Events for June 2026
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Sat, Aug 15 @ 10:00 am
Mon, Aug 17 @ 6:30 pm
Thu, Aug 20 @ 6:00 pm
Thu, Aug 20 @ 7:00 pm
Sat, Aug 22 @ 6:30 pm
Mon, Aug 24 @ 6:00 pm
Thu, Aug 27 @ 7:00 pm
Thu, Aug 27 @ 7:00 pm
Stillwater Flea & Crafter Market - August
Aug 29 - Aug 30
Sat, Aug 29 @ 9:00 am
Sun, Aug 30 @ 9:00 am
Wed, Sep 2 @ 5:00 pm
Sat, Sep 12 @ 10:00 am
Aug 15, 2026
Spelmansstämman Music and Culture Festival: 2026 Japan
Presented by Gammelgården Museum of Scandia at Gammelgården Museum Scandia, MN
MUSIC PERFORMANCES Spelmansstämman is a long-standing Swedish folk music tradition based on outdoor gatherings (stämma) of Swedish musicians (spelman) to share music, friendship, and playing. At a traditional stämma, a small group of musicians share tunes they love and have in common. Gammelgården’s 36th annual Spelmansstämman will feature multiple musicians performing throughout the day. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Come for the full day – or part of the day. Following is the general schedule of events: 10-12: Cross-Cultural Art Swedish Craft Project: TBD – Welcome House Japanese Craft Project: Origami and painting – Welcome House Swedish and Japanese Weaving Comparison – SAORI weaving and Bengala Dyeing with COMPAS Teaching Artist Chaiki O’Brien – Welcome House and Museum Grounds 10-4: Historic Building Tours – Docents in Buildings (10-4). Tours for those who are Hearing Impaired (with headphones) or Deaf (ASL interpreter) – Meet at the Reception Desk at the Welcome House Artists, Crafters, and Vendors Fair – Museum Grounds Apothecary’s Daughter Borage and Bumblebee Carol’s Glass Creations Chickadee Forest Cynthia DeMar Arts (also demonstrating metalsmithing) Fleming Petersen & Company Folkdress Fantasy J & K Legacy Jewelry Kahu Crystals Lisa Rydin Erickson Scandia Sister City Committee Shaped by Water Swedish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Washington County Master Gardeners – Milkweed, Monarchs, and Pollinators Team (also doing hands-on activities with children and adults) Scandia Butik Gift Shop – Welcome House Do a Scavenger Hunt and Get a Prize – Historic Buildings/Museum Grounds Exhibits – Welcome House Outdoor Games – Museum Grounds Food for Sale – 10-4 Food Trucks (Deep Roots Concessions and Samurai Teppanyaki) Serving American and Japanese Food – Front of Welcome House Barn Stage 2 – 12:00-3:40 12:00-12:10 – Introduction of…
Learn More Aug 17, 2026
Why Read Poetry? Poetry Study with Lee Kisling
Presented by Stillwater Public Library at Stillwater Public Library Stillwater, MN
Lee Kisling will bring poems by various poets to be read aloud and discussed. The purpose is to share some excellent modern poems that are not widely known and to talk about what makes them fine examples of the craft of poetry. Imagine that!
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Aug 19, 2026
Fly Fishing 101
Presented by Wild Rivers Conservancy at Osceola Landing Shafer, MN
Have you ever wanted to learn how to fly fish but don’t have gear? Are you beginning your fly fishing journey but can’t quite nail a perfect cast? Let Wild Rivers Conservancy and the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway reveal the mysteries of fly fishing to you! By the end of this dry land course, you’ll have all the knowledge you’ll need to catch your first fish on the fly! Thanks to a grant from the National Park Foundation, we will provide all the necessary equipment and teach you the basics such as knot tying, fly casting, wading safety, fish species identification, regulations & ethics. All you need to bring is a positive attitude, weather-appropriate clothing and water bottle! This course is recommended for 13 years old and older. Meet your instructor: October Yates is an avid outdoorsman throughout the midwest. He has been kayaking and fishing since his youth, and adventured up and down the coast from Washington to Alaska. He now resides in the St. Croix valley and has years of experience guiding people throughout his favorite places along the Riverway.
Learn More Aug 20, 2026
Heart Mountain Japanese Internment Camp & Interpretative Center
Presented by Stillwater Public Library at Stillwater Public Library Stillwater, MN
Allen Rapacz will give a talk about the bombing of Pearl Harbor and subsequent internment of Japanese Americans, focusing on the Heart Mountain Japanese Internment Camp where Japanese-Americans were detained during World War II. At its height Heart Mountain detained 10,767 people and 14,000 Japanese-American internees passed through the camp during the roughly 3 years that it operated. Surrounded by barbed wire and 9 guard towers, the camp was an imposing detention center far from the coastal Californian and Washington homes of the people sent there. Currently the site is home to the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, which tells the stories of the detained Japanese-Americans and preserves this moment of the country's history to educate future generations. Allen Rapacz, a 1982 graduate of North Dakota State University, began his architectural career with Foss Architects in the Fargo Moorhead region of North Dakota and Minnesota. In October 1982, he relocated to Billings, Montana, where he helped establish and operate the firm’s branch office. In 1986, Schutz Foss Architects (SFA) was formed and has since grown into a respected regional architectural design firm. Licensed in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Utah, the firm provides a broad range of design services, including civic, healthcare, liturgical, and residential projects. Many Design Awards have been achieved including a National AIA award in 2016. Throughout his career, Allen Rapacz has provided design leadership and played a key role in project development and firm expansion, including the establishment of…
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Aug 20, 2026
Let's Go Fishing!
