What to do in Minneapolis in December 2026

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Mar 12

  This Must Be the Place: Inside the Walker's Collection

  Walker Art Center · Loring Park

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 27

  Kenji Nakahashi: A Confident Life

  Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) · Whittier

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Mar 7

  Meruhen: Japanese Prints of Fairy Tales

  Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) · Whittier

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 6

  Mary

  Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) · Whittier

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until May 23

  Collection in Focus: Martine Syms

  Walker Art Center · Loring Park

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 31

  Back from the Underworld: Mia's Dante Tapestry Restored

  Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) · Whittier

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 3

  Olalekan Jeyifous: Hydricosmic Litanies

  Walker Art Center · Loring Park

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Feb 28

  "Immigrants": A Gift from Morelos to Mia

  Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) · Whittier

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Feb 28

  Take the Picture!

  Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) · Whittier

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 3

  Exhibiting Forgiveness

  Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) · Whittier

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 10

  María Berrío: Songlines

  Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) · Whittier

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 17

  Paris Couture

  Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) · Whittier

  • Visual arts

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• Visual arts

  until Feb 14

  Walker Design Triennial: Beyond Materialism

  Walker Art Center · Loring Park

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 3

  Bare Bones: Skeletons in Japanese Art

  Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) · Whittier

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Feb 7

  Breaking Tradition: The Avant-Garde in Japanese Ceramics, 1948 to 1990

  Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) · Whittier

  • Visual arts

• Theatre

  until Dec 27

  A Christmas Carol

  Guthrie Theater · Mill District

  • Theatre

• Visual arts

  until Apr 18

  Abbas Akhavan: Variations on a Garden

  Walker Art Center · Loring Park

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Apr 11

  Gilles Peress: The Northern Ireland Conflict, 1968–1998

  Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) · Whittier

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Oct 3

  Quiet Visions: Chinese Album Painting from Ming to Qing

  Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) · Whittier

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Feb 21

  Rotem Zin-Tamir: Latitude 33°

  Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) · Whittier

  • Visual arts

• Music

  until Dec 27

  All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914

  Theater Latte Da · Northeast

  • Music
  • Theatre

• Music

  6:30 PM

  Rachael & Vilray

  The Dakota · Downtown

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  7 PM

  Glenn Miller Orchestra

  Pantages Theatre

  • Music
  • Comedy

• Music

  7 PM

  Preservation Hall Jazz Band

  Orchestra Hall · Downtown

  • Music
  • Jazz

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• Music

  8 PM

  Angine de Poitrine

  Angine de Poitrine SECOND SHOW ADDED · zouz

  First Avenue · Downtown

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  until Dec 24

  Black Nativity

  Penumbra Theatre · Rondo

  • Music
  • Theatre

• Music

  —Time not announced

  The Four Freshmen

  7:00PM

  • Music

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• Music

  6:30 PM

  Rachael & Vilray

  The Dakota · Downtown

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  7 PM

  Suicide Silence

  Myth Live

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  Tiny Habits

  Tiny Habits Tiny Habits — The Keepers Tour · Marie Dresselhuis

  Fine Line · North Loop

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  7:30 PM

  The Wildwoods

  The Cedar Cultural Center · West Bank

  • Music

• Music

  8 PM

  Angine de Poitrine

  The Current presents Angine de Poitrine · zouz

  First Avenue · Downtown

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  8:30 PM

  ABOUT MY FRIEND

  Little Negative presents ABOUT MY FRIEND Showcase your amazing single friend in a three minute speech! · Jake…

  Turf Club · Midway

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Comedy

  until Dec 5

  Bengt Washburn

  Acme Comedy Co. · North Loop

  • Comedy

Thursday, December 3, 2026

• Music

  6:30 PM

  The Symptones

  Zhora Darling · Northeast

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  Black Label Society

  Zakk Wylde

  Target Center · Downtown

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

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• Music

  7 PM

  The Beautiful Day: Kurt Elling Sings Christmas

  The Dakota · Downtown

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Peter Mulvey

  The Cedar Cultural Center · West Bank

  • Music

• Music

  8 PM

  HUNNY BEAR

  HUNNY BEAR 'Hot Garbage' · Heliocene and Astronomy Town

  7th St Entry · Downtown

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 PM

  Ice Nine Kills

  Target Center · Downtown

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 PM

  Joe Pug

  Turf Club · Midway

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 PM

  Pokey LaFarge

  The Current presents Pokey LaFarge · Cicada Rhythm

  Fine Line · North Loop

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  until Dec 4

  Sarah Adelman

  Comedy Corner Underground · West Bank

  • Music

  $19 Tickets ↗

• Music

  —Time not announced

  SMITH & MYERS

  Target Center · Downtown

  • Music

Friday, December 4, 2026

• Comedy

  2:30 AM

  Sarah Adelman

  Comedy Corner Underground · West Bank

  • Comedy

  $19 Tickets ↗

• Music

  7 PM

  Amy Grant

  Grand Casino Arena

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  7 PM

  Blue October

  The fillmore

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  7 PM

  Blue October

  Blue October · Jess Woodland

  Fillmore Minneapolis · North Loop

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  Michael W. Smith

  Grand Casino Arena

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  7 PM

  Turn Turn Turn

  The Dakota · Downtown

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Sidewalk Diamonds

  Sidewalk Diamonds · Whispered The Rabbit · Chokecherry

  Cloudland Theater

  • Music

• Music

  8 PM

  Dos Santos

  The Cedar Cultural Center · West Bank

  • Music

• Music

  until Dec 5

  Evan Hull With Louis Michael

  Evan Hull · Louis Michael

  Comedy Corner Underground · West Bank

  • Music

  $19 Tickets ↗

• Music

  9 PM

  Hot In Herre: 2000s Dance Party

  First Avenue · Downtown

  • Music
  • Dance

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Rhye

  Varsity Theater · Dinkytown

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

Saturday, December 5, 2026

• Comedy

  2 AM

  Evan Hull With Louis Michael

  Evan Hull · Louis Michael

  Comedy Corner Underground · West Bank

  • Comedy

  $19 Tickets ↗

• Music

  6 PM

  Martin Amini

  Fillmore Minneapolis · North Loop

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  Gunhild Carling

  The Dakota · Downtown

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  LAPêCHE

  LAPêCHE · Endearments · Spaceport

  Cloudland Theater

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Pert Near Sandstone

  Pert Near Sandstone Krampus Jam · Feed the Dog · Buffalo Galaxy and Molly Brandt

  First Avenue · Downtown

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

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