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Taste of Minnesota 2024 returns to downtown Minneapolis this summer

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January 23, 2024

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Taste of Minnesota 2024 returns to downtown Minneapolis this summer

Taste of Minnesota announces return

The Taste of Minnesota is coming back in style for 2023.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The second year of the resurgence of the Taste of Minnesota festival will return to downtown Minneapolis this summer.

Taste of Minnesota 2024 will be held July 6 and 7 from 11 am. to 8 p.m., according to an announcement from the Taste of Minnesota Foundation.

The event will again return to Nicollet Mall, but with an expanded footprint that allows for double the number of food vendors – roughly 60 compared to last year’s 23, according to organizers.

Several thousand attended the event in 2023, which occurred without any major crime incidents – though patrons complained of long lines for food vendors, and few free water stations. But the 2024 iteration can expect “an expanded footprint” and a “greater number of vendors and attractions.”

In 2023, Minneapolis leaders announced the free festival would return to downtown Minneapolis – the first time since it was last held in 2015 in St. Paul.

The event featured musical guests Third Eye Blind on July 2, and Uncle Kracker and Big Boi (from Outkast) on July 3, 2023.

For 2024, the foundation is currently encouraging Minnesota businesses, artists, and food vendors to join its Taste of Minnesota 2024 team.

No musical guests have been announced yet, but chef and TV personality, Andrew Zimmern, will return as the Food Ambassador once again, organizers have said.

Taste of Minnesota returns

A 7-year hiatus came to an end this weekend as Minnesota brought back a summer staple. The Taste of Minnesota drew big crowds on Sunday, its first day. There were long lines to get into Nicollet Mall, but attendees said the lines moved smoothly and were worth it.

The event began in 1983 as a free festival with both food and fireworks at the State Capitol grounds and Harriet Island during the July 4th weekend, but first ended in 2010 following a change in ownership.

Following the original Taste of Minnesota, founder Ron Maddox’s wife Linda briefly revived the event in 2014 and 2015 in a new location in Waconia, before it officially ended a second time.

During the 2023 legislative session, a “Taste of Minnesota” bill was introduced by Rep. Jerry Newton (DFL-Coon Rapids), and Sen. John Hoffman (DFL-Champlain), and would provide $1.8 million in Fiscal Year 2024 from Minnesota’s general fund for a grant to the Downtown Minneapolis Council for infrastructure and costs of the event. At the time, the money was marked as a one-time appropriation.

Organizers have said they will provide an update on funding for the 2024 event in the coming months.

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Child seriously injured after being struck by car while playing in alley

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7 hours ago

June 21, 2026

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Child seriously injured after being struck by car while playing in alley

A child was seriously injured after a car hit them in an alley in Minneapolis on Saturday morning.

Minneapolis police say a child was playing in an alley near 29th Avenue North and Lyndale Avenue North around 11:30 a.m. when a car hit them. The child was brought to the hospital with potentially-life-threatening injuries, police added.

The child’s age was not released by law enforcement.

The driver of the car stayed at the scene and is cooperating with law enforcement, Minneapolis police said.

There have been no arrests at this time.

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Minneapolis man jailed after allegedly stabbing a woman on Pillsbury Avenue

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June 20, 2026

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Minneapolis man jailed after allegedly stabbing a woman on Pillsbury Avenue

A Minneapolis man is behind bars after stabbing a woman early Saturday morning.

According to the Minneapolis Police Department, officers responded to a stabbing around 12:30 a.m. near the intersection of W 24th St. and Pillsbury Avenue. Officers found an adult woman with a non-life-threatening injury consistent with an edged blade.

Authorities said a man known to the woman stabbed her after a verbal argument escalated.

Police arrested a 49-year-old man and is currently at the Hennepin County Jail, pending a second-degree domestic assault charge.

Police said no one else was hurt. The case remains under investigation.

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More than 12 million people just in the U.S. are affected by domestic violence every year, according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

The organizations listed above can help connect victims to resources like safe shelter, advocacy, legal help and support groups.

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Other organizations that can help include:

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MERAUDER, JUDGE, ARKANGEL and many more announced for Minneapolis’ Snow and Flurry 2026

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June 20, 2026

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MERAUDER, JUDGE, ARKANGEL and many more announced for Minneapolis’ Snow and Flurry 2026

The lineup has been announced for the 2026 edition of Snow & Flurry, set for October 10th and 11th at Underground Music Cafe in Minneapolis, MN. Judge, Merauder, and Arkangel will headline the two-day event also featuring 25+ more acts in total.

Weekend passes are available now, with single-day tickets and daily lineups to be announced later.

Passes are available here.

Line up in order of flyer:

Judge
Merauder
Arkangel
The Killer
Nehemiah
Another Enemy
Awaiting Eschiel
Basic Needs
Blistered Spirit
Blood Stained Concrete
Cudgel
Direct Order
Dose
Enemy Of Man
Enervate
Ethic
Eyes Of Sorrow
Fleshless Body
Lead Spirit
Madman
Meantime
Neolithic
Passion
Self Interest
Shits Creek
Sin Sufrir
Skewed
What Counts
Withdrawal
Wrath Of Sanity
Velocity