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2008 MINNESOTA 2008 (See 2007)
FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS, SHOWS, EVENTS
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February 2, 2008 Bock Fest
New Ulm, Minnesota
Outdoor winter festival on the grounds of historic Schell's Brewery in New Ulm. This is one of our most popular festivals where we brave the cold winds of Old Man Winter and turn our brewery grounds into a celebration of music, food, and of course Bock beer.
February 11-13, 2008 Upper Midwest Fruit & Vegetable Growers Conference & Trade Show
St. Cloud, Minnesota
February 14-16, 2008 Cold Climate Grape and Wine Conference
Bloomington, Minnesota
The Minnesota Grape Growers Association (MGGA). The conference will, once again, focus on the Business of Growing Grapes & Making Wine in the North.
February 15-17, 2008 29th Annual International Eelpout Festival
Walker, Minnesota
Heralded as Minnesota's finest display of sportsmanship and ice antics, the Eelpout Festival is an experience not to be missed.
February 17-19, 2008 Upper Midwest Foodservice & Lodging Show
Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 21-24, 2008 14th Annual Twin Cities Food & Wine Experience
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Enjoy a weekend of lip-smacking, glass-clinking, celebrity-watching, swishing, swirling, mouth-watering events! You won’t want to miss the fine wines, specialty beers and delicious gourmet food sampling! Increase your food and wine IQ with help from some of the country’s best chefs, authors and wine professionals. Plus, shop for the latest culinary products, gadgets and more!
March 1-4, 2008 CHART Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers Conference
Minneapolis, Minnesota
March 2, 9, 16, 30, 2008 Chocolate March
Hastings, Minnesota
Four Sundays in March travel from inn to inn in the St. Croix Valley tasting chocolate at each inn and enjoying a tour and small town hospitality.
March 7-9, 2008 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo
Owatonna, Minnesota
200+ booths of hunting/shooting products, accessories, services and related outdoor items. 30 new seminars plus contests and more.
Mar 15, 2008 Fairmont Fruitcake Follies
Fairmont, Minnesota (No Website)
The events include a fruitcake toss where men, women and children throw fruitcakes; Launch where fruitcakes are shot out of catapults and other machines; fruitcake poetry contest, and decorating contest with prizes for ugliest and most beautiful cakes. For more info: (507) 235-5547
April 5, 2008 Vergas Maple Syrup Fest
Vergas, Minnesota
Bring the family and join in the fun. Tour the Sugar Houses and see how the sap turns into golden maple syrup. Enjoy your pancakes with Pure maple syrup.
May 2-5, 2008 SCAA 20th Annual Conference & Exhibition
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Specialty Coffee Association of America.
May 9-10, 2008 Governor's Fishing Opener
Pequot Lakes, Minnesota
60th Annual Minnesota Governor's Fishing Opener Event. This years' event is being held in the Brainerd Lakes area at Pequot Lakes and Breezy Point.
May 10, 2008 Annual Area Rummage Sale & Spamburger Day
Austin, Minnesota
Join us for the Austin Area Rummage Sale with over 100 participants and enjoy a SPAMBURGER at all of our participating restaurants!
May 17, 2008 Lefse Dagen
Starbuck, Minnesota
To commemorate the record setting, yet unbroken, world's largest lefse baked during the Starbuck Centennial Celebration in 1983, and to hold an open house at the Starbuck Depot Square.
June 3, 2008 Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Savor the finest dishes and drinks prepared by the nation's hottest chefs and mixologists, enjoy the best wines and bid in exciting live and silent auctions. All this to catch the more than 12 million children at risk of hunger and surround them with the nutritious foods where they live, learn and play! 100% of ticket sales help ensure no kid in America grows up hungry.
June 7, 2008 Famous Dave's BBQ & Blues Festival
Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 7, 2008 The Rhubarb Festival
Lanesboro, Minnesota
Celebrate Rhubarb, Minnesota's sweet-tart favorite. Free tasting of rhubarb delights, Rhubarb Olympics for all ages, Rhubarb Rant Speaker's Corner, etc.
June 7, 2008 Wild Edibles
Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Learn what common plants growing in northern Minnesota forests are edible and how to harvest and prepare them. Nature hike and demonstration cooking.
June 8-13, 2008 West Central Dairy Days
Willmar, Minnesota
A week-long celebration of the dairy industry in June each year. Activities include a milk run, outdoor band concert, visit to a dairy farm, etc.
June 14, 2008 Bread and Butter Day
Preston, Minnesota
Historic Forestville in Preston. Costumed staff will use traditional techniques, hands-on demonstration and audience participation to engage visitors in the once important weekly task of bread and butter making. Tasty freshly baked samples will be available.
June 14, 2008 Chocolate, Shakespeare & Champagne
Winona, Minnesota
Winona Historical Society
June 19, 2008 Longest Coffee Break
Pelican Rapids, Minnesota
Celebrate the longest days of the year with the Longest Coffee Break.
June 19-22, 2008 Tater Daze
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Tater Daze is a unique festival where residents pay homage to the humble potato. Early settlers discovered that potatoes flourished in the flat, sandy soil of the area. Through the Great Depression, drought and urbanization, Brooklyn Park has shown its strength as a community willing to work together and make our city a welcoming place for everyone.
June 19-23, 2008 Retail Confectioners Int'l Convention & Exposition
Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 20-22, 2008 Fulda Wood Duck Festival
Fulda, Minnesota
The Fulda Wood Duck Festival is an annual event held in Fulda, Minnesota.
June 20 - Aug 15, 2008 Pine River Duck Races
Pine River, Minnesota
The Pine River Duck Races are held each Friday, June 20 through August 15, 2008 at the Pine River Dam in downtown Pine River.
