Bemidji Senior Center plans fifth annual spaghetti supper and concert
Bemidji Senior Center’s fifth annual spaghetti supper returns July 6, with a First City Singers concert and a downtown gathering place many older residents rely on.
The Bemidji Senior Center will host its fifth annual Oodles of Noodles and Yankee Doodles on Monday, July 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. at 216 Third St. NW in downtown Bemidji. The evening will start with a spaghetti supper at 6 p.m., then move to a patriotic concert by the First City Singers at 7 p.m.
The event is more than a summer dinner and show. For many older adults in Bemidji and across Beltrami County, the senior center serves as one of the few regular places built for food, company and routine connection. The center says its doors are open to all and there is no age restriction on membership, and its calendar includes activities, trips, special events, nutrition services, a gift shop and volunteer opportunities. That mix gives the building a role that reaches well beyond entertainment, especially for residents who live alone, caregivers looking for a manageable evening out and families who want a low-cost place to gather without driving far or planning around a larger festival.
The center’s downtown address also carries local history. The building at 216 Third St. NW began in 1906 as the Brinkman Hotel and Theater. After the city bought the property in 1934, it became a municipal liquor dispensary. It burned on Jan. 4, 1945, and the current structure dates to the postwar rebuild around 1950. That makes the senior center part of a block that has repeatedly been reshaped to meet community needs.
This year’s program follows the same summer timing that has made the event familiar on the local calendar. A 2025 listing placed Oodles of Noodles and Yankee Doodles on the Monday after July Fourth, showing the supper and concert have become a recurring part of Bemidji’s Independence Day week rather than a one-time fundraiser. Tickets were listed at $15, available at the senior center or at the door.
With spaghetti at 6 p.m. and the First City Singers at 7 p.m., the night will pull together food, music and a shared downtown space that many Bemidji residents use for connection as much as for recreation.
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