Krewe Du Nord is a free festival that showcases the food, culture, and music of New Orleans and Minneapolis. Hosted in the Coliseum parking lot and on Lake Street, the event connects neighbors, draws visitors, and highlights Lake Street as a vibrant cultural and culinary destination.

The Soul of the Southside Festival is packed with powerful experiences celebrating Black culture, creativity, and community. From immersive art and music to wellness and education, our events are designed to inspire, connect, and uplift. Learn more at soulofthesouthside.org.

This award winning music, food and arts festival features an eclectic mix of the best local, regional and national entertainment across seven stages, and a wide variety of local craft food and beverage options. Check out this unique summer celebration of performance, craft, and culinary art. Learn more at thehookmpls.com.

The Mayday Parade, Ceremony and Festival is a 50 year tradition that celebrates the power of community and community art in South Minneapolis. This year's Mayday will be on Sunday, May 4. Learn more at www.maydaympls.org

Celebrate the abundant natural resources and recreation opportunities available in Minnesota with Strib Unbound: Outdoor Adventure For All!

Activities include expert presentations with an emphasis on biking, camping, hiking and paddling activities. Attendees can also look forward to camp cooking demos from local chefs, live music, and more.

The Great Northern and Melanin in Motion are excited to invite you to join the Venture Bikes and Slow Roll Crew for a conversationally paced bike ride through North Minneapolis. We will share neighborhood history, information, and stories about this diverse community’s relationship to nature. We’re excited to have you join us on this tour through this beautiful and often overlooked neighborhood. 

Due to challenges caused by the wildfires in Southern California, this Mack Lecture has been postponed until April 8.

This winter, leading environmentalist and founder of ClientEarth, James Thornton, comes to the Walker. An innovator of legal strategies to address climate change and environmental degradation, Thornton will discuss new ways to think about and tackle global environmental challenges. A short, moderated dialogue and Q&A follows Thornton’s presentation.

Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

Sauna sound bowls is a new Thermaculture™ experience that combines the best practices of sauna steam aromatherapy with powerful sound bowl vibrations designed to activate the body’s parasympathetic nervous system.

Play and explore with The Great Northern at Silverwood Park! Indoor and outdoor activities include a live show of Brains On!, kicksledding, illuminated fat tire biking, luminary trails, and campfires for making s’mores.

This pop-up by food collective K'óoben brings together some of Minnesota’s most celebrated chefs and mixologists for an unforgettable culinary experience.

Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

In this guided sauna session, sauna guides pour essential oils onto hot stones, creating waves of soothing and aromatic steam. The session is enhanced with rhythmic towel movements, infusing the air with fragrance and intensifying the heat.

Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

This event is sold out.

Expand your understanding of the Twin Cities with a guided walk of sites with deep significance to Dakota people. Led by Dakota community members, participants will be encouraged to reconsider their relationship to land, water, sky, and all life—including other humans—through stories and perspectives that are often left out of our state’s history. 

Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

In this guided sauna session, sauna guides pour essential oils onto hot stones, creating waves of soothing and aromatic steam. The session is enhanced with rhythmic towel movements, infusing the air with fragrance and intensifying the heat.

Sauna sound bowls is a new Thermaculture™ experience that combines the best practices of sauna steam aromatherapy with powerful sound bowl vibrations designed to activate the body’s parasympathetic nervous system.

Join us for a special sauna session that the entire family (5 years and up) can enjoy.

This event is sold out.

In The Last of the Sea Women, an extraordinary band of feisty grandmother warriors wage a spirited battle against vast oceanic threats. Peering into what drives haenyeo young and old, this moving documentary zeroes in on their tight-knit friendships, savvy independence, and infectious sense of empowerment, unfolding into an uplifting tale of women taking on world powers to protect their beloved ocean and inspiring a new generation.

This sauna session is sold out.

Sauna sound bowls is a new Thermaculture™ experience that combines the best practices of sauna steam aromatherapy with powerful sound bowl vibrations designed to activate the body’s parasympathetic nervous system.

Inspired by trees’ underground communication network, composers/performers Angélica Negrón, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Raquel Acevedo Klein collaborate in an evening of live unfolding soundscapes using voices, violin, plants, flowers, bells, synths, accordion, water, found objects, and mechanical percussion. Floresta also features technology from MIDI Sprout, which will be used during the performance to translate plant biodata into music.

In this guided sauna session, sauna guides pour essential oils onto hot stones, creating waves of soothing and aromatic steam. The session is enhanced with rhythmic towel movements, infusing the air with fragrance and intensifying the heat.

Inspired by trees’ underground communication network, composers/performers Angélica Negrón, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Raquel Acevedo Klein collaborate in an evening of live unfolding soundscapes using voices, violin, plants, flowers, bells, synths, accordion, water, found objects, and mechanical percussion. Floresta also features technology from MIDI Sprout, which will be used during the performance to translate plant biodata into music.

Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

Join us for a unique experience during this Open Steam session, as local poets Michael Bazzett and Claire Wahmanholm share their work in a special poetry reading.

The Great Northern and Minnesota Ice are teaming up to bring you a 50-foot ice bar with a menu curated by Steady Pour—featuring specialty drinks from Minneapolis and St. Paul mixologists, breweries, and distilleries.

Discover the stories of Minneapolis on the Lake Street Mural Tour! This tour, led by Lake Street Council, will take participants to the mural and art installations found along East Lake Street. Perfect for art lovers, history buffs, and anyone seeking a deeper connection to our city and our neighborhood, the tour offers guided insights into the inspirations behind these works of art.

Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.