
Stand-up comedy show in which former priest Tom Esch plays Fr. Vito, with music from Todd Anderson as Elvis and Miss Bunnyman played by Mary Esch.

Third annual Halloween night of tribute music, costume contests, and prizes at Icehouse.

Closing reception for Jack Ketchum's exhibition 'It's Too Late' at Q.arma Building.

Night of dubstep and bass music headlined by Ganja White Night at The Armory on South 6th Street.

Electronic music night headlined by Hydraulix, with Caspa and Ganja White Night, at The Armory as part of Wobbleween.

A high-energy funk show directed by Michael Bland, with a band of touring musicians paying homage to the icons of funk music.

Screening of the 2021 Japanese anthology film 'Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy' by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, part of the 'Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Effect and Cause' program at the Walker Art Center.

Fifteenth edition of the Twin Cities experimental music showcase featuring six musicians and live improvised visual projections.

NBA basketball game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Los Angeles Clippers at Target Center.

The Minnesota Orchestra, conducted by Scott Terrell, performs Bernard Herrmann's score to Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' live, as a Halloween weekend classic.

Blues Night with Holy Hannah! on the Main Stage, an evening of soulful picking and gritty melodies.

Live music night with The Harbor, a folk and acoustic act, at the craft brewery Padraigs Brewing in Northeast Minneapolis.

New production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, transposed to the American Old West, by The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company.

Punk night headlined by Rad Owl with Powerdam, Cut Rate Clones and Mark Har's Trailer 16mm Explosion at Cloudland Theater, a 21+ event.

Jazz trio The Early Planets, led by Mike Wolter, play original music influenced by Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman and Marc Ribot.

Post-bop jazz quintet led by trombonist Jered Byford plays standards, originals and reharmonizations at Jazz Central Studios.

Record release event for Charlie Parr's album Rooming House, with two full sets of music including a retrospective of his catalog.

Live music night headlined by Boomdagger, with Whispered the Rabbit, ..And I Found A Way and Amateur Hour at Pilllar.

Annual Halloween celebration at Schooner Tavern with live music from Slovczech and Ukrainian Village Band, 21+.

Queer prom night for ages 21+ to celebrate and dance, with retro and modern vibes and a costume theme.

Live jazz set by The Neighborhood Quartet, the 2026 MSP House Band, at the Aster Cafe on St. Anthony Main.

DJ-led dance party by the Culture of Color Collective with Hip Hop, R&B, Afrobeats and Amapiano, plus a Halloween costume contest with cash prizes.

Wobbleween returns to The Armory for its fifth edition, with two stages of music, an arcade bar, vendors and live painters, over 18s only.

Weekly Friday night variety show with a guest comedian, long-form improv, music, film and a Henson-trained puppet.

18+ Halloween tribute dance night with 2010s pop and EDM hits, glow sticks and costumes from that era.

Late-night lounge night with DJ SHU spinning jazz fusion, soul, R&B and funk at Berlin on North Loop.

Live music night with Pretty Pretty Please at The Terminal Bar.

Two-hour hands-on sushi-making class for adults 21+ to learn how to make California rolls and other styles of sushi.

Exhibition at Dreamsong inspired by Arakawa + Gins, featuring works on design, fashion and craft by multiple artists.

Drawings by Terrence Payne in response to Operation Metro Surge at Rosalux Gallery.

A satirical sketch comedy revue by the legendary Brave New Workshop that explores the impact of social media, smartphones and the endless scroll.

The 15th edition of the Twin Cities Horror Festival, featuring 14 productions of theatre, dance, cabaret, puppetry and short films exploring the horror genre.

A world premiere musical by Ben Steinfeld about childhood memories of icy adventures with a loving father, recommended for ages 7 and up.

A punk-rock, queer and rebellious reimagining of the true-crime case of Lizzie Borden, performed by a cast of four and a live band.

