Just got back home from the Christmas in Color experience!…read more Loved getting in the Christmas Spirit with fun holiday music and a beautiful drive through lights display! We went at 8 so we were one of a few cars going through so we could take our time. The whole experience took about 20 minutes. Some of the lights were out but most were on and wow it was bright! I went with another adult but I think children would really enjoy this experience. At $40 a car, you need to really fill the seats to make it worth it since I felt it was a little short. Overall a fun experience!

We went here before at the high of the pandemic. It's a great event for that! Pile everyone in your…read morebubble in your van or suv and it's great. It was a brand new event. Quick but fun event only took 15 min to get through. I think this is magical activity for young children who can't brave the cold or can't do long activities. A hot cocoa run beforehand is a great choice. This time a couple years later it was fun but there some signs, stings of lights and screens out of commission. Being days after Thanksgiving you would think it would be in pristine condition. The price was kinda steep. $40 is a lot when I could have gone to the movies and got 2+ hours of entertainment plus popcorn and pop for two. So I suggest packing the car full!!

wish I could give it zero stars. We had 6 people and spend over $200 with a ticket time of 7:40 pm…read more We waited in line for over three hours, not getting on the hayride until 11 pm. A few of the scenes were empty and there was almost no one in the field at the end. So we did not even get the full experience they advertised. While waiting in line for over three hours the owner kept coming over the intercom asking us to spend 27 more dollars on an already 40 dollar ticket per person to skip the line. Near the end of the line there was an actor in a gas mask who repeatedly touched multiple members of my family on the face. He touched them over and over even after asking him to stop and tring to move away from him. He said that we signed a waiver and he can touch us if he wants. That if we want to cry about it we are welcome to leave. This was an absolute disappointment of an evening with zero professionalism or accountability. Total crash grab. I would highly recommend not giving your money this this company.wish I could give it zero stars. We had 6 people and spend over $200 with a ticket time of 7:40 pm. We waited in line for over three hours, not getting on the hayride until 11 pm. A few of the scenes were empty and there was almost no one in the field at the end. So we did not even get the full experience they advertised. While waiting in line for over three hours the owner kept coming over the intercom asking us to spend 27 more dollars on an already 40 dollar ticket per person to skip the line. Near the end of the line there was an actor in a gas mask who repeatedly touched multiple members of my family on the face. He touched them over and over even after asking him to stop and tring to move away from him. He said that we signed a waiver and he can touch us if he wants. That if we want to cry about it we are welcome to leave. This was an absolute disappointment of an evening with zero professionalism or accountability. Total crash grab. I would highly recommend not giving your money this this company.

This is not our first time at Screamtown but it is our first time doing the newer attraction that…read morethey call the Abandoned Hayride. It is a separate attraction to Screamtown. You need tickets for both if you want to see both. Tickets have been selling out. They seemed to be pretty organized with the new attraction. You side sideways on a hay wagon that is set up like stadium seating. Only 1 side is open for you to pull up to a scene and watch the show at each stop. They had stories, props and characters that were different all along the way. We all enjoyed our time here.

I was here last night and it was decent. A little smaller than others I've been to but it seemed…read morelike everyone was having a good time. I would say the highlight would be when I bought my plastic "das boot" and was drinking out of that for the rest of the night. I will also say the band they had playing while I was there was a great polka band and really added quite a bit to the whole experience.

If the quality of films that will be shown throughout the weekend are anything like Don McKay (I…read moremight be wrong on the spelling, but that was never my strong point), then all us lucky Yelpers who received weekend-long passes are in for a treat. I was impressed with the film, but more importantly, I am uber-impressed with what this stand up group of guys have been pulling off for what is now the 4th year. How had I never heard of this festival until this year? I'm excited to see a few more films this weekend, and they really couldn't have chosen a better venue. Suburban World is a pretty cool place. How couldn't you love a theater that has a bar right smack dab in the middle of the theatrical action?! And the architecture...pretty damn fab. Solstice Film Festival is exactly the type of annual event that makes the Twin Cities an undiscovered gem. If only the coast cities knew...on second thought, maybe it's better they don't.

My father and I attended the first and second day of this festival and thoroughly enjoyed it. We…read morewere given free passes for the weekend through Yelp and look forward to coming to this if they hold it a second year. The first film we saw was Don McKay, which I found to be one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. They had a great cast, the acting was perfect and the plot left you hanging on the edge of your seat. The second film was Dawning, which I didn't find to be as good but it was still decent and worth the trip over to Uptown. It's a bit like Blair Witch, but much better. I suggest people go to the last day of the festival or come next year.

