Free live performance by Crooners Supper Club, with Suzanne Paris on vocals and Benny Weinbeck on piano, at Maggie's Piano Lounge.
Free evening of contemporary jazz with the Joel Shapira Trio playing Monk and Miles at Berlin on North Loop.
Free Halloween day of fun at the Northrup King Building, with treats and art or tricks from participating studios across four floors.
Black Sabbath tribute concert by Bleak Sabbath Band with Halloween costume and Ozzy look-a-like contests at Shaw's Bar & Grill.
Vinyl DJ Grady (Not Grady) mixes disco, jazz, punk and electronic music for Halloween at Animales BBQ Co.
Free live jazz guitar performance by the Ryan Picone Quartet at Volstead's Emporium Uptown.
Crooners evening with vocalist Jennifer Eckes and pianist Kevin Werner-Hohlstein at Maggie's Piano Lounge, presented by Crooners Supper Club.
Free jazz night at Jazz Central Studios with the Wormdove vs Rawtwhylah pairing, with Beck Anderson on bass and Colin Mitchell on drums.
Middle schoolers screen Edward Scissorhands with a costume contest and art-making; free with registration.
Free jazz evening with trumpeter Ryan Garmoe and pianist Patrick Adkins playing original compositions and jazz standards.
Free, all-ages concert series with live local music, activities and family fun on Halloween, featuring The Cactus Blossoms, LAAMAR and School of Rock.
Free members' concert by North Star Jazz Workshops at Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis.
Day of two screenings with introductions and film discussions, 'Cabaret' (1972) and 'I Dream in Another Language' (2017), presented by The Gaily Show at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Weekly open-stage drag competition where 18-and-over performers get feedback from a mentor and a lip sync battle, with a $500 cash prize at the cycle finale.
Nine free morning concerts with family-friendly sets, creative stations and food trucks at nine different independent Minneapolis music venues.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin presents on leadership as the Humphrey School's 2026 Distinguished Carlson Lecturer, with a moderated conversation led by Gary Eichten.
Free election night watch party with live music from Lee Bains, The Silent Treatment and Eleganza!, tacos and drink specials.
Free art exhibition and DJ event at Mother Co. Plants in Minneapolis, with lineup to be announced.
Drop-in day with interactive learning stations and artmaking sessions inspired by the museum's collection, for school groups and families with children in grades 3 to 6.
Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri presents the annual Roetzel Family Lecture on the Mecca Paradox, part of the UMN Conversations series at Northrop.
Panel discussion and mixer on fashion and creativity, with local creatives, at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Free benefit concert by One T & Nicole at Phoenix Theater for The Arts' Nest, in memory of its founding executive director Jenna Papke.
Free, drop-in guided public tour of the Minneapolis Institute of Art exploring tradition and innovation in Native American art.
Free jazz manouche night of Mill City Hot Club, with guitar, upright bass and violin, in the Berlin jazz series.
Live music performance by Matty & The Subtle Validation at the 331 Club in Minneapolis.
A day of family activities connecting visitors with artwork on view, with free gallery admission, including tours and a family-friendly film.
Viva Knievel performs live at First Avenue as part of the Family Gathering Concert Series, a community music event.
A monthly sensory-friendly event at the Walker Art Center designed for visitors with sensory processing differences, autism spectrum disorder, or developmental disabilities, offering a quiet, supportive environment with dimmed lighting and noise-canceling headphones.
Rising Voices, a series of barrier-free shows, brings local artists ODD1Out, EmPTHY and Obsidian James to The Hook and Ladder.
Free night for 18-26 year olds with live music, a fashion show, a photobooth and food at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Vinyl listening party of Frankie Reyes' album 'Boleros Valses y Mas' at Berlin in Minneapolis' North Loop.
Friday night of the Funk Fridays series, with local funk act Big Fat Money playing live at Animales BBQ Co.
Free student matinee of the University of Minnesota Marching Band indoor concert, with fall 2026 halftime hits and a visit from the Goldy Gopher mascot.
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The Brokedown Dollys, three of Minneapolis' top vocalists, harmonise to country roots music in a strictly over-18s show.
Free solo exhibition of prints by Christopher Alday exploring the art of letters at Indeed Brewing Company.
Exhibition and sale of over 1,000 handmade ceramic pots, sculptures, and jewelry from local and national artists, with a Winter Open House.
Free vinyl listening party of A Tribe Called Quest's farewell album 'We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service', introduced by special guest Sean McPherson.
Free sewing studio in which visitors receive custom-printed fabric swatches and create their own garments and accessories in a group project, part of the exhibition 'Learning to Build, Building to Learn'.
Six choreographers explore their cultural roots through traditional and contemporary African and diasporic dance in a night of storytelling and movement.
A community festival with handmade gift items, make-and-take stations, music, art, puppets and treats to celebrate the winter season.
