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Crystal Mountain – Michigan Beer & Brat Festival

Crystal Mountain – Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration – July 1 – July 7

Crystal Mountain ~ Skiing With Santa ~ December 24, 2023
[ December 24, 2019; 1:00 pm; December 24, 2023; ] Sunday - December 24, 2023. Join Santa for some on-hill fun! Santa will hit the slopes. Call 888.968.7686 ext. 2000 for more information. more...

Crystal Mountain ~ Demo Day ~ December 29 ~ 30, 2023
[ December 29, 2023 to December 30, 2023. ] Demo the latest and greatest downhill equipment for the winter season! Held from 9am - 3pm at the base of Buck slope near Kinlochen . <> Visit Crystal Mountain Website >>>> <> Crystal Mountain On Facebook Below are the latest postings from the Crystal Mountain Page On Facebook. <> Crystal Mountain <> Visit Crystal Mountain Website >>>> <> more...

Crystal Mountain ~ New Year’s Eve Celebration ~ December 31, 2023
[ December 31, 2023; ] Kick off 2024 at Crystal Mountain! Additional New Year's Eve details coming soon! New Year's Eve Party Packs Celebrate with those closest to you in your own private setting with our Party Packs! We'll provide you with: Four top hats Four tiaras Four noise makers Four "Happy New Year" eyeglasses One "Happy New Year" banner $20 per party [...] more...

Crystal Mountain ~ Winter Trails Day ~ January 6, 2024
[ January 6, 2024; ] Free Lessons Winter Trails Day offers children and adults new to snow sports the chance to try cross country skiing for FREE, and to discover the great fitness and social benefits with this easy-to-learn winter sport. This free 1-hour clinic includes a lesson and rental equipment. Time: Begins at 1pm. Clinic is 1-hour. Only 16 spaces available! Advanced reservations [...] more...

Crystal Mountain ~ World Snow Day Celebration ~ January 21, 2024
[ January 21, 2024; ] In celebration of World Snow Day, Crystal Mountain is offering a variety of activities geared to introduce "first timers" to the great world of snow. Learn 12pm - 4pm: View a Snow Gun and Groomer up close! Located on the slopes behind the Crystal Center. 1pm: Cross Country Presentation - Meet at the Cross Country Learning Center. Free to [...] more...

Crystal Mountain ~ Iron Fish Distillery Fat Chance Fat Tire Bike Race ~ January 27, 2024
[ January 27, 2024; ] The Fat Chance bike race tests racers on a combination of Crystal's groomed and dedicated winter fat bike course, which has been designed for bike tires over 3.5″ wide, PLUS some of our Cross-Country ski trails and the Betsie River Pathway. more...

Crystal Mountain ~ Mardi Gras on the Mountain ~ March 2, 2024
[ March 2, 2024; ] Let the good times roll at Crystal Mountain this Mardi Gras Weekend! Dress in your favorite purple, green and gold! Skiers and boarders in FULL COSTUME receive $10 off their open-to-close lift ticket (valid Saturday, March 5, 2016 only). Discount only available at ticket window. more...

Crystal Mountain ~ Spring Carnival ~ March 9, 2024
[ March 9, 2024; ] Get ready for a fun filled Saturday with events and activities for the whole family to enjoy! more...

Crystal Mountain ~ Celts & Kayaks ~ March 16, 2024
[ March 16, 2024; ] Cheers to a fun-filled St. Patrick's weekend, with plenty of activities for everyone. 9:30 - 10:30AM: Kayaks on the Snow Registration Be the fastest one down our race course. Equipment provided, personal equipment is prohibited. All participants must have their own helmet and be at least 8 years old. Day-of registration is required 30-minutes prior to the [...] more...

Crystal Mountain ~ Retro Day ~ March 23, 2024
[ March 23, 2024; ] It's time for a retro flashback and its happening at Crystal Mountain! Dress in your favorite retro clothing. Skiers & Boarders in FULL COSTUME receive $10 OFF an open-to-close lift ticket. Lift ticket is valid Saturday, March 19, 2016 only. more...

