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2004 Calendar

(work related, brewing related, wargame related, kids related, other)

Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn

Be sure to check out historical significance of particular dates.

January, BJCP Classes Start, MhBA
January, 6:00, Twin-SPIN
January, MhBA
January, Minnesota Grape Growers Association's (MGGA) annual meeting
January, VerminCon 5, Vermillion, SD
January, Band Concert, PLSHS, Prior Lake, MN
January, St. Paul Winter Carnival, the Coolest Celebration on Earth
January 27 (1756), birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (died 1791)
January, Twin Cities Food & Wine Experience, Minneapolis Convention Center, MN
February MhBA, CSPS Hall, St. Paul, MN - business meeting & elections
February, Home Winemakers UnLTD., Semplex Winemaking and Homebrewing
February, Annual Big & Huge Competition, Madison, WI
early February, Palm Beach Renaissance Festival (Mid America Festivals), Largo, FL
February, 6:00, Twin-SPIN
February, Great River Vineyard in Lake City, "Learn to Grow Grapes" seminar by John Marshall, MGGA secretary. For more details, please check his website at www.greatrivervineyard.com under the "101 Seminar" link or grapes@reconnect.com or 877.345.3551
February, 6:00-9:00, Winterfest @ Hamm Building, St. Paul, MN sponsored by Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild
February, 14th Software Engineering Process Group Conference (SEPG 2002), Phoenix, Arizona
February, Wine Club, Fong's, Prior Lake, MN
late February - early March, Midieval Fair (Mid America Festivals), Sarasota, FL
February, Kansas City Bier Meisters competition, Kansas City, Kansas
February, Con of the North, St. Paul, MN
February-March, Home and Garden Show, Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN
February, 10:00-4:30, Annual Real Ale Festival, A. Finkl & Sons, Chicago, IL
March, 11:00-4:30, Bockfest at Schell's Brewery in New Ulm, MN; $5 admission.
March, Fasching in New Ulm - a German Mardi Gras
March, MhBA
early-March - end of April, Bay Area Renaissance Festival (Mid America Festivals)
March, Masopust, Czech Mardi Gras, Montgomery, MN
March, PSQT/PSTT South, New Orleans, LA
March, 6:00, Twin-SPIN
March, IBU OPEN, sponsored by Iowa Brewers Union, (entries due by March 2)
March, University of Minnesota's Landscape Arboretum, Minnesota Grape Growers Association's (MGGA), grape cultivation (frontenac and st. croix), For more information, please contact the MGGA president, Tom Martell, at tmartell@somtel.net, or 715.247.3386
March, March Mashness homebrew competion, St. Cloud, MN (entries due March 12)
March, Over & Back, an benifit evening of humor & music, Northfield, MN

March, Wine Club, Wine Tasting & Business Expo, The Wilds, Prior Lake, MN
March, Home Winemakers UnLTD, Town Hall Brewpub, Minneapolis, MN
March, Spring Beer & Wine Tasting, The Wilds Golf Club, Prior Lake, MN, $6 pre-pay, $10 at the door

April, MhBA, Rock Bottom, Minneapolis, MN
April, 6:00, Twin-SPIN
April, Planting, Growing, and Pruning your Grapevines, Wollersheim Winery, Prairie du Sac, WI
April, Mazer Cup Mead Competition, Troy MI
mid-April - early-June, Scarborough Rennaissance Faire
April, All-district Jazz Band concert, PLHS, Prior Lake, MN
April 18, (1775) the ride of Paul Revere
April, Good Friday (eat a Hot Cross Bun)
April, MhBA, Gadget Day, Great Waters,
April, 11:00-6:00, annual "I Love Beer" Pub Crawl
April 23, (1564) birthday of the bard William Shakespeare
April, West side Brewers, Windriver Brewing
April, AHA National Homebrew Competition, Chicago, IL
May, 6:00, Twin-SPIN
May, MhBA, tour Rahr Malting, followed by Harkwells steak house
May, FAA National Software Conference, Dallas, TX
May, Wine Club, VFW, Prior Lake, MN (last event of 'til September)
May 20-22, Upper Mississippi Mash Out, Minneapolis, MN
(entries accepted: , Twin Cities Pub Crawl:, Blessing of the Bock, awards: )
May 23-26, MAGE Con North 7, Sioux Falls, SD
May, Memorial Day parade, Prior Lake, MN
May, City Pages Beer Festival, Calhoun Square, Minneapolis, MN
June, 6:00, Twin-SPIN
June, Siouxland Rennaissance Faire
June, MhBA, Spring camp-out, Mankato area (Shell's Brewery, Winery, Bandana on Saturday)

July, Heritagefest, New Ulm, MN
July, MhBA
July , Scott County Fair, Jordan, MN
July, Kolacky Days, Montgomery, MN
August, Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison, WI
August MhBA Campout
August, American Homebrewers Association’s Mead Day. God grant us many more.
August 5-11, Dakota County Fair, Hastings, MN
August 5-9, Great British Beer Festival, London, England
August 7, MhBA Summit Brewing
August 9, Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison, Wisconsin
August 15-16, Lake Red Rock Brewfest, Knoxville IA (part of Sprint Car Nationals)
August 17 - September 29, Minnesota Renaissance Festival (Mid America Festivals)
August 17 - September 29, Michigan Renaissance Festival (Mid America Festivals)
August 22 7:00, MhBA Westsider Meeting, Hops,
August 22 - September 2, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN
August 24-25, U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Air Show, Eau Claire, WI
August 30 - September 1, MAGE Con South 16, S. Sioux City, NE
September 5, Twin-SPIN
September 7, Annual Autumn Brew Review, Peavy Plaza, (downtown) Minneapolis, MN

sponsored by the Minnesota Craft Brewer's Guild and the Minneapolis Downtown Council,

hope to have breweries participate from Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois

September, Wine Club, VFW, Prior Lake, MN
September 9-13, PSQT/PSTT, St. Paul, MN
September 25-27, Great American Beer Festival, Denver, Colorado

October 2, Twin-SPIN
October, MhBA, Swap Meet, CSPS Hall
October , MhBA Apple Pressing, Webber's Orchard, Prior Lake, MN
October, Wine Club, Food and Wine Tasting, Fong's, Prior Lake, MN

October 20-25, Miss Nude World pageant, Lumber Yard, a strip club just north of the Des Moines city limits

November 1, Twin-SPIN
November 2, 1:00, MhBA, Cider Sale, Water Tower Brewery
November 7, 7:00-9:00, Wine Club, Fall Beer and Wine Tasting, The Wilds, Prior Lake, MN
November 8-9, Planet Buzz - A Celebration of Mead, Cider, and Perry, Chicago, IL
November , Over & Back, an benifit evening of humor & music, Northfield, MN

December , Twin-SPIN
December 6, (1933), Celebrate the Repeal of Prohibition
December , SIGAda 2002, TBD
December 10, (1815), birthday of Lady Augusta Ada Lovelace (died 1852)
December , 6:00, MhBA, annual Pot-luch Holiday Party, CSPS Hall, St. Paul, MN
December 17, The Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, opens

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