA, Target Center (2:30pm)
Rufus
Wainwright, Weesner Amphitheater, MN Zoo (7:30pm)
July 28-29:
Loring Park Art Fair, Loring Park, Minneapolis (free, 10-6pm & 10-5pm)
Sunday,
July 29Erasure,
State Theatre (7:30pm, $35+)
Melvin,
First Avenue (7:30pm, $20)
