Since 1935, the Raspberry Festival has connected the community, supported local businesses, and promoted Hopkins by honoring our past, celebrating our present, and inspiring our future. The festival has been held the third weekend of July for 90 years.
Each year, a medallion about the size of your palm is hidden somewhere in Hopkins during the festival. The person who finds it first earns a $300 cash prize.
You are invited to come down to the dock to try and catch as many fish as possible.
The Raspberry Festival Senior Social
Get ready for the most exciting eating competition this summer as well as the largest raspberry weigh-in.
Join us at Wild Boar Bar and Grill to play Rockin Raspberry Bingo.
Join us for the Royal Ball after the Coronation and celebrate with dozens of visiting Royalty from communities all around Minnesota!
This special community event brings residents and visitors from throughout the metro area to enjoy music in our beautiful Downtown Park. Music in the Park concerts are free, compliments of area businesses and organizations. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket. Refreshments always available.
More information coming soon!
Play bingo under the big top tent and enjoy fresh grilled burgers, brats and more.
Join the Hopkins American Legion as they celebrate the Raspberry Festival!
Urban Sketchers is an international organization that sketches on location.
Join us for our movie night at Maetzold Field. Bring a blanket and spend an evening enjoying a baseball themed movie. Concession stand will be open with a variety of food and treats.
Calling all amateur chalk artists! Put your creative hat on and join the fun of decorating the ARTery and the sidewalks of Mainstreet.
The entire community of Hopkins turns out on Mainstreet to enjoy food and nearly 200 vendors displaying their products.
The Wild Boar hosts the Hopkins Raspberry Association pull tabs and meat raffles, as well as sponsors the annual fireworks show on the evening of Family Day.
This one day, double-elimination men's tournament is limited to the first 12 teams. Teams must register by June 30 under the team manager's account.
The Hopkins Westwind Concert Band invites you to come to Hopkins to enjoy the many Family Day activities on Mainstreet and to stop in at Downtown Park where you can relax in the shade and enjoy the band music. Additional information can be found here.
Join us for a Celebration of Community on Family Day.
Kids race for a chance to bring home their very own Big Wheel racer.
Join The Depot Youth Board at Freight Fest to celebrate Summer! The event includes live music on the outdoor stage, and a variety of student and adult craft vendors.
Continue the fun with our Berry Fest raffle and free bingo!
Classic cars from all decades are in attendance to bring back memories of Hopkins' days past when Mainstreet was once filled with dealerships, repair shops and filling stations. It truly was the car town.
JCI Hopkins and the Hopkins Raspberry Association have teamed up and merged the Street Dance and Families in the Park event to provide various entertainment for both young and old in Hopkins Central Park!
Zoom down Hilltop Park in your self-built racer at the Soap Box Derby, where young speedsters aged 6 to 16 compete for glory and trophies by racing non-motorized cars down a hill, with a chance to show off their engineering skills, speed, and sportsmanship in front of family and friends.
Memories of the glory days of cruising Hopkins Mainstreet in the 50s, 60s and 70s are brought back each Raspberry Festival with a reunion cruise after the Marketplace Fair clears out.
Wild Boar Bar and Grill proudly sponsor the Annual Hopkins Raspberry Festival fireworks display in Central Park!
Don't miss the fourth annual Raspberry Festival Pickleball Tournament.
The Hopkins Raspberry Run is one of Minnesota's great running traditions. Bring the whole family for the race and stay for the Hopkins Raspberry Festival Parade!
You are invited to be a part of the Grande Day Parade. Join the procession or the enthusiastic crowd and enjoy beautiful Hopkins Mainstreet!
Hopkins VFW Post 425 hosts a pulled pork sandwich lunch following the Raspberry Festival Grande Day Parade.
