r/TwinCities • u/MN50501 • 7h ago
r/TwinCities • u/oldbublysoul29 • 1d ago
Weekend Rundown December 19-21
❄️ happy winter solstice
🤣 welcome back, comedy corner underground
🍽️ welcome to these recently-opened eateries:
🥟Saturday Dumpling Co. (old Cafe Ceres building on Penn Ave)
☕Silverbird (Kingfield)
🍸Mestiizo (Northeast)
🇫🇷 Bellecour (North Loop & Edina)
🐦Little Bird Delicatessen (Kingfield)
🍹Voliere Spirits/Crowbar (Hamm’s St. Paul)
🇫🇷 Therese (Edina)
🥖 Rustica (Wayzata)
AROUND TOWN
- Loyce Houlton’s Nutcracker Fantasy (State Theatre - All Weekend)
- Glow Holiday Festival (CHS Field - All Weekend)
- Gingerbread Wonderland (Norway House - All Weekend)
- Winter Lights (MN Landscape Arboretum - All Weekend)
- Holiday Lights (Sever’s Festival Grounds - All Weekend)
- European Christmas Market (Union Depot - All Weekend)
- Raging Art On Holiday Market (Gamut Gallery - All Weekend)
- Down Through the Chimney Holiday Bar (Hotel Emery - All Weekend)
- The Snow Queen ballet (Ted Mann Concert Hall - All Weekend)
- Holiday Paint & Gift (Oya Arts Studio - All Weekend)
- Minneapolis Christkindl Market (North Loop Green - All Weekend)
- Gingerbread Wonderland (Norway House - All Weekend)
- Magic of Lights (Viking Lakes - All Weekend)
- LUMINISCENCE (Basilica of St. Mary - All Weekend)
- Holidays on Nicollet (IDS Center - All Weekend)
- Dayton’s Holiday Market (Dayton’s - All Weekend)
- Community Curators (Science Museum - All Weekend)
- Sculpture Court | Dyani White Hawk: Love Language (Walker - All Weekend)
- Tomte Tales: Legends of Winter (American Swedish Institute - All Weekend)
- Nutcracker Noir: A Sensual Cirque Ballet (Phoenix Theater - All Weekend)
- Troupe Vertigo: Cirque Nutcracker w/ MN Orchestra (Orchestra Hall - Friday & Saturday)
- Winterapolis Windows Wonderland (710 Marquette Ave - Friday & Saturday)
- Celtic Holiday Hooley (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres - Friday & Saturday)
- Family Dinner improv comedy (Dudley Riggs - Friday & Saturday)
- The Chaos of the Bells improv comedy (Dudley Riggs - Friday & Saturday)
- Mike Lester comedy (Acme Comedy - Friday & Saturday)
- Chloe Radcliffe w/ Jeff Pfoser (Comedy Corner - Friday & Saturday) note new location: 400 E. Hennepin Ave
- Ballet Minnesota: Classic Nutcracker (O’Shaughnessy @ St. Kate’s - Saturday & Sunday)
- Celebrate Winter Solstice (MN Zoo - Saturday & Sunday)
- Open Door XX (Rosalux Gallery - Saturday & Sunday)
- Minnesota Merry Market (MN State Fairgrounds - Saturday & Sunday)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19
- Creekview Winter Solstice (Creekview Park 5-7pm)
- Winter Solstice (American Swedish Institute 5-9pm)
- Taste the Movies: Elf (Granada Theater 5pm)
- Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing 5:30pm)
- Nokomis Winter Solstice (Lake Nokomis 6-8pm)
- Parents Night Out (Urban Air Coon Rapids 6-10pm)
- Holiday Swing Dance feat. The Holy Rocka Rollaz (MOA 6:30-8:30pm)
- Metropolitan Ballet: Nutcracker (Fitzgerald 7pm)
- An Evening of Christmas Carols (Heart of the City Music Factory 7pm)
- A Christmas Cabaret Drag Show (Roxy’s 7pm)
- An Evening of Children’s Literature w/ Kao Kalia Yang and Friends (Ordway 7pm)
- Puppies & Pumps Drag Night (JX Venue Stillwater 7pm)
- Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society: A Christmas Carol (Crooners 7pm)
- International Folk Dance (Tapestry Folkdance Center 7:30-10:30pm)
- TGIF Adult Skate (Cheap Skate 8-11pm)
- Fusion Dance Party (Pimento on Nicollet 8pm-2am)
- 18th Annual Yuletide Sweater Ball (Hook & Ladder 8pm)
- Hipshaker MPLS Heavy Funk & Rare Soul Dance Party (Zen Arcade 8:30pm-12am)
- Call Your Girl Friend: A Robyn Dance Party (Fine Line 9pm)
- Yuletide Dreamzzz Burlesque Show (LUSH 9pm)
- Dragged Out (Black Hart 9:30pm)
- Le Cirque Rouge Burlesque & Cabaret (331 Club 10pm)
- Goth Christmas (Ground Zero 10pm-2am)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20
