📆 Whenever Wherever: September events calendar

Civic and community

• Sept. 2 @ India Kutir: BeLongfellow Meal
• Sept. 10 @ Holy Trinity Lutheran: Downtown Longfellow Safety Meeting
• Sept. 12 @ Brackett Park: Liftoff! Brackett Rocket Lighting Event
• Sept. 13 @ West River Parkway: Longfellow River Gorge Festival
• Sept. 14 @ Minnehaha Communion Lutheran: Free Community Dinner
• Sept. 16 @ India Kutir: BeLongfellow Meal
• Sept. 18-19: League of Longfellow Artists (LoLa) Art Crawl
• Sept. 18 @ Cooper Playground: Cooper Super Democracy Champions Early Voting Party
• Sept. 19 @ Tapestry Folkdance Center: Longfellow Dance Party
• Sept. 27 @ Arbeiter Brewing: Longfellow Rising Harvest Gathering

For kids

• Sept. 8 @ MPS First Day of School
• Sept. 16 @ East Lake Library: LEGO Lab (all ages)
• Sept. 18 @ Hiawatha School Park: Kids Night Out (grades K-7)
• Sept. 21 @ MPS No School - Yom Kippur
• Sept. 21 @ Brackett Park: Nature Crafts (ages 8-13)
• Sept. 21 @ Hiawatha School Park: School Release Day: National Autumnal Equinox (ages 5-12)
• Sept. 25 @ Longfellow Park: Kids Night Camp: STEAM Edition (ages 5-10)
• Sept. 25 @ East Lake Library: Connect and Play (all ages)
• Sept. 28 @ Longfellow Park: Preschool Mini Makers: Ice Cream Making (ages 3-5)
• Mondays @ Brackett Park: Girls Group Early Fall (ages 10-16)
• Mondays @ Hiawatha School Park: Little Hawks Preschool (ages 3-5)
• Mondays @ Brackett Park: Monday Night Softball: Youth (ages 6-17)
• Tuesdays @ Longfellow Gardens: Family Nature Club (ages 5-12)
• Tuesdays @ Longfellow Park: Open Gym: Net Sports (ages 12-17)
• Wednesdays @ Brackett Park: Youth Ultimate Frisbee (ages 1-17)
• Thursdays @ Longfellow Park: Open Gym: Volleyball (ages 13-17)
• Fridays @ Brackett Park: Nature Play Group (ages 1-5)
• Fridays @ Hiawatha School Park: Indoor Toddler Playtime and Parent Group (ages 0-4)
• Fridays @ East Lake Library: Family Storytime (all ages)
• Fridays @ East Lake Library: Baby Storytime (ages 0-2)

For seniors

• Sept. 3 @ East Lake Library: Medicare Counseling
• Sept. 9 @ Holy Trinity Lutheran: Diabetes Support Group
• Sept. 15 @ Holy Trinity Lutheran: Medicare Navigation Class
• Sept. 16 @ Minnehaha Communion Lutheran: Coffee Connections Club
• Sept. 17 @ East Lake Library: Medicare Counseling
• Sept. 23 @ Brackett Park: Solos Resource Group
• Sept. 29 @ Hiawatha School Park: Mahjong Seniors Group
• Sept. 30 @ Holy Trinity Lutheran: Taking, Sharing & Saving Photos
• Wednesdays @ St Peder's Lutheran: Walking Club
• Thursdays @ Holy Trinity Lutheran: Low-Impact Exercise Class

