Activities 2024
Watch for updates!
Westminster Stage
Located lakeside near the playground
Presented by Westminster Presbyterian Church
Saturday, July 27
Noon | Wendy Brown-Báez, poet
1 pm | Kenny Vigne, piano
2 pm | Eve Schulte, dance
3 pm | Bluegrass Music
Sunday, July 28
10 am-4 pm | Community Art Project
Noon | Wendy Brown-Báez, poet
1 pm | Kenny Vigne, piano
2 pm | Eve Schulte, dance
3 pm | Bluegrass Music
Neighborhood Stage
Located near the tennis and pickleball courts
Presented by Friends of Loring Park, Citizens for a Loring Park Community, and Twin Cities Pride
Saturday, July 28
2:30 pm | Minnesota Sinfonia - a special farewell season performance!
Make plans now to join the Minnesota Sinfonia for this year's delightful Summer Concert Series! We have terrific programs planned with music from some of the greats, including Strauss, Puccini, and Dvorak, and on the lighter side, many favorites such as 'Danny Boy,' 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' and Sousa's 'Minnesota March.' Dust off your lawn chairs, prepare the picnic baskets, and plan to join us with family and friends! With many thanks to our patron's generous support, all Sinfonia concerts remain free of admission charges. Of course, make sure to bring the kids!
Sunday, July 29
2:30 pm | LUSH's Monday Music
MUSICAL MONDAYS is a monthly cabaret series featuring musical theater performers in the Twin Cities, presented on the first Monday of every month at LUSH Lounge & Theater in northeast Minneapolis.
Founded in November 2012 by Sheena Janson Kelley and Max Wojtanowicz, Musical Mondays aims to provide performance opportunities for local artists as well as a fun and casual "industry night" networking experience for the Twin Cities theatre community. Each Musical Monday is comprised of a roughly 90-minute set of musical theater and cabaret songs compiled by the musicians and the curators. Musical Mondays also regularly put a spotlight on our incredible local theatre scene by offering sneak peeks of upcoming performances and the chance to win tickets to shows all over town. To date, over 400 people have performed on the Musical Mondays stage, and we will celebrate our 100th show in November 2024! Find more information at maxwojtanowicz.com.
WOW Metal Lab
The WOW Mobile Metal Lab and Show
A retired MTC city bus turned metal casting workshop on wheels - is a mobile foundry that brings the cast metal experience, from start to finish, into communities for education, art and entertainment.
Get on the WOW bus to explore and discover the cast metal process, Sara Hanson's artwork and to pour your souvenir artifact! Choose from a curious assortment of molds to pour your own small sculpture, pendant, earrings, cuff-links, bolo tie, magnet, wine cork, keychain or what-have-you. The WOW will be celebrating MN (and Loring Park) for the Art Fair with molds directly molded from or inspired by Prince's Boot, State Fair Corn on the Cob, Casey from Como Zoo, 45 record adapter, guitar, hot dog/fries, bees/bee-hive, acorns, squirrels and more!
Ages 5 and up, no experience necessary. $10-20.
Wow Bus
Outdoor Painters of MN will bring their yellow Berton Boxes with all the gear for you to try out a some plain air painting. Painters from the group will be on hand to guide you through the process on Saturday and Sunday!
Berton Box Painting
KIDS ART PROJECT:
Shop at the art fair while your kiddo is working on an art project! Thanks to Tonya and the staff at Loring Park Recreation Center.
Here are the details:
New in 2023, Minneapolis Park and Recreation staff will lead children in creating an art project while parent/guardian shop at the Loring Park Art Festival. Up to 12 children at a a time can stay and create their own art for up to 30 minutes. So, plan your 30-minute child-free time to visit your favorite artist or check out some new ones!
Parent/Guardian must sign up at the Loring Park Community Arts Center when you drop off your child, for ages 4-14 years. Free from 12-5pm on Saturday, July 27 and Sunday, July 28.