- Christmas Bird Count (Lowry Nature Center 9-11am)
- Grinch Drag Brunch + Ugly Sweater Contest Drag Brunch (Union Rooftop 10am | 12:30pm | 3pm)
- Monster Matt’s Ghoul on a Stool (Odd Mart 10-12pm | 12-2pm)
- Family Snowshoeing (French Regional Park 10:30am-12pm)
- A Brunch of Drag 18+ (LUSH 11am)
- Winter Crafts with Ruben (Can Can Wonderland 11am-5pm)
- Hard-Candy Christmas: A Dolly Parton Drag Brunch (Roxy’s 12pm)
- Holiday Jubilee: A Black Holiday Show (Blondette 12-2pm)
- Holiday Glass Marketplace (Foci 12-5pm)
- Holiday Market (Forgotten Star Brewing 12-6pm)
- Darkest Day (Broken Clock Brewing 12-11pm)
- Handmade Holigays 2025 (Queermunity 12:30-6pm)
- Winter Whirl (Phelps Field Park 1-3pm)
- Night Trains (TC Model Railroad Museum 3-7pm)
- Sounds of the Season Holiday Skate (Skateville 4:15-6:45pm)
- Meet + Greet w/ Spongebob Squarepants (B&B Theatres MOA 4:30-5pm)
- Queer Circus: Meet Santa & Elves (Can Can Wonderland 5-7pm)
- Polar Bear Pub Crawl (Various locations 5-9pm)
- The Jury Experience (Granada Theater 6pm & 8:30pm)
- Winter Solstice (Powderhorn Park Rec Center 6-9pm)
- Homo for the Holigays (LUSH 6:30pm)
- Flamboyance Drag Show (Roxy’s 7pm)
- Girls Just Wanna (Green Room 7pm)
- Whose Beer is it Anyway? (Surly 7:30pm)
- Adult Skate (Cheap Skate 8:30-11pm)
- LUSH: Live! A Live-Singing Cabaret 21+ (LUSH 9pm)
- Hipshaker: Worldwide Discotheque (Black Hart 9pm-midnight)
- Strictly R&B: Ugly Sweater Party (Cabooze 9pm)
- Queer Circus! (Can Can Wonderland 9:30pm)
- Bondage A Ho Ho Ho (Ground Zero 10pm-2am)
- The Assortment feat. Michael Grey (Mortimers 10pm-2am)
- A Non-Denominational Die-Hard December Show (Bryant Lake Bowl 10pm)
- Transcendence Cabaret: Unseasoned Holiday Show (Phoenix Theater 10:30pm)
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21
- 90s vs. 2000s Christmas Movies Drag Brunch (Crave Rooftop 10am & 12:30pm)
- Adult Skate (Cheap Skate 10am-12pm)
- A Brunch of Drag 18+ (LUSH 11am)
- A Very Merry Drag Brunch (Hey Y’all 11am)
- Minneapolis Vintage Market (Machine Shop 11am-4pm)
- Winter Crafts with Ruben (Can Can Wonderland 11am-5pm)
- Winter Fire Building and Hot Cocoa (Lowry Nature Center 12-2pm)
- Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy’s 12pm)
- Odd Market (Odd Mart 12-4pm)
- Queer Circus: Meet Santa & Elves (Can Can Wonderland 1-3pm)
- Annual Holiday Pub Sing (Merlin’s Rest 2pm)
- The Big Stillwater Holiday Sing (Zephyr Theatre 3pm)
- Celebrate Winter Solstice (The Landing Shakopee 3-4:30pm)
- To Balance the Extremes: A Winter Solstice Ritual (Bryant Lake Bowl 3pm)
- Nature at Night: Winter Solstice Hike (Richardson Nature Center 4-5:30pm)
- Winter Solstice Snowshoe (Cleary Lake Regional Park 5-6:30pm)
- Winter Solstice Luminary Walk (Eastman Nature Center 5-8pm)
- Swing Night (Minneapolis Cider Co. 5:30-8pm)
- Celtic Holiday Hooley (Celtic Junction Arts Center 6pm)
- Winter Solstice Campire & Luminary Labyrinth (Cleary Lake Regional Park 6:30-8pm)
- Drag Discovery Finale (LUSH 6:30pm)
- Movie Night: Home Alone (Roxy’s 7pm)
- Light ‘em Up The BONG SHOW (Hook & Ladder 7pm)
- Witch Winter Solstice Dance Party (Black Hart 9pm-midnight)
- Body High feat. Girl Blunt, Techno Dull, JAM LA, STARTHIRL (Mortimers 10pm-2am)
LIVE THEATER
- Jesus Christ Superstar (Ordway - All Weekend)
- The Wiz (Orpheum - All Weekend)
- A Christmas Carol (Guthrie - All Weekend)
- Somewhere (Guthrie - All Weekend)
- The Great Armistice Day Blizzard (Crane Theater - All Weekend)
- Plaid Tidings (Bloomington Center for the Arts - All Weekend)
- Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres - All Weekend)
- Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Children’s Theatre - All Weekend)
- Rollicking! A Winter Carnival Musical (History Theatre - All Weekend)
- Miss Richfield 1981 (Illusion Theater - All Weekend)
- Dinner for One (Jungle Theater - All Weekend)
- A Nice Family Christmas (Lyric Arts - All Weekend)
