2022 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
JANUARY
• 7-8 - Breezy Point Ice Fest • 29 - Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza
• 14 - Spring Arts & Crafts Show, Brainerd High School • 14 - Welcome Wannigan, Gull Lake • 14 - Minnesota Walleye/Northern Pike Opener • 30 - Memorial Day Services
FEBRUARY
• 3-5 - Crosslake Winter Fest • 4-6 - Northwoods Pond Hockey Classic, Breezy Point • 5 - Serpent Lake Fishing Contest • 12 - Bobber Bocce on Ice, Pequot Lakes • 18-20 - Nisswa Winter Jubilee • 20 - Nisswa Fire Department Fishing Derby • 25-27 - Gull Lake Frozen Fore & Frozen Flop • 26-27 - Nisswa 100 Snowmobile Race, Gull Lake
MARCH
• Polar Plunge, Breezy Point Resort • 19 - Crosslake St. Patrick’s Day • 19 - Brainerd St. Patrick’s Day Parade • 25-26 - Brainerd Lakes Home Show & Expo, Essentia Health Sports Center
APRIL
• Lakes Area Wedding Expo, Essentia Health Sports Center • Kinship Partners Purses for Partners • 2 - Miss Nisswa Scholarship Pageant • 29-30 - Brainerd Jaycees Run for the Lakes, Nisswa
MAY
• Crosslake Historical Society Log Village opens • 6 - Miss Pequot Lakes Scholarship Pageant
JUNE
• Arts In the Park, Brainerd • Pequot Lakes/Breezy Point Lions Club Cherry Car Show • Whitefish Chain Wood Boat Rendezvous • 1 - Nisswa Turtle Race season opens • 11 - Crosslake-Ideal Lions Fishing tournament • 17-18 - Confidence Learning Center Golf & Fishing Classic • 22-25 - Lakes Jam Music Festival • 25 - Majestic Pines Artisan & Crafters Market, Nisswa
JULY
• Brainerd Ski Loons Show • Brainerd Jaycees Street Festival • Lakes Area Music Festival Gala • 3 - Nisswa Freedom Days Festival & Parade • 3 - Nisswa Firecracker Run • 3-4 - Stars & Stripes Fireworks & Parade, Pequot Lakes • 4 - July 4th Parade & Fireworks, Brainerd • 4 - Celebrate America Fireworks, Crosslake • 4 - July 4th Parade, Crosby • 13-14 - Bean Hole Days, Pequot Lakes
AUGUST
• Dru Sjodin Purple Elephant Run, Pequot Lakes • Crosslake Art Club Show • Heritage Days, Crosby
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• 6 - Chokecherry Festival, Pequot Lakes • 13 - Moonlite Bay Cardboard Boat Races, Crosslake • 12-13 - Nisswa Crazy Days • 18-21 - NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals, Brainerd International Raceway • 22-28 - CRMC Championship Golf • 25-29 - Lakes Bluegrass Festival, Pine River
SEPTEMBER • Nisswa Fire Department Pancake breakfast • Bridges of Hope Run 5k, 10k • 17 - Nisswa Fall Festival & Smokin’ Hot BBQ Challenge • 24 - Crosslake Days
OCTOBER • Fall Arts & Crafts, Brainerd High School • Northland Arboretum Haunted Trail • Ruttger’s Octoberfest, Bay Lake • 1 - Fishing to End Hunger - Gull Lake • 2 - Gull Lake Oktoberfest • 20-22 - Lakes Area Christmas Home Tour
NOVEMBER • Holiday Arts & Crafts, Brainerd High School • Kinship Partners Taste of the Lakes • Sertoma Winter Wonderland begins • 6 - Minnesota Firearms Deer Hunting Opener • 25 - Nisswa City of Lights Festival
DECEMBER • Santa’s Bobbin’ Into Town, Pequot Lakes • Holiday Extravaganza, Madden’s Resort • Holiday at the Dam, Crosslake
