It’s the 8th Annual…Girls Nite Out…downtown Northfield style!  Git your girlfriends and git on down(town) for a night of specials, giveaways, and drawings at downtown shops, restaurants, and pubs.  Friday night, 4:00 to 9:00 p.m., in downtown Northfield.

Friday, May 9th: Girls Nite Out, 4:00 to 9:00 p.m., Downtown Northfield; First Year Project/Open Stage, 4:00 p.m., Dittmann Center on the St. Olaf College campus; Bill McGrath, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Contented Cow; Sitar and Tabla, 7:00 p.m., Concert Hall on the Carleton College campus; Fourth Annual Latino Play Festival, 7:00 p.m., Northfield Arts Guild Theater; Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, 7:00 p.m., Arcadia Charter School; 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, 7:30 p.m., Urness Rectital Hall on the St. Olaf College campus; Cocktails with Mimi, 7:30 p.m., Northfield High School Auditorium; Andy Tackett, 8:00 p.m., Tavern Lounge; Stone Soup, 8:00 to 11:00 p.m., Contented Cow; Lost Highway, 9:00 p.m., Carbone’s; and Dave Hudson, 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., Froggy Bottoms.

Saturday, May 10th: Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, 2:00 p.m., Arcadia Charter School; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, 2:00 and 7:30 p.m., Urness Recital Hall on the St. Olaf College campus; Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra: Vive La France, 7:00 p.m., First UCC; Fourth Annual Latino Play Festival, 7:00 p.m., Northfield Arts Guild; Cocktails with Mimi, 7:30 p.m., Northfield High School Auditorium; Why Not, 8:00 p.m., Tavern Lounge; and Bonnie & the Clydes, 8:00 to 10:30 p.m., Contented Cow.

Sunday, May 11th: Carleton Symphony Band, 3:00 p.m., Concert Hall on the Carleton College campus; St. Olaf Orchestra, 3:30 p.m., Boe Chapel on the St. Olaf College campus; and Quiz Night, 8:00 p.m., Contented Cow.

Photo courtesy of Griff Wigley.