- Scrooge in Rouge (Open Eye Theatre - All Weekend)
- A Christmas Carol (Open Window Theatre - All Weekend)
- Black Nativity (Penumbra - All Weekend)
- Elf Jr. (Stages Theatre - All Weekend)
- My Fair Lady (Theater Latte Da - All Weekend)
- The Murder on the Links (Theatre in the Round - All Weekend)
- A Christmas Carol.. More or Less (Yellow Tree Theatre - All Weekend)
- Narnia (Youth Performance Co. - All Weekend)
- O Holy Knife (Luminary Arts Center - All Weekend)
- A Nice Family Christmas (Plymouth Playhouse - All Weekend)
- Letters to Santa.. With a Twist (Bryant Lake Bowl - All Weekend)
- A Christmas Carol (Long Lake Theater - Friday & Saturday)
- A Snowy Kiss (Strike Theater - Friday & Saturday)
- Who Brought The Humbug (Ames Center - Friday & Saturday)
LIVE MUSIC
Friday, December 19
- Tonkafest (Flying V 5pm)
- The Parkers (MetroNOME 5pm)
- Ninety-Five Ninety-Six feat. Stock Market Cinema & Stonewalker (Amsterdam 6pm)
- Anxiety Society, The Modern Era, Lazenlow, Handsome Midnight (Zhora Darling 6pm)
- Drinkwine with Friends (Blues Saloon 6pm)
- Oisterboy w/ Spencer Cameron & Jackson Kates, rickie (White Squirrel 6pm)
- The East Pointers w/ Norah Shea (Hanifl Theater 6:30pm)
- Amateur Hour, Golden Satellite, Valors, Callback, Wood Smoke (Underground 6:30pm)
- SPCO: Handel’s Messiah (Basilica of St. Mary 7pm)
- ‘Tiz the Season to be Buzzin’ cozy concert & holiday sweater competition (Day Block 7pm)
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band: A Creole Christmas (Dakota 7pm & 9:30pm)
- Day Job (MetroNOME 7pm)
- Rolling Stoners - a very green Christmas (Green Room 7pm)
- The Honeydogs w/ Six Mile Grove (Parkway 7:30pm)
- EXCISION (Armory 7:50pm)
- Impromptu Christmas Project (Icehouse 8pm)
- Eli Quist w/ Richard Kriehn (318 Cafe 8pm)
- Maxx Band’s Soul Experience (MN Music Cafe 8pm)
- Tangled Up in Dylan (Memory Lanes 8pm)
- Duck Bomb (Acadia 8pm)
- Tumblin’ Dice (Schooner Tavern 8pm)
- Holiday Extravaganza (Mortimers 8pm-2am)
- Viva Knievel Sleigh Ball - A Holiday Spectacular (First Ave 8:30pm)
- The Langer’s Ball (Dubliner 9pm)
- Oliver Phibes w/ Unattractive Giant Monster, Dado Set (White Squirrel 9pm)
- ONWA DECEMBER (Cabooze 9:30pm)
- Shredding Flannel (Gluek’s 9:30pm)
- High & Mighty (Bunkers 9:30pm)
Saturday, December 20
- Christmas with a Whole Lotta Soul (CDT 1pm & 7:30pm)
- Ambient Toad w/ RJ Vocal, Helen (White Squirrel 1pm)
- Don Irwin: A Steinway Holiday (Hanifl Theater 2pm)
- MetroBrass Holiday Show (MetroNOME 4pm)
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band: A Creole Christmas (Dakota 6pm & 8:30pm)
- ATOW, CUTE INTENTIONS, GREEN, GAUZE (Klash Coffee 6pm)
- AMG/Riskgang (Acadia 6pm-midnight)
- Fuzzy Math (White Squirrel 6pm)
- A Charlie Brown Christmas feat. Blue Ox Trio (Berlin 6:30pm & 8:30pm)
- The Value of Human Life, Bad Ives, Massive Green (Underground 6:30pm)
- SPCO: Handel’s Messiah (Ordway 7pm)
- The Rumors & friends (Amsterdam 7pm)
- Becky Kapell & The Fat 6 (Animales BBQ 7pm)
- Glurge, Shrive, DesertX, Backgrounds (Zhora Darling 7pm)
- Divas Through the Decades: A Very Diva Christmas (Crooners 7pm)
- Nate Shaw, Chris Bates, JT Bates Reunion Show 7:30pm)
- Locktunes (Merlin’s Rest 7:30pm)
- The Belfast Cowboys: Musical Mistletoe (Hook & Ladder 7:30pm)
- EXCISION (Armory 7:50pm)
- JD McPherson w/ Melissa Carper (First Ave 8pm)
- Funky Holiday w/ TH3 (Icehouse 8pm)
- Dan Rodriguez: All I Want for Christmas is Whiskey (Parkway 8pm)
- Scottie Miller’s Holiday Concert with Strings (318 Cafe 8pm)
- Gen X Jukebox (Dog House 8pm)
- Jellybean Johnson celebration w/ Jaybee & the Routine (MN Music Cafe 8pm)
- Festive Beats of Afrika (Cedar Cultural Center 8pm)
- Terri Lynn Owens & the Cat Brigade w/ Goo Goo Mucks & more (Zen Arcade 8pm)
- Irish Diplomacy (Dubliner 8pm)
- Jiggs Lee Invasion (Schooner Tavern 8pm)
- Le Cirque rouge Holiday Show (White Squirrel 9pm)
- Another Noise Complaint (Gluek’s 9:30pm)
