2007 SPECIALS
JANUARY
| 20 | The Glass Menagerie, Guthrie (through January 25) | Minneapolis |
| 25-28 | Sesame Street Live Presents Elmo Makes Music, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 26-28 | General Merchandise Show, Canterbury Park | Shakopee |
| 27-Feb 4 | Saint Paul Winter Carnival | Saint Paul |
FEBRUARY
| 1 | Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical (through June 2007), Chanhassen Dinner Theatres | Chanhassen |
| 1 | The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron (through April 2007), Chanhassen Dinner Theatres | Chanhassen |
| 2-4 | Arenacross Championship Series, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 7 | Small Worlds: Interior Design in Miniature (through May 13), American Swedish Institute | Minneapolis |
| 7 | Greta Garbo Photo Exhibit (through May 13), American Swedish Institute | Minneapolis |
| 9 | Irving Berlin's Easter Parade (through June 9), Chanhassen Dinner Theatres | Chanhassen |
| 10 | Valentine Event, MN Zoo (reservations required + special fee) | Apple Valley |
| 9-11 | Twin Cities Home Show, Canterbury Park | Shakopee |
| 9-10 | Cirque - Delirium - A Cirque Du Soleil Live Music Concert, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 14 | Valentine Event, MN Zoo (reservations required +special fee) | Apple Valley |
| 17-19 | Tropical Beach Party, MN Zoo | Apple Valley |
| 24 | The "World Famous" Lipizzaner Stallions, Target Center | Minneapolis |
MARCH
| 3 | The Minnesota Orchestra performs The Music of Led Zeppelin - A Rock Symphony, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 3-4 | WPSA Air Force Canterbury Snocross, Canterbury Park | Shakopee |
| 7-11 | Disney on Ice Presents Princess Wishes, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 10 | Shakopee Remodeling Show, Canterbury Park | Shakopee |
| 10 | The Merchants of Venice (through May 16), Guthrie | Minneapolis |
| 14-18 | Link Boat Sale 7 Show, Canterbury Park | Shakopee |
| 14-17 | Minnesota State High School Girls' Basketball Tournament, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 18 | The Newsboys In Concert, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 21-24 | Minnesota State High School Boys' Basketball Tournament, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 24-25 | Spring Home Improvement & Design Show, Canterbury Park | Shakopee |
| 27 | Shakopee Showcase Community Event, Canterbury Park | Shakopee |
| 30 | Farm Babies (through April 22), MN Zoo | Apple Valley |
APRIL
| 14 | Harlem Globetrotters, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 20-22 | Spring Festival, An Arts & Craft Affair, Canterbury Park | Shakopee |
| 20 | Bill Gaither presents The Give It Away Tour 2007, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 24-25 | Let's Play Ball, Canterbury Park | Shakopee |
MAY
| 5 | Major Barbara (through June 17), Guthrie | Minneapolis |
| 12 | Champions On Ice 2007 Tour, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 12 | Valleyfair! Opens, Valleyfair | Shakopee |
| 25-28 | Memorial Day Sidewalk Sale, Albertville Premium Outlets | Albertville |
| 31 | Daniel O'Donnell In Concert, Target Center | Minneapolis |
JUNE
| 2 | Tender Hearts Half Marathon, 5K Fun Run, Half-Mile Sparky's Sprint for Kids, Burnsville Convention & Visitors Bureau | Burnsville |
| 15 | Les Miserables (run begins), Chanhassen Dinner Theatres | Chanhassen |
| 23 | 1776 (through August 26), Guthrie | Minneapolis |
| 30 | International Festival of Burnsville, Burnsville Convention & Visitors Bureau | Burnsville |
| 30 | Taste of Minnesota (through July 5) | Saint Paul |
| 30-July 4 | July 4th Summer Sale, Albertville Premium Outlets | Albertville |
JULY
| 1-5 | Taste of Minnesota | Saint Paul |
| 1-2 | Glorious Fourth Celebration, Historic Murphy's Landing | Shakopee |
| 4 | Fireworks Extravaganza (dusk), Valleyfair | Shakopee |
| 12 | Grease returns to the historic Pantages Theatre, downtown (thru August 12), Chanhassen Dinner Theatres | Minneapolis |
AUGUST
