Ely Minnesota Entertainment & Events

Festivals & Fairs

• Ely Winter Festival
  1600 East Sheridan Street • Ely, MN 55731
  218-365-6123
  This annual festival is held in February and offers ten days of fun-filled activities, including snow sculpturing, dog sled rides, snowmobile rides, exhibits, the Mukluk Ball, a variety of great food, and a craft fair. more...

• Blueberry Art Festival
  1600 E. Sheridan Street • Ely, MN 55731
  218-365-6123
  With more than 300 exhibitors, you're sure to find something to please the entire family. Browse past booths of garden art, watercolor and oil paintings, photography, burl items, brass and copper art, paddles, night lights, rock art, deerskin items, leather, toys, wood carvings, canvas items, windsocks, ceramics, furniture, books, metal craft, woodcrafts, fabrics, glass, baskets, dolls, jewelry, candles, adult and children's clothing. Hungry? Check out several booths of ethnic foods and enjoy a piece of homemade blueberry pie! This definately a favorite family event. Held at the end of July each year. more...

• Blueberry Art Festival
  201 Sheridan Street • Ely, MN 55731
  Whiteside Park
  218-365-6123
  This annual three-day event is held in late July and features two hundred twenty five exhibitors of art, handcrafted items, and ethnic foods, as well as a variety of musical entertainment, a petting zoo, pony rides, and a moon walk for children.
  Sponsored By: Ely Chamber of Commerce

Tours

• Soudan Underground Mine
  West of Ely, in Tower, MN
  218-753-2245
  Tours are offered of this mine, the first and deepest iron mine in Minnesota, featuring one-hour guided tours that take visitors two thousand four hundred feet below the surface of the ground, and one hundred years into the past, with tours being offered Memorial Day though Labor Day.