ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS

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Special Events

• An Irish Celebration
  1001 Grand Avenue • St. Paul, MN 55105
  651-292-3233
  This annual family oriented Saint Patrick's Day celebration features traditional Irish music, dancing, food, workshops, films and speakers.

• Saint Paul Winter Carnival
  101 Grand Avenue • St. Paul, MN 55102
  651-223-4700
  This annual three day festival features over seventy five different activities and fun winter games.

• Winter on the Hill
  240 Summit Avenue • St. Paul, MN 55102
  651-297-2555
  At this yearly event visitors can see a display of Winter Carnival buttons, programs, a 1917 carnival uniform worn by Louis Hill, a bearskin carriage robe, and Rachel Hill's snowshoes.

• Chinese New Year
  1083 Kellog Avenue • St. Paul, MN 55102
  North Star Ball Room, Saint Paul Student Center
  651-225-6000
  This party event celebrates the Chinese New Year with a great variety of entertainment and activities.

• Minnesota Home and Patio Show
  345 Kellog Boulevard • St. Paul, MN 55102
  651-265-4800
  This annual four-day event takes place in the month of February and features over five hundred exhibitors at one of the largest home improvement expositions in the nation.

• Great American Gem Show and Sale, The
  1265 Snelling Avenue North • St. Paul, MN 55108
  Held at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds
  301-294-1640
  Lasting from June 4 to June 6, 2010, the Great American Gem Show and Sale is a subsidiary of the International Gem & Jewelry Show. Here you will find exhibitors selling the highest quality loose gems, gold, silver, estate jewelry, beads, accessories and much more all at the best possible prices.

Night Life

• Innuendo & Rumours
  213 East 4th Street • St. Paul, MN 55101
  651-225-4528
  Located across from the historic Union Depot, Innuendo & Rumours is downtown St. Paul's best nightclub and eating establishment where all are welcome. It features a lunch and dinner menu as well as a full beverage selection. Hot weekend dance parties with legendary DJs are featured Thursday through Saturday. Innuendo & Rumours is open until 3 a.m. daily.

Concerts & Performances

• Minnesota Youth Symphonies
  790 Cleveland Avenue South, Suite 203 • St. Paul, MN 55116
  651-699-5811
  The Minnesota Youth Symphonies (MYS) is one of the nation’s premier youth orchestra training programs. Full symphony orchestra concerts are presented at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, by this amazing group of young musicians whose playing rivals some of the best regional symphonies in the country.

• Dale Warland Singers
  2300 Myrtle Avenue • St. Paul, MN 55114
  651-632-5870
  This internationally renowned forty-voice professional chorus performs concerts from September through May at a variety of Twin City locations.

• O'Shaughnessy, The
  2004 Randolph Avenue • St. Paul, MN 55105
  651-690-6701
  This theatre is host to a variety of eclectic performances in the areas of music, theatre and dance, with a mixture of national acts and local artists.

• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  408 Saint Peter Street, Suite 500 • St. Paul, MN 55102
  651-292-3234
  This internationally acclaimed orchestra is recognized for its unique sound and outstanding programming and performances.

Plays & Productions

• Orday Center for the Performing Arts
  345 Washington Street • St. Paul, MN 55102
  651-282-3000
  This centre for the performing arts presents performances of Broadway and off-Broadway productions, musicals, operas and dances.

• Great American History Theatre
  30 Tenth Street • St. Paul, MN 55101
  651-292-4323
  This professional theatre company, located in downtown Saint Paul, presents performances of plays about Minnesota, the Midwest and much more.

• Penumbra Theatre Company
  270 Kent Street • St. Paul, MN 55102
  651-224-3180
  Penumbra is the premier African American theatre in the nation, and won the prestigious Jujamcyn award in 1999.

• Rosetown Playhouse
  2660 Civic Center Drive • Roseville, MN 55113
  Located in a Suburb of St. Paul
  651-792-7414 Ext. 2
  Rosetown Playhouse is a community theatre that strives to be familiar, friendly and accessible to anyone who wants to participate in theatre, as a performer, crewmember, volunteer or audience member. Rosetown's mission is to build community through theatre, and to provide families—those related by blood and brought together by common interests—the opportunity to share in theatre.

Art Exhibits

• American Craft Council Show
  175 Kellogg Boulevard • St. Paul, MN 55102
  952-346-6696
  At this three day event one can meet more than two hundred fifty acclaimed artists, while admiring their works; the annual show has been held for almost twenty years and takes place in April.

• Saint Paul Art Crawl
  101 Grand Avenue • St. Paul, MN 55102
  651-292-4373
  This annual two day event is held each April and October, and functions as an artist-run venue in which the arts community shows its works to the public in downtown Saint Paul.

Flea Markets

• Antique Spectacular and Flea Market
  Minnesota State Fairgrounds • St. Paul, MN 55102
  651-771-3476
  Held three times each year, in April, June and October, this two-day event features dealers that offer unique antique furniture, collectibles, and flea market items, and is located at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.

Festivals & Fairs

• Grand Old Day
  867 Grand Avenue • St. Paul, MN 55105
  651-699-0029
  This festival, the largest one day street festival in the Midwest, ushers in the summer season in early June each year and features live music on fourteen stages, a parade, rides, sporting events, and over one hundred fifty outdoor food vendors.

Sporting Events

• Xcel Energy Center
  175 Kellogg Boulevard • St. Paul, MN 55102
  651-265-4800
  This stunning, state-of-the-art nineteen-thousand-seat arena is home to the NHL expansion team, the Minnesota Wild, and is also host to many sports and entertainment events.

• World's Toughest Rodeo
  345 Kellog Avenue • St. Paul, MN 55102
  651-296-6126
  At this event that usually rolls into town in February, one can recapture a bit of the Old West, with a two day rodeo event that includes many activities and programs.

• Horse Expo
  343 Pennsylvania Avenue • St. Paul, MN 55102
  952-472-2485
  This annual three-day event is held in April each year and features educational equine events, display booths, thirty eight breeds of horses, seminars, carriage rides, stallion reviews, and a delightful rodeo.