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North Shore Events

Each small town celebrates nature, arts and history, the great outdoors, local and regional talents, holidays and community. And you’re invited to join in. This North Shore Calendar of Events lists all kinds of goings-on; guided hikes, 99-mile bike races, fine art exhibits, pie-eating contests, solstice celebrations, historical talks, workshops, classes, summer festivals, small town parades, and the annual lighting of Split Rock Lighthouse.

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Tour the North House Campus

Tour the North House Campus

June 14, 2025    
4:00 pm
North House Folk School
From the blacksmith shop to the woodshop, there is always something happening on campus. Discover the rich folk school tradition, visit the classrooms in action, [...]
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Live Music at Moguls Grille & Tap Room!

Live Music at Moguls Grille & Tap Room!

June 14, 2025    
5:00 pm
Mogul's Grille & Tap Room
Join us every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night at Caribou Highlands Lodge for free live music in the tent located right outside of Moguls Grille [...]
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Up Yonder Events

Up Yonder Events

June 14, 2025    
6:00 pm
Up Yonder on 61
Tuesdays  Open Stage 6pm Thursdays 2nd Thursday WTIP Trivia, 6pm 3rd Thursday North SHore Swing Band, 6pm Live Music May 17  DJ Unity, 9pm May [...]
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Live Music at Moguls Grille & Tap Room!

Live Music at Moguls Grille & Tap Room!

June 15, 2025    
5:00 pm
Mogul's Grille & Tap Room
Join us every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night at Caribou Highlands Lodge for free live music in the tent located right outside of Moguls Grille [...]
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Up Yonder Events

Up Yonder Events

June 17, 2025    
6:00 pm
Up Yonder on 61
Tuesdays  Open Stage 6pm Thursdays 2nd Thursday WTIP Trivia, 6pm 3rd Thursday North SHore Swing Band, 6pm Live Music May 17  DJ Unity, 9pm May [...]
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Thursday Art at Joy & Co

Thursday Art at Joy & Co

June 19, 2025    
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Joy & Co.
Find your Joy! Thursday Night Art Night at Joy & Co. Instructor lead mini-art classes 3:30 - 5 pm. Reservations are not required - however [...]
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Up Yonder Events

Up Yonder Events

June 19, 2025    
6:00 pm
Up Yonder on 61
Tuesdays  Open Stage 6pm Thursdays 2nd Thursday WTIP Trivia, 6pm 3rd Thursday North SHore Swing Band, 6pm Live Music May 17  DJ Unity, 9pm May [...]
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Summer Solstice

Summer Solstice

June 20, 2025 - June 21, 2025    
All Day
North Shore
Summer solstice is a wonderful day to be outside all day long because it is the longest day of the year. Which means the shortest [...]
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Summer Solstice and Wooden Boat Festival

Summer Solstice and Wooden Boat Festival

June 20, 2025 - June 21, 2025    
All Day
North House Folk School
The Summer Solstice and Wooden Boat Festival celebrates the best of summer on Lake Superior's North Shore. Come to North House Folk School for a [...]
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Superior Hiking Trail Work Day: Cascade River Loop (all-femme)

Superior Hiking Trail Work Day: Cascade River Loop (all-femme)

June 20, 2025 - June 24, 2025    
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Cascade River State Park
Superior Hiking Trail Work Day: Cascade River Loop (all-femme) In partnership with Unruly Women (unrulywomen.org), this project is reserved as an all-femme event, which means [...]
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Live Music at Moguls Grille & Tap Room!

Live Music at Moguls Grille & Tap Room!

June 20, 2025    
5:00 pm
Mogul's Grille & Tap Room
Join us every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night at Caribou Highlands Lodge for free live music in the tent located right outside of Moguls Grille [...]
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Opening Reception: Recent and Past Works from Brock Larson that Capture Northern Life

Opening Reception: Recent and Past Works from Brock Larson that Capture Northern Life

June 20, 2025    
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery
Opening Reception: Recent and Past Works from Brock Larson that Capture Northern Life Join us to celebrate the work of Brock Larson, a Duluth-based artist [...]
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Up Yonder Events

