The Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra (GGFSO) and the Grand Forks Children's Museum are proud to present The Carnival of the Animals, Friday, October 30th at 6:00 p.m. at the East Grand Forks Senior High Performing Arts Center.  This event will feature Camille Saint-Saëns' beloved work, complete with connecting narration and sensory-friendly activities to help children of all ages engage with and enjoy the concert alongside the rest of their families! Advance tickets are on sale now at

https://www.ggfso.org/event-details/the-carnival-of-the-animals.

Catch Jack Bryan live at the Sin Bin! Enjoy a great night of live music, cold drinks, and good times with friends. Come hang out, kick back, and enjoy some great tunes!

Joe Eddie is a six-string slinger from the north plains Red River
Valley, always busy writing, recording, and performing his melodic,
guitar-laden, hand-crafted songs. A true grassroots troubadour — a
ramblin', gamblin' tumbleweed street flower — Joe has written over 500
songs and multiple books of poetry, while carrying a mental jukebox of
more than 1,000 covers. From fingerpicking sing-alongs to soul-stirring
ballads, from heartache blues to rock 'n roll that shakes the rafters,
Joe Eddie delivers on the promise of a story, one song at a time.

The Music Box seats just 70 — no bad seats, no noise to compete with.
This room nearly sold out last April, so early reservations are
encouraged.

VIP tickets include: early seating, pre-show access, a signed keepsake,
and meet & greet.

The Autumn Art Auction is the region’s premier live art auction. Over fifty works of art by artists from across the region and the globe are auctioned off by professional auctioneer, David Gorder. Each year, the auction exhibition brings together many artists that have exhibited at the Museum over the years, along with artists brand new to the Museum and Auction. In 1998, the Museum inaugurated the Autumn Art Auction in order to develop a market for artists from the region and to fund Museum programs. The Auction remains one of the largest fundraisers for programs such as Summer Art Camp, Family Day, exhibitions, concerts, and much more. All proceeds are split between the artists and the Museum unless the artist chooses to donate the entire sale to the Museum.

Mark your calendars for October 24th 5pm-8pm for Arts for Vets Costume Party Contest! Ages 21 and over. Enjoy adult beverages by Olive Ann, snacks, live music and art! Wow us with your costume and you'll have a chance to win prizes from local businesses! $25 admission at the door. Contact Mandy Smestad with any questions. 701-317-6711 or artforvets.staff@gmail.com

Join us at the Diamond Lounge on Thursday, October 22, at 8 PM for live music with Jack Bryan! Enjoy a great night of music, cold drinks, and good company. Grab your friends and come out for a fun night!

Keep the Friday night fun going! Join us at Southgate after the hockey game for live music with Jack Bryan!

Grab your friends, head over after the final buzzer, and enjoy a great night of music, drinks, and good company!

Pianist Sarah Cahill has been described as “a brilliant and charismatic advocate for modern and contemporary composers” (Time Out New York). She was named a 2018 Champion of New Music, awarded by the American Composers Forum (ACF). Sarah has commissioned and premiered over seventy compositions for solo piano. Composers who have dedicated works to Cahill include John Adams, Terry Riley, Frederic Rzewski, Pauline Oliveros, Julia Wolfe, Roscoe Mitchell, Annea Lockwood, and Ingram Marshall. Keyboard Magazine writes, “Through her inspired interpretation of works across the 20th and 21st centuries, Cahill has been instrumental in bringing to life the music of many of our greatest living composers.”

“A sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde.” — The New York Times

“A brilliant and charismatic advocate for modern and contemporary composers.” — Time Out New York

“Pianist Sarah Cahill commands a near godlike status among fans of contemporary classical music.” — NPR Music

“As tenacious and committed an advocate as any composer could dream of…” — San Francisco Chronicle

“A leading light of the new-music piano scene…” — The New York Times

A benefit concert for the Empire Arts Center

Saturday, October 10

Event Timeline:

• 5:00pm – Doors open

  6:00pm – 7:30pm – Turtle Stacks

  7:30pm – 8:00pm – Intermission

  8:00pm – 10:00pm – The Quarterly

• What can you expect?