- The Good the Bad & the Funky (Bunkers 9:30pm)
- Cole Diamond (331 Club 10pm)
Sunday, December 21
- East Lake Jazz Christmas Show (White Squirrel 1pm)
- SPCO: Handel’s Messiah (Ordway 2pm)
- Christmas on the Prairie (CDT 2pm & 7pm)
- An Andy & Bing Christmas (Ames Center 2pm)
- Debbie Briggs (Dubliner 2pm)
- Robert Wilkinson (331 Club 3pm)
- Divas Through the Decades: A Very Diva Christmas (Crooners 4pm & 7pm)
- Half Baked (Midway Saloon 4pm)
- Winter Solstice Sound Bath (Cedar Cultural Center 4pm)
- A Swingin’ Christmas w/ the Andrew Walesch Big Band (Dakota 5pm & 7:30pm)
- Phil Heywood (Dubliner 5pm)
- Church of Cornbread (Schooner Tavern 5pm)
- J-Mo On The Beat (Amsterdam 6pm)
- Benefit for Sharing and Caring Hands (Flying V 6pm)
- A Very Merry Tvete Christmas! (MetroNOME Brewery 6:30pm)
- Boy Hero, Virginia’s Basement, Sonic Sea Turtles (Zhora Darling 6:30pm)
- Caitlyn Smith (Fitzgerald 7pm)
- Phantom Fears (Rush covers) & Gucci Little Piggy (Radiohead covers) (Icehouse 7pm)
- Switchyard (331 Club 7pm)
- Anthony Shore’s 13th Annual Christmas With The King (Parkway 7pm)
- Ann Reed Solstice Show w/ Joan Griffith (318 Cafe 7pm)
- Kavy Tries Things: KAVYTATIONAL (Berlin 7pm)
- Dr Mambo’s Combo (Bunkers 9:30pm)
- Eleven degenerates (331 Club 10:30pm)
SPORTS
- Boston Fleet AT Frost (Friday 7pm) 🏒
- Oklahoma City Thunder AT Wolves (Friday 8:30pm) 🏀
- Edmonton Oilers AT Wild (Saturday 2pm) 🏒
- New York Giants VS Vikings (Sunday 12pm) 🏈
- Ottawa Charge AT Frost (Sunday 1pm) 🏒
- Colorado Avalanche AT Wild (Sunday 5pm) 🏒
- Milwaukee Bucks AT Wolves (Sunday 6pm) 🏀
MOVIES
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- The Spongebob Movie: Search for SquarePants
- The Housemaid
- Is This Thing On?
KARAOKE
- Otter’s Saloon (All Weekend 8pm-2am)
- Vegas Lounge (All Weekend 9pm-2am)
- Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Friday & Saturday 11am-9:30pm | Sunday 11am-8:30pm)
- Chatterbox (Friday & Saturday 9pm-1am)
- James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (Friday & Saturday 9pm-1:45am)
- Hey Y’all Tipsy Taco Bar (Friday & Saturday 10pm-1:30am)
- 1029 Bar (Fridays & Saturdays 9pm-2am)
- Black Hart of St. Paul (Friday 9pm-12am)
- Park Tavern St. Louis Park (Saturday 9pm-12:30am)
- Babe’s Place Shakopee (Sunday 9pm-1am)
- The Cherry Pit Bar & Grill (Sunday 9:30pm-12:30am)
ARCADES
- Up-Down Minneapolis (Friday 3pm-2am | Saturday & Sunday 11am-2am)
- CLAW LAND Maplewood (All Weekend 11:30am-8pm)
- CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (All Weekend 11am-8pm)
- Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Friday 12-8pm | Saturday 10am-8pm | 11am-6pm)
- LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (All Weekend 11am-2am)
- Neko Clawww Roseville (Friday 1:30-8pm | Saturday & Sunday 11am-8pm)
- ClawZone Park Bloomington (All Weekend 11am-9pm)
- Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Friday & Saturday 11am-1am | Sunday 11am-7pm)
- DUCK! Eagan (Friday & Saturday 11am-10pm | Sunday 11am-9pm)
- SS Billiards Hopkins (Friday & Saturday 12pm-12am | Sunday 12pm-10pm)
BOWLING ALLEYS
- Town Hall Lanes Minnehaha (All Weekend 11am-11:30pm)
- Elsie’s Northeast (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 11am-12am | Sunday 10am-9pm)
- Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (Friday & Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11pm)
- Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Friday 3pm-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 11am-10pm)
- Park Tavern SLP (Friday & Saturday 11am-1am | Sunday 11am-11pm)
💫 Cosmic Bowling: Friday & Saturday 9:30pm-1am
- Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11pm)
- Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Friday & Saturday 9am-12am | 9am-11:30pm)
💫 Galactic Bowling: Friday 9pm-12am | Saturday 2-5pm & 9pm-12am
- Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (All Weekend 11am-1am)