Up Yonder Events

June 20, 2025    
6:00 pm
Up Yonder on 61
Tuesdays  Open Stage 6pm Thursdays 2nd Thursday WTIP Trivia, 6pm 3rd Thursday North SHore Swing Band, 6pm Live Music May 17  DJ Unity, 9pm May [...]
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Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
May 26, 2023 - August 26, 2023    
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Studio 21
Exhibiting Artists Mary Bergs Alexa Horochowski Ben Moren Galilee Peaches OPEN – Wednesdays – Saturdays, June-August 10 AM – 3 PM Member Preview May 26 [...]
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Photography and Art at the Rock: Featuring Amber Nichols
Photography and Art at the Rock: Featuring Amber Nichols
August 1, 2023    
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Split Rock Lighthouse
Photography & Art at the Rock is a a monthly exhibit in the lobby of the Split Rock Lighthouse Visitor Center that showcases local artists, [...]
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Two Harbors City Band Summer 2023 Concerts
Two Harbors City Band Summer 2023 Concerts
August 3, 2023    
7:30 pm
Thomas Owens Park
A Two Harbors summer tradition! Live music by the Two Harbors City Band. Bring a blanket or chair, arrive early and enjoy an evening of [...]
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Bill Bally Blacksmith Shop open & demo
Bill Bally Blacksmith Shop open & demo
August 4, 2023 - August 5, 2023    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Bally Blacksmith Shop was built in 1911 and has housed three generations totaling 98 years of Bally blacksmiths. Three generations of the Bally family worked as blacksmiths. Sam Bally, whose skills were crucial to the lumber industry, arrived in 1903 to work for a sawmill. In 1911 he started his own business and built the long-standing Bally Blacksmith Shop that we see today.
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Comedy Weekend
Comedy Weekend
August 4, 2023 - August 5, 2023    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Grand Portage Lodge & Casino
Laff Inn Comedy Club presents Comedy Weekend at the Grand Portage Lodge & Casino Headlining: Mark Poolos Featuring: John Russel Admission is free, and you [...]
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Shout! The Mod Musical at Grand Marais Playhouse
Shout! The Mod Musical at Grand Marais Playhouse
August 6, 2023    
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Grand Marais Playhouse
The 2023 Grand Marais Summer Theater Festival Runs two shows in repertory on weekends from  Shout! The Mod Musical, and Four Old Broads. August Thu [...]
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Daily Interpretive Programs at Grand Portage National Monument
Daily Interpretive Programs at Grand Portage National Monument
August 7, 2023    
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Grand Portage National Monument
Join the staff at Grand Portage National Monument to learn about traditional canoe building, cooking, fur trade era trades, and Anishinaabe crafts and games. Free [...]
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Letteracy Deck
Letteracy Deck
August 7, 2023    
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Lake Superior Trading Post
Enjoy a free, fun, family activity of writing or drawing a post card or letter at the new Letteracy Deck on Lake Superior in downtown [...]
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Collagraph Printmaking Demo with OPEN Acrylic Paint
Collagraph Printmaking Demo with OPEN Acrylic Paint
August 9, 2023    
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Grand Marais Art Colony
A collagraph print is made from a surface on which collage elements and texture have been applied.  Plates will be created using GOLDEN mediums and [...]
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Two Harbors City Band Summer 2023 Concerts
Two Harbors City Band Summer 2023 Concerts
August 10, 2023    
7:30 pm
Thomas Owens Park
A Two Harbors summer tradition! Live music by the Two Harbors City Band. Bring a blanket or chair, arrive early and enjoy an evening of [...]
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Silver Bay Men’s Invitational Golf tournament
Silver Bay Men’s Invitational Golf tournament
August 18, 2023 - August 20, 2023    
All Day
Silver Bay Golf Course
The Silver Bay Men’s Invitational Golf tournament is a 3 day event.  All players play an 18 hole qualifying round on Friday.  Players are then [...]
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Grand Marais Harbor History tour
Grand Marais Harbor History tour
August 19, 2023    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Cook County History Museum
This free tour begins at the History Museum in Grand Marais, Saturdays at 1 pm. Participants walk a short distance along the harbor to the [...]
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Blue Moon Supermoon Sturgeon Moon
Blue Moon Supermoon Sturgeon Moon
August 30, 2023 - August 31, 2023    
8:00 pm - 6:45 am
North Shore
Once in a blue moon, a month will have two full moons, the second is known as the blue moon.  About 3-4 times per year [...]
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Events on July 30, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on July 31, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 1, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Photography and Art at the Rock: Featuring Amber Nichols
Photography and Art at the Rock: Featuring Amber Nichols
1 Aug 23
Two Harbors
Events on August 2, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 3, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Two Harbors City Band Summer 2023 Concerts
Two Harbors City Band Summer 2023 Concerts
3 Aug 23
Two Harbors
Events on August 4, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Bill Bally Blacksmith Shop open & demo
Bill Bally Blacksmith Shop open & demo
4 Aug 23
Comedy Weekend
Comedy Weekend
4 Aug 23
Grand Portage
Events on August 5, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Bill Bally Blacksmith Shop open & demo
Bill Bally Blacksmith Shop open & demo
4 Aug 23
Comedy Weekend
Comedy Weekend
4 Aug 23
Grand Portage
Events on August 6, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Shout! The Mod Musical at Grand Marais Playhouse
Shout! The Mod Musical at Grand Marais Playhouse
6 Aug 23
Marais
Events on August 7, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Daily Interpretive Programs at Grand Portage National Monument
Daily Interpretive Programs at Grand Portage National Monument
7 Aug 23
Grand Portage
Letteracy Deck
Letteracy Deck
7 Aug 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 8, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 9, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Collagraph Printmaking Demo with OPEN Acrylic Paint
Collagraph Printmaking Demo with OPEN Acrylic Paint
9 Aug 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 10, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Two Harbors City Band Summer 2023 Concerts
Two Harbors City Band Summer 2023 Concerts
10 Aug 23
Two Harbors
Events on August 11, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 12, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 13, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 14, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 15, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 16, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 17, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 18, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Silver Bay Men’s Invitational Golf tournament
Silver Bay Men’s Invitational Golf tournament
18 Aug 23
Silver Bay
Events on August 19, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Silver Bay Men’s Invitational Golf tournament
Silver Bay Men’s Invitational Golf tournament
18 Aug 23
Silver Bay
Grand Marais Harbor History tour
Grand Marais Harbor History tour
19 Aug 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 20, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Silver Bay Men’s Invitational Golf tournament
Silver Bay Men’s Invitational Golf tournament
18 Aug 23
Silver Bay
Events on August 21, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 22, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 23, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 24, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 25, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 26, 2023
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
Summer Exhibition | Air – Openness
26 May 23
Grand Marais
Events on August 30, 2023
Blue Moon Supermoon Sturgeon Moon
Blue Moon Supermoon Sturgeon Moon
30 Aug 23
Silver Bay
Events on August 31, 2023
Blue Moon Supermoon Sturgeon Moon
Blue Moon Supermoon Sturgeon Moon
30 Aug 23
Silver Bay

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