The art partying moves outside this weekend, with three art fairs offering the usual mix of jewelry, paintings, leather goods, photos, kid stuff, pottery, wearables, glass, metalwork, wood craft, paper art, food vendors and free music. The Metris Uptown Art Fair is the largest and most urban, with more than 350 artists pitching sales tents near the intersection of Lake St. and Hennepin Av. S. The Powderhorn Art Fair takes advantage of its sylvan site in a 66-acre city park surrounding Powderhorn Lake. Tents dot the lawn and local flavor predominates in a community showcase and displays of work by neighborhood artists. With just 140 artists, the Loring Park Art Festival is the smallest of the events but has the most prestigious neighbors -- Walker Art Center and the Basilica of St. Mary across Hennepin Avenue. Free bus service links all three sites.

After a recent move to Oakland, celebrated street/graffiti artist Deuce 7 returns for his first local show in more than a year. And it's been quite the year -- in May, his solo show in Brooklyn got a nice write-up in the Village Voice (which named him "the new king of New York street art" back in 2007), and in April his mural covering the side of the just-opened Cult Status Gallery caused a stir of controversy, resulting in its being painted over. This time at the gallery, he'll cover the interior with his color-drenched, violently exuberant large-scale paintings. Joining him will be his Oakland-based art crew: girlfriend Von Shank, Tomàs Villasenor and Peyote. The show also will include photographs of their cross-country travels and train-painting shenanigans. More event details.

Anyone who has seen "This Is Spinal Tap" knows the seminal 1984 mockumentary is ripe with potential inspiration. With this group exhibition, local artist Michael Gaughan -- best known for his epic portrait of the Gayngs supergroup in a hot tub -- has curated a group of artists to riff on the scene in which the fictional band discusses (but never shows) its album art for "Smell the Glove." Each artist will offer up his or her vision for in media across the board, including paintings, drawings, photos and sculptures. The opening night reception will include a Spinal Tap cover band and a screening of the mockumentary. More event details.