Conventions
2025
August 8 – 10 Winnipeg
2026
Oryg
2027
Thunder Bay (Nor-West/Port Arthur)
2028
Metro
Past Conventions
Some of our past conventions. Please check our district Facebook page photo albums for highlights of our fun times.
2024
September 12 – 15 at Sugar Lake Lodge near Grand Rapids, MN
Minneapolis (Mpls. Northstar)
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2023
Winnipeg (100th anniversary year)
Northern Lights and Summer Nights was held in Winnipeg August 23 – 27, 2023
2022
The 2022 District 7 Convention – The Island Gangster Convention – was hosted by the McKenzie Island Gyro Club. It was held in Red Lake ON, August 25 – 28, at the Super 8 Motel.
2021
Virtual Meeting – Covid Pandemic
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2020
Cancelled – Covid
2019
The 2019 District 7 Convention – Party at the Port – was hosted by the Minneapolis Metro Gyro Club. It was held in Duluth, September 12 – 15, at the Inn on Lake Superior – Canal Park.
2018
The 2018 Convention – Magic on the Mississippi – was held in St. Paul September 13-16, hosted by the ORYG Gyro Club.
2017
The 2017 District 7 Convention was hosted by the Port Arthur Gyro Club. It was held at the NorWester Hotel and Conference Centre in Thunder Bay September 14-17.
2016
The 2016 District 7 & Gyro International Convention was hosted by the McKenzie Island Gyro Club in Red Lake, Ontario. It was held July 11-17.
2015
The 2015 District 7 Convention was hosted by the North Star Gyro Club. It was held at the Inn on Lake Superior in Duluth, located on the Lake Superior shore in Canal Park, October 1-4
2014
The 2014 District VII Convention was hosted by the Winnipeg Gyro Club August 21-24. Headquarters was the Delta Winnipeg Hotel.
2013 – 2008
The 2013 District VII Convention was held at the Airlane Hotel in Thunder Bay, ON. The convention was hosted by the Fort William Gyro Club, with help from the Port Arthur and NorWest clubs.
The 2012 District 7 Convention was hosted by the McKenzie Island Gyro Club. The theme was ‘Gilligan’s Island’. Attendees came dressed as their favourite character from the show. Click here to see the photos on the District 7 Facebook page.
Click here to view a recent article about Ed Fahlgren, one of the founders of the McKenzie Island Gyro Club, a Past Governor of District 7, and Past International President (1971-72).
The 2011 District 7 Convention was hosted by the Metro Gyro Club of Minneapolis. It was held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Bloomington, MN. Activities included tours of the MN Landscape Arboretum and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, both led by Metro Gyro members who volunteer at these great facilities.
In 2010, District 7 hosted the Gyro International Convention in St. Paul, lead by the Oryg Club. The convention theme was “Rollin’ on the River”. The convention was held at the Crown Plaza Hotel overlooking the Mississippi river in downtown St. Paul. Friday evening festivities took place aboard a riverboat cruising on the river.
The 2009 District 7 Convention was held in Thunder Bay, August 20-23, with the Fort William, Port Arthur and NorWest clubs teaming up to host. The NorWester Resort Hotel served as convention headquarters.
The 2008 District Convention was hosted by the Minneapolis North Star club. We gathered at the Inn on Lake Superior in Canal Park in Duluth, September 4-7.
2014
The 2014 District VII Convention was hosted by the Winnipeg Gyro Club August 21-24. Headquarters was the Delta Winnipeg Hotel.