Happy In Fargo 7-31-24

So Many Activities!

• StartupBREW Fargo: Bully Brew Coffee + Get Coffee’d - 7/31 8am Brewhalla

• Lawn Legends - 7/31 1-4pm Fargo Parks Sports Center

• FM RedHawks vs Sioux Falls Canaries - 7/31 7pm Newman Outdoor Field

• What's Up! Perseids Meteor Shower Edition - 8/1 6pm MSUM Planetarium

• FM RedHawks vs Sioux Falls Canaries - 8/1 7pm Newman Outdoor Field

• Make America Queer Again: Drag Event - 8/2 8pm The Aquarium

• Kidchella - 8/3 3-7pm The Lights

• ND Renaissance Fair - 8/3-8/4 & 8/10-8/11 Red River Valley Fairgrounds

• North Dakota Horse Park - last weekend of races 8/3-8/4

• Sunset on the Riverfront - 8/6 6-9pm Amercan Crystral Sugar Waterfront

Music Makes The People Come Together - follow Fargo Underground to stay up to speed on music (& more). There are crazy amounts of concerts this summer, with many promoted by Jade Presents (see here).

• WE Fest - 8/1-8/3 Detroit Lakes

• Shane Bertrand - 8/1 7pm Suite Shots

• Amped Open Mic Night - 8/1 7:30pm Troll Lounge

• Tyler Hammond - 8/1 9:30pm The Windbreak

• Pepper Ashmore - 8/2 7pm Troll Lounge

• Tylor & the Train Robbers - 8/2 9:30pm Dempsey’s

• Tripwire - 8/2 9:30pm The Windbreak

• HIRS Collective w/ Meatshoe, N.I.A.T. (MT), & Six Panels - 8/3 6:30pm The Aquarium

• Back For More - 8/3 9:30pm The Windbreak

• Bongreaper, Loadie & Prediction Of The Witch - 8/3 10pm The Aquarium

• mc chris & Crunk Witch - 8/5 7:30pm The Aquarium

• Bluegrass Jam - 8/6 6pm Troll Lounge

• Atmosphere, HEBL, NOFUN! - 8/8 6:45pm UP District Festival Field

• Stray Cats - 8/8 7pm Bluestem

LOL - follow Jade Presents, The Cellar At Front Street Taproom, Boss’s Comedy Club to catch most local shows

• Open Mic Comedy - Wednesdays at 9pm The Cellar At Front Street

• Teddy White Tee & Chrissy Iles - 8/9 8pm Boss’ Comedy Club

• Ben Katzner & Nathan Roe - 8/16-8/17 9pm The Cellar At Front Street

Stage & Screen & Arts & Humanities

• What’s playing at the Fargo Theatre?

• Artist Talk: Inkpa Mani - 8/1 6pm Plains Art Museum

•  She Kills Monster: Young Adventurers Edition - 8/1-8/3 7:30pm Hjemkomst Center

• The Wizard Of Oz: Youth Edition - 8/8-8/11 Hjemkomst Center

Get In My Belly!

• Fargo Moorhead Eats - this Facebook Group is the best place in town to learn about local food & drink, and ask questions.

• Cousins Maine Lobster - 8/5 2-9pm Junkyard West Fargo

• GP’s Greek Kitchen in south Fargo (corner of 25th St S & 32nd Ave S) serves up some tasty food. Eat in or order online for takeout.

It’s Red River Market Season! The Red River Market runs through the end of October in downtown Fargo, celebrating 10 years. A summer & fall must for many (thousands attend each year), if you’ve never been to it, you gotta go!

• This week’s market is on Saturday 8/3 from 10am-2pm. Live performances include Kicks Band of Fargo Moorhead (10-11), Cooking Demonstration: Sarah Tee - Inspire Nutrition (11-11:30), Kicks Band of Fargo Moorhead (11:30-12:30), TBA (12:30-1) & Funk Commission (1-2).

• Vendor Feature - Due North Gluten Free Bakery & Goods is recreating the way people view “gluten-free.” They have developed a seven-blend flour that looks, acts, and tastes a lot like traditional all-purpose flour. Check out a variety of baked goods at their booth, as they have served goods like rhubarb crisp, kuchen, caramel & cinnamon rolls, mini cupcakes & muffins, quick breads, lemon & pumpkin bars, sugar cookies & more.

Acts Of Kindness

• Check out all the individuals you can support via Lend A Hand Up.

• If you know of upcoming fundraisers, etc., please feel free to email [email protected].

• Take a look at the Amazon list of items needed, created by the FM Volunteers For Ukraine to support displaced individuals.

• Table to Farm Dinner - 8/8 Farm in the Dell of the Red River Valley (Moorhead). Also on 9/12.

Shout-outs & Shameless Plugs & Misc

• The Market at West Acres occurs Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 9am-3pm through October in their west parking lot. The Market features a wide variety of produce and products from regional vendors.

• Registration closes 8/2 for the North Dakota Senior Games (8/14-8/16).

• The Chamber’s Young Professionals Network YPN Week is 8/5-8/9 with a variety of events each day.

• Best wishes to Paradox Comics-N-Cards and Orange Records on the move to their new locations at 814 Main Ave in Fargo (revitalization of the old Mexican Village building). They’ve both been downtown staples near that corner of Roberts Street & 1st Ave N.

Save The Date

• Dwight Yoakam with The Mavericks and Drayton Farley - 8/11 Bluestem

• Humbird - 8/15 The Aquarium

• Strong Women, Strong Connections - 8/16 701 Eateries

• Below Zero Wrestling - 8/17 The Lights

• The Head And The Heart/Michigander - 8/20 Bluestem

• Sturgill Simpson - 8/24 Bluestem

• Nate Bargatze - 8/25 Fargodome

• Styx - 8/30 Scheels Arena

• Spoon & Phantogram - 9/6 UP District Festival Field

• Cat Video Fest - 9/7 Fargo Theatre