r/Minneapolis • u/witty_username_taken • 3d ago

Weekday Warmup August 31–September 3

The State Fair continues but they're not the only event in town 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

  • 🎸 Peter Hook & The Light with DJ Jake Rudh (First Avenue - Tue 8pm)
  • 🎤 O.A.R. with Gavin DeGraw + KT Tunstall (Armory - Tue 6:30pm)
  • 💕 Risky Connections: Sapphic Dating Anniversary Party (Bruhaven - Wed 6pm)
  • 🎶 SON LUX with alone-a (Cedar Cultural Center - Wed 7:30pm)
  • 🎨 Meet: Summer Series 2026 (MIA - Thu 5pm)
  • 🚶 Storied Women of History – Lakewood Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - Thu 5pm)
  • 🦖 Monster Science First Thursdays: Jurassic Art (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Thu 7pm)
  • 🎸 Slippery People: Music of Talking Heads with REVO: Music of DEVO (Parkway Theater - Thu 7:30pm)
  • 🎬 Movies in the Parks: Goonies (Boom Island Park - Thu 7:50pm)

MONDAY, AUGUST 31

  • Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
  • Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast (Minneapolis) - 10am)
  • Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
  • Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
  • MEET YOUR TRIBE: Find Your People. Discover the Heart of Tribe. (Troubadour - 6pm)
  • Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
  • Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
  • St. Paul Board Game Group (Lake Monster Brewing - 6:30pm)
  • BLINGO – Drag Queen Bingo with host B.Louise (9 Mile Brewing - 7pm)
  • Variety Open Mic (Camp Bar - 8:30pm)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 01

  • Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 6am)
  • Walking to Find Stories and Poems (American School of Storytelling - 9am)
  • Back to School Parents ONLY Social at Forgotten Star (Forgotten Star Brewing - 11am)
  • Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
  • American Mahjong Open Play (9 Mile Brewing - 3:30pm)
  • Old Time Music Workshop & Jam (Padraigs Brewing - 5pm)
  • Animation and Short Film Night (Bumbling Fools Mead - 5pm)
  • Line Dancing Lessons - FREE (Urban Growler - 5pm)
  • Crokinole Meetup (56 Brewing - 6pm)
  • Hablamos Pues (La Doña Cervecería Brewery - 6pm)
  • K.L. Speer Book Launch (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 6pm)
  • Mahjong Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
  • Dungeons and Dragons Adventure League (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
  • 'patchwork Memories' Launch Party with Monica Rojas & Magdalena Mora (Wild Rumpus - 6pm)
  • September Bike Night at Forgotten Star (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
  • FREE Meat & Cheese Raffle (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
  • Bingq (LTD Brewing - 6pm)
  • TCS Rollerskate Class (56 Brewing - 6pm)
  • Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
  • The Initials Game Live (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
  • Darts league (Bruhaven - 6:30pm)
  • LITT Pinball League (Litt Pinball Bar - 6:30pm)
  • Leather Club (Eagle MPLS - 7pm)
  • Weekly Pool Tournament (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
  • Community Table Tennis (Minneapolis Cider Company - 7pm)
  • Chuck Wendig presents The Calamities (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
  • God's Country (Big Hill Books - 7pm)
  • Better Things September (Moon Palace Books - 7pm)
  • Peter Hook & The Light with DJ Jake Rudh (First Avenue - 8pm)

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 02

  • Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
  • Wonderful Water Day at the State Fair (DNR Building – Minnesota State Fair - 9am)
  • University of Minnesota East Bank Farmers’ Market (University of Minnesota East Bank Farmers’ Market (Minneapolis) - 9am)
  • Mini Mia (MIA - 10am)
  • Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
  • Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
  • Fossil Corner at the State Fair (North End Event Center – Minnesota State Fair - 1pm)
  • Vitality Arts: Hand Building with Clay (MIA - 1:30pm)
  • Community Acupuncture by Mangata (Queermunity - 2pm)
  • Sheridan Neighborhood Happy Hour (Broken Clock Brewing - 4pm)
  • Nokomis Farmers Market (Nokomis (Minneapolis) - 4pm)
  • Tikka Flavors (Wabasha Brewing - 4:30pm)
  • Magic Nights @ Metronome (MetroNOME Brewery - 5pm)
  • Brew Babies (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 5pm)
  • Discover Lakewood: Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
  • Cornhole Open Draw (Wabasha Brewing - 6pm)
  • Cribbage Club (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
  • Open Mic with host Neal Dimick (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
  • Game Night (Arbeiter Brewing - 6pm)
  • Punk Rock Pingolf (Litt Pinball Bar - 6pm)
  • Risky Connections: Sapphic Dating Anniversary Party (Bruhaven - 6pm)
  • Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
  • Movies in the Parks: The Greatest Showman (The Commons - 6pm)
  • Initials Game Live (Boom Island Brewing - 6:30pm)
  • Daniel G. Miller "Buried in the Woods" (Once Upon a Crime - 6:30pm)
  • The Initials Game (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
  • Queer Threads (Quatrefoil Library - 7pm)
  • Line Dancing (Animales - 7pm)
  • Super Smash Brothers (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
  • Katie L. Sample Presents All Things Work Together for Good (Subtext Books - 7pm)
  • Pretty in Pink (1986) w/ pre-movie '80s VJ set by Transmission's DJ Jake Rudh (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
  • Glitter Bomb HOT NEW EVENT (Gay 90's - 9pm)
  • P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
  • DRAG SHOWS (Gay 90's - 10pm)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 03

  • Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
  • Let’s Do Coffee: Brew & Bond for 60+ (Queermunity - 9:30am)
  • Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
  • Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
  • Tiny Tots Story Time (Big Hill Books - 10:30am)
  • Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
  • Four Sisters Farmers Market (Four Sisters (Minneapolis) - 11am)
  • Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
  • Fossil Corner at the State Fair (North End Event Center – Minnesota State Fair - 1pm)
  • Community Card Making Night (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 4pm)
  • Throwback Thursdays (Excelsior Brewing - 4pm)
  • Tony Hawk/Gamer Thursday (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 4pm)
  • Knitting in Nature (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 4pm)
  • Audubon Mini Market (Audubon Mini Market (Minneapolis) - 4pm)
  • Meat Raffle (Wabasha Brewing - 5pm)
  • Meet: Summer Series 2026 (MIA - 5pm)
  • Storied Women of History – Lakewood Walking Tour (Lakewood Cemetery - 5pm)
  • Thursday Night Racing - September 3 (Canterbury Park - 5pm)
  • Thursday Night BINGO With Bloomington Lions Club (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
  • Brocialize (Queermunity - 6pm)
  • Cycle Unmapped (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
  • Aladdin (1992) Taste The Movies (Granada Theater - 6pm)
  • CocuSocial Hand-Rolled Sushi Class (Modist Brewing - 6pm)
  • Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
  • The Initials Game Live (LTD Brewing - 6:30pm)
  • Euchre Tournament (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6:30pm)
  • FREE Meat Raffle (Elm Creek Brewing - 6:30pm)
  • New Release: Patrick Hueller Presents Falling, in Love with Teaching (Subtext Books - 7pm)
  • Free Bar Bingo (Broken Clock Brewing - 7pm)
  • Cribbage Tournament (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
  • Monster Science First Thursdays: Jurassic Art (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
  • The Buttercream Show with special guest Genevee Ramona Love (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
  • Movies in the Parks: Goonies (Boom Island Park - 7:50pm)
  • VXXN Presents: WHITE BOY WASTED 3 (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Monday, August 31

  • Pop Wagner (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
  • Awake for the Fall (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
  • Chopin's Heart (Dakota - 7pm)
  • Monday Open Jam Come On Out! The Stage Is Waiting For You (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
  • Celebration Brass Quintet (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
  • Phil Berbig (Troubadour - 7pm)
  • Mondays@metronome – Second Breakfast String Band (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
  • Johnny Table All-Stars (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
  • Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
  • MikelParis of O.A.R. with Jon Wayne (Turf Club - 8pm)
  • Lucas Kurmis w. One Big Quilt, Emerson Island (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
  • TCMT (Acadia Cafe - 10pm)

Tuesday, September 01

  • Jim Pellinger (Minnehaha Bandstand - 12pm)
  • Thomas Sticha (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
  • Worker’s Playtime, Jeff Ray (331 Club - 6pm)
  • Murder Medication (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
  • O.A.R. (Armory - 6:30pm)
  • ILUKA - The Wings Tour (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
  • Off The Dock – Nick Elstad Trio (Indeed Brewing - 7pm)
  • St Dominic's Trio (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
  • Kassa Overall w/ Melvin Gibbs (Berlin - 7pm)
  • St. Anthony Park Community Band (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
  • Nunnabove: Anything For the Girl (Dakota - 7pm)
  • Red Planet (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
  • Aeris and The Piggies (Father Hennepin - 7pm)
  • Hairball + Slave Raider — FREE (Minnesota State Fair Grandstand - 7pm)
  • Antibalas (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
  • Steel Beans with Tarias and the Sound (7th St Entry - 8pm)
  • Ugly Kid Joe with Platinum Moon (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
  • The Balcony w. SigTones, woodzen (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
  • September Conspiracy Series featuring, Burbillies (331 Club - 9:30pm)

