MEDINA ENTERTAINMENT CENTER CELEBRATES 70 YEARS!Good Times. Great Food. Unforgettable Memories.
Saturday, October 17
11 AM - 11 PM
Family Friendly
FOOD DRIVE • Help support our community! Bring a non-perishable food donation to benefit Interfaith Outreach.
Since 1956, Medina Entertainment Center has been a place where generations of Minnesotans have come together. For 70 years, memories have been made here. Legendary concerts and nights of live music. Bowling with family and friends. Dinner at Robert’s Restaurant. Weddings, birthdays and anniversaries. First dates, old friends, family traditions, company parties and countless celebrations.
Now it’s time to celebrate 70 YEARS OF MEDINA with one HUGE all-day anniversary party!
We’re filling Medina Entertainment Center with a little bit of everything that has made this place special over the past seven decades. Come hungry and enjoy tasty food from Robert’s Restaurant, hit the lanes for Cosmic Bowling, play Big Cash Bingo, bring the family for games and activities in The Kid's Zone, win the Meat Raffle, learn some Line Dances, get a Psychic Reading, try your luck at the Casino and celebrate Medina’s incredible live music history with FREE concerts from Shane Martin Band and Them Pesky Kids!
Come for your favorite activity or make a whole day and night of it!
SIGN-UP & WIN DOOR PRIZES!
Register for FREE and you’ll automatically be entered for a chance to win door prizes when you arrive! We’ll be giving away prizes throughout the celebration, with door prizes available while supplies last.
70TH ANNIVERSARY SCHEDULE
11:00AM • COSMIC BOWLING SPECIAL
We’re throwing it back to the year it all began! Celebrate 1956 with Cosmic Bowling for just $19.56 per hour, per lane. All Day Long!!
2:30PM • BIG CASH BINGO
Big games and BIG payouts!
$50 Packet Purchase
$500 Payout Each Game
$2,000 Coverall
3:00PM • BALLROOM DOORS OPEN
3:00PM • KID'S ZONE - FAMILY FUN & GAMES • FREE
Bring the whole family for an afternoon of activities featuring a bouncy house, arcade games, yard games, speed pitch, temporary tattoos and a balloon artist.
3:30PM–5:30PM • DJ DANCE PARTY • FREE
The Ballroom celebration gets started with two hours of music and fun.
4:00PM • MAHJONG
Join us for open Mahjong play. Sign-up at LetsLearnMahjong.com or Walk-ins welcome. Beginner knowledge required.
$20 Open Play
5:00PM • MEAT RAFFLE
You can’t celebrate 70 years in Minnesota without a Meat Raffle!
$1 Tickets • 10 Rounds • $25 Prize Each Round
5:45PM • LINE DANCE LESSONS WITH KRIS • FREE
Grab your boots and learn a few moves before the evening’s live music gets rolling.
6:00PM • PSYCHIC READINGS WITH RUTH LORDAN • FREE
Take a peek into what the next 70 years might have in store with psychic readings from Ruth Lordan. FREE 6-8PM
7:30PM • SHANE MARTIN BAND • FREE CONCERT
Live music takes over the Medina Ballroom! Shane Martin Band hits the stage for a FREE high-energy concert as we celebrate Medina’s long history of bringing great live music to Minnesota.
7:30PM–9:30PM • CASINO • FREE
Feeling lucky? Join the anniversary action at the casino while the party continues throughout Medina.
9:30PM • THEM PESKY KIDS • FREE CONCERT
We’re turning it up to close out the celebration! Them Pesky Kids take the stage for a FREE rock show and one BIG party honoring 70 years of live music at the Medina Ballroom.
AND DON’T FORGET THE FOOD!
Make Robert’s Restaurant part of your anniversary celebration! Grab a meal, meet up with friends and enjoy tasty food and drinks before, during or between all the day’s activities. FOOD & DRINK SPECIALS ALL DAY LONG!
Bring the family. Call your friends. Come hungry. Come early. Stay late.
CELEBRATING 70 YEARS
Good Times. Great Food. Unforgettable Memories.
Event venue
Medina Entertainment Center, Medina Inn, 400 MN-55, Hamel, MN 55340, United States
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