Arts and crafts

• Sept. 2 @ MoonStone Gifts: Wire Wrap Crystal Rings
• Sept. 8 @ MoonStone Gifts: Reiki-Inspired Collage Workshop
• Sept. 8 @ Toolbox Collective: Ceramics Workshop
• Sept. 9 @ East Lake Library: Zine Workshop
• Sept. 16 @ MoonStone Gifts: Community Crafting
• Sept. 16 @ Audrey Rose Vintage: Bejewel Your Own Trinket/Stash Box
• Sept. 17 @ Northerly Flora: September Centerpiece Workshop
• Sept. 18 @ Curiosity Studio: Mending Happy Hour
• Sept. 18 @ Audrey Rose Vintage: Nickey Robo's Embroidery While You Wait!
• Sept. 18-19 @ SNACKPAK Gallery: SNACKPAK First Anniversary Show
• Sept. 22 @ Curiosity Studio: Open Play
• Sept. 22 @ East Lake Library: Amy Wilderson Residency: Jewelry Making for Adults
• Sept. 23 @ MoonStone Gifts: Community Zine Making
• Sept. 25 @ Audrey Rose Vintage: Nickey Robo's Embroidery While You Wait!
• Sept. 25 @ Audrey Rose Vintage: Mini Apothecary Bookshelf Workshop
• Sept. 26 @ Audrey Rose Vintage: Flicker & Fizz Candle Class
• Sept. 30 @ Curiosity Studio: Mending 101
• Sept. 30 @ MoonStone Gifts: Art Workshop
• Sept. 30 @ Audrey Rose Vintage: Bejewel Your Own Signature ARV Heart Sunnies
• Tuesdays @ Brackett Park: Ceramics Drop-in: Quiet Studio
• Wednesdays @ Brackett Park: Drawing: Beginning All Ages Drop-in
• Wednesdays @ Brackett Park: Painting: Beginning
• Thursdays @ Brackett Park: Ceramics: All Ages Drop-in
• Thursdays @ Brackett Park: Ceramics: Family
• Thursdays @ East Lake Library: East Lake Arts Club

Books, classes, and talks

• Sept. 1 @ MoonStone Gifts: Leo Fortune's Work-in-Progress
• Sept. 1 @ Moon Palace Books: Better Things September
• Sept. 2 @ MoonStone Gifts: Phoenix Has Risen Readings and Jewelry
• Sept. 3 @ MoonStone Gifts: Intro Topics: Tarot Divination
• Sept. 3 @ East Lake Library: City of Minneapolis Small Business Support
• Sept. 4 @ MoonStone Gifts: Astro Chart Consultations
• Sept. 8 @ East Lake Library: Turning Life into Fiction
• Sept. 8 @ East Lake Library: Voting and Election Resources
• Sept. 9 @ MoonStone Gifts: Intuitive Reading Practice Lab
• Sept. 9 @ MoonStone Gifts: Poetry Workshop
• Sept. 9 @ Brackett Park: Queer Book Club September
• Sept. 10 @ Moon Palace Books: Early Release Book Launch: Damned if She Does
• Sept. 11 @ MoonStone Gifts: Oracle Readings
• Sept. 11 @ Moon Palace Books: When the Revolution Comes
• Sept. 13 @ East Lake Library: Club de Lectura
• Sept. 14 @ MoonStone Gifts: Trans and Nonbinary Spirituality Group
• Sept. 15 @ MoonStone Gifts: Astro 101: Rising Signs
• Sept. 15 @ Moon Palace Books: Book Launch: Heart Eater
• Sept. 17 @ Moon Palace Books: A Dubious Clamor by Marissa Lingen
• Sept. 17 @ MoonStone Gifts: Intro Topics: Spiritual Alchemy
• Sept. 18 @ MoonStone Gifts: Phoenix Has Risen Readings and Jewelry
• Sept. 21 @ Toolbox Collective: Autumn Haiku Group
• Sept. 21 @ MoonStone Gifts: Intuitive Development Practice Group
• Sept. 22 @ MoonStone Gifts: Astro 101: Virgo Energies
• Sept. 23 @ MoonStone Gifts: Intuitive Reading Practice Lab
• Sept. 24 @ Moon Palace Books: Catalog of Shadows by Jaz Sufi
• Sept. 24 @ MoonStone Gifts: Intro Topics: Protection Magic
• Sept. 24 @ East Lake Library: City of Minneapolis Small Business Support
• Sept. 24 @ East Lake Library: Job Search Assistance: CAPI
• Sept. 24 @ Toolbox Collective: Book Release: Oil Courses AND a writer-made book of "This is good." comics
• Sept. 25 @ MoonStone Gifts: Reiki Mini Sessions
• Sept. 25 @ MoonStone Gifts: Leo Fortune's Major Arcana Debut
• Sept. 28 @ MoonStone Gifts: Mystic Topics Discussion Group
• Sept. 28 @ Toolbox Collective: Autumn Haiku Group
• Sept. 29 @ MoonStone Gifts: Astro 101: Chart Exploration
• Sept. 30 @ Historic Coliseum Building: Business Resources: Learn What's Available to You
• Mondays @ Brackett Park: Women's Group