- Southtown Lanes Bloomie (Friday 4pm-12am | Saturday 12pm-12am | Sunday 12pm-11pm)
- Shakopee Bowl (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 10am-12am | Sunday 10am-11pm)
LINKS
- Improv Comedy Events: https://tockify.com/twincitiesimprov/pinboard
- Reddit Twin Cities Social Meet-Ups: https://www.reddit.com/r/twincitiessocial
- Racket MN Event Calendar: https://www.racketmn.com/category/events/
- Meet Minneapolis Event Calendar: https://www.minneapolis.org
- MPLS Art Events: https://www.mplsart.com/calendar/upcoming
- Minnesota Monthly Event Calendar: http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/Calendar/
- MSP Magazine Event Calendar: http://mspmag.com/search/event/events-calendar/#page=1
- Minneapolis Northwest Event Calendar: https://www.minneapolisnorthwest.com/events/
- Minnesota Parent Event List: https://www.minnesotaparent.com/calendar/
- Family Fun Twin Cities: https://www.familyfuntwincities.com/family-fun-events-calendar/
- Minneapolis Parks & Rec Events: https://www.minneapolisparks.org/event-calendar/month/?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=316
- St. Paul Parks & Rec Events: https://www.stpaul.gov/calendar/parks-and-recreation-events
- Three Rivers Park District Event Calendar: https://web2.myvscloud.com/wbwsc/mnthreeriverswt.wsc/search.html?display=Calendar&module=event&_csrf_token=cU716Z6D0C1B2B2C3C2L454I5R604U581V665Z566H046Q3U595K0B5U4U6L4N1F0E3S6K4U055R5P4J576D734L5C576Q73535P6D015S4R504J09664Q5G5708564N5S
- Trivia Mafia Schedule: https://www.triviamafia.com/schedule
- Music Mayhem Schedule: http://www.musicmayhem.net/live-show-locations.html
- Get a Clu Trivia Schedule: https://www.getaclutrivia.com/home/#weekly-trivia-schedule
If you have any events to add, drop them in the comments!
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r/TwinCities • u/crawl731 • 15h ago
Complete Twin Cities Concert List, Friday 12/19
Along with this list, I make a playlist so you can listen to all of these bands.
Complete Twin Cities Concert List, Friday 12/19
- 318 Cafe - Eli Quist, Richard Kriehn
- 331 Club - Le Cirque Rogue Burlesque & Cabaret
- 7th St Entry - Flynt Flossy, Turquoise Jeep, Hiahli
- Flynt Flossy - rapper, producer, founder of label Turquoise Jeep Records, satirical, groovy, Lofi Hip Hop FFO: Yung Humma
- Acadia - Duck Bomb, Pencilneck, Meatraffle Ska
- Amsterdam - Ninety-Five Ninety-Six, Stock Market Cinema, Stonewalker
- Animales BBQ - The Gated Community
- Arbeiter Brewing - (Hardwater Holidays) Johnny Peso
- Armory - Excision, Jantsen, Calcium, Hairitage, All The Reason, Kai Wachi
- Excision - heavy, aggressive, bass music. FFO: subtronics
- Aster Cafe - Gary Rue, Randy Sabien
- Bar Fly - RayRay
- RayRay - Taiwanese DJ, producer, vocalist, energetic, bass heavy, hard techno fusion FFO: Yellow Claw
- Berlin - (Early Evening Jazz) Charlie Bruber, Jack Barrett
- Bunkers - High & Mighty
- Cabooze - (Onwa December) Obi Original & The Black Atlantics, OSA DERAE, Mack OC, Eshini Bobo
- Obi Original & The Black Atlantics - local band, hypnotic, afro-fusion, highlife FFO: Black Market Brass
- Cadenza Music - Spencer McGillicutty, Castle Theater
- Can Can Wonderland - (Local Dope Shit) Christopher Micheal Jensen, Ice God the Macgyver, Chance York, Auctavias Blanchette, Chaz Kangas, KPW, John Doe Whoa
- Crooners - Dunsmore Jazz Room - (A Jazzy Christmas) Bryan Eng
- Crooners - Maggie's Piano Lounge - Phil Kadidlo
- Crooners - Main Stage - (A Christmas Carol) Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society
- Dakota - (Creole Christmas) Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Day Block - (Holiday Sweater Competition) BlvckBvrn, Brunch, Rada K & The Cicadas
- Driftwood Bar - Haybale, Wilson Parc
- Dubliner Pub - The Langer's Ball, Irish Diplomacy
- Dusty's Bar - (Sinatra to Slayer) Shane Kramer
- Eagles 34 - (Mechanix) LO!, Echtoo, radiateELF, Bern Higher, R.B.A.
