MinnPost Festival will present two lively days of insightful conversations and community that will bring together the people and ideas shaping the future of Minnesota and beyond.

MinnPost Festival takes place over two days, Sept. 22 and 23, and is held at two locations. The VIP reception and keynote session with Samantha Bee on Friday, Sept. 22 are at Minneapolis Event Centers in St. Anthony Main. The remaining sessions and Public Square on Saturday, Sept. 23 are at The 1893 at the Historic Grain Belt Office in northeast Minneapolis.

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Reserve a free or paid Festival pass now! Free Passes get you access to a select number of free sessions, while paid All-Access Passes get you first-come-first-served access to all of our panels on Saturday, Sept. 23 AND the keynote session with Samantha Bee on Friday night. All-Access Festival Passes are $85, with discounts available for MinnPost members, students, educators and nonprofit & government professionals.

VIP Supporters and Sponsors get priority access to all paid sessions on Saturday, as well as the opportunity to mingle with Samantha Bee at the exclusive keynote reception on Friday.

No matter how you register or at what amount, you’re supporting MinnPost’s nonprofit newsroom and keeping our in-depth local coverage freely available to our community — no paywall, no subscriptions.

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