Movement and games

• Mondays @ Brackett Park: Monday Night Softball - III
• Mondays @ Longfellow Park: Open Soccer
• Tuesdays @ Brackett Park: Armored Combat: Fall I
• Tuesdays @ Hiawatha School Park: Zumba
• Wednesdays @ Brackett Park: Adult Ultimate Frisbee
• Wednesdays @ Longfellow Park: Archery in the Parks - Intro
• Wednesdays @ Hiawatha School Park: Aztec Dance
• Fridays @ Brackett Park: Gentle Yoga: Drop-in Summer II
• Fridays @ Longfellow Park: Zumba

Movies

• Now playing at the Riverview Theater: Minions & Monsters, Toy Story 5, The Land Before Time, Hadestown: The Musical, The Invite
• Playing at Trylon Cinema this month: Tape Freaks, Psycho III, The Mattei Affair, Two-Lane Blacktop in 35mm, Vive le Punk, Christ Stopped at Eboli, Minnanimate 2026, It Happened One Night in 35mm, Executive Koala, The Long Day Closes, Paris, Texas in 4K, Misery in 35mm, Je Tu Il Elle, Season of the Witch in 35mm, Ida in 35mm
• Sept. 17 @ Riverview Theater: QUEEN(S) (2026)
• Sept. 24 @ Riverview Theater: Dinkytown: A Tale of a Legendary Village

Music

• Sept. 1 @ Minnehaha Park: Jim Pellinger
• Sept. 2 @ Schooner Tavern: John Magnuson Trio and Fever Pitch
• Sept. 3 @ Minnehaha Park: Minneapolis Police Band
• Sept. 3 @ Urban Forage Winery: Driftless Tango
• Sept. 3 @ Schooner Tavern: Wandering Suns
• Sept. 4 @ Cloudland: Madrean Sky, Emma Moy, Pageant Dress
• Sept. 4 @ Minnehaha Park: Meatraffle Ska
• Sept. 4 @ Urban Forage Winery: Brethren Bones
• Sept. 4 @ Schooner Tavern: B-4
• Sept. 5 @ Cloudland: The Slow Death, Obsess Tact, Cover My Shift
• Sept. 5 @ Schooner Tavern: Tumblin' Dice
• Sept. 6 @ Cloudland: Million.Point.Million, Spring Breeding, Lorraine, Time Room
• Sept. 9 @ Hook and Ladder: Space Between Monthly Music Industry Meetup
• Sept. 9 @ Schooner Tavern: WCCO Blues Band
• Sept. 10 @ Arbeiter Brewing: KRSM DJ Nite
• Sept. 10 @ Cloudland: Mother Soki, Lana Leone, Chutes
• Sept. 10 @ Schooner Tavern: Edie Rae Band and Deadly Cyclamates
• Sept. 11 @ Hook and Ladder: Chroma, Purple Funk Metropolis, & Fuchsia
• Sept. 11 @ Schooner Tavern: Greazy Gravy with Boom Boom Steve V
• Sept. 12 @ Hook and Ladder: MN String Gathering 3.0 with Buffalo Galaxy, Brotherhood of Birds, The Way Back Yard, Michael Gay
• Sept. 12 @ Cloudland: Muun Bato, Sunken Planes, Super Haiku
• Sept. 12 @ Urban Forage Winery: Irish Session Musicians
• Sept. 12 @ Schooner Tavern: Trailer Trash
• Sept. 12 @ St. Peder's Lutheran: Community Concert on the Lawn
• Sept. 14 @ Hook and Ladder: The Holding Line: Will You Remember Debut Release Show with Cassandra, Ditch Pigeon
• Sept. 15 @ Cloudland: Frankie Rose, Stranger Gallery, Darkling | Listen
• Sept. 16 @ Schooner Tavern: The Swamp Poppas
• Sept. 17 @ Merlins Rest: Lochtune
• Sept. 17 @ Hook and Ladder: Dirty P's Thirsty 3rd Thursdays Club
• Sept. 17 @ Schooner Tavern: Mubbla Buggs and Rodents
• Sept. 18 @ Hook and Ladder: Steve Almaas Remembered w/ Members from The Suicide Commandos
• Sept. 18 @ Cloudland: Kiwi Jr, Real Numbers
• Sept. 18 @ Urban Forage Winery: Two Phils and a Bill
• Sept. 18 @ Schooner Tavern: Maurice Jacox & We Still R
• Sept. 19 @ Hook and Ladder: Hipshaker MPLS: Heavy Funk & Rare Soul Dance Party
• Sept. 19 @ Schooner Tavern: Hurricane Harold's All Star Review
• Sept. 20 @ Hook and Ladder: Two Trees Album Release Show: Breanne Marie & The Front Porch Sinners with Dead North, OPNR
• Sept. 21 @ Merlins Rest: Shanty Sing
• Sept. 21 @ Hook and Ladder: Light 'em Up The Bong Show
• Sept. 21 @ Hook and Ladder: Cliff Cash: Early Show
• Sept. 22 @ Hook and Ladder: Cliff Cash: Late Show
• Sept. 23 @ Hook and Ladder: Space Between Jam
• Sept. 23 @ Schooner Tavern: King Kustom & The Cruisers
• Sept. 24 @ Cloudland: Shearling, Straya
• Sept. 24 @ Schooner Tavern: Scott Allen & The List and Tony Ortiz
• Sept. 25 @ Hook and Ladder: Almost Rocktober 2.0: REVO, Clash Minne Rockers, Say In Aint Faux
• Sept. 25 @ Urban Forage Winery: Underneath Oceans
• Sept. 25 @ Schooner Tavern: Bambi Alexandra with the Suicide Horns
• Sept. 26 @ Merlins Rest: Deano and the Dinosaurs
• Sept. 26 @ Hook and Ladder: The Parkinson's Foundation MN Fundraiser with Flamin' Oh's, Annie and the Bang Bang
• Sept. 26 @ Hook and Ladder: Efmi with Dream Of The Wild, The Stretch
• Sept. 26 @ Urban Forage Winery: Irish Session Musicians
• Sept. 26 @ Schooner Tavern: Becky Kapell & The Fat 6
• Sept. 28 @ Cloudland: Simon Joyner & The Ghosts, David Nance, Yuasa-Exide
• Sept. 30 @ Schooner Tavern: BZ3 Organ Trio
• Sundays @ Schooner Tavern: Church of Cornbread
• Sundays @ Schooner Tavern: Schooner Music Jam

