Annual Events

City of Lakes Loppet
35km cross-country ski race through the Twin Cities (1st weekend in Feb.)

Heart of the Beast Theatre May Day Parade
Parade and Festival featuring fantastic puppets and floats (1st weekend in May)

Art-A-Whirl
Art Studio Tour and Open House in NE Minneapolis (May)

Pride Festival & Parade
One of the country's largest annual Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgender pride celebrations (June)

Minneapolis Aquatennial
Summer festival with more than 70 events including milk carton boat races and Torchlight Parade (3rd week of July)

Minnesota Fringe Festival
Hundreds of music, dance & theater performances at about 20 different venues. (1st week in Aug.)

Loring Park Art Festival
Fine art festival in an idyllic downtown park setting (1st weekend in Aug.)

Uptown Metris Art Fair
One of the top fine arts festivals in the Midwest (1st weekend in Aug.)

Powderhorn Festival of Arts
Features regional fine arts and crafts (August)

Lake Hiawatha Neighborhood Festival Neighborhood festival with food, entertainment, and family activities (August)

Twin Cities Marathon
The most beautiful urban marathon in America (1st weekend in Oct.)

Holidazzle Parade
Floats and fairy-tale characters with sparkling lights parade down Nicollet Mall. (Thursday though Sundays, End of November through December)

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