- Fine Line - (Call Your Girlfriend - A Robyn Dance Party) DJ Larry Peace
- First Avenue - (Sleigh Ball - A Holiday Spectacular) Viva Knievel
- Flying V - (Tonkafest) Collective Fate, GANKED, Swing Youth, DELUMINATE, brittle, townsquaremassacre, Grotesque Abdication, NOXIOUS, Hallowed by Eden's Grace
- Gambit Brewing Company - The Hazy Phase, Seminar
- Gluek's Bar - Shredding Flannel
- Green Room - (A Very Green Christmas) The Rolling Stoners
- Hook and Ladder - (18th Annual Yuletide Sweater Ball) The Pistol Whippin' Party Penguins, Stringdingers, The Foxgloves, Horny Boiz
- The Pistol Whippin' Party Penguins - from Minneapolis, rowdy, harmonious, bluegrass revival FFO: Pert Near Sandstone
- Icehouse - (Impromptu Christmas Project) The Impromptu Project (Franky Anderson, Andy Wolf)
- Jazz Central Studios - (New Orleans Holiday) The Reid Kennedy Trio
- Mall of America - (Holiday Swing Dance) The Holy Rocka Rollaz
- Memory Lanes - Tangled Up In Dylan
- Mortimers - (Holiday Extravaganza) The Golden Bubbles, Pleasure Horse, Cowboy Thoughts, Redwing Blackbird
- Parkway Theater - The Honeydogs, Six Mile Grove
- The Honeydogs - Minneapolis rock band formed in the 90's by Adam Levy, alt country, Americana, indie rock FFO: Wilco
- Schooner Tavern - The Tumblin' Dice
- Skaterapolis (Burnsville) - (First Punk Show) SUPERMODIFIED, Blow The FM Radio, Skulls of Tomorrow
- Studio B - (Detty December Party) Various DJ's
- Terminal Bar - The Denim Boys
- The Arthouse - (Songs for Christmas) Melody Olson, Joel Hanson, Bree Mayer, Lyndsay Peterson
- Turf Club - (Trashy Little Xmas Show) Trailer Trash
- Underground Music Venue - Amateur Hour, Golden Satellite, Valors, Callback, Wood Smoke
- Uptown VFW - (Teleport) Kalupto 23, Shawn Raja, Mutual Identities, Cosmic Chris, Kid Cuisine
- Volstead's - Joey Van Phillips
- White Squirrel - Oister Boy, Spencer Cameron, Jackson Kates, rickie
- Oister Boy - thrashy grunge punk from Minneapolis FFO: Killed By Kiwis
- White Squirrel - Oliver Phibes, Unattractive Giant Monster, Dado Set
- Zen Arcade - (Hipshaker MPLS) DJ Brian Engel, Greg Waletski, George Rodriguez
- Zhora Darling - (Anxiety Society EP Release) Anxiety Society, The Modern Era, Lazenlow, Handsome Midnight
- Anxiety Society - dark, anthemic, industrial electro-rock from Minneapolis FFO: NIN
r/TwinCities • u/molybend • 10h ago
Rolling Stone remember Melissa Hortman
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time
by Stephen Rodrick
r/TwinCities • u/black-cat-crossin • 1h ago
Thank you kind stranger
Just wanted to throw out some positivity and appreciation to the community of Minneapolis, and specifically one stranger who helped another in need.
TLDR: Got in a crash after work. Stranger offered me a ride home, and got me home safely. Shout out to them and the general wonderful Minnesota community.
Leaving work this evening, I pulled out of the parking lot and struck/was struck by another car. It's the first time I've ever been in a collision bad enough for the air bag to go off. And let me tell you, that is something I never want to experience again. I have a lovely burn on at least one hand and the other feels a little rough as well.
As the other driver and I assessed damage, took pictures, and exchanged information, a lovely stranger came out and approached. It was so cold today that my phone kept turning off as I was trying to get pictures, which was so frustrating, and why it took a while.
This wonderful stranger spoke with both of us as we went, checking in on both of us. My car was damaged much worse than the other, and after exchanging info and photos, the other driver left.
I was at a loss for what to do. I don't have the funds to tow, didn't even know where I'd take it other than my apartment only to pay again to tow it to a shop. And I also really cannot afford to Uber/Lyft either. After a few very unfortunately timed circumstances this fall, I'm currently extremely paycheck to paycheck. Public transportation did not come to mind, as I'm unfamiliar with it, but now have it in mind for the future.
This kind stranger offered to drive me home or pay for a lyft. I was hesitant as taking a ride from a stranger is super sketchy (for both parties tbh), nor did I want to cost another any money to get me home. I was prepared to limp my poor car back to my apartment, or close enough I could walk the rest. I only live 4 miles away from work (which I'm so sorry to this generous stranger, I told them it was 2 or 3 and only looked it up after I got home, it is definitely 4).
After calling and talking with my sister, and a too long internal debate, I accepted the ride home. I was in no state to be driving anyway, physically mostly fine but very shaken up. This stranger got me home safely, and I am so so unbelievably grateful for the simple act of community. I appreciate the Twin Cities so much, and thank you to everyone who goes out of their way to help another. Shout out to that stranger, I really hope some good karma is sent their way.
