AUGUST "All in St. Paul" Event Calendar

The dogs days are coming! Cat day on August 12th!!

Saturday, August 1

Beer and Bacon Cruise, Paddleford, 7-9pm.

Sunday, August 2

Paws on Grand, Grand Avenue, 11am-3pm. Give-aways, pet photo contest, pet-friendly fun!

Tuesday, August 4

9 Nights of Music, MNHC, 6:30-8:30pm. KONG/SHU PROJECT - Hybrid 1980s Rock and Contemporary Hmong

Kelly Clarkson, Xcel, 7pm. 

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, Mears Park, 5:30-7:30pm. Food, games, raffle, live entertainment.  Fundraiser - Cops and Kids/Firefighters and Kids

Wednesday, August 5

Saints vs. Lincoln, 7:05pm.  King Boreas bobblehead give-away.

On the Line Film Festival, Landmark. A celebration of independent film created by filmmakers from around the world.

Motley Crue, Xcel Energy Center, 7pm. 

Groovin’ in the Garden, Como, 6-8pm.

Thursday, August 6

Music in Mears, 6-9pm.  Moon & Pollution & Mixed Blood Majority; film TBA

Saints vs. Lincoln, 7:05pm. 

On the Line Film Festival, Landmark. A celebration of independent film created by filmmakers from around the world.

Irish Fair Kickoff Party, 7-10pm.

Social Science: The Science of Super Heroes, Science Museum, 6-11pm.

Friday, August 7

Saints vs. Lincoln, 7:05pm.  Fireworks nite.

Lowertown First Friday

On the Line Film Festival, Landmark. A celebration of independent film created by filmmakers from around the world.

Irish Fair, Harriet Island, 3-11pm.

Saturday, August 8

Saints vs. Winnipeg, 7:05pm. Shoe drive.

Lowertown Guitar Festival, Mears, 2-10pm.

On the Line Film Festival, Landmark. A celebration of independent film created by filmmakers from around the world.

Irish Fair, Harriet Island, 10am-11pm.

Sunday, August 9

Saints vs. Winnipeg, 5:05pm.

Irish Fair, Harriet Island, 9am-7pm.

On the Line Film Festival, Landmark. A celebration of independent film created by filmmakers from around the world.

Monday, August 10

Saints vs. Winnipeg, 7:05pm.

Tuesday, August 11

9 Nights of Music, MNHC, 5:30-8:30pm. NIKAIDO, SORVARI, KAZAMA – Cosmic Japanese pop

Wednesday, August 12

International Cat Video Festival, CHS Field, 6:30-10pm.

Thursday, August 13

Music in Mears, 6-9pm. Dirty Shorts Brass Band & Brio Brass; movie TBA

Saturday, August 15

7th Annual Beer Dabbler, CHS Field, 5-9pm. 80+ Craft breweries doing the pours. $40/$50 at the door.

Tuesday, August 18

9 Nights of Music, MNHC, 6:30-8:30pm. NEW RIVERSIDE RAMBLERS – Cajun.

Saints vs. Sioux City, 7:05pm.  Star Wars nite.

Wednesday, August 19

Saints vs. Sioux City, 7:05pm. YMCA Day.

Thursday, August 20

Music in Mears, 6-9pm. Barbara Jean & The Melismatics; movie TBA

Adam Mackler Quintet, Studio Z, 8pm. $10

Organist Donald VerKuilen, St. Paul Cathedral, 7:30pm. FREE. Music of Widor, Saint-Saens, Bach and Peeters.

Subtext readings, 7pm. Local authors Tad Simons, author of The Bleeder, and Catherine Dehdashti, author of Roseheart, present their new novels.

Saints vs. Sioux City, 7:05pm.

Friday, August 21

Saints vs. Sioux Falls, 7:05pm. Fireworks nite.

Twin Cities Magic Festival, Showboat.

River City Revue, City House, 7pm. Musician Ben Weaver and special guests   will share live music, short films, illustrated history and science talks, and a taste of wild and indigenous foods. Enjoy a drink, get an up-close look at a river barge, or make your own poster from maps and images of the living river.

Saturday, August 22

Saints vs. Sioux Falls, 7:05pm.

Foo Fighters, Xcel, 7pm.

Twin Cities Magic Festival, Showboat.

Saint George Greek Festival, 1111 Summit Ave., 11am-8pm. Greek food, dance, music and fun!

Renaissance Festival opens, weekends thru October 4th.

Sunday, August 23

Japanese Lantern Lighting Festival, 3-9pm.  Lantern lighting at dusk. $5/$3 seniors and 3-12.

Twin Cities Magic Festival, Showboat.

Saint George Greek Festival, 1111 Summit Ave., 11am-6pm. Greek food, dance, music and fun!

Saints vs. Sioux Falls, 5:05pm.

Tuesday, August 25

9 Nights of Music, MNHC, 5:30-8:30pm. FAMILY MUSIC ALL STARS: JUSTIN ROBERTS WITH LIAM DAVIS. Old fashioned lawn games and bubbles.

Subtext reading, 7pm. Set in northern Minnesota, "The Road Back to Sweetgrass" follows Dale Ann, Theresa, and Margie, a trio of American Indian women, from the 1970s to the present, observing their coming of age and the intersection of their lives as they navigate love, economic hardship, loss, and changing family dynamics on the fictional Mozhay Point reservation. 

Wednesday, August 26

“Field of Dreams” the movie, CHS Field, 7pm.  Sponsored by AARP. FREE.

Thursday, August 27

Minnesota State Fair opens, thru Sept. 7^th.

Bryan Nichols Quintet, Studio Z, 8pm. $10

Subtext Bookstore, 6:30pm. Nature's Medicine Cabinet Class Featuring doTERRA Essential Oils

Music in Mears, 6-9pm. War Poets & The Flamin’ Oh’s; movie TBA

Friday, August 28

Keith Urban at the State Fair!  Woot!

Saturday, August 29

Subtext readings, 7pm. Tony Rauch and Jarda Cervenka read from their short story collections