The Weekender Crosses Your Path With Fun & Pickles

It’s sure to be a dill-lightfully fun barrel-packed event at the first-ever Pickle Party. There will be pickle beers, pickle pizza, pickle soup, and even pickle ice cream. Not to mention a pickle-eating contest. The only dill-ema will be how to try it all. The event takes place at Pantown Brewing Company in St. Cloud.

Saturday: 12:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Sample cocktails, seltzers, and craft beers from all across Minnesota with over 100 beverage companies showcasing over 400 different beverages at the Inaugural Summer Craft Beer Festival.  You can take on your friends in the Saints Speed Pitch Game or take part in cornhole, ladder ball, and yard connect 4, and there will be a DJ spinning tunes as well. It is a 21+ event. Click on the link to buy tickets and see a list of all the beverage companies that will be there. The event will be held at CHS Field in St. Paul.

Saturday: 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

$65 early access at 1:00 p.m.
$49 general admission, access at 2:00 p.m.
$35 for designated driver entry.

See hundreds of classic cars and bring the kids for some fun too. It is more than just cars with a tractor pull, and valve cover racing, plus for the kids there will be a bounce house and face painting.  The show is held at the Benton County Fair Grounds. The first 500 people will get a goodie bag.

Sunday: 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
$8  Admission but Kids 15 & under are free with a paid adult.

Take in the first school play for the year as St. John’s Prep students put on “The Last Five Years.” The musical chronicles five years in the life of a couple’s marriage from meeting to break up from two different points of view.  SJP students, Elizabeth St. Hilaire and Isaac Miller have been working on the play all summer and are ready to showcase their talents. The play is being put on at the Gnarly Bard Theater in downtown St. Cloud.  Tickets are $11.50 and available online.

Friday: 7:00 p.m.
Saturday: 7:00 p.m.
Sunday: 2:00 p.m.

Get a feel for Japanese culture at Como Park’s Annual Japanese Obon Festival, There will be singing, dancing, martial arts, drumming, food, vendors, games, and more, The family-friendly event aims to provide the experience of  Japan’s annual Obon holiday.  At the end of the festival, lanterns are released onto the water so that the spirits can return to the other world. Advanced tickets are required--no tickets will be available at the gate. The event takes place on the grounds of the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park.

Sunday: 3:00 - 9:00 p.m.

$5.00 of adults (13+)
$3.00 for kids (3-12), and Seniors (65+)
Free for kids under 3.