Intimate close-up magic show created by Australian magician Christopher Wayne, with sleight of hand, comedy and magic-themed cocktails.

A contemporary photography exhibition featuring four galleries of work, including 'The Streets' and 'The Interpretation of Dreams', with a free opening reception.

First solo museum exhibition by Olalekan Jeyifous, with milled-wood reliefs, carved sculptures and video works that treat the Mississippi River as a site of memory.

Exhibition of sculptures by Yuna Cho, Jeff Feld, Silvia Gruner, Emily Hayton and Guy Nelson that explore how materiality makes sculpture transcend its own category.

Exhibition of more than 80 haute couture masterpieces from the Palais Galliera, tracing the evolution of luxury across the 20th century.

Major exhibition at the Walker Art Center exploring the many meanings and ideas of 'home' with works from the museum's collections.

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.

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.

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.

Exhibition at Interact Gallery, the art studio of Interact Center for the Arts that supports artists with disabilities.

Immersive exhibition recreating the Titanic with artifacts, room recreations and 3D views, combining history and technology.

First solo exhibition by Houston-born, Twin Cities-based interdisciplinary artist Grover Hogan, with mixed-media artefacts, paintings and altars.

Exhibition of work by University of Minnesota student, staff and faculty artists at the Coffman Art Gallery.

Fall exhibition at 801 Gallery with new work by Camille Hempel, Pete Driessen and Pocket Toscani, with an opening reception on October 22.

Over-21s Halloween pop-up bar with horror-themed cocktails, games, music, spooky décor and a welcome drink.

Exhibition by Halle Rittgers at the TractorWorks Building in Minneapolis.

Exhibition of large collages by James Curry about the parallel freedom movements of Black, Indigenous and Chicano communities in the Twin Cities during the 1960s.

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.

Free exhibition of avant-garde Japanese ceramics by Sodeisha members and independent artists created before 1990.

Exhibition of 70 installed paintings by Rod Massey at Lowry Hill Gallery, with opening reception and artist talk.

Exhibition of work by around fifty MCAD faculty members across its departments, with a Faculty Forum series of papers, film screenings, performances and readings.

Exhibition of the paintings Jim Denomie created between 1994 and 2004, the work that laid the foundation for his later art.

Exhibition of abstract, symbolist paintings by Derek Meier, described as 'smashed realities reformed into a singular home'.

Solo show of realist landscape paintings in oil and acrylic by local artist Ava Lambert, free to attend.

Series of live music and art performances at local small businesses across Minneapolis, from a diner to an auto repair shop, to support them.

Exhibitions from the Soomaal Visual Arts Fellowship at Augsburg Galleries, running through October 30.

Folk legend Judy Collins plays The Dakota Jazz Club on her farewell tour, with songs from her fifty-five albums.

Third annual juried group exhibition of work by Minnesota artists aged 18 or over, in which no piece is larger than 12 inches.

Solo exhibition by Minneapolis illustrator and muralist Jesse Quam, his first solo show in the city in eleven years.

Exhibition by Minneapolis artist Erika Terwilliger that transforms household debris like leaves, ductwork and plastic tarps into sculptural work.

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.

Photography exhibition tracing the artistic exchange between Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe and Lynn Davis, recreating their 1979 'Trade-Off' show.

Exhibition of 30 prints by William Villalongo and Shraddha Ramani that update W.E.B. Du Bois's 1900 data portraits of Black America.

A dance work by Rwandan-French dancer Dorothée Munyaneza that revives the spirit of Tituba from the Salem witch trials, exploring memory, history and resistance.

35mm screening of the cult Japanese horror film 'Hausu' at The Trylon as part of its 'Evil Incantations' witchcraft and horror series.

BareBones Puppets' 33rd annual Halloween show combining puppetry, stilting, dance, fire and live music in Powderhorn Park.

Two-night pass to Horror on Hennepin, the big Halloween party at Skyway Theatre with electronic music, costume contests and themed drink specials.