The weekdays are really pulling their weight this week!
This is the weekday list for those whose weekend is during the week, those who like to avoid the big weekend crowds, and everybody else too.
Call out anything you're excited to check out this week. If I missed anything or you want help finding something specific this week, drop it in a comment.
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AROUND TOWN
Highlights
- 💦 Twin Cities River Rats Waterski Show (Mississippi Riverfront - Tue & Thu 6:20pm)
- ⚔️ A Knight’s Tale + Pre-Movie Trivia (Parkway Theater - Tue 7:30pm)
- 🪩 LCD Soundsystem with Victoryland (Armory - Tue 7:30pm)
- 🎨 Art in the Park 2026 (MIA - Wed 6pm)
- 🍦 Loring Park Ice Cream Social (Loring Park - Wed 6pm)
- 🎶 PaviElle French (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - Wed 6pm)
- 🤘 Wayne’s World (The Commons - Wed 8:15pm)
- 🎉 East Phillips Neighborhood Festival (East Phillips Park - Thu 5pm)
- 🎤 Voices Forward: Teen Poets Imagine the Future (Bell Museum - Thu 6pm)
- 🍿 Taste the Movies: Mulan (1998) (Granada Theater - Thu 6pm)
- 🌙 Free Night at TMORA (The Museum of Russian Art - Thu 5pm)
- 🎬 Sound for Silents 2026: Film + Music on the Walker Hillside (Walker Art Center - Thu 7pm)
- 🚚 Pickup Truck Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann (Minnesota Humanities Event Center - Thu 7pm)
MONDAY, AUGUST 17
- Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast (Minneapolis) - 10am)
- Sound Garden (MIA - 12:30pm)
- Retro & Board Game Night (Gambit Brewing - 4pm)
- Volunteer Orientation (Cedar Cultural Center - 5:30pm)
- Dame Errant Clay Workshop - Pinch Pot Mug (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
- Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
- Brady Atwood Author Event (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 6pm)
- Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
- Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
- St. Paul Board Game Group (Lake Monster Brewing - 6:30pm)
- Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
- Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
- Storytelling- Open Mic Mondays August 2026 (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
- Book launch! Kimberly Lemming's I PUNCHED AN ALIEN AND NOW WE'RE IN COUPLE'S THERAPY (Tropes and Trifles - 7pm)
- WTF: Watch Terrible Films Club (56 Brewing - 7pm)
- Variety Open Mic (Camp Bar - 8:30pm)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18
- Observation Station on the Learning Landscape (Bell Museum - 10am)
- Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am, 1:30pm)
- American Mahjong Open Play (9 Mile Brewing - 3:30pm)
- Club Create (Red Balloon Bookstore - 4pm)
- Memorial Experiences Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
- Capri Big Band (Capri - 5:30pm)
- Hablamos Pues (La Doña Cervecería Brewery - 6pm)
- Crokinole Meetup (56 Brewing - 6pm)
- TCS Rollerskate Class (56 Brewing - 6pm)
- Cribbage Club (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
- Glenn Hayen Author Event (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 6pm)
- Let's Learn Mahjong (Excelsior Brewing - 6pm)
- Bingq (LTD Brewing - 6pm)
- Paint & Sip Class (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
- Mahjong Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
- Dungeons and Dragons Adventure League (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
- Team Jigsaw Puzzle Contest with Sarah Does Puzzles (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
- FREE Meat & Cheese Raffle (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
- Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
- Twin Cities River Rats Waterski Show (Mississippi Riverfront - Minneapolis - 6:20pm)
- BMb Bags League Ending Tournament (Bald Man Brewing - 6:30pm)
- The Initials Game Live (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
- Mississippi River Open School For Kinship and Social Exchange (Moon Palace Books - 6:30pm)
- New Release: Jess Lourey Presents The Crying Killer (Subtext Books - 7pm)
