Downtown Thursday’s

Thursday’s are the day to be downtown this Summer! Grab your co-workers and head outside during lunch from 11:30 – 1:30 each Thursday. Grab some food from the food trucks and enjoy weekly themed events all Summer long!

Themed activities take place each week from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. along with food, music, giveaways, promotions from local restaurants and businesses, and more on Nicollet, plus downtown parking promotion, free co-working space availability, Nicollet pedestrian experience, and more. Click here: https://www.mplsdowntown.com/guides_activities/summer/ for a full list of 24 Downtown Thursdays promotions, including:

• Food: Come Pho Soup, Dairy Queen, EaTo, Four Seasons Hotel Minneapolis, Hell’s Kitchen, Jolliet House, Lutunji’s Palate Bakery & Café, Sawatdee Thai Restaurant, The Burger Place

• Beverages: Brit’s Pub, Fulton Brewing, Modist Brewing Co., O’Donovan’s Irish Pub, On the Rox

• Work/Parking: Life Time Work, Expansive Workspace, 910 LaSalle Ramp

• Retail: B’YOUtique, Bonobos, ChiroWay Chiropractic, FedEx, Hotel Indigo, Lontis Spa and Salon, Tropictrends

Enjoy these themes taking place:
– Garden Bash
– Game Day
– Roller Disco
– Carnival
– Rock Music Appreciation
– Pride Day

June 8: “Garden Bash” | Gardens bring people joy and this day will bring the garden to Nicollet. Grab your lunch from one of the food trucks and have a seat at our giant table in the pop-up garden setting.

June 15: “Game Day” | Downtown is fortunate to be the host to four professional sports teams and welcomes hundreds of various sports throughout the year. Join us on Nicollet for a day celebrating sports of all kinds!

June 22: “Pride Day” | Shake it off and show your pride on Nicollet with all the other Swifties as we celebrate Pride downtown.

June 29: “Roller Disco” | Roll on down to Nicollet for some vintage vibes and skating on Nicollet.

July 6: “Garden Bash” | Gardens bring people joy and this day will bring the garden to Nicollet. Grab your lunch from one of the food trucks and have a seat at our giant table in the pop-up garden setting.

July 13: “Game Day” | Let’s get active and hear about all the ways you can MOVE downtown.

July 20: “Aquatennial Bey Day” | It’s the best days of summer because its Aquatennial and Beyonce is coming to Minneapolis! Celebrate with free lemonade and fall Crazy in Love with Downtown Thursdays.

July 27: “Roller Disco” | Roll on down to Nicollet for some vintage vibes and skating on Nicollet.

August 3: “Garden Bash” | Gardens bring people joy and this day will bring the garden to Nicollet. Grab your lunch from one of the food trucks and have a seat at our giant table in the pop-up garden setting.

August 10: “Carnival” | Just give us a reason to celebrate all things PiNK with a Carnival on Nicollet.

August 17: “Rock Music Appreciation” | Break out your best emo band t-shirt and join us on Nicollet for a day of throwback music and a celebration of hairbands.

August 24: “Game Day” | Downtown is fortunate to be the host to four professional sports teams and welcomes hundreds of various sports throughout the year. Join us on Nicollet for a day celebrating sports of all kinds!

August 31: “Roller Disco” | Roll on down to Nicollet for some vintage vibes and skating on Nicollet.

September 7: “Fall Fest” | It’s the best time of the year to get outside and celebrate all that is fall with hot coco, fall recipes and the days to get outside.

September 14: “Fall Fest” | It’s the best time of the year to get outside and celebrate all that is fall with hot coco, fall recipes and the days to get outside.

September 21: “Fall Fest” | It’s the best time of the year to get outside and celebrate all that is fall with hot coco, fall recipes and the days to get outside.

September 28: “Fall Fest” | It’s the best time of the year to get outside and celebrate all that is fall with hot coco, fall recipes and the days to get outside.