Robbinsdale Whiz Bang! Days events you don't want to miss ~~ July 10-13 2025
From Police K-9's on drones to all the best local beers, we have you covered on this weekend's must-do's
We hope you enjoy your visit to this remarkable city. In the time it took for your husband to park his f-150 we’ve conjured up 10 incredible events for you to do around town to celebrate our city’s 74th Annual Whiz Bang! days!
1. Police Drones flying around town
In April of 2023, Robbinsdale Police bought a drone for $**,****(number censored) from Temu+. Thanks to overwhelmingly supportive public feedback, RPD got their wishes. We heard, then saw, the incredible flying device for the first time at various Whiz Bang! events in 2024. I vividly remember the patriotic shivers it induced across the audience during the parade last year. This year, expect new flavours of operational tactics from our ever-creative boys in blue.
From secretly filming residents suntanning in their backyards to catching “seriously cool” birds-eye views of outdated buildings, you’ll want to keep your eyes upward for the glint of the 12 thermal lenses attached to this UAV. Local police love em’, cause they can “see us all from up really high”.
When you spot the drone, residents are encouraged to remember the police are just testing it out, and nothing about this is weird. RPD has promised to only use the drones for “public relations purposes”, “collecting data for lurking persons”, or “other”. ———————————ourth mendment🔍
2. Garbage Tour
Spend a few hours driving around town to find some of the curated dumps in town. We have a map you can follow, showing our most famous roadside dumps like Trevail’s artisnal armpit and North Memorial’s “not labeled” slush pile.
Not everything’s trash here! We trust once you’re done with the tour the rest of Birdtown will shine like never before!
3. See the parade — Sunday @ 12
Who doesn’t love standing in the midsummer sun with hundreds of other peoples’ offspring screaming for endless candy? Bring a blanket and warm up your eye rolls — this year’s sure to be a doozy!
4. NEW this year: Exposed gas pipeline park! — anytime @ Sandborn Park
You don’t need to be neurodivergent to enjoy these cylindrical puppies poking their noses out of the ground. While I haven’t yet confirmed this visually, the Sandborn park neighborhood is currently undergoing a tree-toppling renovation to ensure Centerpoint energy gas utility pipeline company can provide reliable service. There’s an unknown amount of danger involved with this event. Just walk around and look for pipes emerging from their soil slumber.
Please refrain from smoking anything nearby, but please continue enjoying any of the fumes at your end of the pipe.
5. Cleaning up after the Jigsaw puzzle tournament — Wicked Wort Brewing Wednesday @ 8pm
The annual Lions Jigsaw puzzle tournament starts around 6, but after the competition closes you can stick around and try to find a fallen puzzle piece, which you don’t ever need to tell anyone about. This can be a new, fun secret to take to your grave!
6. Drink the best beer ever at every local brewery — anytime
Happy hours and craft brew lineups are too complicated to promote. Beer awards are for losers. Let’s just call it how it is!
Each brew in Birdtown tastes like the best beer in town. Whiz bang! collectively endorses each and every beer option all weekend, equally. Get lit!
7. The annual wood bat tournament — Friday 8pm to Saturday 9pm
Are you sick of the new, modern metal bats that don’t quite *thwap* the same? Enjoy the annual woody tournament at Lee park.
Costs $5 to watch, send via Zelle. $7 if players wear baseball pants.
8. A realty advisory group is hosting a DJ’ed kid dance?!
Huh. I guess there’s a Kids Dance DJ on West Broadway, sponsored by ‘The Advisory Realty Group’. Never heard of those guys, but now I want to invite all the children in my life to this incredible party! Thanks to Advisory Realty Group Incorporated for making sure there’s a kids rave!
9. The 5th annual Glizzy Guzzler — 3pm Saturday @ The Birdhouse
If you’re a true Glizzy Champion you know it’s time to show off.
Suck down as many steamy dogs as you can. If nobody else can slurp more soft white bread and discarded meat than you, they will pay $200 towards your emergency hospital visit.
A special moment of silence for our tragic deaths in previous years’ competitions will be held at 3:01 PM.
10. Unwind to the sound of the highway — anytime
There’s always more to do in Robbinsdale, but we invite you to enjoy a moment of quiet before you head home.
You can always hear the glorious huummmm of the highway. After all these years as a city, isn’t this the true sound of progress? This soundscape around us is what keeps Whiz Bang! attendees coming back to celebrate year after year.
Will we see you out there? Will you bring some extra sunscreen? I forgot mine.
Drop a comment and tell us your favorite Whiz Bang! tradition!
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