🎁Merry Christmas!
🗓️ for new year’s eve (next Wednesday), I’ll be posting an events list on Monday, December 29.  

AROUND TOWN

  • Glow Holiday Festival (CHS Field - All Weekend)
  • Ice Castles* (MN State Fairgrounds - All Weekend)
  • Hot Tub & Swim Spa Sale (Canterbury Park - All Weekend)
  • Bold North Breakaway Fan Festival (RiverCentre & Rice Park - All Weekend)
  • Gingerbread Wonderland (Norway House - All Weekend)
  • Holiday Lights (Sever’s - All Weekend)
  • Magic of Lights (Viking Lakes - All Weekend)
  • LUMINISCENCE (Basilica of St. Mary - All Weekend)
  • Winter Lights (MN Landscape Arb - All Weekend)
  • Nutcracker Noir: A Sensual Cirque Ballet (Phoenix Theater - All Weekend)
  • Tomte Tales: Legends of Winter (American Swedish Institute - All Weekend)
  • Community Curators (Science Museum - All Weekend)
  • Sculpture Court | Dyani White Hawk: Love Language (Walker - All Weekend)
  • Dayton’s Holiday Market (Dayton’s - Friday & Saturday)
  • Family Dinner improv (Dudley Riggs - Friday & Saturday)
  • The Chaos of the Bells improv (Dudley Riggs - Friday & Saturday)
  • Aidan Mccluskey comedy (Acme Comedy - Friday & Saturday)
  • Family & Friends Ice Fishing (Silverwood Park - Friday & Sunday)

*Features are weather dependent, and may be temporarily closed or unavailable due to weather.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26

  • Minneapolis Central Library Chess Club (Central Library 10am-12pm)
  • Winter Break Friday Super Skate (Skateville 12:30-10pm)
  • Schools Out!!! Skate (Cheap Skate 1-4pm)
  • Friday Films: The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 2 (Arvonne Fraser Library 2pm)
  • Friday Night Lights (Cheap Skate 5-7pm)
  • Totoro: A Pinch Pot Workshop (Dame Errant Clay 6pm)
  • Rachel Scanlon comedy (Parkway 7pm)
  • White Elephant Comedy Show (Bryant Lake Bowl 7pm)
  • Lord of the Rings trivia (La Dona Cerveceria 7pm)
  • A Christmas Carol: Unscripted (Strike Theater 7:30pm)
  • TGIF Adult Skate (Cheap Skate 8-11pm)
  • Twine Holiday Party “More the Merrier” (Cabooze 8pm)
  • Latin Nights w/ Salsa Del Sol (Granada Theater 9pm)
  • How Echobass MPLS Stole XMas (Can Can Wonderland 9pm)
  • MAU P (Armory 9pm)
  • Queer Circus MPLS (LUSH 9:30pm)
  • Die! At the Disco - a gothic disco dance party (Ground Zero 10pm-2am)
  • 2 Dykes Walk Into a Bar (Black Hart 10pm)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27

  • Raptors of Minnesota (Richardson Nature Center 10-11am)
  • All-Ages Skate (Skateville 10am-3:45pm | 7-10pm)
  • Taylor Swift Christmas Drag Brunch (Union Rooftop 10am | 12:30pm | 3pm)
  • Kpop Demon Hunters Christmas Drag Brunch (Quincy Hall 11am)
  • Campfire Meal: Breakfast Edition (Eastman Nature Center 11am-1pm | 12-2pm)
  • All-Ages A Brunch of Drag (LUSH 11am)
  • New Year’s Crafts w/ Ruben (Can Can Wonderland 11am-5pm)
  • Mug Workshop - A Carve Clay Workshop (Dame Errant 12pm)
  • Adult Snowshoe Hike (Mississippi Gateway Regional Park 1-3pm)
  • Family Snowshoeing (Crow-Hassan Park Reserve 1:30-5pm)
  • OMG Shoes! Starring Kelly Live! 18+ (LUSH 3pm & 6pm)
  • Sunset Snowshoe Hike (Crow-Hassan Park Reserve 3:30-5pm)
  • Schooner Bingo (Schooner’s Tavern 4pm)
  • Morgan May magician (Troubadour 7pm)
  • Close to the Tassel: A Progressive Rock Burlesque Revue (Amsterdam 7pm)
  • The Winstead Files w/ Lizz Winstead comedy (Parkway 7:30pm)
  • An Evening w/ the Pig’s Eye Jass Band (Plymouth Playhouse 7:30pm)
  • Comedy Sportz (Strike Theater 7:30pm)
  • Nur-D’s New Years Eve Eve Eve Eve EVE Party (Hook & Ladder 8pm)
  • Adult Skate (Cheap Skate 8:30-11pm)
  • Mirage Drag After Dark 21+ (LUSH 9pm)
  • Y2Gay (Black Hart 9pm-midnight)
  • Bad Santa Bingo (Can Can Wonderland 9pm-midnight)
  • Bondage A Go Go (Ground Zero 10pm-2am)
  • REVENTON - End of Year Party (Green Room 10pm-2am)
  • Rocky Horror Holiday Show! (Parkway 11:30pm)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28

