Event Calendar

Join us for a real hands-on activity making your own walking stick. We will transform buckthorn, an invasive species, into a practical tool you can take home with you. We’ll also learn how you can stop the spread of other invasive hitch-hikers when you’re hiking, fishing, and recreating at Whitewater State Park!

For more than 40 years, Mark Rosen has been at the forefront of sports media in the Twin Cities, the region and the state - a true icon of the Minnesota sports scene. Please join us for a fun afternoon of hearing some of Mark Rosen's stories.

There are forty-two orchids native to Minnesota, including the state flower, the showy lady's slipper. Malcolm and Rosemary MacFarlane have beautiful pictures of each one! They have journeyed to cedar bogs; bluff prairies, the Big Woods, and roadside ditches to get these photographs. Tonight they'll share with us everything from common orchids to the rarest orchid in North America. Their photography is excellent and their stories of the hunt fascinating!

Malcolm and Rosemary MacFarlane have found and photographed all of Minnesota’s 42 orchids. Join these experts in search of the beautiful and fascinating orchids, including the yellow lady’s-slipper, of Whitewater State Park. (At 8pm the MacFarlanes will also give a slide presentation on the orchids of Minnesota! See below.) As group size is limited for the walk, call the park at (507) 932-3007 ext. 0 or stop at the visitor center, to reserve your spots.

Friends of Oxbow's Annual Spring Fest.  Bring the entire family out to Oxbow Park's Zollman Zoo for a day of food, fun, and games. This is the Friends of Oxbow's biggest event and you don't want to miss it. There is something for everyone including: animal feedings, kids games and activities, as well as a silent auction.   See a live bald eagle up close, a chance to milk the model of a cow, build a birdhouse and take a wagon ride.  This year children also can go through the ... Visit Website

Bring the whole family to browse a variety of vehicles...dump trucks, snow plows, police cars and more!  Sit in the drivers' seat and learn about the vehicles from the people who drive them.  This is a great opportunity for your child to explore those vehicles that capture their imagination...to honk some horns, sit in the bucket of a bulldozer and at the wheel of a boom truck or race car.  Check out Public Works vehicles, Community Service vehicles, recreational vehicles, big tr...

Heirloom Perennial Plant Sale, Boulevard & Gardening Demonstrations, and Free potting station for the kids. This event is held in conjunction with Art on the Ave. Two blocks east of K-mart on 5th Ave-Slatterly Park Neighborhood.

Peter Mayer’s songs have been compared to Shaker furniture – clean and light, yet hardly simple. Mayer, whose guitar skills make playing his music seem deceptively easy, will perform at Crossings.

Feel free to bring an instrument

Legend of Johnny Appleseed and Legend of Paul Bunyan. Two favorite American folk heroes come to life through the colorful animation of Walt Disney.

Minnesota's own Ruby the Dog will host a book signing at Barnes & Noble. Ruby's story has it all: fun, gritty drama, high emotion, excitement, anger, laughter and betrayal. Please join us as we welcome Pat and Ruby to Rochester.

Two blocks east of Kmart off 9th St

With their latest release “Careful What You Ask For”, The Devon Worley Band is quickly becoming one of the biggest names in Minnesota country music, drawing fans at home and beyond. The Devon Worley Band owes some of it’s quick success to playing premier venues such at Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill, the nationally famous Medina Ballroom, and many, many more. This seven-piece band is an eclectic mix of experience and stardom. The diversity of experience - from cla... Visit Website

The Whalan Stand Still Parade is on the move again. Meet Vincent, the Gypsy horse, bred to pull the colorful, historic Gypsy vardos (wagons). He is handsome, strong and gentle and will bring along some folks to tell you about himself, his origins and travels. This year Whalan pays special tribute to the American Farmer. Perhaps you are one, know one, or would like to meet one. At 10:55  emcee Phil Dying will introduce Arden Pederson, Grand Marshal, and long-time local farmer. At 1... Visit Website

Brazilian music workshop Members or Maria Meu will demonstrate and discuss the various styles of Brazilian music they will perform in a concert after the workshop.Feel free to bring an instrument. 2:30 - 4:00 pm Musical Concert Maria Meu, a four piece ensemble based in the Twin Cities and consisting of vocals, guitar, percussion and bass will perform samba, partido alto, bossa nova and choro.

This year at GrahamFest the music and kids' activities are back by popular demand! The theme, "honor the past," highlights the many historic structures at Graham Park amidst free music, House of Bounce attractions, and Roscoe's serving up food all day. Plants and trees for sale, information on gardening and sustainability, antique tractors and Model A cars on display, and much more! All funds raised benefit the Friends of Graham Park, a non-profit dedicated to the revitalization of Gra... Visit Website

Immerse yourself in the timeless culture of the Old Order Amish as we journey down roads less traveled through Minnesota's largest Amish settlements. This enriching, scenic tour affords the opportunity to observe and learn first-hand about the Amish way of life, view one-room country schoolshouses, observe horse and buggy travel, attend an Amish produce auction, visit Amish craft shops and bakeries, browse handcrafted furniture, quilts, baskets, and foodstuffs, and chat with Amish farmers, craf... Visit Website

This musical set on an island paradise during World War II, sensitively and candidly explores the issue of racial prejudice through the telling of two parallel love stories.

Join our Friends from the Rochester Music Guild in a celebration of spring.with the Guilds Garden of Note Sargent's Nursery Voucher Sale.  Bury as many $25.00 voucher's as you will spend, Sargent's donates 20% of each $25.00 voucher to the Rochester Music Guild. Contact information above. Exclusion's are grills, weddings and landscaping design.

Experience the historic home of three generations of the Mayo family. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to start of tour.  Purchase admission at the main entrance.  Special Nooks and Crannies Tours ($20/person) will be offered on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 3:00pm. These special tours do include going up and down numberous flights of stairs, numbers are limited.

Longtime friends and notable artists Harold Grabitske and Ivan Whillock, who often showed work together in the early days of their art careers, found each other again through a class at Crossings. Now, an exhibit of their retrospective and current works will be at the art gallery May 1-31. A public reception is Sun., May 6, at 2 p.m. Whillock and Grabitske roomed together at college, attended summer arts classes at Grand Marais together, eventually showed together, had long conversations about a... Visit Website

Over $100 worth of Value for only $10. This button gets you into three great events during the opening weekend of the Great River Shakespeare Festival, 2012. Events are a post show reception on Friday June 22nd, featuring refreshments and a live band, an afternoon reception with free admission to the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona, MN, on Saturday June 23rd, and a picnic reception with live music following the matinee performance on Sunday June 24th. Buttons may be picked up at the GRSF B... Visit Website

Come explore the early years of the world-famous Mayo Clinic. Experience the homes and lives of pioneering doctors. This narrated one hour tour will be one you will always remember. Highlights: Foundation House ~ "Pill Hill" National Residential Historic District ~ Plummer House ~ History Center of Olmsted County ~ Mayowood Historic Corridor ~ Historic Mayowood Mansion ~ Saint Marys Hospital Campus & Chapel ~ Assisi Heights ~ Calvary Episcopal Church ~ Fe... Visit Website

The main outdoor Market is open every Saturday, rain or shine, from the first Saturday in May through the last Saturday in October.  All of the RDFM's 100 vendors are local growers who live and farm/garden within 50 miles of Rochester, MN.  No pets are allowed in the Market vending areas (except service animals).

Karaoke every Wed-Sat