International Day of Music
Saturday July 16 | Noon to Midnight
A free, 12-hour music celebration featuring music, dance and activities for all ages.
To mark the opening of our summer season, we're offering free performances by 20 different artists on four stages in and around Orchestra Hall, including an outdoor evening concert by the full Minnesota Orchestra on Peavey Plaza that will culminate in a spectacular pealing of church bells across downtown Minneapolis.
Join us to enjoy food, beverages, free music and summer in the city.
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Performance Schedule by Stage
12-2pm
Dance showcase
Phoenix Chinese Dance
Jang-miArts
Angklung Music Ensemble
2:30-3:15pm
Twin Cities Bronze
3:45-4:30pm
Bells of the Lakes
5:15-6pm
VocalEssence Singers of This Age
6:15-7pm
Border CrosSing
10:30-11:30pm
Salsa del Sol
1-2:30pm
Dance Battle preliminary round
3-4pm
Dance Battle Finals
4:30-5:15pm
KPop Cover Crew Showcase
6-7pm
Duniya Drum and Dance
8:30-9:30pm
Minnesota Orchestra Free Concert
12:00-12:45pm
Children’s Theatre Company Summer Story Program
1:00-1:45pm
Minnesota Orchestra chamber music
2:00-2:45pm
Minnesota Orchestra chamber music
3:00-3:45pm
Minnesota Orchestra chamber music
4:00-5:00pm
Screening of “Music for Mandela” documentary
5:00-5:45pm
Jennifer Grimm sings Judy Garland
6:00-6:45pm
Luke Turner, piano/vocals
9:30-10:30pm
29:11 International Exchange
12:30-1:15pm
Tufawon
2:00-2:45pm
Alicia Thao
3:30-4:15pm
Siama's Congo Roots
5:00-5:45pm
Fanaka Nation
6:30-7:45pm
Lady Midnight
8:30PM Full Orchestra Concert Outdoors
In partnership with City of Bells, this full Minnesota Orchestra concert features the bells from five downtown Minneapolis churches. A special occasion you'll want to see and hear!
Become a Volunteer!
Come closer to music in Minneapolis by volunteering at International Day of Music. You're needed.
Sounds + Bites
Free Entertainment. $5 Happy Hours. Delicious Dining Options. Come relax beside the Peavey Plaza reflecting pool while enjoying food, drinks and free music events running all summer long.
Programming Partners
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Summer at Orchestra Hall
Led by Creative Partner Jon Kimura Parker, we’ve curated four weeks of music that illuminate Beethoven’s musical universe and explore his influences and the composers he influenced in return. It’s a celebration of unexpected pairings, old traditions with a modern twist, and thrilling juxtapositions that demonstrate this epic composer’s far-reaching impact.
Sounds + Bites
Come early and stay late for Sounds + Bites: special food experiences and free entertainment by outstanding local performers on the magnificent Peavey Plaza. Enjoy a cocktail beside the reflecting pool during our $5 Happy Hour while you listen.