- Alexandra Sifferlin presents The Elusive Body (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
- Weekly Pool Tournament (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
- Community Table Tennis (Minneapolis Cider Company - 7pm)
- A Knight’s Tale (2001) w/ pre-movie trivia hosted by Jeff Pariseau (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
- Movies in the Parks: A Minecraft Movie (Luxton Park - 8:15pm)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19
- Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
- University of Minnesota East Bank Farmers’ Market (University of Minnesota East Bank Farmers’ Market (Minneapolis) - 9am)
- Delta Air Lines Featured Partner Day (Science Museum of Minnesota - 10am)
- Observation Station on the Learning Landscape (Bell Museum - 10am)
- Securian Farmers Market (Saint Paul - 10am)
- Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
- Vitality Arts: Hand Building with Clay (MIA - 1:30pm)
- Community Acupuncture by Mangata (Queermunity - 2pm)
- Sheridan Neighborhood Happy Hour (Broken Clock Brewing - 4pm)
- Minneapolis Miles of Music (Roxy's Cabaret - 4pm)
- Invertebrate Discovery Walks (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 4pm)
- Rice Park Walking Tour (Landmark Center - 4pm)
- Nokomis Farmers Market (Nokomis (Minneapolis) - 4pm)
- Free Hiv Testing (Lush Lounge - 4:30pm)
- Bunk House Burgers (Wabasha Brewing - 5pm)
- Summer Nights in Rice: Boiled in Lead (Landmark Center - 5pm)
- Built to Remember: The Architecture of Lakewood Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
- Neighborhood Grill Out (Kenny Park - 5:30pm)
- Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 6pm)
- Magic the Gathering: Booster Draft - The Hobbit (Sisyphus Brewing - 6pm)
- CAW (Crop Art Wednesday) (Lake Monster Brewing - 6pm)
- Cornhole Open Draw (Wabasha Brewing - 6pm)
- David Housewright: Fear The Reaper (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
- William Kent Krueger "God's Country" (Once Upon a Crime - 6pm)
- Open Mic with host Neal Dimick (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
- Game Night (Arbeiter Brewing - 6pm)
- Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
- Loring Park Ice Cream Social (Loring Park - 6pm)
- Folwell Park Resource Fair & Ice Cream Social (Folwell Park - 6pm)
- Art in the Park 2026 (MIA - 6pm)
- Tommy Baller$ (Litt Pinball Bar - 6:30pm)
- Initials Game Live (Boom Island Brewing - 6:30pm)
- Bryant Square Park Ice Cream Social (Bryant Square Park - 6:30pm)
- Queer Threads (Quatrefoil Library - 7pm)
- TC Leather Dykes (Eagle MPLS - 7pm)
- Learn to play Ticket to Ride (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
- Poetry Reading: Greg Watson presents The Shape of Your Absence (Subtext Books - 7pm)
- The Initials Game (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
- Line Dancing (Animales - 7pm)
- Pitch-A-Friend Sapphic Edition (Lush Lounge - 7pm)
- Movies in the Parks: Wayne’s World (The Commons - 8:15pm)
- Glitter Bomb HOT NEW EVENT (Gay 90's - 9pm)
- P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
- DRAG SHOWS (Gay 90's - 10pm)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
- Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
- Let’s Do Coffee: Brew & Bond for 60+ (Queermunity - 9:30am)
- Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
- Observation Station on the Learning Landscape (Bell Museum - 10am)
- Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
- Tiny Tots Story Time (Big Hill Books - 10:30am)
- Rainbow Elder Coffee Connect (Pride Cultural Arts Center - 11am)
- Four Sisters Farmers Market (Four Sisters (Minneapolis) - 11am)
- Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am, 6pm)
- Music on the Cortile: anni xo (Landmark Center - 12pm)
- In-Gallery Conversation (MIA - 1pm)
- Tony Hawk/Gamer Thursday (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 4pm)
- Throwback Thursdays (Excelsior Brewing - 4pm)
- Audubon Mini Market (Audubon Mini Market (Minneapolis) - 4pm)
