EVENTS OCTOBER 1 - NOVEMBER 19, 2023 SCAN FOR EVENTS
Grand Marais
CALENDAR OF EVENTS THROUGH OCTOBER 1
Art Along the Lake: Fall Studio Tour
THROUGH OCTOBER 15 Exhibit: Plein Air Grand Marais
Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery, Grand Marais Wed.-Sun., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1
Lumberjack Bash! Historic Cook County’s Heritage Gathering
Moguls Grille & Tap Room Lutsen, 10 a.m.-noon
Live Music
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
The Moose is Loose in Grand Marais during the annual Moose Madness Family Festival, the ultimate familyfocused celebration of all things moose. Enjoy the outdoors and learn a few facts about our celebrated mascot along the way with activities, scavenger hunts, quizzes and more. VisitCookCounty.com/Moose-Madness
Trivia Night
Grand Portage National Monument
Weekend Wine Down: Caitlin Nicol-Thomas
OCTOBER 20-21
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 7-9 p.m.
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 7-9 p.m.
Jazz Brunch with Briand Morrison
FAMILY FESTIVAL
Date Night at the Winery WIth Gordon Thorne
THROUGH OCTOBER 31
Exhibit: Now that Summer has Ended
MOOSE MADNESS
Farmers Market
Cook County Community Center Grand Marais, 4:30-6 p.m.
Timmy Haus
Cook County Community Center Grand Marais, 6-8 p.m.
Moguls Grille & Tap Room Lutsen, 7:30-9 p.m.
Live Music
Bluefin Grille & Tap Room Tofte, 8-10 p.m.
Moguls Grille & Tap Room Lutsen, 5-7 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7
Open Stage
Voyageur Brewing Co. Grand Marais, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 5 p.m.
OCTOBER 2-9 Hide Week
North House Folk School Grand Marais
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3
Watercolor Class with Janet Moore Cascade Lodge Lutsen, 4-6 p.m.
Eric Frost
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Rooftop Yoga
The Gunflint Scramble Bike Race Bearskin Lodge & Wilderness Outfitters Gunflint Trail, 10 a.m.
Cook County Market
The Hub/Senior Center Parking Lot Grand Marais, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Author Meet & Greet: Jean E. Pendziwol
Drury Lane Books Grand Marais, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Harbor History Walking Tour
WEDNESDAY, OCOBER 4
Cook County History Museum Grand Marais, 1-2 p.m.
Moguls Grille & Tap Room Lutsen, 4-6 p.m.
Layne Kennedy: Storytelling with Photographs
Jim Miller
Live Music
Bluefin Grille, Tofte, 8-10 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5 Thursday Art Night
Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center Gunflint Trail, 2-3 p.m.
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Joy & Co. Grand Marais, 4-6 p.m.
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A Live Superior Reads Event: Lin Salisbury and Carol Dunbar — A Winter’s Rime
Drury Lane Books Grand Marais, 5:45-7:30 p.m.
Sky Blue Jazz
Cascade Lodge Restaurant & Pub Lutsen, 6-8 p.m.
Live Music
Bluefin Grille, Tofte, 8-10 p.m.
The Hub/Senior Center Parking Lot Grand Marais, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
OCTOBER 20-21
Cook County Market
Open Crafting
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8
Cook County History Museum Grand Marais, 1-2 p.m.
Moguls Grille & Tap Room Lutsen, 10 a.m.-noon
Weekend Wine Down: Boyd ‘Bump’ Blomberg
Harbor History Walking Tour
Jeremy Norton – Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response Drury Lane Books Grand Marais, 5:45-7:30 p.m.
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15
Timmy Haus
Moguls Grille & Tap Room Lutsen, 10 a.m.-noon
Moguls Grille & Tap Room Lutsen, 5-7 p.m.
Open Stage
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 5 p.m.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9 Gentle Kripalu Yoga
Two Birds Healing Arts Center Grand Marais, 7-8 p.m.
