Twin Cities Events Roundup (July 1-14th)
Kicking off July with mentorship, community, and the startup community plus where to connect, network, and celebrate local all month long
Hey Twin Cities friends!
We’re rolling into July with warm weather, fresh energy, and some incredible local events for entrepreneurs, creatives, and community-minded folks. This edition highlights one I’m super excited about—read on and mark your calendar!
🌟 Featured Event: Community, Mentorship & Big Things Ahead
🙌 I’m a Featured Mentor this month at Communiful Startup Meetup (1 year anniversary event)
🗓 Monday, July 7 • 5:30–7:30 PM
📍 Lake Monster Brewing, St. Paul
🎯 Early-stage founders, creatives, and builders
🎉 Real talk, good drinks, and even better people
Join me and other Twin Cities founders for this monthly startup community night hosted by Communiful—and guess what? They’re the powerhouse team producing Twin Cities Startup Week this fall 🎉👏 (which means connections made here could go a long way!).
If there’s one event to go to this month, make it this one!
🤝 More Networking & Entrepreneur Events
Media Lab MSP (coffee mixer)
🗓 Wed, July 2 • 8:30–10:00 AM
📍 SK Coffee
🎯 Founders & solopreneurs
🎉 LAUREL's Media Lab is a dedicated monthly meetup for comms leaders, founders, creators and journalists. Occurring every first Wednesday of the month, the event is part of a series that offers a low-pressure meetups intended to drive source diversity in news media and amplify the work of local news outlets.
Hackers + Founders Meetup
🗓 Tue, July 1 • 7:00–9:00 PM
📍 Utepils Brewing, MPLS
🎯 Devs, tech founders, idea folks
🎉 Beers & brainstorming
🔗 RSVP
YP Minneapolis Monthly Meetup
🗓 Tue, July 8 • 6:00–8:00 PM
📍 Pryes Brewing Co
🎯 Young professionals & creatives
🎉 Casual convos and pizza
Break the Bubble: Make New Friends IRL
🗓 Tuesday, July 08 • 6:30–9:00 PM
📍 Boom Island Brewing, Minnetonka
🎯 Newcomers, locals, extroverts & introverts
🎉 Easy icebreaker games + casual hangs
Small Biz Networking – Plymouth Chamber
🗓 Wed, July 9 • 8:30am
📍 Plymouth, MN
🎯 Local small business owners
🎉 Community-focused networking
🔗 Via MPLS Chamber
Let’s Play Pickleball!
🗓 Thu, July 10 • Time TBA
📍 West Metro
🎯 Fitness lovers + biz networkers
🎉 Sporty mixer hosted by the Chamber
🎉 Local Events & Summer Fun
Summer in the Parks – Music + Fitness
🗓 Ongoing through July
📍 Downtown St. Paul
🎯 Everyone
🎉 Free dance, yoga, live music & food trucks
Mill City Farmers Market
🗓 Saturdays, July 6 & 13
📍 Mill City Museum, Mpls
🎯 Local food & community lovers
🎉 Music, flowers, local goods
Yoga at Union Depot
🗓 July 5 & 12
📍 Union Depot, St. Paul
🎯 All levels
🎉 Free community yoga
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📝 Personal Note from Jenna
This month, I’m diving deep into event season—mentoring at Communiful, filming client content across the metro, and hitting up farmers markets on the weekends.
I also relaunched my Notion course & I’m excited to be heading to San Francisco this fall for their conference! So many fun things to come!
Jenna Redfield