The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train is scheduled to be rolling through parts of Minnesota again this year. The train features performances from musical acts while also raising money and collecting food for local food banks along the way. This year the train is expected to make 19 stops in Minnesota including performance stops in Kimball, Annandale, and Buffalo.

According to the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad website:

"The 2024 CPKC Holiday Train will tour Canada and the U.S. Nov. 21 through Dec. 20, raising money, food and awareness to support food banks across our network. Professional musicians play free concerts from the brightly decorated train's stage. CPKC donates to the local food bank at each stop and encourages all attendees to make a monetary or heart-healthy food donation. Since its inaugural journey in 1999, the CPKC Holiday Train has raised more than $24.3 million and collected approximately 5.3 million pounds of food for community food banks in Canada and the U.S."

This year, like years in the past, there are various artists and bands scheduled to perform, but it changes at certain points, like in Minnesota the musical change over happens after the train goes through Minneapolis.

Here's who is set to perform this year in Minnesota, along with the time the train arrives and when it departs for the next stop.

December 10th

215 South Chestnut Street La Crescent - Tiera Kennedy and The Lone Bellow - Train arrives at 2:15pm and leaves at 2:45pm.

65 East Mark Street, Winona - Tiera Kennedy and The Lone Bellow - Train arrives at 3:45pm and leaves at 4:15pm.

Bruegger Park - Gambie Avenue, Wabasha - Tiera Kennedy and The Lone Bellow - Train arrives at 5:45pm and leaves at 6:15pm.

500 East Second Street, Hastings - Tiera Kennedy and The Lone Bellow - Train arrives at 8:15pm and leaves at 8:45pm.

December 11th

7064 West Point Douglas Road, Cottage Grove - Tiera Kennedy and The Lone Bellow - Train arrives at 5:15pm and leaves at 5:45pm.

214 East 4 Street, St. Paul - Tiera Kennedy and The Lone Bellow - Train arrives at 7:00pm and leaves at 7:30pm.

December 12th

Lake Street & Library Lane, St. Louis Park - Tiera Kennedy and The Lone Bellow - Train arrives at 6:15pm and leaves at 6:45pm

37th Avenue & Stinson Boulevard, Minneapolis - Tiera Kennedy and The Lone Bellow - Train arrives at 8:15pm and leaves at 8:45pm.

December 14th

Road 19, Hennepin County, Loretto - Seaforth and Alana Springsteen - Train arrives at 4:30pm and leaves at 5:00pm.

5 Street Northeast, Buffalo - Seaforth and Alana Springsteen - Train arrives at 6:00pm and leaves at 6:30pm.

Downtown Park - Harrison Street, Annandale - Seaforth and Alana Springsteen - Train arrives at 7:30pm and leaves at 8:00pm.

Willow Creek Park - 230 Main Street South, Kimball - Seaforth and Alana Springsteen - Train arrives at 9:00pm and leaves at 9:30pm.

December 15th 

20 15 Street Northeast, Glenwood - Seaforth and Alana Springsteen - Train arrives at 10:15am and leaves at 10:45am.

8 Avenue & Nokomis, Alexandria - Seaforth and Alana Springsteen - Train arrives at 11:45am and leaves at 12:15pm.

Holmes Community Center - 826 Summit, Detroit Lakes - Seaforth and Alana Springsteen - Train arrives at 2:45pm and leaves at 3:15pm.

US 59 & East Washington Avenue, Mahnomen - Seaforth and Alana Springsteen - Train arrives at 4:20pm and leaves at 4:50pm.

Central Avenue, Plummer  - Seaforth and Alana Springsteen - Train arrives at 6:15pm and leaves at 6:45pm.

405 3 Street East, Thief River Falls - Seaforth and Alana Springsteen -Train arrives at 7:45pm and leaves at 8:15pm.

December 16th

US State Highway 59, Elbow Lake - Seaforth and Alana Springsteen -Train arrives at 4:30pm and leaves at 5:00pm.

Dress for the weather if you plan on attending one of the performances!

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