Crystal Mountain ~ Easter at the Mountain ~ March 30 ~ 31, 2024
[ March 30, 2024 to March 31, 2024. ] Search for over 3000 eggs! Find the Golden Egg and win an Easter Basket full of fun! Held on the grounds of Crystal Mountain, beginning at 10am sharp. Follow the signs on Mountain Center Road for the egg hunt. After the Easter egg hunt, get a photo with the Easter Bunny, at 11am at the Inn Lounge. more...

Blake Elliott & The Current Love – Summer Sounds Concert – Michigan Legacy Art Park – July 21, 2023
[ July 21, 2023; 7:00 pm; ] Elliott returns to the Summer Sounds stage with a new backing band. Bluesy rock-and-roll highlighting Blake’s masterful guitar and signature vocals will be a performance not to miss. Summer Sounds Concert Series Bring family and friends for a wonderful night of entertainment at an Art Park concert this summer. For over twenty years, concert-goers have [...] more...

Youngman & Oldmen – Summer Sounds Concert – Michigan Legacy Art Park – August 4, 2023
[ August 4, 2023; 7:00 pm; ] Michigan music fixtures for nearly 50 years, Frank Youngman and Mark Schrock (aka Oldmen) bring a repertoire of Americana folk tunes, vintage jazz, “ancient” country music, and singalongs, wrapped up in a story and a smile.. Summer Sounds Concert Series Bring family and friends for a wonderful night of entertainment at an Art Park concert [...] more...

Port Oneida Fair – August 11 – 12, 2023
[ August 11, 2023 to August 12, 2023. ] Join us on August 11 & 12 for the 2023 Port Oneida Fair! Step back in time at the Port Oneida Fair and experience life as it was in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Imagine the life of Euro-American immigrants as you help bale hay or watch a broom-maker at work. Learn about spinning, [...] more...

Northport Dog Parade ~ August 12, 2023
[ August 12, 2023; ] 2023 Northport Dog Parade theme: Canine Couture A Doggie Fashion Show August 12th at Noon Saturday, August 12th, 2023. In-person registration begins at 10:30. The parade line-up will start at 11:30 am and the parade will commence at noon. If you pre-register, please check in at the registration table on the morning of the Parade. Pre-registration [...] more...

Leelanau UnCaged – September 30, 2023
[ September 30, 2023; ] Leelanau UnCaged is originally inspired by John Cage the famous American composer and philosopher, whose interpretation of rhythm and music was original in every way. Leelanau UnCaged is a day to celebrate and stimulate the senses! We hope you come and enjoy. This event is brought to you by local volunteers who care very much for [...] more...

Manitou Passage Golf Club – A Northern Michigan Adventure
By Jim Barnes It may seem unthinkable, even sacrilegious, to make any changes to a course designed by the great Arnold Palmer. Originally opened in 1998 as King’s Challenge, the course languished a bit when Sugar Loaf Mountain Ski Resort closed (the course is built alongside the ski hill), so it needed some rejuvenating and updating. [...] more...

Traverse City Winter Comedy Arts Festival – February 13 – 15, 2015

AMERICA’S TOP POLITICAL COMEDIAN BILL MAHER TO HEADLINE 2015 TRAVERSE CITY WINTER COMEDY ARTS FESTIVAL

February in Northern Michigan will be funny once again when Oscar-winner Michael Moore, “The Goldbergs” star Jeff Garlin, and comedian Doug Benson host the Traverse City Winter Comedy Festival, headlined this year by HBO star and political satirist Bill Maher. Joining Bill will be Doug Benson, Michael Moore, and a slate of popular, edgy comedians February 13-15, 2015, in the historic venues of frozen Traverse City, Michigan.

The hugely popular Bill Maher, host of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” will bring his incisive brand of political satire to TC for one night only on Valentine’s Day, 2015. With his unique insights into Isis, Ferguson, and Ebola, what could be more romantic on this special weekend than the Bill Maher show in Traverse City?

Moore said that Maher is donating his appearance at the festival, “even paying his own way here, because he wants to help out our area and the work of the Traverse City Film Festival. Bill usually plays venues and arenas that seat thousands, so we are especially fortunate to have a comedian of his caliber coming here.”

