The Lucky Shots Candy Cane Classic 2026 runs December 11 through 13 at Lucky Shots Pickleball Club, 3300 5th St NE in northeast Minneapolis. Registration opened September 1 and closes December 9 on pickleballtournaments.com. Entry is $45 per player through October 31, rising to $50 starting November 1. Teams that register without a partner have seven days to add one before being moved to the waitlist, and withdrawals before December 9 get a full refund. As of October 18, 2026, 29 players had registered. (Source: pickleballtournaments.com, checked 2026-10-18.)
The venue: Lucky Shots Pickleball Club
Lucky Shots Pickleball Club has 18 indoor courts with permanent nets, the most courts at a single site anywhere in our Minneapolis directory; the next largest in the city has 7. Outside tournament weekends, courts are available for a one-time drop-in fee and the club also runs open play sessions where players are grouped by skill level. Call (612) 230-9870 for current open play times.
Other places to play pickleball in the Minneapolis metro
Not entering the tournament? Three other verified options around the city:
- Minneapolis Cider Company, 701 SE 9th St: 4 indoor courts. Court rental runs $40 an hour on weekdays and $45 an hour on weekends, per the taproom's own pickleball page.
- Lake Nokomis Pickleball Courts, 2401 E Minnehaha Pkwy: 6 free outdoor courts, first-come first-served from dusk to dawn. These were the city's first dedicated pickleball courts.
- McRae Park, 906 E 47th St: 5 free outdoor courts striped onto the park's ice rink, part of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board's pickleball program.
For indoor league and drop-in play at other city-run recreation centers, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board manages scheduling through its Activity Registration site rather than posting fixed weekly times on each park's own page, so hours vary by season.
See every verified court in the metro on the Minneapolis, MN court directory.