Get our free mobile app Thursdays Downtown returns to downtown Rochester, Minnesota this week and everyone is so excited! Of course, last year they took a year off because of COVID, but we're back in action this year and I bet it's going to be packed. Dunken and I spoke with Katie Adelman earlier today about the upcoming Thursdays Downtown and all of the hype. She said they're expecting around 26,000 people at the first Thursdays this week because "everybody and their mother is talking about it", as Katie said. A New Attraction at Thursdays Downtown This Year One new attraction that will be at Thursdays this year is the Bitter Little Duck Lounge. It's a collaboration between Bitter & Pour, Little Thistle, and Bleu Duck Kitchen. You enter through the Bleu Duck tent, which is going to be one of the first tents you'll see on the left if you're walking into Thursdays from the 1st Ave. Stage (the intersection of 1st Ave. SW and 3rd St. SW). It'll be a nice place to sit and hang out. You do need to order something if you're sitting in the lounge.