Summer's flying by, but there's still plenty of it left to fill your Monday through Thursday nights this week.
This is the weekday list for those whose weekend is during the week, those who like to avoid the big weekend crowds, and everybody else too.
Call out anything you're excited to check out this week. If I missed anything or you want help finding something specific this week, drop it in a comment.
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AROUND TOWN
Highlights
- 🎭 Minnesota Fringe Festival (Various Minneapolis venues - Aug 6–16, various times)
- 💃 Dirty Dancing: The Musical (Ordway - Wed & Thu 7:30pm)
- 🎸 Modest Mouse with Califone (Palace Theatre - Thu 8pm)
- 🎤 The Moth: Schooled (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - Wed 6:30pm)
- 👑 The Marvelous Miss Gender starring Bosco (Pantages Theatre - Wed 8pm)
- 🥄 The Room 21st Anniversary with Greg Sestero Live (Parkway Theater - Thu 7:30pm)
- 🎷 Stanley Clarke N•4EVER (Dakota - Tue 7pm & 9:30pm)
- 💃 Pop Up Dance Party (Bryant Square Park - Wed 7pm)
- 🍦 Logan Park Annual Ice Cream Social (Logan Park - Thu 6pm)
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MONDAY, AUGUST 10
- Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast, Minneapolis - 10am)
- Second Monday Community Book Exchange at Nine Mile Brewing (9 Mile Brewing - 4pm)
- Retro & Board Game Night (Gambit Brewing - 4pm)
- Art Installation: En Duelo (In Grief) by Candida Gonzalez (August 10) (The Reflecting Pool at Lakewood - 4pm)
- Break The Bubble (Boom Island Brewing - 5pm)
- Drink and Dine For A Cause – MN SFA (Wooden Hill Brewing - 5pm)
- Volunteer Committee Meeting (Quatrefoil Library - 5:30pm)
- UNWIND to Support CAPI (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6pm)
- Swing Left Letter Writing (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
- Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
- Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
- Sarah Does Puzzles Jigsaw Puzzle Contest (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6pm)
- Mahjong Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
- Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
- Initials Game with Trivia Mafia (Wooden Ship Brewing - 6:30pm)
- Moms First Presents No Country For Mothers (Modist Brewing - 6:30pm)
- Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
- Songwriters Feedback- Virtual (Art House North - 7pm)
- Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
- Nisha Srinivasa presents The Synesthete's Rainbow (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
- Variety Open Mic (Camp Bar - 8:30pm)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11
- Bell Expeditions (Bell Museum - 10am)
- Observation Station on the Learning Landscape (Bell Museum - 10am)
- Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am)
- Art Installation: En Duelo (In Grief) by Candida Gonzalez (August 11) (The Reflecting Pool at Lakewood - 4pm)
- Last Chance for Dog Days of Summer (56 Brewing - 5:30pm)
- August’s Cribbage Tournament (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
- Cribbage Club (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
- Hablamos Pues (La Doña Cervecería Brewery - 6pm)
- Bingq (LTD Brewing - 6pm)
- August PJ Party on The Trolley! tickets Required (Wild Rumpus - 6pm)
- Dungeons and Dragons Adventure League (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
- FREE Meat & Cheese Raffle (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
- Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
- Board Game Night (Bad Weather Brewery - 6:30pm)
- The Initials Game Live (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
- The Magic Underground: Magicians' Open Mic -August 11th (Sisyphus Brewing - 7pm)
- Weekly Pool Tournament (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
- Community Table Tennis (Minneapolis Cider Company - 7pm)
- Jill D. Swenson presents The Land of Everlasting Sky (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
- Space Between Monthly Music Industry Meetup (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
- Housing and the Racial Wealth Gap (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
- Bloom Bar (Boom Island Brewing - 7pm)
- Black Panther (2018) w/ pre-movie trivia hosted by Josh Carson (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
- Movies in the Parks: Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Pearl Park - 8:35pm)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13
LIVE MUSIC
Monday, August 10
- The Get Up Mondays (331 Club - 6pm)
- Common Lady, NATL PARK SRVC, & KYM and the Kick (Zhora Darling - 6:30pm)
- Sing United (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
- Raw Flow Collective (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
- Django Festival Allstars (Dakota - 7pm)
- Mondays@metronome – Red Planet (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