  • Adult Skate (Cheap Skate 10am-12pm)
  • Frosty’s Bar (Brit’s Pub 10am-10pm)
  • A Brunch of Drag 18+ (LUSH 11am)
  • All-Ages Skate (Skateville 11:30-3:15pm | 6-9pm)
  • Curling on Tap w/ Curling Connections (La Dona Cerveceria 12-2pm)
  • Build Your Own Slime - Holiday Edition (Can Can Wonderland 12-6pm)
  • A Hard Candy Christmas drag show (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres 12:30pm)
  • Free Funday Sunday: Campfire Building (Eastman Nature Center 1-3pm)
  • Free Family Fun Day: Animal Tracks & Signs (Mississippi Gateway Regional Park 1-3pm)
  • BALLS Cabaret (Strike Theater 2pm)
  • Cross Community Players: Alive & Kickin (Plymouth Playhouse 2:30pm)
  • Free Family Fun Day: Winter Star Constellations (Richardson Nature Center 3-4pm)
  • Bar Bingo (Memory Lanes 5pm)

LIVE THEATER

  • Jesus Christ Superstar (Ordway - All Weekend)
  • A Christmas Carol (Guthrie - All Weekend)
  • Somewhere (Guthrie - 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)
  • Dinner for One (Jungle Theater - All Weekend)
  • Scrooge in Rouge (Open Eye Theatre - All Weekend)
  • A Christmas Carol (Open Window Theatre - All Weekend)
  • Elf Jr. (Stages Theatre - All Weekend)
  • My Fair Lady (Theater Latte Da - All Weekend)
  • A Christmas Carol.. More or Less (Yellow Tree Theatre - All Weekend)
  • Triple Espresso: A Highly Caffeinated Comedy (Luminary Arts Center - All Weekend)
  • An alleged Holiday Special (Bryant Lake Bowl - Saturday & Sunday)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, December 26

  • A Grand Ole Opry Christmas (CDT 1pm & 7:30pm)
  • Most Wonderful Time w/ The MN Boychoir (Crooners 5:30pm)
  • Winter Solstice Jazz Piano w/ Will Kjeer, Kenny Horst, & Billy Peterson (Dunsmore Jazz Room 6pm)
  • Jimmi + The Band of Souls (Blues Saloon 6pm)
  • The Mary Cutrufello Band (White Squirrel 6pm)
  • The Nightmare after Christmas (Amsterdam 6pm)
  • J.S. Walker, Dive Bar Orchestra, The Getup Mondays (Driftwood 7pm)
  • gOldilock & friends (Pillar Forum 7pm)
  • Scott Keever (Troubadour 7pm)
  • Anderson Daniels - Home for the Holidays (Green Room 7pm)
  • The Bad Plus (Dakota 7pm & 9pm)
  • Will Aldrich Quartet (MetroNOME Brewery 7:30pm)
  • Harry Scott Trio (Berlin 7:30pm)
  • Clay Borrell (318 Cafe 8pm)
  • Triple Dog Dare! (Dog House 8pm)
  • Funktion Junction (MN Music Cafe 8pm)
  • Big Wiz & Tek (Acadia 8pm)
  • RLB (Schooner Tavern 8pm)
  • Zeppo Stairway to Eleven (Icehouse 8pm)
  • Wild Colonial Bhoys (Dubliner 9pm)
  • Anthony Kaczynski w/ Paperbacks, King Sized Coffin (White Squirrel 9pm)
  • Jay Bee & the Routine (Bunkers 9:30pm)
  • The Boot R&B, Hunan Sex, Valet (331 Club 10pm)

