Shakopee's firefighters open Station 2 on Vierling Drive for an evening of games, food and live demonstrations. Free for the whole family.

The 40th annual Fall Community Fest fills the Prior Lake High School Activities Center with local businesses, nonprofits, games, food trucks and the PLHS band. Entry is free and everyone is welcome.

Free after-school crafts for teens 12 to 18 every Tuesday in October, starting with mini notebook bedazzling on Oct. 6.

Learn to make kimchi and the other fruits and vegetables you can ferment the same way. Teens free with a paid adult.

Learn ink blending with stencils and brushes, then go home with a stack of cards you designed yourself.

Bestselling suspense novelist Lisa Unger gives a free talk in Prior Lake, with books for sale and signing. Seating is first come, first served, so arrive early.

Boys at 5:30, girls at 7:30, both against Farmington at PLHS. It is senior night for the girls, the pep band plays both games, and one GoFan ticket covers the evening.

Superintendent Jim Wagner walks through the district's referendum presentation and takes questions. Hosted by Yes for Laker Schools, a volunteer group that supports the referendum; open to everyone.

Try your hand at State Fair-style seed art and take home a finished mosaic. Kids 8 and up can come with an adult.

A free adult evening at Cleary Lake: a one-mile walk among turning maples, then tea, a fire and watercolor painting. Registration required.

Firefighters, fire trucks and station tours at Fire Station 1 on Fish Point Road. A good evening for kids who want to see the engines up close.

The school district's own session on its two Nov. 3 ballot questions, with time for questions. Also livestreamed on the district's website.

Final: Prior Lake 14, Shakopee 10. The Lakers won at Vaughan Field and handed the Sabers their first loss of the season.

The seven-piece Top 40 cover band plays dance hits old and new, with no backing tracks. $10 cover, 21 and older.

One of the last two Saturday markets of 2026: fresh produce, baked goods, local maple syrup, food trucks, coffee and live music on Main Avenue, 8 a.m. to noon.

Local vendors pop up on The Landing at Charlie's from 10 to 2 with food and drink specials, and Charlie's will donate 25% of the day's sales to Hope Chest for Breast Cancer.

Meet Savage firefighters and K9 Marshall, climb inside a fire truck and try on the gear, with a bounce house and live demonstrations. Free for all ages.

More than 70 artists and a lineup of food trucks fill Savage's Community Park for a day of shopping and browsing. Family friendly.

New sweaters and fall arrivals with cider and doughnuts on the house, a caramel apple for the first 20 shoppers and 15% off sweaters for the day.

Lueur Boutique turns seven with new arrivals, seven giveaways, sips and treats, and a surprise gift for the first 20 shoppers who spend $150 or more.

A Savage author reads her debut picture book, about a girl and her grandfather, at the Savage Library. Free for all ages.

Adoptable dogs from Spot's Last Stop, a free pumpkin crafting bar for kids and coffee from Tulip & Grace.

Seven whiskies from six countries in one Saturday afternoon tasting at Rhino on Main Avenue. Tickets are $30, sold ahead.

Last regular-season home game for the girls. Kickoff 3 p.m. at PLHS. Tickets on GoFan.

The last free outdoor movie of the year in downtown Shakopee. Bring a blanket; the film starts at dusk.

Sunday morning in downtown Savage: aisles of locally grown fruits and vegetables from the St. Paul Farmers' Market, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Kids can hunt for Maggie the Market Goat.

A fall craft and gift show with local vendors at the Shakopee Legion, Sunday from 10 to 3.

Vendors, food trucks and a beer tent for the people, water bowls and waste bags for the dogs. Sunday, noon to 4, in the downtown Shakopee lot at 222 Lewis Street.

The 20th annual family walk at the Savage Environmental Learning Center, raising money toward treatments and a cure for Rett syndrome. Adults register for $15, kids 5 to 14 for $5.

WEE Farm opens the gates for a relaxed hour with the animals: horses Mac and Grizzly, goats, pigs and donkeys.