Bryn Mawr, a neighborhood of about 2,768 people, runs a full year of neighborhood events through its volunteer-led association, from a December street festival to a summer ice cream social.

The Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Association schedules gatherings across all four seasons, according to its events calendar. The year opens with Winter Fest, a fundraising gala with dinner and a silent auction in February or March, followed by the Festival of Garage Sales on the first full weekend of May, a neighborhood-wide event with more than 100 sales that has run since the 1970s.
Summer brings a self-guided Garden Tour and the Ice Cream Social in the third week of July, the association's largest event, where Sebastian Joe's serves 10 flavors alongside live music. Fall adds the Sip and Stroll through local shops and restaurants in October and a Harvest Dinner potluck at Bryn Mawr Community School in November. The calendar closes with the Saturnalia Winter Fest on the second Saturday of December, a street festival with horse-drawn wagon rides, drum corps and open fire pits for roasting marshmallows.
The 2020 census counted 2,768 residents in Bryn Mawr, making it one of the smaller Minneapolis neighborhoods by population. The year-round schedule, organized largely by association volunteers, spreads occasions across the seasons rather than clustering them in summer, and the lighter events such as the garage sale and ice cream social tend to draw the newcomers who later fill out the volunteer ranks.

The East Isles Neighborhood Association holds its annual Summer Social on Wednesday, June 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Joanne Levin Triangle Park, with a rain date of June 15.

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