Here are the events for Minnesotans planned for 2025 and 2026.
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2025
January 2025
Kickoff 250th Anniversary of America’s Revolutionary War Commemoration (1775-1783)
January 1
https://www.revolution250.org and https://america250.org
MN Farm Bureau Leadership, Education, Advocacy, and Promotion (LEAP) Conference
January 10-11 – Treasure Island Resort
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/fwf4rtg
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday
January 15th
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Observed
January 20th
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day
Inauguration Day, US President and Vice-President
January 20th
https://www.usa.gov/inauguration
Great Northern Festival
Jan. 23 – Feb. 2
https://thegreatnorthernfestival.com/2025-festival
February 2025
Presidents’ Day and Washington’s Birthday Observed
February 17th
https://www.almanac.com/content/when-presidents-day
Urban Ag Conference
Feb.22th, St. Paul College
https://fbmn.org/Participate/Urban-Ag-Conference
March 2025
Minneapolis Home and Garden Show
March 5-9, Minneapolis Convention Center
https://northerngardener.org/events/home-garden-show/
Great Lakes Indigenous Farming Conference
March 6-9, Sugar Lake Lodge, Cohasset, MN.
https://www.welrp.org/2023-20th-annual-great-lakes-indigenous-farming-conference/
April 2025
Third Annual U of MN Green Summit
April 4th
https://www.canva.com/design/DAGY0IxNy60/LujqwChf7VS1RktFz39YWg/edit
250th Anniversary American Revolution’s First Battles in Lexington and Concord. MA
April 18-19th
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history
Earth Day
April 22nd
https://www.earthday.org
MN State Horticultural Society Garden Gala
April 25th
https://northerngardener.org/events/garden-gala/
50th Anniversary, Fall of Saigon (1975)
April 30
https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/1975_the_fall_of_saigon/Saigon-Falls-59-The-War-Ends/
May 2025
Food Security: A Foundation for Peace – Rotary International Conference
May 1-3rd, Mystic Lake Conference Center
https://makepeacevisible.org
80th Anniversary VE Day
May 8th
https://www.calendarpedia.com/when-is/ve-day.html#google_vignette
Crescendo Community Chorus ”A Celebration of the Mississippi River” in partnership with Friends of the Mississippi River
May 15th
https://www.crescendochorus.org
Minnesota Statehood Day
May 18th
https://www.sos.state.mn.us/about-minnesota/minnesota-government/admission-of-minnesota-into-the-union-1858/
5th Anniversary, Murder of George Floyd
May 25th
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd
Memorial Day
May 26
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day
June 2025
Agricultural History Society National Convention “Water and Agriculture”
June 5-7, Intercontinental Hotel, St. Paul
https://www.aghistorysociety.org/2025-meeting-cfp
81st Anniversary D-Day
June 6h
https://theparachuteregimentalassociation.com/events/normandy-80-commemorations-2024/
250th Anniversary, Founding of the U.S. Army and US Army Corps of Engineers: Official Beginning of the American Revolution
June 14th
https://history.army.mil/Revwar250/
250th Anniversary, Battle of Bunker Hill, During the Siege of Boston, MA
June 17th
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill
Juneteenth National Independence Day
June 19th
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
Rotary International Convention – Calgary (coming to Minneapolis in 2028)
June 21-25
https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/
July 2025
160th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg
249th Anniversary of the Signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
July 4th
https://america250.org
250th Anniversary, Signing of the “Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms” by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia
July 6th
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Causes_and_Necessity_of_Taking_Up_Arms#:~:text=The%20Declaration%20of%20the%20Causes,become%20the%20American%20Revolutionary%20War
Taste of Minnesota
July 5-6th
https://www.eventeny.com/events/applications/application/?id=3029&srsltid=AfmBOoqe2SXqzp1jjJx8y-pVRyLM4PXMkx3FY4nfxg4KZphmgsR3xp-Y
International Day of Cooperatives
July 5th (in conjunction with the United Nation’s International Year of Cooperatives)
https://www.un.org/en/desa/cooperatives-launch-2025-international-year
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Co-operative_Day
Minnesota’s Blue Green Week
July 19-16 (projected)
Global Green Expo
July 19-21 (projected)
Minneapolis Convention Center and Other Venues
Seed Your Future Career and Job Fair
July 24-26 (projected)
Minneapolis Convention Center
FoodTank “All Things Food” Summit
July 22(projected)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-tank-at-sxsw-2025-tickets-1009538766627
Aquatennial
July 23-26
https://www.aquatennial.com
Minnesota “Year of Water” Kick-off Ceremony
