{"id":568682,"date":"2026-02-12T18:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/568682\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T18:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:56:17","slug":"minnesota-twins-2026-promotional-schedule-highlights-fan-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/568682\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Twins 2026 Promotional Schedule Highlights Fan Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Kirby Puckett jersey and Byron Buxton bobblehead giveaway highlight the Minnesota Twins&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/twins\/tickets\/promotions#regular-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Promotional Schedule<\/a>, which was released on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/twins\/tickets\/promotions#regular-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Single game tickets<\/a> for the 2026 season go on sale on Thursday, February 19th at 10 a.m..<\/p>\n<p>TWINS HOME OPENER GIVEAWAY 2026<\/p>\n<p>The Twins&#8217; 2026 home opener is scheduled for Friday, April 3rd against the Tampa Bay Rays. The first 5,000 fans at the game will receive a Twins beanie cap and will have the opportunity to purchase beer for $2 from the time the gates open until first pitch.<\/p>\n<p>The first Sunday game falls on April 5th, also against the Rays, and the first 5,000 kids will get an opening day beanie along with half-priced kids meals and a free kids ice cream (12 and under).<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, May 2nd the Twins host the Blue Jays for a matinee in Minneapolis. The first 10,000 fans will receive a Twins-themed Rapala fishing lure.<\/p>\n<p>MINNESOTA TWINS BARK IN THE PARK 2026\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On May 12th Twins fans can bring their doggo to the park for Bark in the Park night, which is typically one of the most popular promotions of the year. A special ticket is required and includes a TC Bear Bag Dispenser.<\/p>\n<p>The team&#8217;s annual Star Wars Night is slated for Saturday, May 16th during a game with rival Milwaukee. A special ticket is required and includes a Grogu bobblehead.<\/p>\n<p>The next afternoon is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Day, with a special ticket package that includes an exclusive TMNT Twins jersey.<\/p>\n<p>ST. CLOUD STATE NIGHT AT TARGET FIELD 2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Twins will hold St. Cloud State University night on May 19th, with a St. Cloud State rope hat given with purchase of the special ticket package.<\/p>\n<p>CSB+SJU Night is scheduled for June 2nd.<\/p>\n<p>MINNESOTA TWINS PRINCE NIGHT 2026<\/p>\n<p>On June 4th the Twins will hold their annual Prince night, with this year&#8217;s ticket package including a Prince varsity jacket.<\/p>\n<p>There are two player jersey giveaways scheduled for this season. A Royce Lewis jersey will be given to the first 10,000 fans on Saturday, June 6th; and a Kirby Puckett jersey is the giveaway for the first 10,000 fans on Saturday, July 25th.<\/p>\n<p>TWINS BOBBLEHEAD GIVEAWAY 2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Twins will give the first 10,000 fans at their game against the Colorado Rockies on June 27th a Byron Buxton bobblehead.<\/p>\n<p>Other highlights of this year&#8217;s promotional schedule include a Barbie night, SpongeBob day and Peanuts Day.<\/p>\n<p>Memorable Minnesota Sports Homecomings\/Reunions <\/p>\n<p>Memorable Minnesota Sports Homecomings\/Reunions\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/search\/2\/image?agreements=pa%3A212225%2Ced%3A5129&amp;family=editorial&amp;phrase=ricky%20rubio%20timberwolves&amp;sort=newest&amp;phraseprocessing=excludenaturallanguage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Getty Images<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Kirby Puckett jersey and Byron Buxton bobblehead giveaway highlight the Minnesota Twins&#8217; 2026 Promotional Schedule, which was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2388],"tags":[5,5826,822,60,3190,4,148],"class_list":{"0":"post-568682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-twins","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-lifestyle","10":"tag-minnesota","11":"tag-minnesota-twins","12":"tag-minnesotatwins","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-twins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116059189098749860","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}