No matter when you decide to visit, you’ll find events happening. We host signature events like the Pequot Lakes Stars & Stripes Days in July. Have you been to the best St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Minnesota?! You’ll find the parade in Crosslake. How about kickin’ your boots up at Lakes Jam—the Lakes Area’s biggest country and rock fest. Other local businesses and communities host festivals, live music, and even fireworks. Make these popular events a family tradition.
WED
August
21
25
Lakes Bluegrass Festival 2019
Lakes Bluegrass Festival is the Upper Midwest's Premiere Bluegrass Festival and receives rave reviews! This is a family-friendly event so bring the kids and come for a day, an evening or camp all weekend.
Located in the beautiful Brainerd Lakes Area in
SUN
August
25
Lakes Area Music Festival – Symphony Orchestra
More information coming soon!!
All concerts are provided free, with donations accepted. No tickets or reservations are required.
Seating is general admission, with doors opening an hour prior to performances (a half hour before pre-concert lectures).
SUN
August
25
Gull Lake Cruises Brunch Cruise
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Welcome to our Brunch on the water. We offer a selection of breakfast items such as fluffy scrambled eggs, chefs choice egg bake, smoked bacon or ham and sausage, homemade french toast and maple syrup, fried potatoes, fresh fruit, fresh Citrus salad. Compl
SUN
August
25
Lakes Area Music Festival – Strauss and Tchaikovsky
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Courtney Lewis, conductor
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Karol Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 2
Itamar Zorman, violin
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Each year we celebrate the end of our season with a spectacular symphonic finale, and
SUN
August
25
End of Season Bash
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Celebrate the end of a fantastic season with our musicians! Head on over to the Roundhouse Brewery after the final concert of the season where beer, Festival friends, and memories of the season are all on tap
SUN
August
25
Bay Lake Environmental Fund Benefit- Trivia Contest
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Trivia Contest – Everybody Welcome!!
Bay Lake Environmental Fund Benefit
Sunday, August 25, 2019. Registration 6:30, Contest Begins at 7:00.
Ruttger’s Bay Lake Lodge, 25039 Tame Fish Lake Rd, Deerwood, MN 56444
Cost: $150.00 per table (up to 8), or $20
MON
August
26
30
The Center Weekly Activities
Monday 26th
7 a.m.-4 p.m. - Exercise Rooms
8 a.m. - Card Recycling
8:30-4 p.m. - Prayer Quilters
9 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Advice from Ann
9:30 a.m. - Mahjong Lessons
MON
August
26
BIR Performance Driving School
Shift from racing fan to a real racecar driver during the BIR Performance Driving School. Our instructors will teach you the fundamentals of high-performance driving and then send you out onto BIR’s road course where you can use your own car or one of the
MON
August
26
Gull Lake Cruises Pirates & Mermaids Cruise
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
We have tons of fun for the family and yer mateys from photos with our fun photo props to eye patches and lost treasure hunt. Join the Captain and crew on a fun filled 2 hour cruise with squid legs (hot dogs) on the grill, a mermaid and sailors favorite al
MON
August
26
Gull Lake Cruises Sightseeing Happy Hour Appetizer Cruise
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join the Captain and crew on our Sightseeing/Appetizer 2 hour cruise. Enjoy interesting and fun narration with local trivia from the captain. Enjoy a light buffet of assorted appetizers while cruising beautiful Gull Lake with all the wonderful lake sounds
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Lakes Bluegrass Festival 2019
Lakes Bluegrass Festival is the Upper Midwest's Premiere Bluegrass Festival and receives rave reviews! This is a family-friendly event so bring the kids and come for a day, an evening or camp all weekend. Located in the beautiful Brainerd Lakes Area in
Lakes Area Music Festival – Symphony Orchestra
More information coming soon!! All concerts are provided free, with donations accepted. No tickets or reservations are required. Seating is general admission, with doors opening an hour prior to performances (a half hour before pre-concert lectures).
Gull Lake Cruises Brunch Cruise
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Welcome to our Brunch on the water. We offer a selection of breakfast items such as fluffy scrambled eggs, chefs choice egg bake, smoked bacon or ham and sausage, homemade french toast and maple syrup, fried potatoes, fresh fruit, fresh Citrus salad. Compl
Lakes Area Music Festival – Strauss and Tchaikovsky
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Courtney Lewis, conductor Richard Strauss: Don Juan Karol Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 2 Itamar Zorman, violin Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Each year we celebrate the end of our season with a spectacular symphonic finale, and
End of Season Bash
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Celebrate the end of a fantastic season with our musicians! Head on over to the Roundhouse Brewery after the final concert of the season where beer, Festival friends, and memories of the season are all on tap
Bay Lake Environmental Fund Benefit- Trivia Contest
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Trivia Contest – Everybody Welcome!! Bay Lake Environmental Fund Benefit Sunday, August 25, 2019. Registration 6:30, Contest Begins at 7:00. Ruttger’s Bay Lake Lodge, 25039 Tame Fish Lake Rd, Deerwood, MN 56444 Cost: $150.00 per table (up to 8), or $20
The Center Weekly Activities
Monday 26th 7 a.m.-4 p.m. - Exercise Rooms 8 a.m. - Card Recycling 8:30-4 p.m. - Prayer Quilters 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Advice from Ann 9:30 a.m. - Mahjong Lessons
BIR Performance Driving School
Shift from racing fan to a real racecar driver during the BIR Performance Driving School. Our instructors will teach you the fundamentals of high-performance driving and then send you out onto BIR’s road course where you can use your own car or one of the
Gull Lake Cruises Pirates & Mermaids Cruise
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
We have tons of fun for the family and yer mateys from photos with our fun photo props to eye patches and lost treasure hunt. Join the Captain and crew on a fun filled 2 hour cruise with squid legs (hot dogs) on the grill, a mermaid and sailors favorite al
Gull Lake Cruises Sightseeing Happy Hour Appetizer Cruise
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join the Captain and crew on our Sightseeing/Appetizer 2 hour cruise. Enjoy interesting and fun narration with local trivia from the captain. Enjoy a light buffet of assorted appetizers while cruising beautiful Gull Lake with all the wonderful lake sounds