Happy In Fargo 8-7-24

So Many Activities!

• StartupBREW Fargo: Due North Gluten Free Bakery and Wugs Vending - 8/7 8am Brewhalla

• Glyndon Days - through 8/10

• FM RedHawks vs Gary Shoutshore RailCats - 8/7 7pm Newman Outdoor Field. Tote bag giveaway first 1,000.

• FM RedHawks vs Gary Shoutshore RailCats - 8/8 12:30pm Newman Outdoor Field. Post game concert with Rick Adams in the beer garden.

• Pride Family Fun Night - 8/8 6:30pm Thunder Road

• Sunset on the Riverfront - 8/8 6-9pm American Crystal Sugar Waterfront

• Movies At The Square: Little Mermaid - 8/8 6pm Broadway Square

• Tractor Show & Kohlrabi Soup Concert - 8/8 7-9pm Crooked Lane Farms

• Pride Dance Party - 8/9 Drekker Brewing Taproom

• Pride In The Park - 8/10 11am-4pm Bluestem

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

• Pride Block Party - 8/10 8pm UP District Festival Field

• Pride Dance Party - 8/10 10pm The Aquarium

• Pride Parade - 8/11 2pm Downtown Fargo

• Movie Night: Luca - 8/12 7pm The Lights

• FM RedHawks vs Lincoln Saltdogs - 8/13 7pm Newman Outdoor Field

• FM RedHawks vs Lincoln Saltdogs - 8/14 7pm Newman Outdoor Field

• FM RedHawks vs Lincoln Saltdogs - 8/15 7pm Newman Outdoor Field. Pickleball paddle giveaway first 1,000.

• Late Night Craft Party: Pride Craft Party - 8/15 7pm Brewhalla

Music Makes The People Come Together - follow Fargo Underground to stay up to speed on music (& more). Many concerts promoted by Jade Presents (see here).

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

• Stray Cats - 8/8 7pm Bluestem

• Bogey Boys - 8/8 7pm Suite Shots

• Face For Radio - 8/8 9:30pm The Windbreak

• Fargo Blues Festival - 8/9 & 8/10 Newman Outdoor Field

• Sounds of Summer: Jim White - 8/9 7pm The Lights

• Elijah O’Sullivan - 8/9 7pm Troll Lounge

• Big Scary Indian, Disappear Forever, Falling in a Dream, patchbaydoor, & Divine Offering - 8/9 8pm The Aquarium

• Lorrie Morgan - 8/9 8pm Fargo Theatre

• Pirates On Cassette - 8/9 9:30pm Dempsey’s

• Face For Radio - 8/9 9:30pm The Windbreak

• Scrunchies, Crucial Tauntaun, CGI Horse & Tomb Psychology - 8/10 6:30pm Harold’s

• Adam Calvert - 8/10 9:30pm The Windbreak

• Dwight Yoakam, The Mavericks & Drayton Farley - 8/11 6pm Bluestem

• It Came From The Sea, Victor Shores, Baltic to Boardwalk, Oriska & MΩTHER - 8/11 6:30pm The Aquarium

• Dog Party & Bruiser Queen - 8/12 8pm The Aquarium

• Lamb Of God & Mastodon - 8/13 5pm 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?

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

• Artist-led tours of Queer Ecology Hanky Project - 8/8-8/10 Noon Plains Art Museum

• Drop-In Screenprinting Workshop and Tour - 8/8 5-8pm Plains Art Museum

• Beehive: The 60’s Musical - 8/14-8/15 Viking Ship Park, 8/18 dinner theatre 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.

• Black Cat Bakery, your friendly neighborhood haven for artisanal breads, scrumptious pies, irresistible muffins, and more. Located at 1500 11th St N, Moorhead, as well as at other markets & events.

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 8/10 from 10am-2pm. Live performances include DJ DizzyB (10-11), Cooking Demonstration: Tobias Zikmund (11-11:30), Drag Performances by Cybersota, DEFY, JOHN, Fuego & Jessika (11:30-1), DJ set & dance party with UNACIE & Argiflex (1-2).

• Vendor Feature - Dig It Produce: Local fresh produce grown by local people!

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.

• 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

• Humbird - 8/15 The Aquarium

• The Bromantics - 8/15 & 8/16 The Four And Four (Sidestreet)

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

• Below Zero Wrestling - 8/17 The Lights

• Island Park Show - 8/24 & 8/25 Island Park

• FM Derby Girls Double Header - 8/24 John Carlson Coliseum

• Hawthorne Heights & Thursday with Anberlin, Armor for Sleep, Emery, and This Wild Life - 9/19 UP District Festival Field

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

• Casting Crowns, Leeland, The Afters, Jason Gray, Cade Thompson & more - 8/24 Bluestem

• Nate Bargatze - 8/25 Fargodome

• Styx - 8/30 Scheels Arena

• Cat Video Fest - 9/7 Fargo Theatre

• Sturgill Simpson - 9/24 Bluestem