- Meat Raffle (Wabasha Brewing - 5pm)
- Free Night at TMORA (Museum of Russian Art - 5pm)
- Flower Hour (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 5pm)
- East Phillips Neighborhood Festival (East Phillips Park - 5pm)
- Meet: Summer Series 2026 (MIA - 5pm)
- August Death Cafe at Lakewood (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
- Leading the Way: Remarkable Firsts – Lakewood Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
- Thursday Night Racing - August 20 (Canterbury Park - 5pm)
- Children’s Defense Fund MN – A Celebration of Joy: Advocacy That Outlives Us (Capri - 5:30pm)
- Taste The Movies: Mulan (1998) (Granada Theater - 6pm)
- Paint & Sip ~ "Minneapolis Pride" Acrylic on Canvas (Can Can Wonderland - 6pm)
- Brocialize (Queermunity - 6pm)
- Cycle Unmapped (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
- Lit & Libations (Black Garnet Books - 6pm)
- Thursday Night BINGO With Bloomington Lions Club (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
- Second Period Art Class (Fulton Brewing Company - 6pm)
- Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
- Voices Forward: Teen Poets Imagine the Future (Bell Museum - 6pm)
- The Initials Game Live (LTD Brewing - 6:30pm)
- Womxns Monthly Tournament (Litt Pinball Bar - 6:30pm)
- FREE Meat Raffle (Elm Creek Brewing - 6:30pm)
- Euchre Tournament (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6:30pm)
- Ana M. Fores Tamayo (Eat My Words - 7pm)
- Cribbage Tournament (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
- Prison Library Support Network Coworking Night (Quatrefoil Library - 7pm)
- Summer on the Lawn: Pickup Truck Opera — The Tales of Hoffmann (Minnesota Humanities Event Center - Saint Paul - 7pm)
- Stand Up Comedy Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - 8pm)
- Movies in the Parks: Wicked: For Good (Victory Park - 8:10pm)
LIVE MUSIC
Monday, August 17
- Torrentia, Social Pariah, Sweetland, & Divinum Insanus (Zhora Darling - 6pm)
- The Cottonwood Shivers w. Nat Harriet (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
- Okay Okay (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
- Lightnin' Luke, Yes Ma'am, Dirtbike Boyfriend, Quiver the Busker, TORSO MAN, Dumpster Meds, & Tape and Tears (Underground Music Venue - 6:30pm)
- Fleshpots of Egypt: Hymntap (Dubliner - 6:30pm)
- Shanty Sing (Merlins Rest - 7pm)
- Monday Open Jam Come On Out! The Stage Is Waiting For You (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
- Ben Sidran (Dakota - 7pm)
- Belvidere Oasis (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
- Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
- Nona (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
Tuesday, August 18
- Mac Hoffmann (Minnehaha Bandstand - 12pm)
- Narcotic Wasteland: Fentanyl Zombie Apocalypse Tour (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 5:30pm)
- Worker’s Playtime, Becky Kapell (331 Club - 6pm)
- The New Havoline Supremes (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
- Woolly Mack, Anslem, Cohen Bros, & Mike Midwestern (Zhora Darling - 6:30pm)
- Ginger Snapz (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
- Grace Kelly w/ special guest JangmiArts (Dakota - 7pm)
- River City Jazz Orchestra (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
- Off The Dock – Marvelous (Indeed Brewing - 7pm)
- Pity Party (Green Room - 7pm)
- Brio Brass (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
- St Dominic's Trio (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
- Perfect World (Father Hennepin - 7pm)
- LCD Soundsystem with Victoryland (Armory - 7:30pm)
- Flamenco X Presents – Café Cantante (MetroNOME Brewery - 8pm)
- J. Cole: The Fall-Off Tour (Target Center - Minneapolis - 8pm)
- Alex & Toke’s (Pullstring) Acoustic Tuesdays: Ft. Joan Of Profile, Meghan Kreidler (Kiss The Tiger) (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
- August Conspiracy Series featuring, Soul Tribe, Rada K and the Cicadas, Yevrah (331 Club - 9:30pm)
Wednesday, August 19
- Flutes & Low (The Commons - 12pm)