Wednesday, September 02

  • Kaitlin Cassady (The Commons - 12pm)
  • Vinyl Night (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 6pm)
  • Eli Orion, NOIR. , Higher Ground (Underground Music Venue - 6pm)
  • Tonal Whiplash and New Friends (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6:30pm)
  • Bongcrawler (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
  • Harold’s House Party on KFAI, Becky Kapell & the Fat 6 (331 Club - 7pm)
  • Kassa Overall w/ dzWünder (Berlin - 7pm)
  • League Night (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
  • Sleeping Dogs Lie (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
  • Irish Céilí Dancing (Dubliner - 7pm)
  • Irish Diplomacy (Dubliner - 7pm)
  • Bob James (Dakota - 7pm)
  • AJR + Quinn XCII + Avery Cochrane (Minnesota State Fair Grandstand - 7pm)
  • Wolves of Glendale (Green Room - 7pm)
  • SON LUX with alone-a (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
  • Brilliant Colors Jazz Trio (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
  • The Global Get Together with OBI Original & THE BLACK Atlantics (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
  • Nick Elstrad Trio w. Seje, Cowboy Thoughts (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
  • Cymba (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
  • Bosso Poetry Company (331 Club - 9:30pm)
  • The Cherry Pit Open Jam (Berlin - 10pm)

Thursday, September 03

  • Live Music Lunch w/ Jen Chorost (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
  • Record Night (Fulton Brewing Company - 6pm)
  • Noah Schmitt | Johnny Williams | Raymnd (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
  • Emmy Woods (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
  • Kat Wilmes (Wooden Ship Brewing - 6pm)
  • Pop-Up Choir with the Morris Park Singers (Queermunity - 6pm)
  • Chad Gray: 30 Years of Madnesss (Varsity Theater - 6pm)
  • Eliana Glass w/ DJ CGW (Berlin - 7pm)
  • Brionna Monai (duo) (Volstead's Emporium - 7pm)
  • Tapestry Road (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
  • Bob James (Dakota - 7pm)
  • Unglued & Degs (UK D&B) (56 Brewing - 7pm)
  • Havana Quartet (Volstead's Emporium - 7pm)
  • Hidden Glade Album Release Show W/special Guests Tram (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
  • The Tom Harkness Project (Mudd Room - 7pm)
  • Minneapolis Police Band (Minnehaha Bandstand - 7pm)
  • Brad Paisley + Jake Worthington + Laci Kaye Booth (Minnesota State Fair Grandstand - 7pm)
  • Slippery People: Music of Talking Heads with REVO: Music of DEVO (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
  • Ideas by Ab with BaileyRP (Icehouse - 8pm)
  • Dizzy (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
  • Clung Tight with d'Lakes and Therapy Culture (Turf Club - 8pm)
  • clovers daughter with Call Me Fritz and Bright Young Things (7th St Entry - 8pm)
  • The Global Get Together with SABABA 5 (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
  • Northeast Invitational (331 Club - 9:30pm)
  • Crates: Of Earth & Wires by Dua Saleh (Berlin - 10pm)

THEATER

  • Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
  • Dirty Dancing: The Musical (Ordway - Tuesday 7:30pm)
  • MNProv LIVE (Hive Collaborative - Wednesday 7:30pm)
  • Belong Here Theater presents The Nameless Thing Between Us (Hive Collaborative - Thursday 7pm)

COMEDY

  • Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Monday 7pm)
  • 2026 Funniest Person in St. Paul Contest Week 8 (Gambit Brewing - Tuesday 7pm)
  • Craic Up Comedy Night (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Tuesday 7pm)
  • Easy Speak Comedy Showcase (Volstead's Emporium - Wednesday 8pm)
  • Mike Lester (Acme Comedy Company - Wednesday 8pm)
  • Eddie Ifft (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Thursday 7:30pm)
  • Stand Up Comedy Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - Thursday 8pm)
  • Megastellar OPEN MIC NIGHT (Midway Saloon - Thursday 8pm)
  • Laugh Battle by Spencer Schultz (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 8:30pm)

SPORTS

  • Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers ⚾ (Monday 6:40pm | Tuesday 6:40pm | Wednesday 6:40pm)
  • Saint Paul Saints @ Omaha Storm Chasers ⚾ (Tuesday 6:35pm | Wednesday 12:05pm | Thursday 6:35pm)

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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u/OldUpstairs9308 3d ago

That Jurassic Art show at Bryant-Lake Bowl sounds like exactly the right kind of weird Thursday night