With temperatures in the 90s, St. Anthony Village’s annual VillageFest was a hot one. Activities for the two-day civic celebration held Friday, Aug. 2 and Saturday, Aug. 3 included a parade, a 5K race and a dead cellphone throwing contest.
The Twin Cities Unicycle Club show off their moves during the parade. (Max Goldberg)
Car collectors and admirers alike stroll around the car show, sponsored by Kiwanis and featuring cars from the 1950s to the 2020s and everything in between. (Max Goldberg)
Hennepin County Sherrif Dawanna Witt passes out high fives to children on the parade route. (Max Goldberg)
VillageFest youth enjoy the large slip and slide on a warm day. (Nik Linde)
The band UnderGroove performs on Saturday afternoon. (Nik Linde)
Lightning took center stage on Saturday evening, forcing the fireworks show to go off ahead of schedule. (Nik Linde)