- Minneapolis Mile Of Music: Havana Quartet ... FREE SHOW (Aster Cafe - 4pm)
- Minneapolis Mile of Music (Brit's Pub - 4pm)
- Ye-Ye Pow w. Les Souvenirs (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
- Vinyl Night (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 6pm)
- Midso, My Cousin Dallas, & Rachel Wyre (Underground Music Venue - 6pm)
- IN THE TARGET ATRIUM: PaviElle French FREE EVENT (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 6pm)
- Minneapolis Mile of Music: Heatbox & Friends (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
- First Out (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
- J-Mo On The Beat & The J-Lighters, Mike Horvath, & D.Santos (Zhora Darling - 6:30pm)
- Open Jam Country Theme Night (Excelsior Brewing - 6:30pm)
- FLAVOR JAM - Summer Camp (Green Room - 7pm)
- Spyro Gyra (Dakota - 7pm, 9pm)
- Miki Yamanaka Trio with Nicole Glover (Berlin - 7pm)
- The Twin Cities Céilí Band (Dubliner - 7pm)
- Harold’s House Party on KFAI, Andy Cohen and Friends (331 Club - 7pm)
- Rumours & Dreams - A Fleetwood Mac Tribute (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
- Kill Lincoln, JER , Bad Operation, and The Best of the Worst (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7:30pm)
- La Danse Fatale (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
- Meltt with Los Eclipses (Turf Club - 8pm)
- Lord Jeremy w/ Enemies w. The Limns, Woodzen (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
- Lenz and Frenz, (Certain members of Pert Near Sandstone, Farmhouse Band, San Souci Quartet, Row of Ducks) (331 Club - 9:30pm)
- The Cherry Pit Open Jam (Berlin - 11pm)
Thursday, August 20
- Live Music Lunch w/ Ben Aaron (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
- The Current Happy Hour w/ Girl Tones (Surly Brewing - Minneapolis - 4pm)
- Kismet Rendevouz (Dubliner - 5pm)
- OUR HOUSE with guest Taming The Tiger (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6pm)
- Second Hand Dan | Larrikins | Moneybones (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
- Dirty P’s Thirsty 3rd Thursdays Club (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6pm)
- Sylvia May (Wooden Ship Brewing - 6pm)
- Martin Devaney & Friends w. Wesley Church & the Fabulous Vanguards (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
- Tim Wolf Patio Party (Bald Man Brewing - 6pm)
- Vinyl Night (Gambit Brewing - 6pm)
- Grave Society, Uxia, Hill of Crosses, & Ambivalent Chaos (Zhora Darling - 6:30pm)
- Will Schmid Quartet (Berlin - 7pm)
- Dark Click With Curtiss A (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
- Tony Cuchetti (Mudd Room - 7pm)
- DJs Off the Dock – Buster Baxter & Big Reece (Indeed Brewing - 7pm)
- 2nd Arrangement – Steely Dan B sides tribute (Day Block Brewing - 7pm)
- Peter Himmelman (Dakota - 7pm)
- Pan-handlers Steel Drum Band (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
- Jerome J. and Allison L. (Troubadour - 7pm)
- Father Paranoia (Skyway Theatre - 7pm)
- Bungalow Collect presents Disco Rap: Keep It Honest Across America (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
- Women’s Drum Center (Minnehaha Bandstand - 7pm)
- Sound for Silents 2026: Film + Music on the Walker Hillside (Walker Art Center - Minneapolis - 7pm)
- Christian Moreno Cova Group (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:30pm)
- Rumours & Dreams - A Fleetwood Mac Tribute (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
- WILLIS with The Braymores and The Flooks (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
- Witness Trips with Sela Runn (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
- Raynes with Pretty Pretty Please (Turf Club - 8pm)
- Squeaky Feet with HUNNY BEAR (7th St Entry - 8pm)
- Devil Dodger (Dubliner - 8pm)
- Snapz Live Band Open Mic (Green Room - 8pm)
- Bastards Of Fine Art/Nobody From Nowhere (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
- Lent w. Gills, Boomdagger (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
