Outdoor Adventure Expo

We are busy building a great show for you!  Check back frequently for updates as we add exhibitors, speakers, sponsors, and vendors.  Full details will be available right here by November 1st, 2022.

Stay tuned as Adan assembles another fantastic schedule of programs!  Interested in presenting?  Have a presentation suggestion?  Contact Adan Torres with your idea.

See What Expo is all About

Spring, 2022 Website

Winter, 2021 Website

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• Friday, December 2nd  7:00p.m. (SOLD OUT)
• Saturday, December 3rd  7:00p.m. (SOLD OUT)

U of M – Willey Hall Auditorium  (rooms 125/175)  map

Two nights!  Different films each night!

Action-packed selection of films from the Banff Centre's Mountain Film Festival.  Details:  Banff Mountain Film Festival page.

Tickets include a coupon for a FREE brat and beer (or root beer) at the film pre-party from 4:00 to 6:30p.m. in our boat yard!

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Tickets are available now.  Buy your tickets early, the show is likely to sell out!

Tickets go on sale Friday, October 21st, 2022 at 11:00a.m..

Canoe and Gear Raffle
Entries accepted beginning Friday, April 22nd at 2:00p.m.

100% of Proceeds go to Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters

See all the fabulous gear you can win at the Northstar Canoes / Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters booths during the entire expo!

The canoe and gear will be raffled off on Thursday, August 11th, 2022 at our Midwest Mountaineering Customer Appreciation Party (right here at the store).

Raffle costs $20 per entry (you can enter as many times as you want).  Enter at the booths in the expo tent.

1st Prize

• Canoe:  Northstar – Polaris (StarLite Kevlar with E6 Carbon Trim),  value = $3,895
• Seat Pads (pair):  Cooke Custom Sewing – Padded Bench Seat (embroidered with Midwest Mountaineering logo),  value = $65
• Thwart Bag / Map Case:  Cooke Custom Sewing – Pathfinder Thwart Bag,  value = $46
• Total Value = $4,006

2nd Prize

• Canoe Paddles (pair):  Sanborn – Midwest Mountaineering,  value = $270
• Personal Flotation Devices (pair):  Stohlquist – model,  value = $240
• Canoe Paddle Bag:  Cooke Custom Sewing (embroidered with Midwest Mountaineering logo),  value = $75
• Total Value = $585

3rd Prize

• Portage Pack:  Cooke Custom Sewing – model (embroidered with Midwest Mountaineering logo),  value = $275

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Park within 2 blocks of the Expo.  Over 2,000 parking spaces available.  Being adjacent to the University of Minnesota definitely has its advantages!

Expo parking, directions and alternate travel mode assistance is available on the Find Us page.

• "We try to make every Expo!
  We come for the whole weekend."
  — Marilyn Koch, Ames, Iowa —
• "A jewel in the Midwest! 
  I've been coming since 1978."
  — Steve Ehlscheid —
• "Getting first timers like me here is good. 
  Best kept secret in town."
  — Anonymous —
• "It's a bad season if I miss an Expo! 
  I've been coming twice a year for 10 years."
  — Barry Knapp, Rochester, MN —
• "Midwest Mountaineering is the best, better than all the stores in Seattle.  In fact, it is the best outdoor store I've ever been in, and I've been in plenty.  I come all the way from Seattle to the Outdoor Adventure Expo."
  — Pete Daniels, Seattle, WA —
• "No business in the Twin Cities, or anyplace I have been is so devoted to the personal growth and outdoor skill development of those who cross your path.  And it is due to your leadership and tremendous teams you have assembled over the years."
  — Richard McGovern, Duluth, MN —
• "Thank you Midwest Mountaineering for the Expos hosted at your location twice each year, and specifically for the recommendation made by Rod & Sharon Johnson about hiring KB Tambo for their 8 day trek in Peru.  We just returned and have similarly favorable reports.  I am not sure we would have chosen to do this trip without attending Rod & Sharon's presentation."
  — Mark & Becky Benson, Lino Lakes, MN —

Customer Appreciation Party
Thursday, August 11th, 2022 Save to Google Calendar

Fall, 2022 Outdoor Adventure Expo
November 18th to 20th, 2022 Save to Google Calendar

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Friday, December 2nd, 2022
Saturday, December 3rd, 2022
  (Tickets go on sale Friday, October 21st, 2022)

Mark your calendar.  We look forward to seeing you at these events!