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Calling all members of Bulldog Country, it’s time to cheer on your team! Head down to AMSOIL Arena when Minnesota comes to town for a heart-pounding ice battle. No matter your age, a Bulldog’s hockey game is always an enjoyable and exciting experience. Tickets on sale now!
Calling all members of Bulldog Country, it’s time to cheer on your team! Head down to AMSOIL Arena when Minnesota comes to town for a heart-pounding ice battle. No matter your age, a Bulldog’s hockey game is always an enjoyable and exciting experience. Tickets on sale now!
The Park Point Art Fair (PPAF) is a weekend celebration of fine art, creativity, and community. Over 100 juried artists showcase work while visitors enjoy live music, food trucks, hands-on art activities, and an accessible layout. Proceeds support local youth, environmental efforts, and civic projects.
Chester Bowl’s 42nd Annual Fall Fest is on Saturday, September 19th, 2026 from 9:30-4:30. Fall Fest is all about building community with friends and neighbors in the park! At this regional craft event you will enjoy music, food, crafts, locally grown fresh produce, vendors, and informational booths about local programs. This annual event hosts 135 vendors selling locally made crafts and art, a great line up of music, fifteen food trucks (if you go home hungry you are doing Fall Fest wrong), and activities for children and families. In addition, Chester Bowl branded clothing and other items are always sold at our tent just inside the front gate. Fall Fest is a fundraising event for Chester Bowl’s scholarship fund. Suggested donations of $5 per person or $10 per family will be accepted at the entrance to support the scholarships we will award in the coming year. Last year our community…
Since their inaugural race in 1977, Grandma’s Marathon has grown into something much bigger than just a 26.2-mile race along the scenic North Shore of Minnesota. It’s now become a “can’t-miss” weekend in June, a moment when participants of all calibers come together to celebrate the vigor of the human spirit. It’s a day the word “impossible” ceases to exist, a day 9,000 people become your best running buddy. So get ready to once again tie up your laces for another year of memories, miles, and human might. Race Packet Pickup Thursday, June 18 | 4 PM to 8 PM Friday, June 19 | 10 AM to 11 PM Essentia Health Fitness Expo Thursday, June 18 | 4 PM to 8 PM Friday, June 19 | 10 AM to 8 PM Admission: Free Michelina’s All-You-Can-Eat Spaghetti Dinner Time: 11 AM to 9 PM, Friday, June 19 Cost: Adult — $20…
Festiversary 2026 May 9, 2026 | 2-8pm Festiversary – An Outdoor Beer Festival Block Party Celebrating Bent Paddle’s 13 Year Anniversary – is Back!!! Join us and a few thousand of your closest friends at the Brewery on Saturday, May 9, 2026 from 2 – 8 pm to help us celebrate! We will be taking over our West Michigan Street block and neighborhood parking lots and throwing a “Festiversary” party – an outdoor brewery festival celebrating Bent Paddle Brewing Co.‘s anniversary and you – the Partners & Paddlers that have helped us make it this far! There will be two stages of live music, curated food trucks and vendors, games and family friendly activities, entertainment, community connections galore, and of course a whole lot of specialty Bent Paddle beer (and canna)! Kids 14 and Under Are FREE! (no ticket necessary | no pint glass) Tickets start at just $15 can be…