Trivia

• Tuesdays @ Arbeiter Brewing: Trivia Mafia
• Tuesdays @ Blue Door: Sporcle
• Wednesdays @ Blue Door: Initials Game
• Wednesdays @ Francis Burger Joint: Trivia
• Wednesdays @ Merlins Rest: Pub Quiz
• Wednesdays @ The Howe: Get a Clu
• Thursdays @ Parkway Pizza: Trivia

Recurring protests

• Wednesdays @ Lake Street Bridge: Vigil to End War
• Fridays @ 36th and Lake: 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. @ Lake Street and 36th Avenue
• Fridays @ 42nd and Hiawatha: 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. @ 42nd Street and Hiawatha Avenue

Etc.

• Sept. 4 @ Minnehaha Park: Minnehaha Falls Park Market
• Sept. 10 @ Arbeiter Brewing: All Square's 10 Year Anniversary Fundraiser
• Sept. 9/16 @ Ebenezer Seventy-Day Adventists: Free Summer Produce Market
• Sept. 12 @ Lake Street and West River Parkway: Walking Tour: Lost Fast Food Joints of Longfellow
• Sept. 12 @ 31st Avenue: Twin Cities Maker Fest
• Sept. 12 @ Midtown Greenway: Greenway Glow Festival
• Sept. 14 @ Arbeiter Brewing: Gear Up for Good: The Lift Garage Fall Fundraiser
• Sep 19-20 @ Audrey Rose Vintage: September Maker + Vintage Market
• Sept. 20 @ Historic Coliseum Building: Inside the Coliseum: The Story of Resdesign Tour
• Sept. 26 @ Allina East Lake Clinic Parking Lot: The Lift Garage Car Show Benefit
• Sept. 26 @ West River Parkway: NAMI Walks (Parkway closed from Minnehaha Park to 36th Street)
• Sept. 27 @ Mother Earth Gardens: Customer Appreciation Day
• Sept. 27 @ Legacy Building: Grand Closing Event
• Wednesdays @ Northerly Flora: Public Flower Market
• Daily @ Longfellow Happy Hours

SPONSORED

A friendly neighborhood tour of art and artists in Longfellow! September 19th and 20th from 10 am - 4pm. Artist information, maps and more details available online. (Artists’ work shown above: Theresa Harsma, Emily McBride, Sarah Weeks, Ruby Sevilla, Tammy SparklePony)

Longfellow Whatever is a proud sponsor of the 2026 LoLa Art Crawl.

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