ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS

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Special Events

• Wheels of Italy
  15620 Twenty Fourth Avenue N Suite G • Minneapolis, MN 55447
  612-385-3111
  The mission of this group is to provide a place for Italian automobile and motorcycle enthusiasts to connect and enjoy events in the Midwest. They are renewing interest in the industry by bringing owners and lovers of Italian craftsmanship together.

• Target Center
  600 First Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55403
  612-673-1300
  This premiere entertainment facility in the Upper Midwest is host to the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA basketball team, major concerts, family shows and other special attractions.

• Northwest Sportshow
  1301 Second Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55403
  612-827-5833
  The largest and most complete sport show in the Upper Midwest, this show is usually held in late March into early April and features over six hundred exhibitors showcasing the newest models of boats, motors, fishing tackle, hunting gear, RVs, trucks, vans, ATVs and more.

• Carquest World of Wheels
  1301 Second Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55403
  952-925-4848
  This annual three-day automotive event features celebrity autographs, motorcycle and BMX racing, fashion shows, world-renown show cars, plus hundreds of locally owned and built show quality vehicles, and usually takes place in March; one should call for exact dates each year.

• Syttende Mai Minnesota
  2600 Park Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55408
  612-827-3611, 800-945-8851
  This celebration is held each May in honour of Norwegian Constitution Day, and features a parade, musical entertainment, as well as a variety of events and displays.

• Minneapolis Home and Garden Show
  15235 Minnetonka Boulevard • Minneapolis, MN 55345
  952-933-3850
  Offering both a spring and a fall edition, in March and October respectively, this is one of the oldest, largest and finest home and garden shows in the nation, and offers five days of breathtaking gardens, national exhibits, and everything for the home and garden.

• Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  900 South 5th Street • Minneapolis, MN 55415
  612-332-0386
  Not only is the Metrodome the home of the Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings and the University of Minnesota football team, but "Minnesota's rec room" is also host to numerous annual amateur events, cultural events and family focused activities.

Cinema

• MegaStar Cinema
  12575 Elk Creek Boulevard • Minneapolis, MN 55369
  763-494-3333
  This unique sixteen-screen, five-hundred-seat theatre complex features two twenty-seat VIP suites with reclining leather seats, a wet bar, and sound and air control systems, as well as offering an on-site restaurant.

• Regal Brooklyn Center 20
  6420 Camden Avenue North • Minneapolis, MN 55430
  763-566-3456
  This cinema screens critically-acclaimed films, alternative productions, restored classics and first-run foreign movies.

Night Life

• Acme Comedy Company
  708 First Street • Minneapolis, MN 55401
  612-338-6393
  The Acme Comedy Company is the best stand-up comedy venue in Minneapolis, with a different national headliner on stage each week, while also offering a full service restaurant and a fully stocked bar.

• Boom!
  401 Hennepin Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55414
  612-378-3188
  This nightspot is known as the Twin Cities' cutting edge video bar, with theme nights and special events being held regularly; the bar is conveniently located in Northeast Minneapolis adjacent to Oddfellows Wine Bar and Grille.

• First Avenue and 7th Street Entry
  701 First Ave North • Minneapolis, MN 55403
  Downtown
  612-338-8388
  This club is the Twin Cities' most diverse music room, and features live music from nationally known performers, as well as award winning dance nights.

• Jazzmine's
  123 Third Street North • Minneapolis, MN 55401
  warehouse district
  612-630-5299
  Jazzmine's is the Twin Cities' premier Jazz club, with a wonderful bar and restaurant, great live music, and unique décor.

• Schiek's Palace Royale
  115 Fourth Street • Minneapolis, MN 55401
  612-341-0054
  Schiek's Palace Royale is one of the nation's premier gentlemen's club, and features the finest in entertainment, champagne, wine, spirits, cigars and American cuisine; the club is located in the historic Federal Reserve Bank building.

Concerts & Performances

• Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis
  3082 42nd Street • Minneapolis, MN 55405
  612-332-4842
  This top notch full symphony orchestra is comprised of both professional and fine amateur musicians, and presents from eight to ten concerts each year between the months of September and May.

• Ethnic Dance Theatre
  2337 Central Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55418
  612-870-8831
  This troupe of entertainers features fifty singers, dancers and musicians who present traditional ethnic music and dance from many world regions.

• Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies
  430 Oak Grove • Minneapolis, MN 55403
  612-870-7611
  This symphonic orchestra of youthful virtuosos features over seven hundred young musicians, and performs thirty concerts yearly throughout the greater Twin Cities' area.

• Jawaahir Dance Company
  1940 Hennepin Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55403
  612-872-6050
  This dance company presents Middle Eastern dance productions, as well as providing education about the dance in its authentic form.