July 3-6, 2008 26th Annual Taste of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota
July 8-9, 2008 Beanhole Days and Arts & Crafts Fair
Pequot Lakes, Minnesota
Burying of the Beans Ceremony will begin. The beans, prepared by secret recipe behind locked doors, are buried in huge cast iron kettles and cooked over a wood fire for 24 hours.
July 10, 2008 Hot Dog Night
Luverne, Minnesota
Local merchants grill over 10,000 hot dogs that are distributed free to participants. There are also demonstrations, entertainment, etc.
July 11-12, 2008 Turkey Festival
Pelican Rapids, Minnesota
Come join us for 2 days of family fun including games, food, sporting events, parade, concert, dances and more!
July 11-13, 2008 60th Annual Deer River Wild Rice Festival
Deer River, Minnesota (NO WEBSITE)
Celebration of the Mississippi River and Wild Rice. (218) 246-2181
July 12-13, 2008 Summer Flavors Festival
Atlanta, Georgia
The Festival serves up flavors from some of Atlanta's best chefs with a slant of very tasty health-conscious foods, best for the summer months. Entertainment features the music of renowned pop, R&B, rock and jazz bands. The Event is also a fundraiser for diabetes awareness
July 18-19, 2008 Muskie Days
Park Rapids, Minnesota
56th annual celebration of the big lunker that once ruled the waters of Belle Taine.
July 25-27, 2008 Aebleskiver Days
Tyler, Minnesota
Annual celebration of Danish heritage. Danish sandwiches, and the aebleskive - a tennis ball shaped Danish pancake. Games for the kids, crafts and entertainment for the adults, and of course, good food everywhere.
July 25-27, 2008 Blueberry Festival
Park Rapids, Minnesota
A three day festival that is focused on blueberries--a blueberry pancake breakfast, a blueberry ball, a blueberry square dance.
July 26, 2008 FishFest
Warroad, Minnesota
Walleye Fish Fry Competition on the shores of the Warroad River at Riverside Bait & Tackle.
July 26, 2008 The Great Minnesota Pie Extravaganza
Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Celebrate the third annual Great Minnesota Pie Extravaganza and learn about cooking in a 1900 logging camp. Cooks worked with the ingredients they had on hand to create delicious and wholesome pies. This event allows visitors to compare and contrast pies served in the logging camps with modern day creations. The adventurous may try their hand at rolling the perfect piecrust and inventing their own take-home and bake-it pie. Visitors are encouraged to bring a recipe to share.
August 1-2, 2008 45th Annual Old Time Harvest Festival
Jordan, Minnesota
Scott-Carver Threshers Association presents the 45th annual Old-Time Harvest Steam & Gas Engine Festival.
August 3, 2008 Taste of Dorset
Dorset, Minnesota
'Restaurant Capital of the World,' food fest, family entertainment, music, games. Dorset is the Place to Be! One day food extravaganza.
August 9, 2008 Pickle It
Preston, Minnesota
Visitors will participate in this late summer program by assisting the gardener harvest produce from Thomas Meighen's garden. pick plump, ripe, garden vegetables, including peppers, cucumbers, beets, onions, cabbage and other heirloom varieties, to be pickled.
August 11-13, 2008 Corn Carnival
Cokato, Minnesota
Parade, Free corn, carnival and entertainment.
August 16, 2008 Watermelon Day
Vining, Minnesota
Craft show, children's games, petting zoo, food, bingo, musical entertainment, free watermelon
August 16, 2008 Wild Edibles
Grand Rapids
Learn what common plants growing in northern Minnesota forests are edible and how to harvest and prepare them. Nature hike and demonstration cooking.
August 22-23, 2008 Barnesville Potato Days Festival
Barnesville, Minnesota
Often selected as one of the best summer festivals in the nation.
August 23-24, 2008 Webster Harvest Days
Webster, Minnesota
September 7-10, 2008 National Barrow Show
Austin, Minnesota
The 62nd annual National Barrow Show is the "World Series of Swine Shows. Americas premier purebred hog show brings exhibitors and buyers from around the world.
September 13, 2008 King Turkey Day
Worthington, Minnesota
"Great Gobbler Gallop," live wild turkey race, grand parade, featured speaker, free pancake breakfast, 10K Race, children's rides, beer garden and live music. Turkey Day always falls on the second Saturday after Labor Day.
September 20, 2008 35th Fall Festival & Smokin' Hot BBQ Challenge
Nisswa, Minnesota
Events for the day include trailside art & craft show, food, music, moonwalk, pumpkin seed spitting contest, haystack coin & toy hunt, horse drawn wagon rides, pumpkin carving contest. BBQ Challenge. Teams are judged and awards are given out for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners.
2007 MINNESOTA 2007
FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS, SHOWS, EVENTS
waiting for new 2008 dates
May 6, 2007 Great Chefs of Minnesota
Bloomington, Minnesota (no website)
Join the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) for its 24th Annual Great Chefs of Minnesota charity dinner featuring the best chefs from Minnesota's best restaurants. For more information please email nkf@nkfmn.org or phone 952.544.7300
September 7-9, 2007 Kellogg Watermelon Festival
Kellogg, Minnesota
September 7-9, 2007 Minnesota Food and Wine Festival
Alexandria, Minnesota
Sat & Sun from 10AM - 6PM over 100 food art & craft booths will be open for you to shop from. There will be live musical entertainment, demonstrations, exhibits and of course Grape Stomp Competitions.
September 13-17, 2007 Applefest 07
La Crescent, Minnesota
October 7, 2007 Smaczne Jabika-Polish Apple Fest
Winona, Minnesota
October 9, 2007 Next Food Network Star Search
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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