Operating with the mission of bringing “a dozen comedians, a bunch of movies, thousands of laughs — and 200 inches of snow” to our “The Shining”-like town in February, the festival will feature top comedians in concert, including returning comedian, actor, and podcast host extraordinaire Doug Benson (“@midnight,” “Super High Me”).

In addition to his award-winning stand-up and “Doug Loves Movies” podcast, the thinking man’s stoner is also bringing us a Valentine’s Day treat — a very special edition of the world-famous “Doug Benson Movie Interruption” in which Doug and his buddies will seat themselves in the front row of the State Theatre with microphones in hand to hilariously riff on one of the timeless great-bad movies of all time, “Pretty Woman.”

Benson, Traverse City’s #1 fan, and Garlin have also persuaded a few of their famous and hilarious friends to leave the sunshine of Los Angeles to come to the tundra of the North to perform. The full comedy lineup will be announced in early January, when tickets go on sale.

AND…for the younger members of our population in need of earmuffs both outside and inside the comedy venues, the Traverse City Film Festival and the National Cherry Festival will continue their historic partnership so that Front Street can again be the site of FREE family fun.

Front Street between Park and Cass will be transformed into a veritable winter wonderland with activities like PGA-approved frozen mini golf, an ice skating rink smack dab in the middle of the street, Downtown TC’s own Mt. Everest of sledding, and of course, it wouldn’t be a Comedy Festival without a Ferris Wheel — because what says winter fun quite like the wind whipping against your face at high speeds and heights?

The comedy events will be priced so that all people will be able to attend — and some events will even be free.

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Wineries of Old Mission Peninsula – Blossom Day – May 16, 2015

A Celebration of Blossoms, Beauty and Bounty on Old Mission Peninsula

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Bring on spring! On Old Mission Peninsula, that means new wine releases. Relish samples of WOMP’s newest vintages, as well as spring’s arrival to Old Mission Peninsula. The wineries invite you to a day of tasting their new releases while enjoying fresh, spring-inspired food pairings. Several stops will even offer a chance to chat with WOMP winemakers about the grape-to-glass winemaking process, as well as offering limited barrel and tank tastings. (Try them before they’re ready to bottle!) It’s been a cold, cold winter. Thaw out with WOMP!

There are transportation companies which you may hire separately from the event, but most guests simply drive themselves. The entire peninsula is only 19 miles long and five miles at its widest, so all wineries are within a just a few miles of each other. Click here for a list of transport companies if you’d like to hire a shuttle tour.

Tickets are available online here for $25 per person, plus processing.

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Traverse City Film Festival – July 30 – August 4, 2019

The 2019 Traverse City Film Festival will be held July 30 – August 4, 2019.

The Traverse City Film Festival was founded by Oscar winning filmmaker Michael Moore as a charitable, educational, nonprofit organization committed to showing “Just Great Movies” and helping to save one of America’s few indigenous art forms — the cinema.

The festival brings films and filmmakers from around the world to northern Michigan for the annual film festival in late July to early August, and also owns and operates a year-round, community-based, mission-driven art house movie theater, the State Theatre.

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Traverse City Film Festival On Facebook

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Traverse City Film Festival – Photos From Instagram

Here are the latest photos of the Traverse City Film Festival via instagram. If you have an instagram photo to share of your visit to the Traverse City Film Festival, choose “Traverse City Film Festival” as your location and your photos will appear in the photo stream below.

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Michigan Schooner Festival – September 19 – 21, 2014

Michigan Schooner Festival 2014 is scheduled for September 19-21 and will include a parade of tall ships on Friday, Sept 19 and two days of deck tours, cruises aboard the sailing vessels, and related activities at Clinch Park Marina and the Discovery Center Great Lakes dock. Great Lakes schooners that will be participating include:

MHA’s Madeline, Traverse City, MI
ISEA’s Inland Seas, Suttons Bay, MI
Tallship Manitou, Traverse City, MI
Denis Sullivan, Milwaukee, WI
Champion, Traverse City, MI
Friends Good Will has had to cancel their appearance

Additional activities are taking place related to the maritime history of the area, including theatrical performances, movies, concerts, lectures, and other educational presentations. Many Michigan authors, historians, and craftsman will be participating. We will have approximately 10 venues and a total of 30-40 individual events over a two-week period.