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​Steve Aoki

April 21st, 2022

May 19, 5pm doors, 7pm show

Fargo Brewing, 610 University Dr N

https://jadepresents.com/events/

The one-time highest grossing electronic dance music artist in North America. 

We’re telling you in advance because it looks like it’s going to sell out, even at $46.50 & $100 per ticket. 

It’s an outdoor event and if you can’t afford a ticket you can probably hear it nearby. Ages 21+

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​BIG Art Exhibition & Reception

April 2nd, 2022

April 1-30, West Acres, East Wing

fmva.org

Artists will be filling a storefront at West Acres with their local creations starting April 1 and continuing thru the entire month. Participants are members of the Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists. An artists’ reception will take place Tuesday, April 19 from 6 - 8 pm. That’s a great opportunity to meet and talk with local artists with FMVA. Their next big annual event, of course, will be the Studio Crawl in early October. 

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​Indigenous Film Series & Art Fair

March 16th, 2022

March 31, April 7 & 9

plainsart.org

Filmmaker Falcon Gott presents three films on Native American issues and perspectives. Two Cars, One Night (2004) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) will be featured Thursday, March 31 from 7-9 pm. The next week, April 7, Gott’s 2010 film Boy will be shown at 7 pm. Then, to cap the events off, the Plains will host the Indigenous Art Fair Saturday, April 9 from 10 am - 5 pm, featuring local artists as well as others from the Dakotas, Minnesota and…

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​BIG Art Exhibition & Reception

March 16th, 2022

April 1-30, West Acres, East Wing

fmva.org

Artists will be filling a storefront at West Acres with their local creations starting April 1 and continuing thru the entire month. Participants are members of the Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists. An artists’ reception will take place Tuesday, April 19 from 6 - 8 pm. That’s a great opportunity to meet and talk with local artists with FMVA. Their next big annual event, of course, will be the Studio Crawl in early October. 

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​Fargo Film Festival: Best in Fest

March 16th, 2022

Saturday, March 19

7:00 p.m.

fargofilmfestival.org/

Settling into our seats to the sounds of the Mighty Wurlitzer organ, the smell of fresh popcorn lingering in the air, gives us a little shiver of anticipation that only live cinema can provide. See the best of the best in the crowd-pleasing Saturday night session. The fun starts with the Two Minute Movie winner and continues with “Like The Ones I Used To Know,” a Canadian coming of age story that was also screened at Sundance and SXSW…

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​Uffda: The Folk Art of Emily Lunde

March 16th, 2022

North Dakota Museum of Art

Open 9am-5pm

261 Centennial Dr Grand Forks, ND

A cultural gem dotting the Red River Valley landscape. Current exhibitions include Uffda: The Folk Art of Emily Lunde, on view through March 30. Laurel Reuter, former NDMOA director said of this North Dakota folk artist: "Were the people of North Dakota to name their treasures, Emily Lunde would certainly be among them. She is one of the state's eminent folk artists and unofficial cultural historian." While…

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​Mike Gervais & Andy Fargo

February 24th, 2022

Sat. March 18, 8-howling

The Aquarium above Dempsey’s

Who wants to miss a night of techno? Heck no– not us! Stay in Crew presents DJs Lauryn Leslie 8-9:30 pm, Andy Fargo 9:30-11:30 pm, and Mike Gervais 11:30-2 am. Be sure to shine up your dancin shoes because these beats will be sure to get your toes tappin’. Vax card/negative test within 72hrs required at door, masks encouraged

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​Unglued Craft Fest

February 24th, 2022

March 11-12

West Acres Mall

ungluedmarket.com/the-annual-craft-fest

Get crafty at one of the most creative gatherings in the state. Now in its 12th year, this engaging festival is a love letter to the modern craft movement in all its quirky, passionate, inclusive glory. Shop for unique, handmade creations from 70+ artists and makers from across the region, attend free craft sessions on Saturday, enjoy food, drinks and snacks from local vendors or just walk the halls of West Acres and soak…

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​Sauna Festival

February 21st, 2022

February 26, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Plains Art Museum

In the Plains Art Museum’s parking lot, a wood-fired barrel sauna will host up to six people for each one-hour session. There will be two stations in the changing tent adjacent to the sauna as well as restrooms indoors. Indoors, the Red River Finns will serve coffee and cookies in the reception area where guests can view a display of sauna memorabilia, such as a sauna bucket and brush, sauna thermometers, the artist impression of the old…

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​25th Annual Celebration of Women and Their Music

February 16th, 2022

February 19, 6pm

TAK Music Venue, Dilworth

In its 25th and final year, the Annual Celebration of Women and Their Music affected people and lives in ways oftentimes not easily calculated. But Deb Jenkins and her circle had a vision and they breathed life into it. Since then, countless women of every age and background joined forces to impact their community and to bolster music journeys for budding artists and musicians. And, like previous event years pre-pandemic, the Celebration…

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