What a fantastic atmosphere to experience! I was lucky enough to be able to make it out to Crashed…read moreIce this past Saturday for the first time and what a hoot it was! The view of the Cathedral and Crashed Ice track is absolutely breath taking when you're walking up to the event. I had to stop and take a couple of pictures because it was just too beautiful not to do so. I'm so happy I was able to watch Cameron Naasz take the World Championship title for Team USA for the first time in Crashed Ice history. The energy was electrifying, and although I had never watched this sport in person before, I got so fired up. The two downsides were parking and the protestors standing right outside of the event. We were luckily able to find parking not too far away from the Cathedral, but there were people who had to pay upwards of $15 just to park in a lot or ramp. The roads were packed and the crowds from Crashed Ice didn't help the traffic. The protestors turned a lot of people off and sparked several arguments to start up. Despite the negatives, I do believe Crashed Ice was an event worth attending. Everyone was amped up and I couldn't help but feel the team spirit after the big win. The warm weather contributed to an even larger crowd this year, and I loved it. I didn't even have to wear a coat! In addition to that, we got free Red Bull and Beef/Turkey jerkey after the race (they only gave it out before and after the race...NOT during). What could be better than that?

Red Bull Crashed Ice is the most worthless, useless, irritating event to grace the Cathedral steps…read more I am originally from St. Louis and New Orleans, and moved here about a year and a half ago. Living in the shadow of the Cathedral has been wonderful, and the view of the city assures me that this is the best place to live in the Twin Cities. But the event is a complete waste of time and space. The construction is one thing, but to take away parking from residents without providing an alternative is another. Parking becomes an issue for two weeks, and for what? So we can all gasp at a bunch of hockey players racing down a track while paying $10 for mediocre (at best) fried foods and no outside drinking? And why can't you drink outside? How uncivilised. The fact that nobody is drinking while watching this event makes me even more dumbfounded as to why anyone attends and sticks around. St. Paul is a great city, full of wonderful events and great people. But this event is a stain on the city.

A great place to buy arcade and pinball machines. I would have given higher stars except they have…read morea minimum purchase for parts.

We rented a pinball, Foosball, and Air Hockey for a few of the activities at our daughter's Bat…read moreMitzvah celebration. Lieberman brought in the games, and set them up at the venue ahead of time, and came out after to roll them out. It was an easy, carefree element that added a relaxed comfortable area for the kids to hang out and stay engaged.

If you're a true beer geek (and I am) the dabbler is an event not to be missed. On the flip side of…read morethat coin - if you're looking to expand your beer repertoire and try some new brews, the dabbler is the perfect opportunity. After attending the winter dabbler this past year, I knew I couldn't miss the summer dabbler. The local and craft beer scene is booming, and the dabbler showcases just that. We got some great weather this year even though it was a little on the hot side. No worries, there are plenty of beers available to keep cool and the beer booths were under huge tents for shade. The food trucks were a welcome addition, and cranked out a ton of tasty creations for the beer drinkers. My buddy and I actually bumped into actor Josh Hartnett at the Hola Arepa food truck, which we thought was kind of cool. My experience with the dabblers is that you can make them as low key or adventurous as you desire. If you want to simply mosey around and try beers, that's totally cool. Or you can follow the dabbler guide they'll give you upon entry and check off every beer on the tasting list while registering your notes and votes. If you really want to dive in, spend some time talking with those that pour your beers since they generally have quite the appreciation for their product. You can also try the single barrel brew available from the brewery that wins the previous dabblers first place - known as the prestigious "lord dabblers cup ", this is voted on by the festival-goers. Your beers are always served in your very own souvenir two ounce tasting glass, so don't worry about having to stumble home in a beer-buzzed haze. You can take it easy and still enjoy a remarkable assortment of beers. Overall there's a lot to love about the summer beer dabbler/highland fest! Cool scene, tons of craft brews, and everyone is customarily easygoing. The live music and food trucks certainly round out the experience. You can trust me as your Cicerone of all things beer related when I tell you that the Dabbler is definitely a great time. I'll see you there.

