Celebrating US Through the Midtown Global Market Music Festival! Sat., July 19 Ӣ 2 to 8 pm

For more than 150 years, the area now known as “Midtown” in Minneapolis, has been a gateway to Minnesota, and sometimes, the USA, for people arriving and resettling from around the world”“Asia, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean. Indigenous people from seven Nations also reside in Midtown making it the cultural crossroads of the Twin Cities.

Aiding in that continued celebration and preservation of Midtown Minneapolis”'s cultural heritage is the Midtown Global Market (MGM), on the border between the Powderhorn and Phillips Communities. The Market provides a venue for these many cultural groups to observe their unique, individual roots and celebrate their legacy through music, food, and shared experiences while adding to rich vitality, history and strong community spirit of the area.

MGM is a perfect representation of the surrounding area and shares in the desire to deliver opportunity to all cultural communities with more than 40 vendors from around the world under one roof. In addition to serving as an incubator for fledgling small businesses and restaurants, MGM aims to provide an under-served community with free public access to the arts and has done so with over 1,600 free arts-based events.… Read the rest “Celebrating US Through the Midtown Global Market Music Festival! Sat., July 19 ”¢ 2 to 8 pm”