Weekend options: Hanover Harvest Festival

August 1, 2013 at 6:07PM
Logo for Hanover Harvest Festival
Logo for Hanover Harvest Festival (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

HANOVER HARVEST FESTIVAL

This city celebrates the upcoming bounty that nature yields with a wide variety of activities. Guests are treated to a parade, music and demonstrations. Participate in a duck drop or shop at the flea and farmers markets. Fireworks at dusk.

(10 a.m. Sat. Free. Settlers Park, 11250 5th St. NE., Hanover. www.hanoverharvestfestival.com.)

FRONTIER GAME DAY

What did early settlers and their families do for fun? Why play games, of course! Discover the thaumatrope, whirligig, Jacob's ladder and even make a game of your own. (2-4 p.m. Sun. $2. Pond Dakota Mission Park, 401 E. 104th St., Bloomington. www.ci.bloomington.mn.us.)

MELISSA WALKER

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