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Downtown Shakopee

Address
145 1st Avenue East
Shakopee, MN 55379 Get Directions
Phone (952) 445-1660
Website https://shakopee.org/

Downtown Shakopee, around First Avenue and Lewis Street, is where the city's big street events happen. The Shakopee Chamber and Visitors Bureau, which runs Rhythm on the Rails and Holiday Fest, has its office at 145 First Avenue East.

Rhythm on the Rails is the Chamber's free summer concert series: six Wednesday nights each summer, 6 to 9 pm on Lewis Street, with local openers, regional headliners and food and drink vendors in the Lewis Street lot. Proceeds go to Shakopee Dollars for Scholars and the Shakopee Foundation.

Holiday Fest, the Chamber's open streets kickoff to the holidays, will be Saturday, Dec. 5, 2026, with a 5 pm parade along Holmes Street, First Avenue and Sommerville Street, photos with Santa, the tree lighting and fireworks. Main Street Shakopee, the group working to revitalize downtown, hosts events like the downtown trick or treat. The Chamber's downtown parking map includes the lots at Huber Park. Chamber: (952) 445-1660.

Know before you go

Good to know
  • Rhythm on the Rails: summer Wednesdays, 6 to 9 pm on Lewis Street, free.
  • Holiday Fest parade route: Holmes Street, First Avenue and Sommerville Street.
  • The Chamber's downtown parking map includes the lots at Huber Park.

Hours and prices change. Confirm with the venue before you make the trip. Details checked October 2026.

Events at this venue

Today

  • Downtown Shakopee Trick or Treat

    Kids & Family
    Downtown Shakopee 145 1st Avenue East, Shakopee, MN

    Kids in costume trick-or-treat at 18 downtown businesses on Saturday morning, a week before Halloween. Free, with a map of every stop.

    Free

  • Downtown Dogs in Shakopee

    Festival
    Downtown Shakopee 145 1st Avenue East, Shakopee, MN

    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 Fabulous Armadillos Party Band — Rhythm on the Rails

    Live Music
    Featured
    Downtown Shakopee 145 1st Avenue East, Shakopee, MN

    The Fabulous Armadillos, one of Minnesota’s most-booked party bands, hit Lewis Street for the next-to-last night of the 2026 Rhythm on the Rails series. Their party-band show pulls from decades of rock, pop, country, and R&B hits, with full horns, harmonies, and a stage presence built for big outdoor crowds. It’s the loudest, danciest night...

  • Parrothead Paradise (Jimmy Buffett Tribute) — Rhythm on the Rails

    Live Music
    Featured
    Downtown Shakopee 145 1st Avenue East, Shakopee, MN

    Parrothead Paradise turns Lewis Street into a slice of Margaritaville with a high-energy Jimmy Buffett tribute. Bring the Hawaiian shirts and the cheeseburger appetite — the set spans Buffett’s laid-back catalog from “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise” to deeper Coral Reefer cuts, with the kind of party energy that only a Parrothead show delivers. Rhythm...

  • CANCELLED: The World According to Garth at Rhythm on the Rails

    Live Music
    Downtown Shakopee 145 1st Avenue East, Shakopee, MN

    CANCELLED — July 15th ConcertWith safety as our top priority, we have made the difficult decision to cancel tonight's concert. The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Heat Warning and Air Quality Alert for our area through Thursday evening, with heat index values near or above 100 degrees expected throughout the day.These conditions pose...

  • Def Leggend (Def Leppard Tribute) — Rhythm on the Rails

    Live Music
    Featured
    Downtown Shakopee 145 1st Avenue East, Shakopee, MN

    Def Leggend pays full-throttle homage to Def Leppard, covering "Pour Some Sugar on Me," "Photograph," "Rock of Ages," and "Hysteria" with the layered harmonies and chrome guitars intact. Part of the Rhythm on the Rails series in downtown Shakopee.

  • Not Quite Brothers — Rhythm on the Rails

    Live Music
    Featured
    Downtown Shakopee 145 1st Avenue East, Shakopee, MN

    Not Quite Brothers bring their arena-rock tribute show to downtown Shakopee for week two of the Rhythm on the Rails series. The band leans into the era of guitar-driven stadium giants — think Journey, Foreigner, Boston, Styx — with the singalong choruses and twin-guitar leads that defined classic rock radio. Rhythm on the Rails is...

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