1. Midwest Kids Fest
City: St. Paul, MN
Category: Annual Events & Festivals
Address: 175 Kellogg Blvd.
Description: Kids Fest is Minnesota’s longest-running children’s event, with multiple stages of live entertainment, dozens of free activities and games for kids of all ages, and Minnesota’s largest inflatable playground (featuring a superslide, Velcro wall, maze, sports challenges, and much more), all guaranteed to keep your kids busy for at least a day, maybe two. The Saturday and Sunday festival features celebrity visits from national childrens’ artists (usually of Nickelodeon fame). In addition, there’s the perennial favorite, the petting zoo, a rain-forest stage filled with exotic creatures, and pony rides.
2. Festival Of Nations
City: St. Paul, MN
Category: Annual Events & Festivals
Telephone: (651) 647-0191
Address: 175 Kellogg Blvd. West, RiverCentre
Description: Founded in 1932 and held generally in late April or early May, the Festival of Nations has been an event of the people who helped create it for their pleasure and the ethnic values they treasured. Its underlying philosophy has been that as Americans of all backgrounds—native citizens and naturalized citizens alike—share experiences, their differences become less significant and barriers to understanding are removed. Today Minnesota’s largest multicultural event showcases more than 100 ethnic groups through food, dance performances, cultural exhibits, folk art demonstrations, an international bazaar, and more.