Minnesota is known for its thriving arts community, and nowhere is it more in evidence than in our numerous summer art fairs. They seem to start earlier every year, with the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Art Fair launching this year’s season last weekend.
Art-A-Whirl, the largest open artist studio tour in the country, is celebrating its 30th year this weekend throughout Northeast Minneapolis.
Over 1,600 NEMAA member artists, galleries, and businesses participate across all of Northeast Minneapolis at 100+ locations. Free and open to the public, Art-A-Whirl is a fantastic way to connect with artists in their own spaces, enjoy demonstrations and interactive activities, listen to live music, and enjoy local restaurants and breweries.
The granddaddy of them all, the Uptown Art Fair the first weekend in August, celebrates 50 years this year… now renamed SoMi Art Fair, it is now taking place at Bachman’s Garden Center on Lyndale in south Minneapolis.
Check out the list below of more art fairs throughout the metro this year… we have visited most of them, you will not be disappointed!
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Art Fair
May 10-11, 2025
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
Art-A-Whirl
May 16-18, 2025
Northeast Minneapolis
Mainstreet Day Arts and Crafts Fair
May 17, 2025
Main Street, Hopkins
Edina Art Fair
June 6-8, 2025
50th and France, Edina
Art in the Hollow
June 7, 2025
Swede Hollow Park, Saint Paul
Saint Anthony Park Arts Festival
June 7, 2025
St. Anthony Park, Saint Paul
Shadow Falls Art Fair
June 14, 2025
Shadow Falls neighborhood, Saint Paul
Stone Arch Bridge Festival
June 14-15, 2025
West River Parkway, Minneapolis
Excelsior Art on the Lake
June 14-15, 2025
Excelsior Commons Park, Excelsior
Marketfest
Thursday evenings from June 19-July 31, 2025
White Bear Lake
Wayzata Art Experience
June 20-22, 2025
Lake Minnetonka, Wayzata
Eagan Art Festival
June 21-22, 2025
Central Park, Eagan
American Craft Fest
June 28-29, 2025
Union Depot, Saint Paul
Art at St. Kate’s
July 12, 2025
St. Catherine University, Saint Paul
Minnehaha Falls Art Fair
July 18-20, 2025
Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis
Loring Park Art Festival
July 26-27, 2025
Loring Park, Minneapolis
SoMi Art Fair
August 2-3, 2025
Bachman’s Garden Center, Minneapolis
Powderhorn Art Fair
August 2-3, 2025
Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis
Downtown Minneapolis Street Art Festival
August 9-10, 2025
Downtown Minneapolis
Art in the Gardens
August 15-17, 2025
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska
Fall Into the Arts Festival
September 6-7, 2025
Centennial Park, Edina
Lakeville Arts Festival
September 20-21, 2025
Lakeville Area Arts Center, Lakeville
Rivertown Fall Art Festival
October 4-5, 2025
Downtown Stillwater
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