(Howell High School Complex) 1200 W. Grand River Ave. Howell MI, 48843 WEBSITE I got a question for you … what’s full of hot air and high on the great state of Michigan? That’s right … The Michigan Challenge Balloonfest right here in Howell. Oh, and uh … if you guessed me … don’t worry … you’re still right. If …
Michigan Elvisfest – Ypsilanti, Michigan
(734) 483-1035 56 E Cross St, Ypsilanti, MI 48198 WEBSITE Michigan’s official Elvis Festival that happens at Riverside Park for two days every July in Ypsilanti’s Historic Depot Town. Thousands of Elvis lovers and people who love to be Elvis converge to shake rattle and roll out the red carpet for all things Elvis. There’s music, food, fun stuff for …
Empire Asparagus Festival – Empire, Michigan
Empire, Michigan 49630 WEBSITE If you love asparagus … you’ll love the northwest part of Michigan’s mitten. The sandy soil and climate in these parts makes it the perfect place to grow this delectable vegetable. But, if you love it so much you wanna kick up your heels and celebrate it … the Annul Empire Asparagus Festival is exactly where …
Mighty Uke Day – Old Town Lansing, Michigan
(517) 896-4025 Old Town Lansing, Michigan, 48906 WEBSITE You heard right … every year in May tons of Ukesters from around the country converge on Lansing’s Old Town to pluck, play and celebrate this diminutive (yet dynamic) little instrument. This funky festival features live shows, workshops, open mic stages, children’s activities and even helps raise money for local school music …
Tulip Time – Holland, Michigan
(616) 396-4221 74 W 8th St, Holland, MI 49423 WEBSITE Every spring, thousands of people travel from near and far to Holland Michigan for one of the most colorful Festivals of them all -Tulip Time. People from the Netherlands settled this town, so this week long festival features more than just these pretty perennials. You’ll also experience more Dutch tradition, …
Blowout
www.blowout.metrotimes.com If you’re looking for the largest local music festival in all of North America, there’s only one place to go, and that’s Hamtramck, Michigan. The festival is officially known as “Blowout” and is put on by one of the country’s hippest alternative newspapers, the Detroit Metro Times. Blowout is also one of the longest-running music festivals of its kind …
Red Flannel Festival, The
www.redflannelfestival.org Every October in Cedar Springs, Michigan they have The Red Flannel Festival where the entire town shows up sporting their very best red flannel. It can be a hat, shirt, pants, socks, jacket or whatever, as long as it’s red. It really is an amazing sight to see. A sea of red everything flowing up and down Main Street. …
Cheeseburger in Caseville Festival
www.cheeseburgerincasevillefest.com In 1999, the Cheeseburger in Caseville Festival started with a handful of people who loved Jimmy Buffett’s tropical tendency to kick back and relax with a great cheeseburger. Now for ten days every August, Caseville becomes “Key North,” and this beautiful little town of eight hundred hosts almost a quarter million people from around the world who love Buffett, …
Bike Time
www.muskegonbiketime.com If you like wind in your hair and bugs in your teeth, this festival is every two-wheeler’s ultimate weekend. It’s called Bike Time. It’s in Muskegon, and even though it’s only a few years old, it’s now the fastest-growing motorcycle festival in the country. Every July, thirty-five thousand bikes from thirty-eight states (and over ninety thousand people total) converge …
Bologna Festival
www.yalechamber.com/page-bologna.html All my life people have been telling me I’m full of bologna. Finally, I found a place where I totally fit in. It was at the fantastically fun Bologna Festival in Yale, Michigan. For three days every July, this small town of two thousand turns into twenty thousand bologna-loving party-goers. If you’re wondering why they have a bologna festival …
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