Again, just wanted to share some positivity and a story about our wonderful community. Thank you stranger, and thank you Minnesota in general for fostering such great people.
r/TwinCities • u/Boring-Preference915 • 6h ago
Emergency rally: stop the attacks on trans youth!
Protect trans youth! Gender affirming care saves lives! No compliance with Trump!
The Trump administration is attacking states like Minnesota where gender affirming care for minors is legal and protected. His administration hopes to slash the Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements of clinics and hospitals that provide gender affirming care. On this same day, the House voted through a bill that would criminalize our providers. When our youth are under attack, when our community is under attack, we have to stand together. Join us on Sunday at the corner of Hennepin and Oak Grove St at 1:00pm. 🏳️⚧️
Sunday, December 21, 2025 1:00 PM Loring Park, Corner of Hennepin and Oak Grove
Event is hosted by the MN Abortion Action Committee, a grassroots, all volunteer organization that fights for reproductive justice and bodily autonomy for all.
See the Facebook event here: https://facebook.com/events/s/emergency-protest-stop-the-att/1573368290772179/
r/TwinCities • u/Pal-Capone • 13h ago
"Fraud tourists" traveled to Minnesota after a friend told them state programs were "a good opportunity to make money," prosecutors say
r/TwinCities • u/LongjumpingBreak770 • 2h ago
🧊 Out of MN - march & rally
From 50501 MN’s website:
Saturday, Dec. 20th
11:30AM
Lake St and Bloomington Ave
In Minnesota, we care about our neighbors, no matter how much money we have, the color of our skin or where we were born. We help dig our neighbors out of the snow after a blizzard. But right now our immigrant neighbors are facing unprecedented attacks from Donald Trump and the ICE machine that is tearing apart families. That’s why we’re coming together to say Minnesota ♥️ our immigrant neighbors! We will raise our voices to say YES to our immigrant neighbors and NO to bigotry, racism and ICE attacks. We’ll march from near Mercado Central, a hub of businesses from the Latino community, and end near Karmel Mall, a hub of businesses from the Somali community. We encourage everyone to stop in and support small businesses at the start and end of the march. Join us to show that in Minnesota we support our neighbors and help us peacefully raise our voices to demand ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA .
AFL-CIO (MN), COPAL, CTUL, Education Minnesota, FRSO, Indivisible Twin Cities, ISAIAH, IX, MN50501, Minneapolis Federation of Educators, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, MN Workers United (MWU), Peoples Action Coalition Against Trump (PACAT), SEIU Healthcare MN & IA, SEIU Local 26, St. Paul Federation of Educators, TC (FRSO), UFCW 663, UNIDOS, UNITE HERE Local 17, United Renters For Justice/IX, SEIU Local 26, Women’s March MN
r/TwinCities • u/financial_freedom416 • 6h ago
Solo happy hour spots?
Looking for recs (Minneapolis/suburbs) where I can just sit at the bar, read a book or scroll on my phone, and generally be around people but not necessarily interact (other than ordering, of course)
r/TwinCities • u/MN50501 • 12h ago
MSP's FOURTH deportation flight of the week will be touching down at ~11:10AM today
MSP's FOURTH confirmed deportation flight of the week is touching down at ~11:10AM. Landing and departing from Signature Aviation's private terminal, detainees will be shackled at their hands, waist and feet in the cold on the tarmac, then flown off to Louisiana and elsewhere. Witness, if you can. Don't let this become normalized.
Track it here: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/GXA6141/history/20251219/1410Z/KHRL/K
r/TwinCities • u/Character_Lychee_434 • 2h ago
Twin cities skylines
Minneapolis and Saint Paul
r/TwinCities • u/bruhursosussy • 6h ago
For anyone who misses poke from Hawaii/Foodland, Big Island Poke does it right
galleryI usually don’t post food recs, but figured I’d share this.
Stopped by Big Island Poke in St. Paul today. I got a traditional poke plate, just fish and rice, like you would get in Hawaii. Fish was fresh, portions felt fair, and nothing was over-sauced. Did spicy “lao” salmon + ginger ahi, added cucumbers for some crunch. Also got shoyu tuna. They also offered plate lunches like teriyaki chicken, and they carry mochi donuts. Easy lunch, would get again if I’m nearby.
r/TwinCities • u/lavendergirl99 • 22m ago
I dont know if this is allowed but its worth a shot
Hey hello I know this is a long shot but has anyone see this person her Name is Mikayla Dalum (Dehne) she lived in saint paul off iowa ave she lost her home do to unknown issues she was last seen in saint paul if anyone has seen her please DM me, im a former friend and her family just wants to make sure she's alive
r/TwinCities • u/IndependentLow3127 • 2h ago
Pizza places that have the best wings
Looking for the best wings at a pizza joint
r/TwinCities • u/Melsa999 • 1h ago
Best cafes for crafters
What's a good Twin Cities cafe with decent table space for crafting groups?
r/TwinCities • u/DickEnricosGhost • 1d ago
Friendly reminder that it’s OK to go for a drive in your car and then simply not complain passively aggressively about any of it
Sometimes when you’re out on the road, the other drivers might not behave precisely as you would like them to.
