Light the Park- Kickoff to Carnival! PLUS Laser Light Show, Presented by the Star of Boreas

Rice Park 109 4th Street W, Saint Paul, Minnesota

It's official - the 2024 Saint Paul Winter Carnival is back, better than ever!  Join us at Rice Park and help celebrate the start of “The Coolest Celebration on Earth” on Thursday, January 25, 2024.  Gather your family and friends at Rice Park starting at 5:30 p.m., and at 6 p.m. there will be an […]

Multi-Block Ice Carving Competition

Rice Park 109 4th Street W, Saint Paul, Minnesota

The 2024 Multi-Block Ice Carving Competition starts Thursday, January 25 at 7 pm and ends Saturday, January 27 at 7 pm. Each team will be given 48 suspenseful hours and several blocks of ice to bring their frozen masterpieces to life. The Multi-Block Ice Carving Competition is guided by a strict set of rules, requiring artists […]

Music by Monique Blakey

Hamernick's Entertainment Chalet at Rice Park 109 W. 4th Street, Saint Paul, MN, United States

Singer-songwriter Monique Blakey hails from Saint Paul and is the niece of the Winter Carnival's King Boreas LXXIV, the late Art Blakey and Prime Minister 2015 Carolyn Blakey. Monique discovered her very large voice at the young age of five. From then on she had pursued a successful career in music. She has competed in […]

Music by the 70’s Magic Sunshine Band

Hamernick's Entertainment Chalet at Rice Park 109 W. 4th Street, Saint Paul, MN, United States

The Saint Paul Winter Carnival asked for a FUN band so we are bringing you the 70's Magic Sunshine Band! Join us in the heated Hamernick's Entertainment Chalet to dance the night away! Check out their videos: https://70smagicsunshineband.com/video    

FREE Metro Transit to Winter Carnival

Thank you to Metro Transit, you can easily download a FREE pass for transportation to and from the Saint Paul Winter Carnival! January 27: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024StPaulWinterCarnivalJan27 January 28: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024StPaulWinterCarnivalJan28 February 1:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/StPaulWinterCarnivalFeb1 February 2:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/StPaulWinterCarnivalFeb2 February 3: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024StPaulWinterCarnivalFeb3  

Curling Open House At Frogtown Curling Club

Frogtown Curling Club 743 Western Ave N, Saint Paul, United States

Want to Try Curling?  Here’s your chance! In partnership with the Saint Paul Winter Carnival, Frogtown Curling Club instructors will be giving mini-lessons so you can get a taste of curling and learn how to throw a stone, sweeping, and scoring with an opportunity to play a mini game. The lesson lasts about 1 hour […]

Rock The Palace Post Parade Party

317 On Rice Park 317 Washington St., Saint Paul, United States

Come one, Come ALL to the best party around! Celebrate the triumphant return of King Boreas and his Royal Family to his winter playland after the Grande Day Parade! The Order of the Royal Guard of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival present "Rock the Palace Post Parade Party" Come celebrate the "Coolest Celebration on Earth" […]

Mayor’s Cocoa at the Castle

Landmark Center Cortile 75 W. 5th Street, Saint Paul, United States

Kids ad their parents and grandparents! Come to have FREE Cocoa at the Castle hosted by Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and visit with our Royal Family of King Boreas, Aurora Queen of the Snows, and our four Wind Princesses, to name a few! Enjoy a FREE cup of cocoa inside the Landmark Center, also […]

Music by 8FOOT4

Hamernick's Entertainment Chalet at Rice Park 109 W. 4th Street, Saint Paul, MN, United States

This band has it all! Don't miss them as they heat up the already warm heated Hamernick's Entertainment Chalet!  

Individual Ice Carving Competition, Professional Division

Rice Park 109 4th Street W, Saint Paul, Minnesota

The 2024 Individual Block Ice Carving Competition, Professional Division, starts on January 28 at 9 AM. Each artisan team will be given 5 suspenseful hours and a couple blocks of ice to bring their frozen masterpieces to life. The Individual Block Ice Carving Competition is guided by a strict set of rules, requiring artists to […]

Music by Billy Johnson

Hamernick's Entertainment Chalet at Rice Park 109 W. 4th Street, Saint Paul, MN, United States

You won't want to miss this guy! Billy Johnson is a singer/songwriter from Minneapolis. Vocalist. Guitarist. 12 Albums of original material. Frontman for The Hillcats, BJ’s Roadshow, and B-TEAM. Billy has played with The Bodeans, Bob Schneider, Five For Fighting, Train, Navarro, and others. Billy has played, and continues to play, bars, clubs, theaters, backyard […]

Twins Winter Caravan at Vulcan Snow Park

Minnesota State Fairgrounds 1265 Snelling Ave N, Saint Paul, MN

The defending American League Central Division Champion Minnesota Twins are coming to Winter Carnival! The Vulcan Snow Park at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds is an official public stop on the Twins Winter Caravan. Our guests will include Twins pitcher (and Saint Paul’s own!) Louie Varland, outfielder Matt Wallner, new Twins lead television play-by-play voice Cory […]

Bloody’s & Bingo

Hamernick's Entertainment Chalet at Rice Park 109 W. 4th Street, Saint Paul, MN, United States

Enjoy some amazing Bloody Marys, featuring Gray Duck Vodka, while you make dots with your dauber in the heated Hamernick's Entertainment Chalet! Bloody Marys (and many other beverages) will be available for purchase! (It will cost $1 per game of bingo, $2 for the coverall which pays $200 in 58 numbers or less and a […]

Winter Carnival Minecraft Event

The VTAC Minecraft Server , United States

The Victoria Theater Arts Center (VTAC) presents COVID-19 safe FREE online programming in our Minecraft Server! In the Summer of 2021, our interns from Hamline College created a version of the 800 block of University Avenue in Minecraft. This server features our building as it exists now and as it will after renovations in 2023. […]