As a growers-only market, we are tied to the seasons and the climate, bringing you the healthiest and most delicious foods available throughout the year. The market is always changing. Stop by regularly to watch the colors and flavors change from one week to the next, and don't forget to...
Kids in grades K-5 are invited to the shop of Rochester Public School's FRC Team 2530 for a fun, free workshop with a variety of STEM activities! Our Saturday STEM lab will be held from 9-11am on October 24th at Kellogg Middle School. Please RSVP at https://forms.gle/kUQxFbUk9HS1VmZL8 to help us...
Join us for our free, fun-filled family event designed to help residents get ready for winter. New location in 2026: City of Rochester Maintenance Center 580 44th St. NE Rochester, MN 55906 Free parking available on-site! Snow-themed activities and informational booths, including: City vehicles and snow equipment Snow and ice...
Celebrate Fall during our Fall Family Fun Day. We will have pumpkin painting, scavenger hunt, yard games, board games, and more. All activities are included with regular admission.
Calling all Individuals, families, clubs, businesses, churches, and groups. Give back, get involved and make a difference in the lives of older adults in our community, by helping with yard work.
Join Morph Creative Reuse in creating artwork for The Landing's day center! These free community workshops will be held in the Creative Studio and led by local artist Molly Althoff. Across 5 days, we will work together to make a large community weaving using upcycled materials. In November, this will...
Join us at Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo on October 24th, 2026, for our annual Boo at the Zoo! Dress in your best costume and participate in candy-free trick or treating, face painting by Miss Angie's Place, bone & pelt displays, spooky crafts, photo stations, voting for your favorite animals...
U-Pick-It Pumpkins Jump Pads Corn Pit Barnyard Basketball Straw Bale Maze Wagon Rides Petting Zoo Corn Maze Gem Mining More!
Jim Jayes and his dancing marionettes present a colorful show filled with magic, music, laughter, and fun!
Join us for a Pumpkin Candle Session in the Historic District of Downtown Rochester. During this session, Lavender & Violas will guide you through carving your mini pumpkin and candle making with soy candle wax, wicks, dried florals, citrus and more. We have all the supplies you will need for...
Ridgefest is a free community fall festival featuring Rochester’s largest trunk-or-treat! Join us Saturday, October 24, from 11:00 am–3:00 pm at Autumn Ridge Church for an afternoon of costumes, creative trunk-or-treat displays, 8,000 pounds of candy, inflatables, yard games, a climbing wall, crafts, face painting, and more. Come hungry—food is...
Fridays & Saturdays, 11am - 3:30pm (September 11, 2026 - May 2027) The Creative Studio at Rochester Art Center is a vibrant, hands-on space where visitors of all ages can dive into self-led art activities inspired by the exhibitions on view. Whether you're visiting with kids, friends, or flying solo,...
ON VIEW April 29 - November 15, 2026 CO-CURATORS: Valerie DeCora Guimaraes, Zoe Cinel FEATURED ARTISTS: Chanelle Gallagher, Lela Pierce, Stephanie Lindquist In 2019 Valerie DeCora Guimaraes, founder of the Greater Rochester Area Dakota Supporters (GRADS) and a member of the Heritage Preservation Committee, wrote a letter to the City...
Alexandra Beaumont: The Choreography March 14, 2026 - March 2027 | Rochester Art Center Atrium Curated by Zoe Cinel Rochester Art Center presents an exhibition by Minneapolis-based textile artist and dancer Alexandra Beaumont. The exhibition includes artworks from her 2024 series Techniques for Ecstasy and The Choreography, a new installation that expands...
The Rochester Art Center presents a solo exhibition of Milwaukee-based artist Amy Cannestra. In this exhibition Cannestra examines how domestic spaces—traditionally understood as sites of comfort and refuge—can quietly transform into environments shaped by self-loathing, comparison, and depression. Through gestural pastel drawings, hanging and mixed media sculptures, and video works,...
Born and based in Berlin, Roger Wardin received his Master of Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin, and has exhibited throughout Germany and the Netherlands. This exhibition marks his first presentation in the United States, however, his paintings are presented in the gallery as digital reproduction prints that...
Kolaj Institute’s Politics in Collage Project is a series of residencies, publications, discussions, and exhibitions examining complex socio-political issues that contemporary society is contending with, in order to spark meaningful dialogue and inspire deeper engagement. In January 2025, Kolaj Institute organized a residency that brought together collage artists to make...
Last year, people lined up outside for this. We’re doing it again. October 24 & 25 HyperSpace Starcade — Rochester, MN This year, we’re making it bigger. We’re not revealing everything yet. 👀 Follow this event. We’ll be dropping clues, surprises, and new details as we get closer. Save the...
October 24 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Kick-off time is still TBD.
Enjoy a docent-led, guided tour of the Rochester Art Center’s current exhibitions featuring the work of regional, national and international artists in a contemporary architectural setting. Tours last approximately 45 minutes. $8 for Adults, $5 for Seniors & Military Free for Ages 21 & Under, Free for Members No reservations...
Please join the Commerce Commons businesses for an afternoon of free, family friendly Halloween fun and activities.
Please join us for an afternoon of free, family friendly Halloween fun and activities.
Join us for an evening of pottery-making, music, and fun. We will start with basic instruction/demo, and you then jump right into spinning your own pottery! You can make 1 or 2 pieces (whatever fits on an 8”x6” board). We will glaze and fire your pieces which will be ready...
Come hang with us at Paradigm’s Trunk or Treat! 🚗 Spectacular trunks 🍬 Treats 🎃 Costumes 👻 ALL the Halloween fun 📅 Oct. 24 | 1–3 PM 📍 Paradigm Dance - ALL Ages - Bring your crew, bring your costumes + come make some Halloween memories with us ✨ We’ll...