• Northrop Auditorium
  84 Church Street • Minneapolis, MN 55455
  612-624-2345
  This auditorium is host to the finest in performances of ballet, ethnic and contemporary dance, jazz, popular music and entertainment headliners.

• Minnesota Opera
  620 1st Street • Minneapolis, MN 55401
  651-244-4222
  This nationally recognized opera company presents acclaimed performances of opera classics from November through May of each year.

Plays & Productions

• Brave New Workshop
  2605 Hennepin Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55408
  612-332-6620
  Founded by Dudley Riggs in 1958, this is America's oldest satirical comedy revue theater, and presents topical, political and social comedic sketches, music and improvisations.

• Children's Theatre Company
  2400 Third Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55404
  612-874-0400
  This children’s theatre company produces significant theatre productions aimed at young people and their families, while also providing educational programs that involve young people from diverse and varied backgrounds.

• Hey City Theatre
  824 Hennepin Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55403
  612-333-9202
  This fine theatre produces high quality live musical and comedy productions, and is located in the heart of the Hennepin Theatre District.

• In the Heart of the Beast Puppet Theatre
  1500 Lake Street • Minneapolis, MN 55407
  612-721-2535
  In the Heart of the Beast Puppet Theatre is a professional puppet and mask theater that presents shows and programs for both adults and children.

• Mixed Blood Theatre Company
  1501 Fourth Street • Minneapolis, MN 55454
  612-338-6131
  This multi-racial theatre presents bold, funny, surprising and irreverent productions each Thursday through Sunday, in a renovated century-old firehouse that is located near downtown and the Metrodome.

• Playwrights' Centre, The
  2301 Franklin Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55406
  612-322-7481
  This theatre features full productions, readings and classes, as well as offering audiences, playwrights and theater professionals a chance to connect to one another through a variety of events and programs.

• Theatre de la Jeune Lune
  105 First Street • Minneapolis, MN 55401
  612-333-6200
  Theatre de la Jeune Lune is an international theatre company that stages productions that range from company-created works to reinterpretations of the classics; the theatre is located inside a renovated historic warehouse.

• Theatre in the Round Players
  245 Cedar Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55454
  612-333-3010
  The oldest theatre in Minneapolis, Theatre in the Round Players produces a wide variety of comedies, dramas and classics on weekend evenings throughout the year.

• Colling's Fine Arts Theatre
  7441 Newton Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55444
  763-560-4230
  Colling’s Fine Arts Theatre specializes in presenting melodrama and vaudeville entertainment in the style that was the rage in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

• Plymouth Playhouse
  2705 Annapolis Lane • Minneapolis, MN 55441
  763-553-1600
  This two-hundred-eleven-seat theater is best known for its fine productions of musicals and comedies.

• Historic Orpheum Theatre
  910 Hennepin Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55403
  612-339-7007
  The Orpheum Theatre presents a Broadway series, concerts, and dance performances.

• Historic State Theatre
  805 Hennepin Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55403
  612-339-7007
  Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this theatre showcases the best of Broadway and today's music in the heart of the Hennepin Theatre District.

Art Exhibits

• Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP)
  2400 Third Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55404
  612-870-3125
  Supported in part by a generous grant from the Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program is an artist controlled exhibition program with a prominent gallery, schedule of exhibitions and professional staff at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Exhibitions are selected by a panel of artists who are elected by and from their peers at an annual meeting of the artist community held each fall at the MIA.

Arts & Crafts Shows

• Stone Arch Festival of the Arts
  210 Main Street • Minneapolis, MN 55414
  612-673-5123
  This two day event features over two hundred fine arts and crafts booths, concerts, and a classic car show.

Festivals & Fairs

• Midsommar Celebration
  2600 Park Avenue • Minneapolis, MN 55407
  612-871-4907
  This annual celebration is held in June to celebrate the coming of summer and features Scandinavian arts, crafts, folk dancing, Swedish fiddle music and the raising of the maypole.

• Lake Hiawatha Festival
  2701 44th Street • Minneapolis, MN 55406
  612-721-1601
  This annual neighbourhood festival is held each August and includes children's crafts and games, entertainment, dancing, canoeing, pony rides, clowns, face painting, hair painting, displays and food; and one may also make a bird house or bird feeder and take it home.

• Famous Daves BBQ & Blues Festival [Saturday, Jun. 13, 2009]
  12701 Whitewater Drive, Suite 200 • Minneapolis, MN 55343
  402-496-2233
  Since the inaugural event in 2005, the BBQ andBlues Fest has grown to more than double in size, and over 25,000 hungry Blues Fans were in attendance at the June 7, 2008 event. Each year the festival is held in the heart of downtown Minneapolis on the Peavey Plaza, a terraced area outside of the city's Orchestra Hall.