• Music by The Quarterly and Turtle Stacks

• A cash bar, serving your favorite drinks

• Food available for purchase

• Snacks and soft drinks for purchase at the concession stand

• A night full of community, celebration, and fundraising to ensure the Empire can continue to provide arts and culture for another 25 years!

North Country Fiddle and Dance

Community Folk Dance

Saturday, October 10th, 3:00 to 5:30 pm

with Peggy and Dean Ellingson , of Bemidji, together with the O'Neil Family Band, EGF

Bernies Restaurant, 121 DeMers Ave, EGF

Reels, squares, circle mixers, contras and more...

All are welcome, all ages; families, couples, singles 

Donations at the door

On October 8, the East Grand Forks Campbell library will host Verse Junction: An Evening of Poetry and Music beginning at 6:30pm. Verse Junction will feature readings by members of two Upper Midwest poetry collectives, The Poetry Bus (Twin Cities/Central MN) and Prairie Sea Flotilla (Grand Forks/East Grand Forks). The event will also feature a musical interlude by Grand Forks cellist Naomi Welsh. 

Join us at Arts for Vets Thursday October 8th 5pm-8pm for the opening reception of the Alter Ego exhibit! Open your mind to the artists other personas and hidden selves. 3D art and sculptures too! Come and let your imagination run free! Refreshments will be served. This exhibit runs until October 31st.

The Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra (GGFSO) opens its 2026-27 season with "Bridges to Bhārat."  Guest artists Anne Christopherson, Priyanka Venkatesh, and Ravi Deo will join the GGFSO to present an afternoon filled with the music of India! Works by composer Shirish Korde and the GGFSO's own Dr. Alejandro Drago will make for a unique and unforgettable experience!

Tickets and full program information are available online at https://www.ggfso.org/event-details/bridges-to-bharat.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

TAG is back for our 14th year on September 25th to add to our staggering total art sales of $2.3 million! Thanks to our artists, collectors, sponsors and volunteers, we have, collectively, contributed over $575,000 to local charities who enrich our communities and improve the lives of others. Please join us on September 25th, and take home fresh, original art for your homes and businesses.

Come to the Empire’s Music Box September 19th, 2026!

The Empire's monthly Music Box features 3 local acts, as well as an open-to-the-public jam at the start of every show. If you're interested in live, local music, the Music Box is the place to be! Come for the music, stay for the good vibes(and the free popcorn).

Doors open at 6:00 PM, open-jam starts at 7:00 PM

The Music Box is one of the only venues in Grand Forks that allows artists to play what they want, and our Music Box stage helps to give any musician a platform to perform, regardless the genre or experience.

Tickets available by donation at the door. Recommended Donation of $10. The Music Box is supported through our sponsor, Rydell GMC and through donations from our community.

Spend your Thursday evening with live music from Jack Bryan at the Hub Pub. Come enjoy a great night out, grab a drink, and listen to Jack bring his mix of music to the stage.

The Empire is hosting local jazz group, In Color Collective, in our gallery at 3PM. Come for cozy conversation, coffee and pastries at our new Jazz hour on September 13. If you are able, there will be a donation at the door for the Empire Arts Center.

Incolor Collective is a jazz group based in Grand Forks, ND. They play a variety of jazz from the straight ahead classics to your modern day favorites. They play for wide range of venues and crowds, including weddings, jazz nights, and local music festivals.

