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Head to Pequot Lakes and Crosby this weekend for a fill of arts and crafts.

The eighth annual Pequot Lakes Arts and Crafts Fair and Taste of Pequot will run 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in Bobberland Wayside Trail Park, featuring various crafters, and food items from Pequot Lakes area restaurants.

And check out an arts and crafts fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Hallett Community Center in Crosby, where more than 30 artists and crafters will participate. Admission is free.

Festival of Adventures

Aitkin's annual Festival of Adventures will run Saturday and Sunday in the Aitkin City Park.

Admission is a Festival of Adventures button, available at the gate for $5 per person ages 10 and older, or $3 in advance from Aitkin merchants or the chamber of commerce.

The event will feature Reuben and Ash Fast Horse, Lakota performers, on Sunday.

Folk concert

The Grassroots Concerts fall season opens Friday with 1960s folk legends Koerner, Ray and Glover, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Pequot Lakes High School auditorium.

John "Spider Man" Koerner, Dave Ray and Tony Glover, once at the forefront of the Twin Cities folk music scene, have stayed in the limelight over the years with their "Blues, Rags and Hollers" tradition.

Tickets are $15 at the gate.

Ethnic Fest

An Ethnic Fest will be held Friday evening and all day Saturday in downtown Walker. Highlights of this outdoor festival celebrating cultural diversity will be a variety of ethnic music, dance, foods and crafts.