Paisley Park Opens Free for Prince Memorial

Paisley Park marked the 10th anniversary of Prince’s death on Tuesday, April 21, with public events in Chanhassen that included free access to the NPG Music Club and a livestreamed candle-lighting at 4:21 p.m. (paisleypark.com) The official program billed the day as “A Day 2 Reflect | A Night 2 Remember.” It ran from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with tours, memorial messages, origami doves, a listening lounge, and a nighttime event with a walkthrough tour and special performance. (paisleypark.com) Local coverage showed fans gathering at Paisley Park on April 21, 2026, to mark 10 years since Prince died there. FOX 9 reported the anniversary tribute from Chanhassen and said more events are planned around Prince’s June birthday. (fox9.com) The date carries unusual weight in Minnesota because Prince Rogers Nelson was found dead at Paisley Park on April 21, 2016, at age 57. Reporting at the anniversary events tied this year’s memorial directly to that 10-year mark. (fox9.com) Paisley Park is no longer only the private studio complex Prince built in Chanhassen. Since opening as a museum in October 2016, it has become the main physical site for fan memorials, exhibitions, tours, and annual Prince-related programming. (paisleypark.com, britannica.com) This week’s memorial also functioned as a lead-in to Prince Celebration 2026, a five-day event scheduled for June 3-7 across Paisley Park and downtown Minneapolis. Organizers said the lineup will include concerts, panel discussions, screenings, unreleased concert footage, and a downtown block party. (paisleypark.com, shorefire.com) The announced performers and guests underscore how heavily the June event leans on Prince’s collaborators and musical orbit. Paisley Park and Shore Fire said members of the New Power Generation and The Revolution are set to share a stage, with Chaka Khan, Morris Day, Miguel, Tevin Campbell, Bilal, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, and Sounds of Blackness also on the bill. (paisleypark.com, shorefire.com) Minneapolis tourism officials are already promoting one of the public-facing pieces of that weekend: a free June 6 block party and sing-along at the Prince mural downtown. The event listing says Paisley Park and the City of Minneapolis are presenting it as a citywide gathering tied to the larger Celebration. (minneapolis.org) That pairing of a solemn April memorial and a larger June festival shows how Prince’s legacy is now being managed in two lanes at once: as a site of mourning in Chanhassen and as a recurring civic draw for Minneapolis. On Tuesday, both tracks started at the same place — Paisley Park, 10 years after Prince’s death. (paisleypark.com, minneapolis.org)