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New this year! Doors Open Duluth is your chance to explore the city’s story through its buildings and significant spaces. Discover historic buildings, manufacturing hubs, breweries, creative spaces, and more! Doors Open Duluth will give you a FREE behind-the-scenes look at exciting venues. Building owners and caretakers will share what makes these places — and the people behind them — essential to Duluth’s identity. This inaugural event will center on Lincoln Park and Rice’s Point in Duluth.
Mega Kids Night! Join us for a Mad Hatter Party! Families & kids — come dressed up for the fun! Activities & Entertainment • Balloon Artist Lauraloon • Fun Games & Activities • Sweet Treats & Candy • Free Ice Cream Don’t miss this whimsical, family-friendly night of laughter, treats, and fun!
Get ready for a fun-filled evening of community connection and celebration! Minnesconsin Gallery & Gifts and Corktown Eatery and Bar are hosting their Annual Block Party on September 25th! Join us to celebrate with live music, food, drinks, local vendors, and a Beer Border Battle! Block Party highlights: Chasing Dawn performing live under the Duluth Grill’s entrance canopy! Hog Roast by OMC Smokehouse. Free s’mores and hot cocoa. Local artists and makers tables. Activities for kids and opportunities to meet and mingle with neighbors and local business owners.
Join us on Thursday, September 25 from 3-5pm for the Grand Opening of the Diver Morning Sky Hope & Healing Center! After 20+ years of operating child care and housing young mothers in the Spirit Valley building in West Duluth, YWCA Duluth is supporting Divine Konnections’ innovate work through the donation of 411 N. 57th Avenue West as well as two state-of-the-art, STEAM playgrounds. Divine Konnections is re-opening the building to continue to provide vital resources for West Duluth, naming it after YWCA Duluth’s past executive director, Karen Diver. With a BBQ sponsored in part by Whole Foods Co-op and SuperOne Foods, a ribbon cutting with the Duluth Chamber of Commerce at 3:30pm, tours of the newly opened Diver Morning Sky Hope & Healing Center, DJ beats and play on two brand new STEAM playgrounds for all ages, celebrating never felt so good! Party starts at 3pm on Thursday 9/25…
Are you ready for a gourd time?! From the creators of Duluth Winter Village comes a fall tradition you won’t want to miss: GOURD DAYS! Think: Cozy fall eats Seasonal sips A pumpkin bounce house A lakeside twist on the classic hayride Local makers + shopping galore Adoptable dogs from PJ’s Rescue Cabin full of books And all the autumn vibes you can handle We’ll have local vendors setup along Harbor Drive with food, kid activities, pumpkin bounce house and inflatable toddler farm town! We will have places to relax & enjoy the fall breeze off the lake with a beverage in hand. Plenty of pumpkins and photo-ops and best of all, free to attend! PJ’s Rescue will be in attendance with dogs available for adoption. The book cabin is back – brought to you by the Duluth Public Library. Waterfront Plaza (next to the DECC) September 11–13 | 10AM–4PM…
Are you READY for a GOURD time?! From the creators of Duluth Winter Village comes a brand-new fall tradition you won’t want to miss: GOURD DAYS! Think: Cozy fall eats Seasonal sips A pumpkin bounce house A lakeside twist on the classic hayride Local makers and shopping galore And all the autumn vibes you can handle Baywalk at the Harbor Seawall (next to the DECC) October 3–5 | 10AM–4PM daily This is the first-ever Gourd Days — and trust us, you’ll want to say you were there. Want to be a vendor? Submit your application.