Free day of short films, conversations with Akua Shabaka, Aditi Meyer, Kilo Kish and Jasmine Benjamin, and a presentation by Sanam Sindhi on fashion as identity, presented with the exhibition 'Paris Couture'.
Day-long event with a photogram workshop led by artist Leslie Thornton and scholar Alice Lovejoy, followed by a screening of experimental films on the nuclear world and a conversation.
A night of drag bingo hosted by a Minneapolis drag performer, free to play and open to all.
Trunk show by jeweller Erin Peña to sell jewelry samples and bits at the Textile Center on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday.
A dialogue on how data is used to police migration and influence public perceptions, part of the (In)Justice Series.
Free holiday art market with local artisans and special sales at Seward neighborhood businesses, followed by a festive wrap party with tacos and Cajun dance music.
Opening reception and holiday gifts fair with 35 local artists and 37 makers, with the exhibition on view through May 2027.
Free member event with complimentary sweet treats, a take-home art activity and 20% off the Winter Shop Sale at the Weisman Art Museum.
JoJo Green performs as part of a Tuesday residency at 331 Club during December, with different co-bills each week. The December 15 date is part of the residency, but the co-bill is not yet confirmed and should not be announced.
21+ third-Thursday music night with live piano, The Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs, a $5 drink wristband and the taco truck Loncheria los amigos.
Free game night at Roxy's Cabaret with Super Smash Bros. on a giant LED wall, plus board and card games, before the venue's Smash Bros. tournament.
Free Thursday evening of frozen sculptures in Target Park, a couture demonstration by Sonya Berlovitz, a gallery walk with Jahna Peloquin and dancing with DJ McShellen.
Artist talk by Rotem Zin-Tamir, guest exhibitor of the MAEP show 'Latitude 33°', followed by an informal question session at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Free guided tour of the Minneapolis Institute of Art exploring its collection of art by African American artists.
Annual winter fiber art celebration at the Textile Center with a community river-themed art installation, hands-on demonstrations, makers market and free exhibitions.
Free student matinee of Ballet Folklórico de México, with live mariachi music, traditional costumes, study materials, Q&A with the artists and a Sensory Friendly Lounge.
Concert by the Los Angeles jazz and improvisation quintet SML, featuring bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, saxophonist Josh Johnson, percussionist Booker Stardrum and guitarist Gregory Uhlmann.
Free guided public tour at the Minneapolis Institute of Art exploring the dialogue between visual art and poetry.
Annual festival in which more than 150 florists create floral interpretations of works from the museum's permanent collection, with a free guided tour and family activities.
Free in-gallery conversation in which Mia guides are stationed in the galleries to talk with visitors about contemporary artworks on display.
Free Friends Lecture, the monthly speaker series of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, with artist Lalla Essaydi in the Pillsbury Auditorium.
Free guided tour of the Minneapolis Institute of Art exploring artworks by LGBTQ+ artists and pieces that reference queer identities and themes.
Exhibition of new drawings and sculptures by Michal Sagar at Form + Content Gallery, exploring memory, history and identity.
BareBones Puppets' 33rd annual Halloween show combining puppetry, stilting, dance, fire and live music in Powderhorn Park.
Free exhibition examining the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the Mississippi River, with a rematriation focus and a Native vendor fair at its opening festival.
Solo show of realist landscape paintings in oil and acrylic by local artist Ava Lambert, free to attend.
Free exhibition of avant-garde Japanese ceramics by Sodeisha members and independent artists created before 1990.
Free exhibition of 23 works from the museum's collection, including screens, prints, sculpture and textiles, that explore skeletons in Japanese art from the 1830s to 2018.
Exhibition of work by University of Minnesota student, staff and faculty artists at the Coffman Art Gallery.
Public reception for the exhibition of fifteen Minnesota sculptors, with free admission to the gallery.
Free opening reception for the juried exhibition of works by twenty-one artists from four International Sculpture Center national chapters.
First solo exhibition by Houston-born, Twin Cities-based interdisciplinary artist Grover Hogan, with mixed-media artefacts, paintings and altars.
Free public exhibition, the first comprehensive survey of Tiffany Chung's work, exploring maps as records of loss, survival, memory and resilience.
Exhibition of the restored Italian Renaissance tapestry 'The Meeting of Dante and Virgil' by Francesco Salviati, a rare early Medicean work.
Ceramics exhibition exploring the human condition through clay, with a curator talk and virtual panel on October 21 and an artist talk and demonstration by Kensuke Yamada.
Free exhibition of more than 20 crop art works from the Minnesota State Fair, including the five 'Best in Show' ribbons, at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
A contemporary photography exhibition featuring four galleries of work, including 'The Streets' and 'The Interpretation of Dreams', with a free opening reception.
