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The Minnesota AFL-CIO’s Labor Pavilion will offer a full schedule of events during the 2016 Minnesota State Fair, which starts Thursday, Aug. 25, and runs through Labor Day, Sept. 5.
The Labor Pavilion is located at the corner of Dan Patch and Cooper, just two blocks west of the fair’s Snelling Ave. gate. The Labor Pavilion will be open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
Visit the Labor Pavilion for a wide range of attractions, including live music by union musicians, demonstrations by skilled union building trades workers, hands-on kids activities and information kiosks staffed by volunteers from affiliate unions.
Here is the schedule. For updates and more details, see the Minnesota AFL-CIO website.
Thursday, Aug. 25
Stage Sponsor: Twin Cities Musicians Union, Local 30-73, American Federation of Musicians
Host: Randy Schmeling
Music: Cornbread Harris, 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon; Hot & Sticky Revue, 5-7 p.m. Demonstrations: Fire safety demonstrations from the St. Paul Fire Department
Friday, Aug. 26
Stage Sponsor: OPEIU Local 12
Host: Randy Schmeling
Music: Andrea Stern, Harpist, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; “Retro Swing Sister” Maryann Sullivan, 5-7 p.m.
Demonstrations: Cement Masons
Saturday, Aug. 27
Stage Sponsor: Cummins & Cummins
Host: Ann Michaels
Music: Twin Cities Labor Chorus, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Oboebass!, 3-5 p.m.; The Petersons, Minnesota’s First Family of Jazz, 5-7 p.m.
Demonstrations: Cake Decorating
Sunday, Aug. 28
Stage Sponsor: Pipefitters Local 455
Host: Barry ZeVan
Music: Jeff Diamond, “The Human Jukebox,” 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Radio Joe and the Jazzbos, 5-7 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 29
Stage Sponsor: Laborers Union of Minnesota & North Dakota
Host: Barry ZeVan
Special program: United Way Labor Volunteer Day
Music: Minnesota Twins organist Sue Nelson with Trevor Haining, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Echoes of Elvis, 5-7 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 30
Stage Sponsor: Heat and Frost Insulators & Allied Workers Local 34
Host: Ann Michaels
Music: OSS — Operation Sight and Sound, original songs and photography from the Minnesota Veterans Home with Charlie Maguire, 11 a.m.; Explosion Big Band, 5-7 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 31
Stage Sponsor: UFCW Local 1189
Host: JP Fitzgibbons
Music: Big Bob Scoggin, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Charanga Tropical, 5-7 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 1
Stage Sponsor: Sieben Carey
Host: T. Mychael Rambo
Music: Raymond Berg, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Dan Newton with Pat Donohue & The Prairie All-Stars, 5 to 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 2
Stage Sponsor: Pipefitters Local 539
Host: Paul Coate
Music: “Professor Piano” James Shannon, noon and 2 p.m.; “Really Big Shoe” Jazz, 5-7 p.m.
Demonstrations: University of Minnesota Raptor Center, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 3
Stage Sponsor: Minnesota Building Trades
Host: Elena Glass
Music: Cornbread Harris, 9:30 a.m. – noon; Performances from the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, noon – 4 p.m.; Daryl Boudreaux & the Originals, 5-7 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 4
Stage Co-Sponsors: Sheet Metal Workers Local 10 and IUOE Local 49
Host: Randy Schmeling
Music: Scott Dercks with Erin Livingston, 1:30-3:30 p.m.; Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra, 5-7 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 5, Labor Day
Special attraction: Labor Day Parade, 2 p.m., sponsored by the Saint Paul Regional Labor Federation.
Music: Mill City String Quartet, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Twin Cities Labor Chorus, 3 p.m.; Steve Clarke & the Working Stiffs, 5-7 p.m.