Twins Announce 2024 Promotional Schedule and Postgame Concert (2024)

From hats to bobbleheads to even a Rubik’s Cube, the Twins are handing out a host of unique collector’s items this year. Also, this season the Twins are hosting their first ever Bark in the Park! Here are some of the best promotions I will be targeting, as well as some of my tips and tricks for getting giveaway items; complete list and pictures of the giveaway itemshere:

Postgame Concert
Twins fans, get ready to get "Low" at the first postgame concert of the season. Flo Ridais performing a full-length set on June 14, following a 7:10 matchup vs the Athletics. Twins fans will likely be happy to see that this first concert is finally taking place on a Friday (rather than a Thursday night, as the Twins have scheduled all their postgame concerts in the last two seasons). A ticket to the game will get you access to the concert from your seat for free, but the team is offering a VIP package that gets Flo Rida superfans a ticket to the game plus a chance to stand on the field in front of the stage for the show.

I have been deeply impressed with the Twins’ postgame concerts the last couple of years. They are worth attending, even if you aren’t a huge fan of the artists themselves. A chance to see the best baseball players in the worldanda full-length show for as little as $23 (the cheapest ticket available on the Twins website right now)? Unbeatable. Tip: if you don’t have game tickets next to your friends, you can move around after the game to stand by them, even into the lower deck; ushers do not check tickets after the game.

The last couple of years, the Twins have hosted two postgame concerts--last year, it was fellow Floridian T-Pain and country music artist Carly Pearce--so time will tell if another one is announced for this season.

Giveaways

• Opening WeekendHat Day:Looking for another piece of Twins gear to keep you warm at all those inevitably cold early-season games? The Twins are handing out warm winter hats to the first 10,000 fans at the Home Opener on April 4 and at the Saturday, April 6 game. This year, the hats are gray with a blue and red pom on top and have the “new” M North Star logo smack dab in the middle (have you started to come around on the “M” yet?). The “Kids Opening Weekend Beanie” giveaway is Sunday, April 7, and the first 5,000 fans 12 and under will receive a cream and navy blue “Twin Cities” hat. Note: in past years, the Twins have handed out 20,000 of the opening weekend giveaway items. They have halved that this year, so pack some hand warmers and get there early if you want to add thishat to your collection. However,you will not have to get thereasearly as recent years on Opening Day to get the giveaway or even make it in the door on time for first pitch. The new AI scanners the Twins have implemented have all but eliminated lines.
• Twins fans from galaxies far, far away will want to mark May 24 on their calendars:It’sStar Wars Night! The Twins go all out for this promoevery year, complete with turning Twins players into Jedion the big screen, bringingcharacters onto the field before the game, and this year, the first 5,000 fans will get a Star Wars reversible bucket hat.
• Bark at the Parkmakes its Target Field debut on April 22! Twins fans have long questioned why the Twins do not host a Bark in the Park Day like other majorand minor-league clubs (the St. Paul Saints had 3 Dog Days in 2023), but now, finally, the furriest Twins fans can catch a Twins game in person.Not much information is available yet outside of the date, but the Twins havethis linkto sign up to receive more information on how to take your best friend out to the ballgame.
• Threebobblehead days:Jhoan Durán on May 25 vs. the Rangers (first 10,000 fans) and Pablo López on July 6 vs. the Astros (first 10,000 fans), and a Los Twins Sugar Skull bobblehead on September 15. It can’t be a coincidence that López bobblehead night is against Houston, after the way he was dealingin Game 2 of the ALDS, right? The bobbleheads always come in an amazingly cool collector box.

Tip: if you get to the game and see a particular gate is all out of bobbleheads, do a lap around the outside of the entire stadium and check to see if other gates still have them. Sometimes, certain gates run out of giveaways much faster than the others. Look for stacked-up boxes before you scan your ticket and enter through the gate, because if you get your ticket scanned and then travel to other gates within the stadium seeking the giveaway item, Target Field staff will never give you the item.

• Baseball card giveaway day is on July 3 (first 20,000 fans)

• Hit the beach July 4th weekend in style: Twins Beach Towel giveaway day is Friday, July 5 (first 5,000 fans).
• Bat day is back! And this year, the Twins are handing out double the numberthey distributedlast year. The first 10,000 fans through the gates on July 20 will receive a Royce Lewis replica bat. This bat will be the most coveted giveaway of the year;people go wild for it. [Ed. note: I'm so sorry but this has to be done: They go batty.]Even though the team is handing out 10,000, you will want to get there extra earlybecause, finally, Target Field is hosting a weekend series vs. the Brewers. Year after year, the Border Battle Brewers series is the most packed of the season, so that will make getting there early for this giveaway extra important.
• No luck in securing a bat? You can try to be one of the first 5,000 Twins fans the very next day, on July 21, to receive aRubik’s Cube.
• The Twins are getting in on the pickleball craze that has swept the country with a fervor not seen since Beanie Babies (or perhaps the Tickle Me Elmo):Pickleball Nightis August 23. A special ticket package gets the pickleball lover in your life a ticket to the game and a Twins pickleball paddle and cover. More detailshere.
• Carlos Correa replica jersey dayis August 24 vs. the Cardinals. Even though it’s during the State Fair, I will absolutely try to get my Sweet Martha’s cookie-filled hands on this jersey because, for the first time, the Twins will be handing out the cream and navy blue Twin Cities jersey. These jerseys will likely look like a dress on little kids (even though in past years, the Twins have offered two sizes of giveaway jerseys, a medium and an extra large), so kids have their own jersey giveaway: kids Joe Ryan Jersey day is July 7. Tip: even the littlestTwins fans under 12 will get a kids giveaway item: last season we brought our at-the-time 3-month old niece to a game, and she got a T.C. Bear tank top.The jersey giveaways are my very favorite giveaway the Twins do: theyare wonderfully high-quality and have (the past two years) included a stitched (rather than screen-printed) front.

• TheJoe Mauer Hall of Fame Celebrationis August 3, and the Twins are celebrating their newest Cooperstown inductee by handing out a Joe Mauer Replica Hall of Fame Plaque to the first 10,000 fans. Well played, Twins.
• Terry Ryan & Rick Stelmaszek Twins Hall of Fame Pingiveaway is August 10 (first 10,000 fans)
• Fan appreciation baseball hat giveaway day is on September 27 and 28.

What theme nights or giveaways are you most excited about? Let us know in a comment below.