Jessica Armbruster

Freeloader Friday is your weekly guide to having fun no matter what your budget looks like. Each week we have a list of 100% free events like gallery parties, music, and films in the park, as well as free admission events like special happy hours, markets, and more.

Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. Minnesotans cast over 1.1 million ballots Tuesday, a recording-breaking primary turnout. That's also only about 25% of the eligible voting population, but hey, it’s something! Minnesota YouTube watchers are finally free from the constant barrage of Rep. Angie Craig ads, as Lt. Gov.

Last Thursday was the start of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, an 11-day mega-event featuring over 100 one-hour-long theater productions on stages including the Rarig Center, Open Eye, Mixed Blood, and Strike Theater. It’s physically impossible to see every show, but I was determined to take in as many as possible before exhaustion set in. My method: Each day I selected a theater and plunked down for a few hours, taking notes, drinking water between shows, and making theater friends along the way.