The TC Waterman Challenge and Expo is the Midwest’s largest Stand-Up-Paddle-Board (SUP) event & industry EXPO. This SUP festival and EXPO include recreational and elite races for all ages and skill levels, free product demonstrations, free clinics, free kids races, and the Awards Luau Dinner for all participants.
Races
Staged on the shores of beautiful Grand Traverse Bay in Traverse City, Michigan, events include a recreational, all-ages, all-skill levels, 3.5-Mile Course Race located close offshore for spectators and onlookers to view. The TC Waterman also boasts a true “open water” distance race, The 11-Mile “Down-Winder”, is open to the public and elite racers alike. And back for a second year, the 100M “Dash-For-Cash” Sprints and the 11 Mile race.
Children can be entered for the KEIKI (kids) Races for a nominal fee and free use of demo boards.
The Expo
At the TC Waterman EXPO, enthusiasts will immerse themselves in local paddling and waterman culture and community. Vendors will be present throughout the day. Also, there will be local industry specific events providing free clinics, seminars, and demonstrations throughout the day. Meet industry board, paddle and SUP equipment manufacturers and distributors.
The Wilenes will take you back to the days when Country music was a pocketful of heartfelt ballads and great swing songs you could dance to. From the traditions of Patsy Cline to Bob Wills, from the honky-tonks, to the dance halls, to the front porches, this band will take you to some of the greatest American music ever played.
Tickets: $15 in advance; $20 at the event. Special ticket packages also available: $39 for your choice of 3 or $55 for all 5 Music on the Mountain concerts.
Call 231.334.5100 to reserve.
Transportation to the top of Bay Mountain begins at 6 p.m.
In the event of inclement weather, concerts will be held inside Mountain Flowers Lodge.
Good friends, a great view, and some incredible live music await you during The Homestead’s 2014 Music on the Mountain Summer Concert Series.
Enjoy one of golf’s finest weekends at Crystal Mountain. Join legendary CBS golf commentator and author, Ben Wright, and friends for a Four Seasons Club weekend highlighting all that is great about the game — camaraderie, sportsmanship, and contest.
Join us for a wonderful afternoon of Wine on the Water on Saturday, July 20, 2019, from 1-7pm at Suttons Bay Marina Park.
The Leelanau Peninsula Wine on the Water Festival features tastes from local Leelanau wineries, cideries and breweries as well as delicious food from local restaurants. Enjoy drinks, food and all-day musical entertainment. Experience unforgettable wine, food and music beside the cool breeze from Grand Traverse Bay!
Tickets are $20 in advance or $30 at the gate. Each ticket includes a commemorative wine glass. Tasting tickets and food are available for purchase during the event.
We are excited to reach 58 slopes for the 2015-16 season. Read more about The Backyard >>
Lift Hours Update
With the exception of Christmas/New Year (December 21-January 3) and President’s Week/Mid-Winter Break (February 15-21), lifts will close at 4:30pm on Monday and Tuesday nights. Crystal Mountain will be open seven days a week with night skiing and riding Wednesday through Sunday (conditions permitting).
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.
Traverse City Film Festival – Photos From Instagram
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The TC Waterman Challenge and Expo is the Midwest’s largest Stand-Up-Paddle-Board (SUP) event & industry EXPO. This SUP festival and EXPO include recreational and elite races for all ages and skill levels, free product demonstrations, free clinics, free kids races, and the Awards Luau Dinner for all participants.
The 2019 Traverse City Film Festival will be held July 30 – August 4, 2019.