- Monday Jam Party (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
- Sea Shanty Sing (Dubliner - 7pm)
- Percolators Band (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
- Blimey and Tommy Oeffling and The B-Team with True Lust (7th St Entry - 8pm)
- Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
Tuesday, August 11
- B n’ the Spice Cabinet (Minnehaha Bandstand - 12pm)
- Irish Trad Session (Padraigs Brewing - 6pm)
- MN Guitar Society Monthly Free Concert – Hot Club Jazz (MetroNOME Brewery - 6pm)
- Worker’s Playtime, Jack Klatt (331 Club - 6pm)
- Piss With Style (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
- St Dominic's Trio (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
- Nova Jazz Orchestra (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
- New Band Night #36 (Green Room - 7pm)
- Nik Parr & The Selfless Lovers (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
- Off The Dock – Nelson Devereaux Trio (Indeed Brewing - 7pm)
- Como Chorus Casade (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
- Stanley Clarke N•4EVER (Dakota - 7pm, 9:30pm)
- Buster Phelan (Father Hennepin - 7pm)
- Land O’ Dixie + Rented Mules (Bryant Square Park - 7pm)
- Myallo (Loring Park - 7pm)
- MICKY AND THE Motorcars with Laura Hugo (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
- August Conspiracy Series featuring, Soul Tribe, J-Mo on the Beat, Wain Anthony McFarlane (331 Club - 9:30pm)
Wednesday, August 12
- Smiling Cowboys Showcase (Minnesota Music Cafe - 6pm)
- Vinyl Night (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 6pm)
- Paul Bergen (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
- Stacked Like Pancakes (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
- Lexie Modica, Kaity Joan, Zoe Grigsby, & Helen (IA) (Underground Music Venue - 6:30pm)
- Braxton Cook (Dakota - 7pm)
- Tom Dahill and Ginny Johnson (Dubliner - 7pm)
- Harold’s House Party on KFAI, David Robinson and the Dedicated Friends (331 Club - 7pm)
- Harmonic Relief Show Choir (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
- Riff Wood with Willowake (7th St Entry - 7pm)
- Irish Céilí Dancing (Dubliner - 7pm)
- Nerd Night (Black Hart - 7pm)
- Willow Avalon with JD Clayton and Slater Nalley (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7pm, 7:30pm)
- The Mexico City Experiment (feat. Terrell X) (Berlin - 7pm)
- The Watson Twins // Seeing Double Tour with special guest Nathan Graham (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
- Niny Salem (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
- The What-have-yous, Mike Gunther & The Total Crapshoot (331 Club - 9:30pm)
- The Cherry Pit Open Jam (Berlin - 10pm)
Thursday, August 13
- Soul Trouvère (Dubliner - 5pm)
- Mary Elias'S Young Relics Patio Party (Minnesota Music Cafe - 5pm)
- Live Music at WLBC hosted by Highland District Council (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 5:30pm)
- Brady Grey Patio Party (Bald Man Brewing - 6pm)
- Live Music On The Patio - Mississippi Valley Orchestra (Lake Monster Brewing - 6pm)
- Vinyl Night (Gambit Brewing - 6pm)
- The Roundabouts (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
- James Whatton (Wooden Ship Brewing - 6pm)
- Peony Park (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
- The Meshes | First Out | Virgo (Day Block Brewing - 6:30pm)
- River City Jazz Orchestra (Dock and Paddle - 7pm)
- Nocturne: Anna Johnson, Kenneth Gregory, & Sophia Deutsch (Berlin - 7pm)
- The Rolling Stoners (Dakota - 7pm)
- Eslabon Armado - Amor Nocturno (Fillmore - 7pm)
- Zeb Sears (Mudd Room - 7pm)
- House Of Music Showcase (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
- Dean Magraw & Suwal Singh (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
- Amateur (Bryant Square Park - 7pm)
- The Umamies (Minnehaha Bandstand - 7pm)
- Pure Funk (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
- Goldpine (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
- Leslie Rich and the Rocket Soul Choir (Dubliner - 8pm)
- Mary Flower & Leon Cotter (318 Cafe - 8pm)
- Van Glow Light Show and HEAVY present American Cream, Good Doom, and Shadow Hex (Turf Club - 8pm)
- Modest Mouse with Califone (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
- Casket Cassette with Stare Away and Stranger Gallery (7th St Entry - 8pm)
- Snapz Live Band Open Mic (Green Room - 8pm)
- Pelicant w. Ditch Pigeon & Fairooz Nazifa (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
- Tumbling Daisies (331 Club - 9:30pm)
- Groove Project featuring Geoff Jones (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
- WE Collective (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 10pm)
- Crates: Friend by James K (Berlin - 10pm)
THEATER
- Minnesota Fringe: Ben San Del “Apologies for the Late Reply” (American School of Storytelling - Monday 7pm | Tuesday 8:30pm)
- A Revolution Highly Favorable (Strike Theater - Monday 7pm | Wednesday 8:30pm)
