Festivals
A number of annual festivals occur in Northern Michigan including:
- Alpenfest (Gaylord) including the Alpenfest run/walk.
- Art On The Beach (Oscoda)
- "Arts and Crafts shows calendar". http://www.netstreetfair.com/MI_Events.html. around the state.
- Weyerhauser Au Sable River Canoe Marathon – Grayling to Oscoda, one leg of the "Triple Crown of Canoe Racing”. This is one of the few pro-am canoeing events in the U.S., and winning times may be as long as 21 hours.
- Bass Festival (Mancelona)
- Blissfest (folk festival) (Bliss Township)
- Brown Trout Festival (Alpena)
- Cedar Polka Festival (Cedar)
- Cadillac Chestnut Harvest Festival is held every year, on the second Saturday of October
- Celebration Days (Tawas Point State Park)
- Charlevoix Waterfront Art Fair, 2nd weekend in August.
- Chicago to Mackinac Boat Race ends on Mackinac Island
- Coho Salmon Festival (Honor)
- Dulcimer FunFest - (Evart)
- Festival on the Bay Petoskey
- Firemen's Memorial Festival (Roscommon)
- Freedom Festival (East Jordan)
- Great Lakes Bioneers Conference
- Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival which provides funding and support for lighthouses. 2nd weekend in October. (Alpena) According to Tim Harrison, Editor in Chief & Publisher of Lighthouse Digest Magazine and President of American Lighthouse Foundation states “There is no other festival like it in the United States. . ."
- Harrisville Arts & Crafts Show - Each Labor Day weekend there is a regional craft show (one of the largest and best attended in Northern Michigan), parade, and national jamboree often referred to as Harmony Weekend. I
- Hoxeyville Music Festival (Hoxeyville)
- Kirtland Warbler Festival and links.
- Leelanau Peninsula Wine & fOOD Festival with Blues (Northport)
- Mackinac Island Fudge Festival
- Mackinac Island Lilac Festival
- Mackinac Island Music Festival
- Annual Mushroom Festival (Mesick)
- National Cherry Festival (Traverse City)
- National Forest Festival (Manistee)
- National Morel Mushroom Festival (Boyne City)
- National Trout Festival (Kalkaska) end of April
- Nautical Festival (Rogers City)
- North American Snowmobile Festival (Cadillac)
- Northport's Harbor Day and July 4 Celebration (Northport)
- Ox Market and Flea Roast (Irons) -- one of the oldest festivals in the state.
- Paul Bunyan Festival & Great Lakes Chainsaw Carving Competition last weekend in August. (Oscoda)
- Polish Festival (Boyne Falls)
- Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race ends on Mackinac Island
- Posen Potato Festival
- Salmon Slam (Northport, Michigan)
- Scottville Harvest Festival
- Traverse City Film Festival
- Tip-Up Town (Houghton Lake)
- Venetian Festival (Charlevoix)
- WinterFest including a sled dog race (Kalkaska)
- World Famous Labor Day Fish Boil (Northport, Michigan)
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