• Try all the fun drinks.* Mash Madness is back in downtown Sioux Falls starting March 1, and new this year, there are three separate categories to quench your thirst: craft beer, craft cocktails and craft non-alcoholic drinks. With more than two dozen new drinks to try, you can basically taste something new (and support a different local downtown business) every day for the month of March. Find the full lineup here.
• Start your day at Startup.* Learn from local business leaders and make new connections at Startup Sunrise, an event Startup Sioux Falls hosts the first Wednesday of each month. This month's topic is marketing, and attendees will hear from Strategie Founder Tanna Soukup and The Video Lab Founder Caleb Hoover. It all kicks off at 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 5 at Startup Sioux Falls. More details here.
• Celebrate Mardi Gras. Swamp Daddy's has all the Fat Tuesday fun this coming week, starting with the inaugural Children's Mardi Gras Parade at noon Saturday and continuing that evening with a Masquerade Ball from 7 to 10 p.m. More details on the parade here and ball here.
• Hang out with Midtown Coffee Radio Hour. Sioux Falls' coziest radio show reconvenes on the Icon Lounge stage Thursday evening for "Midtown Cough-ee Takes a Sick Day." Find more details and snag tickets here.
• Raise awareness for rare diseases. Friday is Rare Disease Day, and nonprofit Rare by Design is teaming up with Sanford to host an open house event at the Falls Overlook Cafe with hot chocolate, cupcakes and coloring activities. You can also see both the Falls and the Arc of Dreams lit up in rare disease colors. More details here.
• Dance with me, I'm Irish. The Old Courthouse Museum is hosting a free Ceili (pronounced KAY-lee) Dance Thursday evening. You can learn how the Irish social dance is done, and you can dance to live music while someone calls out the moves. More details here.

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