| 3-5 | Back-to-School & Fall Preview Sale, Albertville Premium Outlets | Albertville |
| 8-12 | Burnsville Fire Muster, Burnsville Convention & Visitors Bureau | Burnsville |
| 10 | RESPECT - A Musical Journey of Women (run begins), Chanhassen Dinner Theatres | Chanhassen |
| 17 | The Wiggles Racing To The Rainbow Live, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 18 | Art and All That Jazz, Burnsville Convention & Visitors Bureau | Burnsville |
| 23-Sep 3 | Minnesota State Fair, State Fair Grounds | Saint Paul |
| 31-Sep 3 | Labor Day Sidewalk Sale, Albertville Premium Outlets | Albertville |
SEPTEMBER
| 1-3 | Labor Day Sidewalk Sale, Albertville Premium Outlets | Albertville |
| 7 | The Wonder Bread Years (run begins), Chanhassen Dinner Theatres | Chanhassen |
| 9 | World Wrestling Entertainment, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 15 | Scarecrows on Parade (thru Nov. 1), Minnesota Landscape Arboretum | Chanhassen |
| 21-23 | My Little Pony Live, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 29-30 | Auxiliary Harvest Sale, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum | Chanhassen |
OCTOBER
| 4-7 | 21st Annual Big Island Rendezvous and Festival |
Albert Lea |
| 5-7 | Halloween Haunt, Valleyfair | Shakopee |
| 5-7 | Minneapolis Shrine Circus, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 5-8 | Columbus Day Sale, Albertville Premium Outlets | Albertville |
| 6 | Passion for Pumpkins, a celebration of pumpkins and gourds (thru Nov. 1), Minnesota Landscape Arboretum | Chanhassen |
| 12-14 | Halloween Haunt, Valleyfair | Shakopee |
| 13 | CMT On Tour 2007, SUGARLAND - CHANGE for CHANGE TOUR, With Special Guests LITTLE BIG TOWN and JAKE OWEN, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 18 | Canvas & Vines, A Collection of Fine Art & Wine, Burnsville Convention & Visitors Bureau | Burnsville |
| 19-21 | Halloween Haunt, Valleyfair | Shakopee |
| 20 | Kidz Bop, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 23 | Minnesota Timberwolves Exhitibion Game - Indiana Pacers, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 26 | Minnesota Timberwolves Exhitibion Game - Milwaukee Bucks, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 26--28 | Halloween Haunt, Valleyfair | Shakopee |
| 31 | Halloween Haunt, Valleyfair | Shakopee |
| 31 | Halloween Trick or Treat Event, Albertville Premium Outlets | Albertville |
NOVEMBER
| 3 | A Nordic Christmas (thru Jan. 6, 2008), American Swedish Institute | Minneapolis |
| 3 | Illumination of a Saint: The Legend of Sankta Lucia (thru Jan. 6, 2008), American Swedish Institute | Minneapolis |
| 3 | Christmas Fair I (10am - 4pm), American Swedish Institute | Minneapolis |
| 17 | Christmas Fair II (10am - 4pm), American Swedish Institute | Minneapolis |
| 23 | Holidazzle Parades (Wednesdays-Sundays through Dec 23) | Minneapolis |
| 23-25 | After Thanksgiving Weekend Sale, Albertville Premium Outlets | Albertville |
DECEMBER
| weekends | Folkways of the Holidays, Historic Murphy's Landing | Shakopee |
| 1-2 | Auxiliary Holiday Sale, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum | Chanhassen |
| 1-23 | Holidazzle Parades (Wednesdays-Sundays through Dec 23) | Minneapolis |
| 13 | Musselman's Presents SARA EVANS COUNTRY ON ICE With BRIAN BOITANO, TODD ELDREDGE, MICHAEL WEISS & many more, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 15 | Transiberian Orchestra, Target Center | Minneapolis |
| 15 | Lucia Celebration (2:30pm), Augustana Lutheran Church | Minneapolis |
| 26 | Julglädje (12:30 and 2:30pm), American Swedish Institute | Minneapolis |
Dates and times subject to change without notice.
Please go to Related Links, go to the various Attractions and Convention and Visitor Bureaus sites and look at their "calendar of events," "event calendar," or "things to do" listings. Exploreminnesota.com (Minnesota Office of Tourism) lists events - open this site, click on Events, click on Metro Events.
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