🔁 Black Friday Weekend Guide + Tree Lightings & Santa Photos

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What's inside:

Black Friday Through Sunday Shopping Events
Shop Hops, Craft Markets & Pop-Ups Across Each City
Tree Lightings, Santa Visits & The Grinch Makes His Rounds

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Friday (11/28/25)

🛍️ Lakeville Shop Hop (28th-29th)
🆓 Four local boutiques team up for the ultimate Black Friday weekend, grab a punch card, hit all the stops, and enter to win prizes while you shop small and support Lakeville businesses.

🍺 Dark Beer Celebration at Trove Brewing (Burnsville at 12pm)
🆓 Four hours of rotating dark beer specials—from BOGO to $5 pints to free raffles—because winter is dark beer season and Trove knows it.

✨ Holiday Light Display Countdown at Chick-fil-A Burnsville (6pm)
🆓 The first 50 guests get special light-viewing glasses, everyone gets peppermint shake samples, and there's a special visitor (the suspense is real) as they flip the switch on their 2025 light display.

💉 ROCKIN TATTOOS Black Friday Weekend (Eagan at 12pm)
💲$50-$300 Selected designs from $50-$300 first-come-first-serve, plus loaded gift cards (spend $100, get $125 value) in limited baskets—read the details carefully because Eagan baskets are five-star members only.

Saturday (11/29/25)

🎮 World of Games 2.0 Small Business Saturday (Lakeville at 12pm)
🆓 Huge savings all month, plus the first 35 shoppers score a free tote bag—your wallet and your game collection will thank you.

⚽ Minnesota Aurora FC Pop-Up Market (Eagan at 10am)
🆓 New gear, local women's organizations selling their goods, Egg Roll Queen food truck, activities for kids, and a visit from Rory—plus it's all free and perfect for the whole family.

🍺 Craft Market at Bald Man Brewing (Eagan at 1pm)
💲 Shop handmade goods from local makers while sipping locally brewed beer, then stick around for live acoustic music from Wren & Wild at 5 PM—it's supporting local on every level.

🎄 Rosemount Annual Tree Lighting (6pm)
🆓 The mayor picks someone special from the crowd to light the tree, two choirs perform, and everyone gets cookies and juice inside the Steeple Center—a traditional family event that kicks off the season.

🎅 Santa & Mrs. Claus at Barn on the Hill Boutique (Prior Lake at 1:30pm)
Photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus in greenhouse #2, plus Christmas Market shopping—because holiday photos and supporting local should happen simultaneously.

🥞 Breakfast at the Zoo (Apple Valley at 8:30am)
💲$20 adults, $14 kids PJs and pancakes at 8:30 AM with a build-your-own pancake bar (all the toppings), then activity stations and story time before exploring the zoo. Get tickets.

🎸 THE HYPE at Bogart's Entertainment Center (Apple Valley at 6pm)
💲North America's ultimate 80s glam rock experience brings back the logos on folders and band tees—rock stars rule, and the Roaring 20s are being rocked like the 80s. Get tickets.

Sunday (11/30/25)

🎄 Meet the Grinch at Sustainable Safari (Burnsville at 12pm)
🆓 That mean green fellow with the yellow teeth is stopping by the zoo to meet kids (and be as nice as possible, they promise), plus every little visitor gets a small toy.

🛍️ Holiday Sip & Shop at The Savage Tap (12pm)
🆓 Ladies, grab your husband's credit card while he watches sports—local vendors, holiday shopping, and the perfect excuse to support small businesses while the guys are distracted.

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