**FREE Girls Open Gym this Saturday!** Dakota Middle School October 24 1–3 PM Girls Grades 5–11 Come get in the gym, compete, and learn more about Minnesota Heat Southeast Minnesota before tryouts the following week! **Tryouts: October 31 | 11 AM–1 PM** Come see what we’re building in Rochester!
Costumes, candy, and community in the heart of downtown Rochester! The fun kicks off at 1:00 PM with a costume parade through Charter House, where kids will visit with residents and show off their best looks. Then at 2:00 PM, the trunks open! Stroll through rows of creatively decorated car...
The public is invited to a Halloween-themed event in the maze. Participants can wander to various stations to view prairie themed displays. One station will feature a bluebird house with a nest and its eggs. Another station will display a collection of seeds while another talks about animals that make...
We’re celebrating Garden Party’s 5th Birthday with a classic birthday party! We’ll have free funfetti cupcakes, goodie bags, free book with purchase, free bookish temporary tattoos, and $25 Garden Party sweatshirts! Thank you for all your support over the years and getting us to 5! Come celebrate with us!
Build some wheelie wild vehicles and test them on ramps!
Join us for a new paint class idea in Downtown Rochester! The design possibilities are endless !! We will be there to help mix colors and provide painting tips. We supply all painting materials and we will have a variety of pumpkins for you to choose from. You do not...
Bring your snow shovels to be officially blessed for the upcoming winter!
The Drag Divas of Southeast Minnesota are back at Peace United! Anita Tiara and her incredible Rochester drag family Gosh Alice Jones, NeeNee LaBouche Tiara and Ginger Snap bring their hilarious antics, outstanding talents, and huge hair to the church bingo hall. Win cash prizes and help Peace United’s social...
We're getting into the Halloween spirit with our "spooky stuff" trivia PJ party. Wear your coziest PJ's, bring your friends, and come to the studio for a fall trivia pj party! Register your team of 2-4 people, registration is $20 per team. The top three teams win prizes! Warning: the...
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Join us for a new paint class idea in Downtown Rochester! this is a class focused only on adding fun ghosts to an already painted or printed scene! You will need to bring your own painting or thrifted landscape scene !! If you do not bring your own, we will...
This class is for all you ladies who competed in sports as a kid and want to continue to play in a supportive, (somewhat) competitive environment. Each week the gym will be divided into two courts; one for volleyball and one for basketball. Pick-up games will be played throughout the...
HOME GAME #7 THE MATCHUP Rochester and Wisconsin produced some of the wildest Central Division games of 2025-26. By the teams' eighth meeting, Rochester had won six of eight, including a 10-4 home win in January and a 6-4 road victory earlier in the season. The Woodsmen also proved capable...
Do you have Teenagers that loves to sing, or just listen to music?? Join us for our Halloween themed Teen Karaoke Night! The kids will get up on our stage with our sound system and sing to their hearts content. (Appropriate songs only). Or they are welcome to just sing...
Good Tunes Pair Well With Everything and Kevin will be performing live from 6-9pm.
Spend your Saturday Nights with Mainstream Music DJ and Karaoke at the VFW Rochester, MN, for an Amazing night of the Best Karaoke! Great food, Great Drinks and above all a Great place to have an Amazing Saturday night at!
Experience the unforgettable power of Craig Hella Johnson’s acclaimed oratorio Considering Matthew Shepard, presented in a semi-staged production by Choral Arts Ensemble. Blending choir, instrumental ensemble, dance, and lighting, this moving contemporary work tells a deeply human story of loss, compassion, and hope.
Come join RavensFire for an evening of originals and your favorite covers in St. Charles. The RavensFire Band plays and sings their unique collection of originals and fun covers of many popular varieties of music, including pop, golden oldies, soft rock, traditional blues and jazz, folk and world, vintage country,...
Wabasha’s WideSpot Performing Arts Center is bringing Scottie Miller and Cierra Alise Hill back due to popular demand. Miller and Hill joined Widespot in January 2025 and will return performing songs from their new, fully orchestrated album “Hello Pain”, as well as songs from their poetry release “Carnival Cocoon”. Miller...
FRANKENSTEIN By Nick Dear. Based on the novel by Mary Shelley October 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31 and November 1. In Nick Dear's striking stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's timeless novel, the narrative is reframed through the eyes of the creature himself. From his first agonizing moments of consciousness,...
DISCO KINGZ: THE ULTIMATE DISCO EXPERIENCE takes you on a magical history tour of the disco era! So much has changed since 'disco fever' ruled in the 1970s, but one thing absolutely remains: disco's infectious feel-good happy music brings on a seriously fun disco party! DISCO KINGZ – THE ULTIMATE...
Come hang with us at Charlie's Eatery & Pub October 24th! We play from 7 to 10.
Come visit Southern Minnesota’s most horrifying haunted attraction & haunted cannabis maze. Live actors. Indoor and Outdoor Mazes. 2026 FRIGHT at the FARM & HAUNTED CANNABIS MAZE -WE DO NOT SELL OUT- (INDOOR & OUTDOOR HAUNTED EXPERIENCE) OCTOBER 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 & 31 (Friday & Saturday...
Back after a 3 year hiatus…come laugh into the spooky season with this hilarious R-rated Halloween comedy! Small town neighbors show off their Halloween spirit as they all compete for the annual "Spookiest House on the Block" award. Competition gets fierce as people start disappearing inside Mrs. O'Hagg's creepy house...
The Rochester Symphony's 2026-27 season opens in ceremonial style with majestic fanfare, setting the stage for Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, a work of such monumental scale and virtuosity that it was once thought impossible to perform. La Mer completes the program with an atmospheric portrayal of the sea, exploring...
Six To Midnight LIVE at The North Star Bar!
