Pioneer Place

There are some fun and exciting things to do around Central Minnesota this weekend for you and your family. You can check out the Rock for Alzheimer's concert in St. Joseph, visit the Millstream Arts Fair, catch a play at Pioneer Place, drink a beer at Beaver Island Brewing's Oktoberfest or enjoy a hockey game by watching the Granite City Lumberjacks. Read more in The Weekender!

Labor day weekend is here and the school year is starting, doesn't mean you can't have a little fun in Central Minnesota this weekend. Catch a high school football game at St. Cloud Apollo, go for a bike ride with some beer and burrito's at Beaver Island Brewing Company, listen to the acoustic sounds of Dave Lumley, dance to the country music duo of the Farmers Daughters at Rollies and go trap shooting in Maple Lake. Read more in The Weekender!

What to know what's happened around Central Minnesota this weekend? We have your weekend guide in this weeks addition of The Weekender. You can catch a baseball game with the St. Cloud Rox Home Opener, enjoy some music in the park in Big Lake, listen to the sounds of Bluegrass at the Minnesota Homegrown Kickoff at El Rancho Manana, rock out to the sounds of Meatloaf at Pioneer Place and get your 15 minutes of fame performing for a live audience at Great River Arts Theatre in Little Falls. Read more in The Weekender!

We have your ticket to some of the fun things you and your family can enjoy around Central Minnesota this weekend. It's your final chance to see Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf at Pioneer Place, rejoice with HYMNFEST out at St. John's University, enjoy the musical stylings of VoicePlay at the College of St. Benedict's, catch dinner and a show with Ernest in Love at the Great Blue Heron and see the dancing talents of some local dancers at the Paramount Theatre. Read more in The Weekender!

Grab the family and get out and enjoy another wonderful weekend full of fun around Central Minnesota. GREAT Theatres performance of James and the Giant Peach comes to life this weekend, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf is back at Pioneer Place, the District 742 Honor Band is holding their annual concert, Diamondback will rock the stage at Benton Station, and gather at St. Paul for the annual Crashed Ice skating competition. Read more in The Weekender!

We have another full weekend of fun for you to enjoy around Central Minnesota this weekend. You can watch some youth hockey out at Lake George with the Granite City Pond Hockey championships, music from a Minneapolis indie rock bad Bad Bad Hats, a family fun night at Pleasantview Elementary, musical violins performed by Phantasm at St. Mary's Cathedral and the Night of the Round table concert series at Pioneer Place. Read more in The Weekender!

Your ears will be ringing with the wonderful sounds of music this weekend around Central Minnesota. You can enjoy the music of two legends Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello at Pioneer Place, the piano styles of Amy and Sara at Paramount Theatre, Company Northcrest dance performance, The Jimmy's and Dee Miller band at Medina Entertainment Center and Walter's Wheelhouse on the Veranda Lounge. Read more in The Weekender!

There is no shortage of fun if you're looking to bring in the new year right this weekend around Central Minnesota. You can head to the Paramount Theatre to enjoy the sounds of Shawn Johnson and the Big Band Experience, Tonic Sol Fa or Deuces Wild. Pioneer Place will be holding their New Year's Eve Bash, and you can go for a hike at Quarry Park and Nature Preserve. Read more in The Weekender!

If you're looking for some holiday cheer this weekend, there is plenty to go around in Central Minnesota. Rediscover the meaning of Christmas at Christmas in the Barn, enjoy the musical stylings of Dave Coffell, join in a candlelight service at Northland Bible Baptist Church, sing along with Andrew Walesch at Pioneer Place, and rock around the Christmas Tree at Paramount Theatre. Read more in The Weekender!

The holiday events are in full week around Central Minnesota in this weeks Thanksgiving version of the Weekender. You can exercise at the Wishbone 5K, check out GREAT Theatre's A Christmas Story, share some laughs at Pioneer Place with Laughing All The Way, check out the holiday classic a Christmas Carol at the Guthrie Theater and enjoy dinner and a show with Keri Noble and the Chanhassen Dinner Theater. Read more in The Weekender!

There is no shortage of things to do around Central Minnesota this weekend that you and your family won't enjoy. You can head over to The College of St. Benedict to see the performance of The Bacchae, enjoy dinner an a show at the Great Blue Heron, the Fall Performace of Folk In Distant Lands at SCSU, rock out with country group 2 Mile Final at Rollie's and listen to a tribute to music legends who have left us with Pioneer Place's From the Grave series. Read more in The Weekender!

There is no shortage of fun things to do around Central Minnesota this weekend. You can enjoy the Freaky 5K in Sartell, the All Saints Academy Halloween Carnival, A Choral Community at SCSU, the musical Halloween Spooktacular at SCSU and the Night of the Round Table musical event at Pioneer Place. Read more in The Weekender!