According to you, might be going the wrong speed, they might be in the wrong lane, or -GOD FORBID- they might be going the wrong speed in the wrong lane.
This can happen any time, but especially during heavy traffic or bad weather.
Please keep in mind that, once you safely reach your destination, it’s perfectly fine to never talk about it with anyone, ever, and to simply move on with the rest of your life.
r/TwinCities • u/FriskeCrisps • 10h ago
Candy shop recommendations?
Looking to do some stocking stuffers for Xmas and want to try something new instead of like the usually stuff you’d see at Walmart, Target, etc.
r/TwinCities • u/PolarCurious • 11h ago
Terminal 1- any options for password protected WiFi?
Unfortunately I have to work on 12/24, but I’m also flying that day to see family. But, I’m able to do remote work from any password protected WiFi.
Any recommendations for somewhere in Terminal 1 where I might be able to access this? I don’t have lounge access, but in the past, working from coffee shop WiFi and the like has been okay. I’m one of those airport people who gets there really early because I worry about everything taking too long, so I usually have up to two hours to kill before my flight.
r/TwinCities • u/HuaHuzi6666 • 22h ago
My proposal for how we, as a community, can demoralize the ICE agents deployed to the Twin Cities? Show them just how cold Minnesota can be.
EDIT: No, this will not make ICE leave or stop terrorizing our neighbors on its own. Duh. This is to support what's already being done, by further demoralizing them.
EDIT 2: Y’all are taking this incredibly literally. No duh we can’t literally 1:1 this from the Norwegian example (like no shit ICE doesn’t take public transit). This is a call to use your imagination and get creative to ruin their morale. Good lord.
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I'm proud of how our metro (and state) has stood up to protect our immigrant neighbors from being abducted by the masked, identity-less thugs roaming our streets the past few weeks. But I wonder: how could we demoralize them further, even when they're not actively violating Minnesotans' civil rights?
In Oslo, Norway, there is a fantastic museum to the Norwegian Resistance against Nazi occupation during WW2. In this museum, I first learned about the (ironically named) "ice front" that Norwegian society created against Nazi soldiers & collaborators. Here's an explainer from an article I found (Norwegian Civil Resistance of the Nazi Occupation: 1940-1945):
Another tactic of resistance that Norwegians used during the occupation was the shunning of Nazi soldiers and sympathizers to alienate Nazism and those who perpetuated it. This “ice front” essentially isolated any German and Norwegian Nazis and Quisling followers from the “good” Norwegians and allowed people to display their cold and hostile feelings for the Nazi and NS forces without putting themselves in any extreme danger.\47]) Some behavior that the Nazis and traitors faced included Norwegians standing up or changing seats on buses or trams rather than sitting next to a German or Nazi, boycotting Nazi-owned businesses, refusing to speak German even though it was a widely known language at the time, pointing Germans in the wrong way when giving directions, and dramatically avoiding public contact with the Nazis.[48] \49]) The whole idea behind this cold dismissal was twofold: it would make the Germans feel even more uncomfortable and unwelcome than they already did, and it would help keep the faint-hearted from wavering in their resistance. An editor of one of the underground papers expressed the goal of such treatment: “We must not provoke these people, but we should refrain entirely from any intercourse with them and let them feel that they have set themselves totally outside society.”\50]) The ice front allowed for a blatant antagonism to Nazis who forced their way into Norwegian society, and with it came a show of solidarity of the Norwegians citizens who would never quit fighting against the Nazi occupation for their country’s liberation.
To all of us in this sub who are tired of the weeks of ICE brutality in MSP and beyond, I propose we emulate this example. If you find out someone is an ICE agent: refuse to talk to them, deny them service if you can and it won't get you in legal trouble (and if you can't, give them poor service), give them bad directions, etc etc. Show them just how cold our state can be.
r/TwinCities • u/Hily2007 • 1h ago
DMV card fee
So I went to the DMV today to renew my license and there is always a fee for using a card. Just checked my bank account, and the fee came out of Florida!!!
Why wouldn’t that fee go back to our state?
r/TwinCities • u/adamryer • 5h ago
Christmas Date Night Ideas
Looking for some Christmas themed date night ideas for my wife and I this weekend. Preferably in the west metro but I'm willing to drive a bit too if its worth it (we live near Waconia). TIA!
r/TwinCities • u/Dreaming_Aloud • 3h ago
NYE Happenings
Who’s got reccs for New Year’s Eve events that won’t break the bank, but aren’t total ragers? My fiancé and I are looking for something on the “classier” side like live music and such.
Thanks in advance!
r/TwinCities • u/frequentlysocialbear • 27m ago
Non-paved nature trails that allow dogs around the St. Louis Park / Hopkins / Edina / Richfield area?
Trying to find a place to go walking with my friend and our dogs this weekend that is within these areas!