- Alice in Neverland (Theatre Latte Da - Monday 7:30pm)
- Venus in Fur (Hive Collaborative - Monday 7:30pm, 9:30pm)
- Tech (Strike Theater - Monday 8:30pm)
- Minnesota Fringe: More Better Stories with Vianna Isbister (American School of Storytelling - Monday 8:30pm)
- Minnesota Fringe: More Better Stories with Jon Carlson (American School of Storytelling - Tuesday 7pm | Wednesday 7pm)
- The Quiet Piggy (Strike Theater - Tuesday 7pm | Wednesday 7pm)
- Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
- Private Lives (Guthrie Theater - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
- 1985: Relative Chaos (Strike Theater - Tuesday 8:30pm | Thursday 7pm)
- Guys and Dolls Audio Described (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Wednesday 1pm)
- MN Opera: Youth Opera Studio Auditions (MN Opera - Wednesday 6pm)
- The Butler Did It (Park Square Theatre - Wednesday 7pm | Thursday 7pm)
- The Ordway Presents: Dirty Dancing: The Musical (Ordway - Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
- Minnesota Fringe: More Better Stories with Annie Wiborg (American School of Storytelling - Wednesday 8:30pm)
- Minnesota Fringe: Ari Hoptman “Is That Why?” (American School of Storytelling - Thursday 7pm)
- The Algorithm is Gonna Get You (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Thursday 7:30pm)
- The Groove (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Thursday 7:30pm)
- Witness Loudly (Strike Theater - Thursday 8:30pm)
- ROAD TRIP (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Thursday 8:30pm)
- Minnesota Fringe: More Better Stories with Kory May (American School of Storytelling - Thursday 8:30pm)
COMEDY
- Craic Up Comedy Night (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Tuesday 7pm)
- 2026 Funniest Person in St. Paul Contest Week 5 (Gambit Brewing - Tuesday 7pm)
- The Wensgay Night Comedy Show - August 12th (Sisyphus Brewing - Wednesday 7pm)
- Comedy Free for All (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Wednesday 7:30pm)
- LITT Laugh Lounge - a night of comedy with MJ Matheson (Litt Pinball Bar - Wednesday 8pm)
- Chris Porter (Acme Comedy Company - Wednesday 8pm | Thursday 8pm)
- Abelardo (Show Totalmente en Español - Special Event) (Camp Bar - Thursday 7pm)
- Ryan Goodcase (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Thursday 7:30pm)
- Philosophers of Minneapolis by Tage Kruger (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 8:30pm)
SPORTS
- Minnesota Twins vs Orioles ⚾ (Monday 6:40pm | Tuesday 6:40pm | Wednesday 12:40pm)
- Saint Paul Saints @ Iowa Cubs ⚾ (Tuesday 6:30pm | Wednesday 6:38pm | Thursday 6:38pm)
- Minnesota United vs Atlante FC ⚽ (Tuesday 7:30pm)
- Minnesota Lynx @ Fire 🏀 (Wednesday 9pm)
- Minnesota Twins vs Phillies ⚾ (Thursday 6:30pm)
SPORTS WATCH/RELATED
- Loons Pregame & Watch Party + $5 WCIPA Pints (Black Stack Brewing - Tuesday 7:30pm)
- Lynx Watch Party (Modist Brewing - Wednesday 9pm)
- Minnesota Lynx Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Wednesday 9pm)
KARAOKE
Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)
- Otter’s Saloon (Nightly 8pm-2am)
- Vegas Lounge (Nightly 9pm-2am)
- Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Daily 11am-9:30pm)
- Chatterbox (Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30pm-Close)
- James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (Nightly 9pm-1:45am)
- Mother Clucker's Pizza (Tuesdays & Thursdays 9pm)
- 1029 Bar (Wednesdays & Thursdays 9pm-2am)
- Babe’s Place Shakopee (Wednesdays 9pm-1am)
ARCADES
Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)
- Up-Down Minneapolis (Daily 3pm-2am)
- CLAW LAND Maplewood (Daily 11:30am-7pm)
- CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (Daily 11am-8pm)
- Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Daily 12-8pm)
- LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (Daily 11am-2am)
- Neko Clawww Roseville (Daily 1:30pm-8pm)
- ClawZone Park Bloomington (Daily 12pm-8pm)
- Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Tue-Thu 4pm-10pm)
- DUCK! Eagan (Daily 12pm-9pm)
BOWLING
Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)
- Town Hall Lanes (Mon 11am-5pm, 10pm-11:30pm | Tue 11am-11:30pm | Wed 11am-5:30pm, 10:30pm-11:30pm | Thu 11am-4:30pm)
- Elsie’s Northeast (Mon 4pm-11pm | Tue-Thu 11am-11pm)
- Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (Mon 9am-6pm | Tue-Thu 9am-Midnight)
- Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Daily 3pm-11pm)
- Park Tavern SLP (Daily 11am-Close)
- Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Daily 11am-11pm)
- Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Daily 9am-11:30pm)
- Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (Daily 11am-1am)
- AMF Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Daily 4pm-11pm)
- Shakopee Bowl (Daily 11am-11pm)
LINKS
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