Summer Festivals

July 10, 2024 1:50 PM

Summer festival spotlight: Worthington International Festival

This summer, Minnesota Now is featuring small town festivals across the state. We hear what’s new for the 30th year of the Worthington International Festival.

by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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December 20, 2023 11:40 AM

Minnesota Yacht Club Music Festival scheduled for next summer in St. Paul

Concert promoters behind several of the country’s top music festivals are making plans for a new event in St. Paul next summer. The lineup for the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival is set to be released next month.

by MPR News Staff

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July 23, 2023 1:40 PM

Twin Cities Carifest holds 30th celebration of Caribbean culture during Aquatennial

The festival stretched along the Mississippi River in the Near North neighborhood of Minneapolis, just down the block from the newly leased Caribbean American Culture Center.

by Feven Gerezgiher

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July 5, 2023 12:15 PM

Wisconsin roller coaster riders were trapped upside down for hours after mechanical failure

The oscillating Fireball was just sliding down from its vertical loop at a festival in Crandon, Wis., on Sunday when it stopped unexpectedly, suspending its passengers for hours.

by Emily Olson

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August 24, 2014 7:53 PM

Celebrating the spud, in all its forms

Since it began in 1938, Potato Days in Barnesville, Minn., is the annual celebration of the spud. The two-day event, held Aug. 22 and 23 this year, attracted thousands of people, and featured more than a dozen potato-centered competitions -- everything from mashed potato wrestling to a strongman contest.

by Jeffrey Thompson

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August 17, 2014 9:19 PM

Tons of corn, free for all

Cow chip throwing, tractor pulling, fun runs and a street dance were capped off by a free all-you-can-eat corn feed and a parade on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014 at the Plainview Corn on the Cob Days festival. The crowd went through seven tons of corn in four hours.

by Alex Kolyer

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August 10, 2014 12:00 AM

Garlic festival highlights growers -- and eaters

The Minnesota Garlic Festival description is as the "premier event for lovers of garlic," and there was garlic everywhere -- being eaten, worn and judged. Saturday in Hutchinson at the McLeod County Fairgrounds, brave souls even sampled the garlic ice cream.

by Jennifer Simonson

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August 4, 2014 3:05 AM

Run, log roll, saw, fish, eat, compete in Grand Marais

Competition, food, music, arts and water came together for the 85th annual Fisherman's Picnic in Grand Marais. Runners, log rollers, lumberjacks, fisherman and herring eaters all competed on the shores of Lake Superior.

by Judy Griesedieck

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July 28, 2014 4:04 AM

Pipestone Pow Wow grows from reunion to celebration

Pipestone hosted its 15th Annual Pow Wow this weekend. It began as a reunion of students from the Pipestone Indian School, and has grown to include dancing and drumming, a native food cook-off, and hand-crafted art.

by Jackson Forderer

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July 21, 2014 4:48 AM

Scrambling down Main Street Moose Lake to find agates

The Annual Agate Days Stampede took place in Moose Lake, Minn., on Saturday, July 19, 2014. Trucks layered Moose Lake's main street with 400 pounds of agates, which were mixed in with 2,000 quarters and four tons of rock. An estimated 3,500 people practically dived over one another to try to find as many agates as they could.

by Nikki Tundel

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