July 26 (projected)
August 2025
Farm Fest
August 5-7
https://www.ideaggroup.com/farmfest
Minnesota State Fair
August 21-Sept.1
A https://www.mnstatefair.org
September 2025
80h Anniversary VJ Day (Victory over Japan}
September 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day
October 2025
250th Anniversary, Founding of the Continental Navy
October 13th
https://www.homecoming250.org/the-navy-250th-celebration/
15th Annual Cyber Security Summit
October 21-23
https://www.cybersecuritysummit.org
80th Anniversary Founding of the United Nations – UN Day
October 24th
https://www.un.org/en/observances/un-anniversaries
November 2025
20th Anniversary, Minnesota’s Emerging Farmers Conference
Nov. 7-8, Brooklyn Center
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJ5IOZRUtbTJ0XwJHiBm7LyKFu-XNNrd0Ib73su-vf_Ikx6w/viewform
250th Anniversary, Founding of the US Marine Corps
November 10th
https://www.homecoming250.org/the-marine-corps-250th-celebration/
Veterans Day/Armistice Day
November 11th
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_Day
50th Anniversary USS John F Kennedy – USS Belknap Incident
November 22nd
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/j/john-f-kennedy-cva-67.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Belknap_(CG-26)
December 2025
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
December 7th
https://www.nps.gov/perl/learn/historyculture/national-pearl-harbor-remembrance-day.htm
Human Rights Day
December 10th
https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-rights-day
2026
January 2026
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday
January 15th
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Observed
January 19th
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day
Great Northern Festival
Jan. 22 – Feb. 1 (projected)
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-great-northern-festival/
February 2026
Presidents’ Day and Washington’s Birthday Observed
February 16th
https://www.almanac.com/content/when-presidents-day
March 2026
Minneapolis Home and Garden Show (projected)
April 2026
MN State Horticultural Society Garden Gala (projected)
May 2026
81st Anniversary VE Day
May 8th
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day
Minnesota Statehood Day
May 18
https://www.sos.state.mn.us/about-minnesota/minnesota-government/admission-of-minnesota-into-the-union-1858/
Memorial Day
May 25
June 2026
82nd Anniversary D-Day
June 6h
https://www.calendardate.com/d_day_2026.htm
251st Anniversary, Founding of the U.S. Army and US Army Corps of Engineers
June 14th
https://history.army.mil/Revwar250/
Juneteenth National Independence Day
June 19th
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
July 2026
Official Opening of Minnesota’s new Military and Veterans Museum
July 4 (projected)
https://www.exploreminnesota.com/profile/minnesota-military-veterans-museum/2304
250th Anniversary, Signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
July 4th
https://america250.org
Taste of Minnesota
July 4-5 (projected)
International Day of Cooperatives
July 4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Co-operative_Day
National Center for Outdoor Ethics: Leave No Trace Summit
July 14-15
https://www.wildernessinquiry.org/partnership/leave-no-trace-center-for-outdoor-ethics/
Izaak Walton League National Youth Convention
July 14-18
https://www.iwla.org/news-events
Izaak Walton League National Convention
July 16-18
https://www.iwla.org/news-events
Aquatennial
July 22-25 (projected)
Closing Ceremony – Minnesota’s “Year of Water” (projected)
July 25
August 2026
FarmFest
August 4-6(projected)
https://www.ideaggroup.com/farmfest
160th Anniversary Upper Mississippi/St. Paul Office, US Army Corps of Engineers
Aug. 17th
https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/About/Historical-Publications-and-Links/
Minnesota State Fair
August 27-Sept.7
A https://www.mnstatefair.org
September 2026
81h Anniversary VJ
September 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day
25th Anniversary of 9/11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
September 11th
https://www.mnvetmuseum.org/post-9/11-project
October 2026
251st Anniversary, Founding of the Continental Navy
October 13th
https://www.homecoming250.org/the-navy-250th-celebration/
81st Anniversary Founding of the United Nations – UN Day
October 24th
https://www.un.org/en/observances/un-anniversaries
November 2026
Minnesota’s Emerging Farmer Conference
November 6-7 (projected)
https://www.emergingfarmers.org/about/
251st Anniversary, Founding of the US Marine Corps
November 10th
https://www.homecoming250.org/the-marine-corps-250th-celebration/
Veterans Day/Armistice Day
November 11th
December 2026
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
December 7th
https://www.nps.gov/perl/learn/historyculture/national-pearl-harbor-remembrance-day.htm
Human Rights Day
December 10th
https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-rights-day
