Grand Rapids Minnesota Entertainment & Events

Special Events

Myles Reif Performing Arts Center
720 Conifer Drive • Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218-327-5780
This centre provides a well managed facility in which a wide variety of arts are experienced, exhibited and taught; featured are regular gallery exhibits, dance classes, numerous workshops, and theatrical performances.
Judy Garland Festival
2727 U.S. Highway 169 • Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218-326-1900
This three day event is held each June and celebrates Judy Garland's birthday, with activities that include a candlelight vigil, guest celebrity appearances, breakfast and lunch with the Munchkins, and an exchange for collectors.
Annual Northern Minnesota Car Show & Swap Meet
Itasca County Fairgrounds
218-326-0234
A great time for car enthusiasts and antique collectors. Car show is Sunday only and the swap meet is Saturday and Sunday.
Tall Timber Days
Downtown Grand Rapids
218-326-6431
This annual two-day event is held each August and relives the days of the bygone era when logging was king. Watch lumberjacks as they climb 40 foot logs and carve using chainsaws. It includes a parade, crafts, contests, and street games for kids

Itasca Orchestra & Strings Program
720 Conifer Drive (Office); P.O. Box 140 • Grand Rapids, MN 55744
Located in the Myles Reif Performing Arts Center
218-327-5781
The non-profit Itasca Orchestra & Strings Program "provides opportunities in orchestral music for the adults and children in Itasca County." The Itasca Symphony Orchestra performs three times a year in November, February, and May at the Reif Center in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The Itasca Orchestra’s Strings Programs offers lessons in violin, viola, cello and bass to all ages. more...

Mississippi Melodie Showboat
121 Sixteenth Avenue • Grand Rapids, MN 55744
Showboat Landing
This live theater troupe, complete with costumed performers, arrives on an authentic paddle boat, and disembarks onto the platform that forms the stage; a new production is featured each summer, and the shows offer music, dancing and comedy, performed with the accompaniment of a live band. Performances are presented the last three weekends of July. more...

Woodcraft Festival
2609 County Road 76 • Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218-327-4482
This two-day annual event is held each July and features regional craftsmen demonstrating traditional wood crafting skills.