Saturday, December 27

  • An Andy & Bing Christmas (CDT 1pm & 7:30pm)
  • Bury ‘Em Deep w/ Rank Strangers, TV Moms (White Squirrel 1pm)
  • RAHS Jazz Combo 1 (MetroNOME Brewery 4:30pm & 7pm)
  • Jonah Marais & Blake Proehl (Green Room 6pm)
  • Big Trouble (White Squirrel 6pm)
  • Anita Velveeta w/ friends (Pillar Forum 6:30pm)
  • Charmin Michelle’s “My Favorite Things” w/ Geoff Jones (Dunsmore Jazz Room 6:30pm)
  • The Rockin’ Iguanas, Griffin, The Dauggers (Driftwood 7pm)
  • DaBill & DJ SWiLL.i.AM (Acadia 7pm)
  • The Bad Plus (Dakota 7pm & 9pm)
  • Deano & The Dinosaurs (Merlins Rest 7:30pm)
  • Linus, Berzica, 12th House Sun, Lovescare, Josiah Shipp (Zhora Darling 7:30pm)
  • Will Kjeer Quintet (Berlin 7:30pm)
  • Purple Reign Remembering Prince w/ R Factor (Crooners 7:30pm)
  • Soul Asylum w/ Tommy Stinson (First Ave 8pm)
  • Rebel Fiddle’s Holiday No-Fly Zone (318 Cafe 8pm)
  • The Hype! (Dog House 8pm)
  • High & Mighty Band (MN Music Cafe 8pm)
  • Samantha Grimes, Aly Dyg, Wyatt Avery (Dusty’s 8pm)
  • Bedlam (Dubliner 8pm)
  • Rich Mattson & The Northstars (Schooner Tavern 8pm)
  • The Please Call me back experience (Icehouse 8pm)
  • Tyler Herwig (Midway Saloon 9pm)
  • xLCR w/ Glass Eyed Brother, Main Street Free Fall (White Squirrel 9pm)
  • YFM (Gluek’s 9:30pm)
  • Shoeless Revolution w/ Caballo Cosmico (Bunkers 9:30pm)
  • SAGS VS CAPRICORN (Cabooze 10pm)
  • Paul Cerar, Mint Vintage, Natalie Fideler (331 Club 10pm)

Sunday, December 28

  • Nato Coles (White Squirrel 1pm)
  • The Comebacks Duo (Dubliner 2pm)
  • Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Target Center 3pm & 7:30pm)
  • Remembering Stevie The Music of SRV & His Influences (MN Music Cafe 3pm)
  • Dan Israel & Mikkel (331 Club 3-5pm)
  • Roots & Resophonics (Midway Saloon 4pm)
  • Hurricane Harold Trio (Dubliner 5pm)
  • ROCK GONE AMOK (Amsterdam 6pm)
  • Ivan Cunningham’s Go For Blood (Icehouse 7pm)
  • Last Chance For Love (331 Club 7pm)
  • Church of Cornbread (Schooner Tavern 8pm)
  • Phine & friends, Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood 6pm)
  • A Mid-Century Modern Holiday w/ RetroFizz! (Dunsmore Jazz Room 6pm)
  • John Magnusson Trio w/ Gini Dodds & Terry Isachsen (White Squirrel 6pm)
  • Jonah Walt Quartet (MetroNOME Brewery 6:30pm)
  • Little Lebowski Urban Achievers, Ramson, Cohen Bros., & Your Mom’s Mom (Zhora Darling 6:30pm)
  • An Andy & Bing Christmas (CDT 7pm)
  • Cats Under the Stars 50th Anniversary Show (Parkway 7pm)
  • The Long Way Home (318 Cafe 7pm)
  • Kavy Tries Things: Omar Abdulkarim & Kavyesh Kaviraj (Berlin 7pm)
  • London Sings Bennett for the Holidays (Crooners 7pm)
  • Mark Joseph’s Annual ‘Tea For The Tillerman’ Concert (Hook & Ladder 7pm)
  • The Bad Plus (Dakota 7pm & 9pm)
  • Emo Night w/ Panic at the Costco (White Squirrel 9pm)
  • Dr. Mambo’s Combo (Bunkers 9:30pm)

SPORTS

  • IIHF World Junior Championships (All Weekend) 🏒
  • Vancouver VS Frost (Saturday 2pm) 🏒
  • Winnipeg Jets VS Wild (Saturday 6pm) 🏒
  • Brooklyn Nets AT Wolves (Saturday 7pm) 🏀

MOVIES

  • Anaconda
  • Song Sung Blue
  • Marty Supreme
  • The Testament of Ann Lee

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

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