Some 2017 Twin Cities block parties

May 27-29: Memory Lanes Block Party, Mpls.

June 4: Grand Old Day, St. Paul.

June 4: Sociable Summer at Sociable Cider Werks.

June 16-18: Stone Arch Bridge Festival, Mpls. riverfront.

June 24-25: Pride Festival at Loring Park, Mpls.

July 1: Travail Lakeside Party in Robbinsdale.

July 7-8: Basilica Block Party, Mpls. (see page 14).

July 14-16: Highland Fest in Highland Park, St. Paul.

July 15: Longfellow Roots, Rock and Deep-Blues Festival, Hook & Ladder Theater, Mpls.

July 16: Bastille Day Block Party at Barbette.

July 21-22: Lowertown Blues & Funk Fest, Mears Park, St. Paul.

July 29: Rock the Block at Coup d'Etat.

Aug. 5: Crayfest at Smack Shack.

Aug. 6: Red Stag Block Party, Mpls.

Aug. 12: Pizza Lucé Block Party, downtown Mpls.