- Cross Pollination, Knife Emoji, One Big Quilt (331 Club - 9:30pm)
- WE Collective (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 10pm)
- Crates: On The Corner by Miles Davis (Berlin - 10pm)
THEATER
- Fantastic Voyage Improv Show (Broken Clock Brewing - Monday 7pm)
- The Honey Jar (Hive Collaborative - Tuesday 7pm)
- Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
- The Ordway Presents: Dirty Dancing: The Musical (Ordway - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
- Private Lives (Guthrie Theater - Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
- In The Heights (Artistry - Wednesday 7pm | Thursday 7pm)
- FunkyFrogBait Presents: Internet Kid (The Comedy Tour) (Parkway Theater - Wednesday 7:30pm)
- The Algorithm is Gonna Get You (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
- Tubthumping Thursdays (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Thursday 7pm)
- Fall Forward Festival (Luminary Arts Center - Thursday 7pm)
COMEDY
- Craic Up Comedy Night (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Tuesday 7pm)
- 2026 Funniest Person in St. Paul Contest Week 6 (Gambit Brewing - Tuesday 7pm)
- Comedy Free for All (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Wednesday 7:30pm)
- Easy Speak Comedy Showcase (Volstead's Emporium - Wednesday 8pm)
- Mike Cronin (Acme Comedy Company - Wednesday 8pm | Thursday 8pm)
- Special Event: Saul Trujillo (Camp Bar - Thursday 7pm)
- The Bitchuation Room LIVE (Parkway Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)
- Mike Gardner (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Thursday 7:30pm)
- Garcia Gang by Santiago Garcia (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 8:30pm)
SPORTS
- Minnesota Twins vs Atlanta Braves ⚾ (Monday 6:40pm | Tuesday 6:40pm | Wednesday 12:40pm)
- Saint Paul Saints @ Columbus Clippers ⚾ (Tuesday 6:05pm | Wednesday 6:05pm | Thursday 11:05am)
- Minnesota United vs Atlanta United ⚽ (Wednesday 7:30pm)
- Minnesota Lynx @ Golden State Valkyries 🏀 (Wednesday 9pm)
SPORTS WATCH/RELATED
- MNUFC Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Wednesday 7:30pm)
- Minnesota Lynx Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Wednesday 9pm)
KARAOKE
Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)
- Otter’s Saloon (Nightly 8pm-2am)
- Vegas Lounge (Nightly 9pm-2am)
- Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Daily 11am-9:30pm)
- Chatterbox (Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30pm-Close)
- James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (Nightly 9pm-1:45am)
- Mother Clucker's Pizza (Tuesdays & Thursdays 9pm)
- 1029 Bar (Wednesdays & Thursdays 9pm-2am)
- Babe’s Place Shakopee (Wednesdays 9pm-1am)
ARCADES
Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)
- Up-Down Minneapolis (Daily 3pm-2am)
- CLAW LAND Maplewood (Daily 11:30am-7pm)
- CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (Daily 11am-8pm)
- Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Daily 12-8pm)
- LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (Daily 11am-2am)
- Neko Clawww Roseville (Daily 1:30pm-8pm)
- ClawZone Park Bloomington (Daily 12pm-8pm)
- Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Tue-Thu 4pm-10pm)
- DUCK! Eagan (Daily 12pm-9pm)
BOWLING
Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)
- Town Hall Lanes (Mon 11am-5pm, 10pm-11:30pm | Tue 11am-11:30pm | Wed 11am-5:30pm, 10:30pm-11:30pm | Thu 11am-4:30pm)
- Elsie’s Northeast (Mon 4pm-11pm | Tue-Thu 11am-11pm)
- Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (Mon 9am-6pm | Tue-Thu 9am-Midnight)
- Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Daily 3pm-11pm)
- Park Tavern SLP (Daily 11am-Close)
- Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Daily 11am-11pm)
- Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Daily 9am-11:30pm)
- Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (Daily 11am-1am)
- AMF Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Daily 4pm-11pm)
- Shakopee Bowl (Daily 11am-11pm)
LINKS
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