Presented by Wild Rivers Conservancy at Lake Elmo Park Reserve Lake Elmo, MN
Have you ever wanted to learn how to fish? Or want your kids to learn but you don’t have the gear? Let Wild Rivers Conservancy bring the fishing to you! With help from the National Park Foundation, we’ll have everything your family needs to catch your first fish. Learn fishing basics such as equipment use, fish species identification, fishing regulations & ethics. You’ll even get to try out some Junior Ranger Angler activities! All you need to bring is a positive attitude, weather-appropriate clothing and a water bottle! This event is open to all families and first-time anglers. No fishing license? No problem! Program participants will be allowed to fish at this event without a license for CATCH and RELEASE, due to an educational fishing license waiver with MN DNR. Vehicle Admission: A Washington County Parks System vehicle admission sticker is required on all motor vehicles entering Lake Elmo Park Reserve. For more information please visit: https://www.washingtoncountymn.gov/508/Permits-and-Passes Meet your instructor: October Yates is an avid outdoorsman throughout the midwest. He has been kayaking and fishing since his youth, and adventured up and down the coast from Washington to Alaska. He now resides in the St. Croix valley and has years of experience guiding people throughout his favorite places along the Riverway.
Learn More Aug 20, 2026
Music in the Park - The Denny Cooper Band
Presented by River Falls Community Arts Base (CAB) at Veterans Park (River Falls) River Falls, WI
Fantastic songs – the hits, standards, and gems – from the Golden Age of popular recorded music make people feel alive when performed by this River Falls-based singer-guitarist. Denny Cooper, whether performing solo or accompanied by talented area musicians, delivers high-end entertainment from all genres of music, with a special focus on songs from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Denny grew up on rock 'n' roll and country music, apprenticed in folk songs and the British Invasion, and matured as the frontman in a Twin Cities blues band for 10 years. Since then, he has expanded into R&B, bluegrass, and world music, making his song selection varied, compelling, and enjoyable, with a strong appeal to the memories of young and old alike. Denny’s greatest musical strength is his ability to express the feeling of a great song with vocal power, range, and vibrancy.
Learn More Aug 22, 2026
Argentine Grill at the Outing Lodge
Presented by The Outing Lodge at Pine Point at The Outing Lodge at Pine Point Stillwater, MN
Argentinian Asado Saturday August 22 2026 Join us for a celebration of Argentinian Culture and Cuisine at The Outing Lodge in Stillwater, Minnesota! Come and savor the flavors of the season and sip summer wines with us. Seating is elegant communal seating at long feast-style tables, in the true style of an Argentinian Asado or you may ask for your individual table. Meats will be served in stages during the event. Salads will be buffet style. $89 per person Early Bird price through August 10th $99 per person after We plan on having our patio open for social hour if weather allows! We also plan to include live music as part of this event! Please contact us with any food restriction requests. Thank you! Please contact us if you would like to be seated with another group that has purchased tickets separately. Please, note : EVENT STARTS AT 6:30 PM PLEASE, ARRIVE NO EARLIER THAN 6:30 PM Feel free to email or call us with any questions: info@outinglodge.com 651-439-9747 All Event Tickets are non-refundable, but in the event of illness or emergency, please call or email us ASAP and we will discuss options such as transferring tickets to other guests or having a credit towards a future event or B&B stay.
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Aug 22, 2026
Carpenter Art Festival
Presented by Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center at Carpenter Nature Center - Wisconsin Campus Hudson, WI
Join us at the CNC Wisconsin Campus for the Carpenter Art Fest featuring nature-oriented artists and vendors producing jewelry, ceramics, photography, sculptures, dried gourds and more. Participating artists donate a portion of their sales from the event to support the environmental educational programs at the Carpenter Nature Center. Local vendors from the Hudson area will be at the festival providing various food and drinks. This event is FREE and will be held rain or shine.
Learn More Aug 24, 2026
Enchanting Tales of Nyckelharpa & Näcken
Presented by Stillwater Public Library at Stillwater Public Library Stillwater, MN
Explore the rich folklore woven into Nordic Folk Music, including legends of the Näcken, a shapeshifting spirit with the power to enchant musicians and their instruments. Once enchanted, their music held the extraordinary ability to make chairs dance and stop waterfalls. Musicians themselves could cast spells at one another, necessitating protective measures like a trollpåse hidden in their instrument. Discover the intriguing magic chart crafted by a Swedish musician in the mid 1800's, which connected musical keys with colors, seasons, and emotions. His fiddle and music book immigrated to Minnesota with his son in the late 1800's. Registration encouraged but not required. This program was funded by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, also known as Legacy Funding.
