April 24, 2017

Planning a trip to visit the beautiful Minnesota Northwoods this spring? We can’t wait for you to get here and see everything our beautiful neck of the woods has to offer. While each of our Minnesota Northwoods resorts has everything you need for a relaxing lakeside vacation, there’s a chance you’ll want to venture out and do a little more exploring during your week here.

Read on for our list of May 2017 events in Bemidji, Blackduck, Cass Lake and our surrounding communities.

Date City Time What Cost
Friday, May 5  Bemidji All Day First Friday Art Walk Free
Saturday, May 6 Bemidji 4pm & 6:30pm Double feature movie showing at The Historic Chief Theater: Annie & Back to the Future Free will donation
Thursday, May 11 Minnesota Minnesota’s 159th Birthday!
Saturday, May 13 Minnesota 12am Minnesota walleye fishing opener
Wednesday, May 17 Bemidji 7:30pm-9:30pm Minnesota Orchestra performs at Bemidji High School Auditorium $10 adult
$5 student
Saturday, May 20 Blackduck 5pm Backwoods Bash Crawfish Boil at Blackduck Fire Department $20 All you can eat
Wednesday, May 24 Bemidji 4:30pm-7:30pm Paul Bunyan Communications Cooperative Celebration Walleye Dinner. Meet Elvis and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! FREE
Friday, May 26  Blackduck 5:30pm-7:30pm Chamber of Commerce Taco Night at The Pond $3
May 26-28  Cass Lake TBD Leech Lake Memorial Pow Wow at Palace Casino Veterans Memorial Grounds Free
Sunday, May 28 Bemidji 10am-11am Lumberjacks! Music for Kids at Lake Bemidji State Park Free
 State Park 7pm-9pm Music Under the Pines with Bill and Julie Kaiser inside the historic Forest Inn Free
Monday, May 29 
Memorial Day!
Bemidji 10am-6pm Paul Bunyan’s Animal Land opens $7.95 adult
$6.95 child
2 & under free

There’s a little something for everyone at and surrounding our wonderful Minnesota Northwoods resorts! Be sure to check back to our blog in the future for upcoming events in June, July and August as well. We’ll see you this summer!

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