Ideas for a Fun Date by Season

Fun Date Ideas for
All Four Seasons of the Year in Minnesota

Ideas for A Fun Date by Season in Spring: After a long winter, there is nothing we like more than to see the beautiful flowers and greenery reawaken. Take a drive along the Mississippi or St. Croix rivers, enjoy a canoe trip on any of Minnesota's waterways or walk through any of our beautiful state or local parks.

Spring festivals in Minnesota offer some great ideas for a fun date. Here are a few of them:

• Arts & Crafts Affair at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN in April
• Annual Festival of Birds in Detroit Lakes Minnesota in May
• University of Minnesota Spring Jam festival in May. Three-day music festival includes live performances, competitions, and a variety of special events
• Norman County Fair in Ada, MN in June. County fairs are wonderful and creative ideas for a fun date throughout the spring and summer months.
• Attend the "Back to The 50's" Car Show at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in June.

• Grand Old Day on Grand Avenue in Saint Paul: Parade, Art District, more than 20 bands, more than 120 food booths. Every year in June.
• Minneapolis Aquatennial: held during the third full week of July. Events include sand castle building, beach volleyball, a tennis invitational, a triathlon, parades, Subway Block Party milk carton boat races and conclude with a fireworks display that is one of the largest in the country.
• Detroit Lakes Water Carnival: the Northwest Water Carnival in Detroit Lakes has existed for 75 years and is one of the longest running festivals in Minnesota. Detroit Lakes is one of our favorite romantic getaway in Minnesota locations. Go for the festival; stay for the fun.
• The Irish Fair held on Harriet Island in St. Paul in August: Irish music, dancing, food, exhibits and more.
• Minnesota State Fair: The "Great Minnesota get-together. You can't do it all in one day so go back often from late August until Labor Day. Lots of ideas for a fun date at the fair! Minnesota State Fair Official Site

• Festival of Nations
• Barnesville Potato Festival
• Beanhole Festival in Pequot Lakes
• Turkey Days in Frazee
• Romantic Lanesboro Minnesota Rhubarb Festival; first Saturday of June
• Askov Fair & Rutabaga Festival, featuring an aebleskiver stand, last weekend in August in this Old Danish colony town.
• Take in a music festival...or several. Just a few Minnesota music festivals that can be the desination for a great romantic date include: The Minnesota Bluegrass Festival, WeFest in Detroit Lakes, Moondance Jam in Walker, Bayfront Blues Festival in Duluth, Sommerfest in Minneapolis.
• Wine Tasting...Minnesota is the location of many wineries... great fun date idea destinations.

Ideas for A Fun Date by Season in Fall:

• Renaissance Fair in Shakopee from late August to early October.
• Oktoberfest in New Ulm.
• Fall Foliage Fest in Harmony.
• Lanesboro Fall Festival
• Big Island Rendezvous & Festival at Bancroft Bay Park in Albert Lea.
• Johnny Appleseed Days Festival in Lake City
• Fall Apple Festival at Carlos Creek Winery in Alexandria.

Ideas for A Fun Date by Season in Winter:

Winter offers so many opportunities for romantic, creative and fun date ideas. The same romantic hotels and bed & breakfast inns that you have enjoyed in warmer season, offer special romance packages, for winter. Lots of hotels and resorts are in ski areas. Be sure to plan dates to attend some of the many winter festivals and events in Minnesota. Here are just a few:

• St Paul Winter Carnival
• Ice Fishing Contests
• John Beargrease Sled Dog Race
• Holidazzle Parade

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