faribault events

This Saturday, August 20, from 10AM to 4PM, Central Park in Faribault is home to the 11th International Festival.

Summer is flying by! Seriously, it is already mid-August and I feel much of summer has gotten away from me. Surely, I can't be the only person who would like to extend summer at least one more month! Every year, I create a list of things I want to do in the summer, and so far, for various reasons, I am woefully behind. But the weekend is here, and there is a lot of excellent things going on, so I'

The eighth annual Blue Collar BBQ and Arts Festival will be this Saturday, Aug. 13, in downtown Faribault!

Faribault went crazy last weekend and had so much fun, they are doing it again! Crazy for deals, and crazy with support for local nonprofits! Faribault Crazy Days is back for an encore sale coming up this Friday and Saturday, August 5 and 6, and there are a lot of amazing deals to be had, plus the chance to help a local organization...

Buckham Memorial Library welcomes the fun for all ages Z Puppets Rosenschnoz show this Friday, August 5. Z Puppets Rosenschnoz will perform Monkey Mind Pirates, combining family friendly comedy with hand-crafted puppets, often linking science, math and technology to the fine arts. The group's performance of Monkey Mind Pirates will be at 11AM and the show will be ASL-interpreted.

The annual Night to Unite event in Faribault will be the evening of August 2. Formerly called National Night Out, the event hopes to bring communities together. Each year, there are typically more than a dozen registered parties throughout Faribault. The block parties will each receive visits from local law enforcement members, city staff, and several elected officials. The block parties often inv

The weekend is here, and after a very warm week with excessive heat warnings for much of it, the temperatures look to finally break, and let up just in time to get out and enjoy summer in the Faribault area!

As we fly through summer, it occurs to me that I need more weekend, and fewer weekdays. The list of things I have yet to do on my summer list, some of which is fun and some of which is projects, has barely been touched and we are halfway through our short summer. I have a feeling I am not alone in this, and if you're like me, you're going to be using these remaining warm days to squeeze as much as

The Buckham Memorial Library presents Faribault native Tuey, a comic stunt juggler, at the library for two shows on Friday, July 15. The first show will be at 10:30AM and the second will take place at 1:30PM and will be ASL-interpreted. Tuey is a well-known main stage act at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and is sure to delight the crowd at Buckham Memorial Library...

The Faribault Main Street Car Cruise nights always bring in a great variety of vehicles, and this week, I'm excited to say that I'll be hanging out and broadcasting live before the car cruise this Friday evening, July 15. Mike will be there playing great music as usual, but this week, the Faribault Main Street Car Cruise has a few fun surprises coming!