Live Music
Bluefin Grille & Tap Room Tofte, 8-10 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10
Watercolor Class with Janet Moore Cascade Lodge Lutsen, 4-6 p.m.
Eric Frost
Jazz Brunch with Briand Morrison
Weekend Wine Down: Boyd ‘Bump’ Blomberg
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 Thursday Art Night
Joy & Co., Grand Marais, 4-6 p.m.
Farmers Market
Open Stage
Culture Crawl
Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery Grand Marais, 5-7 p.m.
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Drury Lane Books Grand Marais, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Live Music
Bluefin Grille, Tofte, 8-10 p.m.
Buffalo Galaxy
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 9 p.m.-midnight
Oktoberfest Game Feed & Craft Beer Festival
Gunflint Lodge & Outfitters Gunflint Trail, 6-8 p.m.
The Evening Stars
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 9 p.m.-midnight
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29 Open Stage
Cook County Market
Open Crafting
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30
Two Birds Healing Arts Center Grand Marais, 7-8 p.m
Dappled Fern Fibers Grand Marais, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31
MONDAY, OCTOBER 16
Author Meet & Greet: Polly Carlson Voiles and Consie Powell
Cascade Lodge, Lutsen, 4-6 p.m.
Gentle Kripalu Yoga
Two Birds Healing Arts Center Grand Marais, 7-8 p.m.
Live Music
Bluefin Grille, Tofte, 8-10 p.m.
Watercolor Class with Janet Moore Eric Frost
Harbor History Walking Tour
NOVEMBER 1-4
Cook County History Museum Grand Marais, 1-2 p.m.
Christian Dalbec Photographer Presentation Sivertson Gallery Grand Marais, 1-3 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 5 p.m.
Bluefin Grille, Tofte, 8-10 p.m.
OCTOBER 19-22
Family Weekend North House Folk School
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 Joy & Co., Grand Marais, 4-6 p.m.
Farmers Market
Cook County Community Center Grand Marais, 4:30-6 p.m.
SonofMel
Cascade Lodge Restaurant & Pub Lutsen, 6-8 p.m.
Eric Frost
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22
Live Music
Watercolor Class with Janet Moore
Drury Lane Books Grand Marais, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Thursday Art Night
Monthly Glass Spinner Class
Author Meet & Greet: Molly Beth Griffin and Meleck Davis
Bump Blomberg
Cascade Lodge Restaurant & Pub Lutsen, 6-8 p.m.
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 5 p.m.
Date Night at the Winery With Gordon Thorne
Joy & Co. Grand Marais, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20
Harbor History Walking Tour
Cook County History Museum Grand Marais, 1-2 p.m.
Gentle Kripalu Yoga
Grand Marais
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13
Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery Grand Marais, Wednesday Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Dappled Fern Fibers Grand Marais, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
The Hub/Senior Center Parking Lot Grand Marais, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Moguls Grille & Tap Room Lutsen, 5-7 p.m.
Cook County Community Center Grand Marais, 4:30-6 p.m.
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 7-9 p.m.
Exhibit: Cam Zebrun
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28
Open Crafting
Timmy Haus
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11
Bluefin Grille, Tofte, 8-10 p.m.
OCTOBER 20 NOVEMBER 12
Trivia Night
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 6-8 p.m.
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 5 p.m.
Cascade Lodge, Lutsen, 4-6 p.m.
Live Music
Grand Marais
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 7-9 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17
Moguls Grille & Tap Room Lutsen, 4-6 p.m.
Moose Madness Family Festival
Date Night at the Winery With Gordon Thorne
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Jim McGowan
North Shore Swing Band
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 7-9 p.m.
Dappled Fern Fibers Grand Marais, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Jazz Brunch with Briand Morrison
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 7-9 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14
DJ Birthday Gurl!
Moguls Grille & Tap Room Lutsen 7-10 p.m.
Date Night at the Winery With Gordon Thorne
Open Stage
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23 Gentle Kripalu Yoga
Two Birds Healing Arts Center Grand Marais, 7-8 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24
North Shore Readers & Writers Festival
GMAC’s Studio 21, Grand Marais
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Thursday Art Night
Joy & Co., Grand Marais, 4-6 p.m.