Join us for the opening reception of "Influence" by Tia and Kingsley Permenter on September 12th 1pm-5pm at Arts for Vets downtown Grand Forks. The Permenter's are a dynamic duo consisting of vibrant colors, surrealism, photography and monotype prints. Married for 10 years, their art is cohesive and magnetic! Refreshments, art and music! The exhibit will run until October 2nd. For private viewing, please contact our Executive Director Kimberly Forness Wilson at 701-330-3072 artsforvets@gmail.com or our Manager Mandy Smestad artsforvets.staff@gmail.com 701-317-6711

Join us for the opening reception of visual artist Kinsey Allen on September 12th 1pm-5pm at Arts for Vets downtown Grand Forks. Refreshments, art and music! The exhibit will run until October 2nd. For private viewing, please contact our Executive Director Kimberly Forness Wilson at 701-330-3072 artsforvets@gmail.com or our Manager Mandy Smestad artsforvets.staff@gmail.com 701-317-6711

Cost: $104/$84/$61

After entertaining 700,000+ guests around the world, The Rock Orchestra by
Candlelight is back in the USA with a brand new show. Prepare for a spellbinding
90-minute spectacle that infuses iconic Rock & Metal anthems with a hauntingly
beautiful energy.

In ethereal candlelit settings, this band of 14 classical musicians unleash effortlessly
enchanting melodies alongside powerful walls of distortion. Witness the unexpected
union of Classical music and Metal. The Rock Orchestra is a rotating collective of
classical musicians, featuring some of the world's greatest instrumentalists and
vocalists.

Performing the music of iconic bands including:
Metallica, AC/DC, Rage Against The Machine, My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park,
SOAD, Guns N Roses, Evanescence, Aerosmith, The Cranberries & MORE!

The Empire Arts Center is excited to welcome back the Andante Community Orchestra for their Summer Concert!

This concert is called Passport and will take our listeners on a journey across the globe with music, pictures and stories from many different countries!

Get ready to make a custom passport, learn about countries flags, local sights/stories and of course hear great music that transports you to enjoy a little vacation time!

Coloring and Crafts provided free during the event.

August 29th: 1-2pm

Explore colors, collage, doodles, and words to capture your thoughts, moods, and dreams. No art skills required — bring your imagination.

The Empire's monthly Music Box features 3 local acts, as well as an open-to-the-public jam at the start of every show. If you're interested in live, local music, the Music Box is the place to be! Come for the music, stay for the good vibes(and the free popcorn).

This month, our featured artists are DeziLou, Mediocre at Best, and Maura Fergusen!

Doors open at 6:00 PM, open-jam starts at 7:00 PM

The Music Box is one of the only venues in Grand Forks that allows artists to play what they want, and our Music Box stage helps to give any musician a platform to perform, regardless the genre or experience.

Tickets available by donation at the door. Recommended Donation of $10. The Music Box is supported through our sponsor, Rydell GMC and through donations from our community.

Bad Bad Hats is an indie rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kerry Alexander and Chris Hoge met in college and formed the band in 2012. In the 10 years of BBH, they have toured the country many times in their trusty minivan, sampling the best local cuisine along the way. BBH has toured with The Beths, Margaret Glaspy, The Front Bottoms, Hippo Campus, and Michelle Branch, among many others. Their fourth album Bad Bad Hats was released in 2024 on Don Giovanni Records.

Meet us at the Big Shelter in Sherlock Park for a fun art activity!  August's event will be led by artist Trey Everett.

Tae & The Neighborly, a Wisconsin based Soul-pop R&B group, found themselves playing music together in a very unconventional way. They were all neighbors, each one living alone on one floor of a five-story flat.

Cake baking is a shared passion of the five-member group, but in the sugar shortages early in the 2020 pandemic, they found themselves so continually knocking on each other’s doors asking for a single cup of sugar that a group decision was made to all move in together and share cake-baking resources. And since everyone knows all good rhythms begin in the kitchen, it wasn’t before long that the group began to write and perform together across the nation.

Critics hail the group as “having more kick than a bagged-up mule” (Rotary Times) and their live show “…going down smoother than a can of [beans] warmed on the campfire” (Cowboy Gazette). All in all, if you are looking for a dense show that will give you more inspiration fuel for self lovin’, world changin’, and consideration havin’ meet them where the music is made to be shared.