Editing Minnesota (section)

=== Popular culture ===

{{See also|List of television shows and movies in Minnesota}}
[[File:MNfiddles.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.7|A youth [[fiddle]] performance at the [[Minnesota State Fair]]]]

[[Stereotype|Stereotypical]] traits of Minnesotans include "[[Minnesota nice]]", [[Lutheranism]], a strong sense of community and shared culture, and a distinctive brand of [[North Central American English]] sprinkled with [[Scandinavia]]n expressions.<!--[[wp:nor]] Rose on Golden Girls?--> [[Potluck]]s, usually with a variety of [[hotdish]]es, are popular small-town church activities. A small segment of the Scandinavian population attend a traditional [[lutefisk]] dinner to celebrate Christmas. Life in Minnesota has also been depicted or used as a backdrop, in movies such as ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]'', ''[[Grumpy Old Men (film)|Grumpy Old Men]]'', ''[[Grumpier Old Men]]'', ''[[Juno (film)|Juno]]'', ''[[Drop Dead Gorgeous (film)|Drop Dead Gorgeous]]'', ''[[Young Adult (film)|Young Adult]]'', ''[[A Serious Man]]'', ''[[New in Town]]'', ''[[Rio (2011 film)|Rio]]'', ''[[The Mighty Ducks (film series)|The Mighty Ducks films]],'' and in famous television series like ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'', ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'', ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', ''[[Coach (TV series)|Coach]]'', ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]'', ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' and ''[[Fargo (TV series)|Fargo]]''. Major movies shot on location in Minnesota include ''[[That Was Then... This Is Now]]'', ''[[Purple Rain (film)|Purple Rain]]'', ''[[Airport (1970 film)|Airport]]'', ''[[Beautiful Girls (film)|Beautiful Girls]]'', ''[[North Country (film)|North Country]]'', ''[[Untamed Heart]]'', ''[[Feeling Minnesota]]'', ''[[Jingle All The Way]]'', ''[[A Simple Plan (film)|A Simple Plan]]'', and ''[[The Mighty Ducks (film series)|The Mighty Ducks films]]''.

The [[Minnesota State Fair]], advertised as ''The Great Minnesota Get-Together'', is an icon of state culture. In a state of 5.5{{spaces}}million people, there were more than 1.8{{spaces}}million visitors to the fair in 2014, setting a new attendance record.<ref>{{cite web| title = General Information: Attendance| publisher = Minnesota State Fair| url = http://www.mnstatefair.org/general_info/attendance.html| access-date = December 9, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141209164621/http://www.mnstatefair.org/general_info/attendance.html| archive-date = December 9, 2014| url-status = live}}</ref> The fair covers the variety of Minnesota life, including [[fine art]], [[science]], [[agriculture]], food preparation, [[4-H]] displays, music, [[midway (fair)|the midway]], and corporate merchandising. It is known for its displays of [[seed art]], [[butter]] sculptures of [[Princess Kay of the Milky Way|dairy princesses]], the birthing barn, and the "fattest pig" competition. In September 1927, [[John Philip Sousa]] and his band gave the premiere performance of "[[The Minnesota March]]" at the fair before a grandstand crowd of 12,000.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |title=Minnesota March |url=https://cla.umn.edu/music/ensembles/marching-band/history-traditions/school-songs/minnesota-march |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522203941/https://cla.umn.edu/music/ensembles/marching-band/history-traditions/school-songs/minnesota-march |archive-date=May 22, 2023 |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=[[University of Minnesota]]: College of Liberal Arts |publisher= |language=en |quote=Adapted from the U of M Marching Band Centennial Book, Minnesota Hats Off to Thee, ©1992}}</ref> One can also find dozens of varieties of food on a stick, such as [[Pronto Pup]]s, [[Cheese curds#Fried cheese curds|cheese curds]], and deep-fried candy bars. On a smaller scale, many of these attractions are offered at numerous county fairs.

Other large annual festivals include the [[Saint Paul Winter Carnival]], the [[Minnesota Renaissance Festival]], Minneapolis' [[Minneapolis Aquatennial|Aquatennial]] and Mill City Music Festival, [[Moondance Jam]] in [[Walker, Minnesota|Walker]], the [[Judy Garland]] Festival in [[Grand Rapids, Minnesota|Grand Rapids]], the [[Eelpout Festival]] on Leech Lake, and the [[WE Fest]] in [[Detroit Lakes, Minnesota|Detroit Lakes]].