Date Night at the Winery With Gordon Thorne North Shore Winery Lutsen, 7-9 p.m.
Trivia Night
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 7-9 p.m.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Open Crafting
Watercolor Class with Janet Moore
Dappled Fern Fibers Grand Marais, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Eric Frost
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Cascade Lodge, Lutsen, 4-6 p.m.
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26
Open Stage
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 5 p.m.
Thursday Art Night
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Joe Paulik
Two Birds Healing Arts Center Grand Marais, 7-8 p.m
Joy & Co., Grand Marais, 4-6 p.m.
Cascade Lodge Restaurant & Pub Lutsen, 6-8 p.m.
Gentle Kripalu Yoga
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Cascade Lodge, Lutsen, 4-6 p.m.
Dappled Fern Fibers Grand Marais, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Watercolor Class with Janet Moore Eric Frost
Open Crafting
Pop-Up Art Sale
Eric Frost
NOVEMBER 17 DECEMBER 10
NOVEMBER 16-19
Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery Grand Marais, Wednesday Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Exhibit: Zimmerman, Swanson
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
The Hub, Grand Marais
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12
North House Folk School Grand Marais
SATURDAY,NOVEMBER 18
Joy & Co., Grand Marais, 4-6 p.m.
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 5 p.m.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16
Dappled Fern Fibers Grand Marais, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Joy & Co., Grand Marais, 4-6 p.m.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19
Thursday Art Night
Date Night at the Winery With Gordon Thorne North Shore Winery Lutsen, 7-9 p.m.
NOVEMBER 10-11
Murder Mystery on the North Shore
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Monthly Glass Spinner Class
Open Stage
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Gentle Kripalu Yoga
Two Birds Healing Arts Center Grand Marais, 7-8 p.m
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Watercolor Class with Janet Moore Cascade Lodge, Lutsen, 4-6 p.m.
Winterers’ Gathering Arctic Film Festival
Thursday Art Night
Date Night at the Winery With Gordon Thorne
Open Crafting
Open Stage
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 5 p.m.
North Shore Winery Lutsen, 7-9 p.m.
North Shore Swing Band
Up Yonder on 61 Grand Marais, 7-9 p.m.
Joy & Co. Grand Marais, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
The North Shore Readers and Writers Festival is a biennial event that locates, celebrates, and fosters the literary arts and engagement with the written word. Join us for classes, panel discussions, special events and author readings.
Grand Marais
NORTH HOUSE FOLK SCHOOL
NOVEMBER 10 -11
HIDE WEEK, OCTOBER 2-9 FAMILY WEEKEND, OCTOBER 19-22 WINTERERS’ GATHERING, NOVEMBER 16-19
Join us in Cook County for our second annual Murder Mystery on the North Shore weekend that will include themed murder mystery dinners, performances and more. VisitCookCounty.com/Events
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The Gunflint Scramble! is a 20-mile mountain bike race held at Bearskin Lodge on Minnesota’s Gunflint Trail. The course offers a mix of Nordic ski trails, snowmobile trails, forest roads and some single track. Set amongst beautiful wilderness scenery and challenging climbs, the Gunflint Scramble! is truly a unique event.
UPCOMING HOLIDAY EVENTS
OH OLE NIGHT, NOVEMBER 24 POP-UP ART SALE, NOVEMBER 25 NORTHWOODS FIBER GUILD HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE AND SALE, DECEMBER2 POTS FOR PRESENTS SALE, DECEMBER 2
DECEMBER 1 -2
DARK SKY FESTIVAL DECEMBER 7 - 9 Leave the frenzy for the quiet woods and captivating harbor, and cozy up with your favorite people as it gets dark and the magic begins. Get lost and find your heartbeat in your favorite small town.
EXPERIENCE
ALPINE SLIDE
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SUMMIT EXPRESS GONDOLA
COOK COUNTY EVERY DAY, ANY DAY
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