Learn More Aug 27, 2026
Michael Kleber-Diggs: Featured Author and Open Mic (Theme: Wóbdiheic’iya-Positiveness)
Presented by Arrow Broken Poetry Collective at Marine Village Hall Marine on Saint Croix, MN
Join us on August 27, 2026 for poetry and community! Arrow Broken Poetry Collective is honored to welcome Michael Kleber-Diggs as our featured artist. Michael Kleber-Diggs is a poet, essayist, and literary critic. His debut poetry collection, Worldly Things (Milkweed Editions, 2021), won the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize. Among other places, Kleber-Diggs’ writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Poem-a-Day, Poetry Daily, Poetry Northwest, Potomac Review, Hunger Mountain, Memorious, and various anthologies. Since 2016, Michael has been an instructor with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. He also teaches Creative Writing in Augsburg University’s low-res MFA program and at Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists. He lives in St. Paul. The free event will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be held at the The Village Hall in Marine on St Croix. Open Mic will begin at 8:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to share their work and will be allotted three minutes to perform. August’s theme is Wóbdiheic’iya-Positiveness. Dakọta values, language, and actions should stem from positiveness. If we understand that everything we do and say affects each other and the universe around us (mitakuye owas’iƞ), then we want to make sure that our words and actions embody a positive attitude and that we are doing our best. —Dakota Wicohan This event is sponsored by the St. Croix Valley Foundation and Marine Library Association, with support from the Brookside Bar & Grill, Christ Lutheran Church, and Marine Mills Folk School.
Learn More Aug 27, 2026
Music in the Park - Lehto & Wright
Presented by River Falls Community Arts Base (CAB) at Veterans Park (River Falls) River Falls, WI
Minnesota’s folk-rock & progressive rock innovators, celebrating 25 years in 2025 with their boldest album yet. Since 1999, John Wright, Steve Lehto, and Matt Jacobs have blended British Isles and American folk traditions with electrifying, guitar-driven arrangements. Seven studio albums, one live release, and still evolving—stay tuned for the next chapter.
Learn More Aug 29, 2026 - Aug 30, 2026
Stillwater Flea & Crafter Market - August
Presented by RSG Development at Washington County Fairgrounds Stillwater, MN
This fun outdoor event is held once a month May thru Sept. at the Washington County Fairgrounds in the Stillwater/Lake Elmo area. (Located just south of Hwy 36 on Hwy 15, also called Stillwater Blvd.) Our vendors and crafters have an offering of everything from A to Z!! Find antiques, household, furniture, garden art, clothing, tools, sports, jewelry, collectibles, vintage, food, arts and crafts, new, old, rusty and rustic, local fresh produce and much, much, more. Awesome food vendors on site too! FREE admission and parking. Find us in the South Parking Lot area of the Fairgrounds. Visit our website for more information and like us on Facebook @ stillwaterfleamarket to get up-to-date information. Signing up vendors now for this season. Booth space only $65 for the whole weekend. Hours 9am-3pm both Saturday and Sunday. 2026 dates: May 16-17, June 27 -28, July 18-19, August 29-30, September 26-27
Learn More Sep 02, 2026
Totally Criminal Cocktail Hour featuring Marcie Rendon
Presented by Valley Bookseller at Lowell Inn Stillwater, MN
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to chat with your favorite mystery authors? This event for local mystery writers and their fans always includes lively discussion and a great time! A cash bar is also available so come early to mingle. Tickets are $10 and include a $5 shopping coupon for the night of the event.
Learn More Sep 12, 2026
Art on the Kinni Art Fair September 12th - application deadline extended to May 22nd!
Presented by Art's House Gallery at Art on the Kinni River Falls, WI
AOK—Exhibit Your Art This juried fair is held on the first Saturday after Labor Day along the banks of the Kinnickinnic River in downtown River Falls. The 30th AOK will take place on September 12, 2026. If you are an artist and would like to be a be part of AOK, sign up below. Apply for AOK 2026 Artist applications for Art on the Kinni 2026 will be open from February 1 to May 22. Nonprofit applications are open until June 1, and food vendor applications are open through July 31. Applications are only accepted online; click the appropriate button below to be directed to the application form. If you have questions about Art on the Kinni, contact artonthekinniAOK@gmail.com. Artist application food vendor application Nonprofit application
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Sep 15, 2026
Climate Week Trash Dash 2026
Presented by Sustainable Stillwater MN at Autumn Hills Park Stillwater, MN
Join Sustainable Stillwater MN for a Trash Dash at Autumn Hills Park as part of Climate Week. This one-hour community cleanup highlights the connection between everyday actions and the health of our environment. By removing litter from parks and public spaces, volunteers help prevent pollution, protect wildlife, and contribute to a healthier ecosystem. The event includes a short welcome, 30-45 minutes of cleanup, and a group photo celebrating the impact we made together. All equipment will be provided—just bring comfortable shoes and a willingness to help care for the place we call home.
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