I've been to a few events put on by Beer Dabbler and to this event two of the three years it has…read morebeen running - it seems like they've figured out most of the formula for running a successful tasting event: - Staggered entrance times with plenty of volunteers guiding the masses. - Large beer selection (though only a few diamonds in the rough and mostly many of the usual suspects from liquor stores with decent selections and/or other tasting events). - Homebrew competition. - Live music during the entire event. - Food trucks (Chef Shack, Magic Bus, Fork in the Road and Cupcake were all in attendance for 2011's event). - A better showing of brewery and distributor reps that are knowledgeable of their wares. - The grounds at Highland Fest were large and accommodating considering the number of attendees. Other than the grounds being pretty muddy from unseasonable rain the night before and a lack of what I would call an awe-inspiring beer selection, this is definitely one of the better beer tasting events in the Cities for the price.

Burger battle was such a filling experience literally and figuratively. 3 hours of all can you eat…read moreburgers and drinking beer. This year I went. It was rainy and having an umbrella was more of a burden than useful as you need all the hands to hold your burger and beer. Having a ponchos was the smartest choice we made that day. TIP - Come early! After a while some places run out of food if they are not out of food the lines become a 20 - 30 minute wait. Instead of a under 5 minute wait. If you have friends, divide and conquer and you will be able to try every single burger. So the food, yes. The burgers were great overall! If you love bacon, you will love this place as many of these places had bacon on their burger. Which is personally not ideal for me as I do not eat bacon. Crazy I know right!?!?! But there are many burgers that do not have bacon. Overall the burgers and beers are great. This event is fun and worth it, to do it once in your life.

I absolutely love the idea of this event, and only wish it had slightly better execution. The deal…read moreis that you pay $55 for a ticket and get unlimited burgers and beer for three hours. It's a bit on the expensive side, but hey, all the proceeds go to charity. This year featured 25 local restaurants serving 2500 attendees. Some quick math with probably have you asking, "Wait, does that mean that 100 people are waiting for burgers from each restaurant at any given time?" Herein lies the problem. Allow me to set the scene. I attended the event with my fiance. Both of us were keenly aware of our meat consumption limitations going into this, so we came armed with a plan. Most of the burgers that are served here are sliders, with the rest being full-sized burgers that are cut into halves or quarters. Our plan was to only get one burger at each tent, which we'd then split, thereby allowing us to sample all 25 burgers without puking halfway through. We made sure to arrive early before the gates had opened, and there was already a long line to get in. Still, we were probably among the first couple hundred of people to enter, and we quickly grabbed our first pair of burgers from two adjacent tents. We each ate half, then traded burgers. Things were off to a good start. What we didn't realize was that while we were busy savoring those first few bites, the rest of the 2500 attendees had arrived, and each tent suddenly grew a very long line. We got into separate lines, following our agreed upon divide and conquer strategy, and about 15 minutes later had another pair of burgers to sample. Sadly, the wait times only increased from there. We decided that waiting in line for the super popular places (Red Cow, 5-8) just wasn't worth it, and instead got into some of the (comparably) shorter lines for the less well-known restaurants. This proved to be a pretty good strategy. We tasted some really good burgers, and some pretty disappointing ones. Now, the event touted itself as having unlimited beer in addition to unlimited burgers. We each managed to snag a beer right at the beginning, before the line got out of control. For the rest of the time, the beer line was consistently about four times long than any of the individual burger lines. This just didn't seem worth it to us, so we resorted to just getting bottled water, which had no line for the entire duration. This thing was supposed to last for three hours, which is how we were timing our burgers, but in actuality most of the tents ran out of something about two hours in and started packing up. I think the two hour mark was when the official judging started, so after that they didn't really have an incentive to keep handing out burgers. In the end, we ended up trying 13 different burgers, and truth be told we were super full at around the 9 burger mark, but thought we should at least pass the halfway point. This didn't end up being as fun as I would have expected, but after interviewing some fellow burger aficionados, we realized that we just didn't have the right battle plan going in. Here is the winning strategy, which we may yet implement in future years: 1. Come with a large group of friends. Eight people seems to be the ideal number. 2. As soon as you arrive, split up and have six people get in line at different tents, while the two remaining people get in the beer line (this ratio can of course be altered depending on if your group wants more burgers on more beer). 3. Each person in line at a burger tent takes two burgers when they reach the front. Each person in the beer line grabs as many beers as they can carry. 4. Meet up a one of the picnic tables. Cut each burger into fourths, and split the beer as you see fit. Everyone eats their six burger pieces, and has some beer. 5. Send your party out once more, this time to a new set of tents. 6. Repeat until everyone is full of burger and beer goodness. We actually encountered a couple of groups that were using this or a similar strategy. The general consensus seemed to be that this was a good way to taste all 25 burgers without feeling sick afterwards.