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🏷️ Largest MN Outdoor Market 🌷 Spring Festivals 🎨 Mia Family Day ⭐ New Freebies & Deals!

Published about 1 month agoΒ β€’Β 3 min read

Thanks for reading our Friday newsletter! This weekend kicks off a season of lots of activities, special events and thrifty local shopping both outdoors and in.

First off, if you missed our Wednesday email, you might want to check it out HERE for more about Teddy Bear Park opening for the season, a late Lunar New Year celebration this weekend, Gale Woods Farm Saturdays and more.

Besides the events we have listed in the newsletter below there are more on our events list for the weekend like Free Family Fun Day at Goodhue County Historical Society, free kids crafting at JCPenney, Seasonal Saturdays at Minnesota Marine Art Museum, MN Hunting & Fishing Sporting Collectibles Show, Minnesota Yarn Shop Hop and others.

Have a great weekend and I'll see you again Monday for the next newsletter. Until then you can keep up with anything new at ThriftyMinnesota.com or on the Facebook page. Thanks for being a subscriber! I appreciate it.

Wright County Swappers Meet: Minnesota’s Largest Outdoor Market

Minnesota's Largest Outdoor Market, the Wright County Swapper's Meet, is opening for the season TOMORROW and then will be running every Saturday through October!

Both my mom's family and my dad's family are from that area so I have long heard of the great deals and interesting finds they have found there - ever since it opened in 1970!

They average 150-200 sellers on Saturdays and more than 350 sellers on Holiday weekends. Vendors vary from week to week, so the sale is always changing. You'll find people selling antiques, household goods, clothing, collectibles, garden produce, honey, baked goods, hardware – really anything!

Spring Festivals in Minnesota

Springtime brings lots of fun, including community festivals all over the state!

We've put together a big list of Spring Festivals happening across Minnesota now through the end of May.

There are multiple happening this weekend and next already in St. Paul, Virginia, Winthrop and Minneapolis and then in May is when they reallly kick in and a bunch are scheduled every weekend. If your town is having one we don't yet have on the list, let us know!

Free Family Day at Minneapolis Institute of Art

Each month, your family can join Minneapolis Institute of Art for a free event for families, kids, and the young at heart. Sunday is one of these days!

The museum is filled with hands-on art activities, storytelling, artist demonstrations, gallery hunts, self-guided tours and more β€” all inspired by the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s incredible collection.

This month Mia will host a β€œmini” Art in Bloom with kid florists. Strut your stuff on the floral catwalk and experience the joys of dance. You can even create a beautiful floral crown!

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Get the details for these deals and more on the Current Great Deals Page.

Check out the Family Pathways 5 on 35 Progressive Sale this weekend! Visit each store on Interstate 35 April 10-13 and your discount will grow the more stores you visit - up to 35% off! Plus visit all 5 stores and enter to win one of five $35 gift cards!

For more thrifting fun, don't miss our Favorite Minnesota Thrift Stores and our Minnesota Thrifting Facebook group!

I just had an email yesterday from the owner of Minnesota Awesome and they are having ONE MORE warehouse clearance event for ONE DAY ONLY. It's happening TODAY Friday 4/10!

Now through Monday get up to 5 HALF PRICE Papa Murphy's pizza! ALL sizes. ALL crusts with code 50PIZZA.

Today and each Friday through May 29, save 20Β’ off per gallon at BP, Amoco and AMPM stations if you have an active Amazon Prime membership linked to FREE Earnify account.

Request a FREE USA sticker pack from Sticker Mule. Limited to the first 100,000 and they just passed 10,000.

We'll add more shopping deals later today, but a few: Wayfair has a big Tax Refund Sale with up to 70% off that includes patio furniture, bedroom furniture, living room and practically everything.

Old Navy has a HUGE clearance sale with prices up to 85% off.

The Walmart Baby Sale also just started with up to 40% off diapers, toys, clothing and baby gear! Good for baby showers and food shelf donations if you don't have your own baby!

See the details for the things above plus lots more over on the deals page. If you ever spot a good freebie we need to include, please send it over. We all love those!

Just click on a photo to see where we found it!

You can also see them all here.

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