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Summer Calendar

June 14, 2009
What’s Doin’?
Your Summer Calendar of Fun

By Kelsey Lauer 6/15/09

With all the things going on in Northern Michigan during the summer, it can be hard to keep them all straight. Whether it’s an art fair or concert that strikes your fancy, there’s no shortage of events to choose from. Listed below are just a few of the many activities taking place over the upcoming months. (Be sure to check Web sites and/or call ahead for the most up-to-date times and locations).

JUNE
June 14-Aug. 16: Bay View Music Festival. 
June 16-Aug. 14: Charlotte Ross Lee Concerts in the Park series, Petoskey. 
June 22: Solstice Cruise on the Grass River, Bellaire.
June 23: Indigo Girls, Interlochen.
June 24-28: Mt. Pleasant Summer Festival
June 24-Aug. 20: Evening on River Street – held every Wed. in Elk Rapids.
June 25: Jen Sygit & Special Change followed by special guest Nathan Bates, Charlevoix.
June 25-27: St. Ignace Classic Car Show
June 25-28: “The Taming of the Shrew,” Interlochen.
June 25-Aug. 6: Street Musique, downtown Harbor Springs.
June 26: Waterfront Wine Festival, Harbor Springs.
June 26: Starship with Mickey Thomas, Odawa Casino Resort.
June 26-27: Vintage Car and Boat Festival, Harbor Springs.
June 26-28: Michigan Energy Fair, Manistee County Fairgrounds
June 26-28: Lumberjack Festival
June 27: Cherryholmes, Interlochen.
June 27-28: Summer Solstice Art Show, Charlevoix.
June 27-July 3: Good Hart Market Days.
June 28: Old Town Arts & Crafts Fair, TC.
June 28: Siegfried Idyll, performed in partnership by members of Chicago-based Prairie Winds and local musicians, Milliken Auditorium, TC.
June 29: Parsons Dance Company, Interlochen.
June 30: The Wallflowers, Interlochen.

JULY
July 1-5: Manistee National Forest Festival.
July 2: Arianna String Quartet, Interlochen.
July 2: Michael Beauchamp & The Barn Roughs, Charlevoix.
July 2-5: Manistee National Forest Festival
July 2-5: Rothbury Music Festival
July 2-5: Cedar Polka Festival.
July 2-Aug. 27: Upbeat Cadillac.
July 3: The Capitol Steps, Interlochen.
July 3-5: “The Taming of the Shrew,” Interlochen.
July 4: Parades & fireworks coming to a town near you.
July 4-5: Antiques at the Fairgrounds, Emmet County Fairgrounds
July 4-11: National Cherry Festival, TC.
July 4-5: Beach Volleyball, Arts & Crafts Fair, Car Show and Air Show at the National Cherry Festival.
July 6-10: Japanese Woodblock Printmaking Workshop, Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey.
July 7: Pirate/Fairy Party, downtown Petoskey.
July 7: Collage, Interlochen.
July 7: Heritage Day at the National Cherry Festival.
July 7-Aug. 15: Good Hart Market Days.
July 8: Ra Ra Riot, Interlochen.
July 8: Harbor Springs Women’s Club Art Fair.
July 8-12: Horse Shows by the Bay, TC.
July 9: Irish Festival, Interlochen.
July 9: The Red Sea Pedestrians, Charlevoix.
July 10: Paula Poundstone, Interlochen.
July 10: Cherries Grand Buffet and Queen’s Coronation Ball at the National Cherry Festival.
July 10-12: Blissfest Music Festival, Harbor Springs.
July 11: Festival of Races – 15K&5K, National Cherry Festival, TC.
July 11: Cherry Royale Parade and national Cherry Festival fireworks, TC
July 11: Beulah Art Fair.
July 11: South Arm Classic Boat Show, East Jordan.
July 11-12: 41st Annual Charlevoix Art & Craft Show.
July 13: Marcus Strickland Trio, Interlochen.
July 14-18: Alpenfest, Gaylord.
July 15: 38th Annual Glen Lake Women’s Club Art Fair.
July 15: Kelly Pickler, Odawa Casino Resort.
July 15-19: Horse Shows by the Bay, TC.
July 15-22: “Beauty and the Beast,” Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center.
July 16: Chris Bathgate, Charlevoix.
July 16: Maia String Quartet, Interlochen.
July 16: “The Eye of the Beholder, I – Beginning Photography,” Bellaire.
July 16: Meadowbrook Jamboree, Bellaire.
July 16: Concert on Lawn, Grand Traverse Pavilions, TC.
July 17: Hops & Berries, Alden.
July 17: Circo Comedia, Interlochen.
July 17-18: Joan Rivers, Odawa Casino Resort.
July 18: Encore Winds Concert, Alden.
July 18: Elberta Arts & Crafts Fair.
July 18: Elk Rapids Arts & Craft Show.
July 18: Benzie Sunrise Rotary Bike Benzie for Kids, Crystal Mountain Resort & Spa.
July 18: 41st Annual Festival of Arts, Cadillac.
July 18-19: Chicago to Mackinaw Race ends in Mackinaw City.
July 18-20: Art in the Park, Petoskey.
July 19: World Youth Symphony Orchestra with Chris Thile on the mandolin, Interlochen.
July 19-25: Charlevoix Venetian Festival.
July 20: Steve Miller Band, Interlochen.
July 21: Leon Bates, piano, Interlochen.
July 22: Gordon Lightfoot, Interlochen.
July 22: Cherrie & the Violators, downtown Bellaire.
July 22-26: Horse Shows by the Bay, TC.
July 24: Friday Night Live, downtown TC.
July 24-26: Alden Days.
July 24-29: 17th Annual “Art Leelanau,” Leland.
July 25: Suttons Bay Blues Festival.
July 25: 49th Annual Traverse Bay Outdoor Art Fair, Northwestern Michigan College, TC.
July 25-26: Fiber Arts Festival, Castle Farms, Charlevoix.
July 28-Aug 2: Traverse City Film Festival.
July 29: The 3 B’s, downtown Bellaire.
July 29-Aug 1: Elk Rapids Harbor Days: carnival, parade, fireworks and more.
July 29-Aug. 2: Horse Shows by the Bay, TC.
July 30: Squeaky Clean Cretins, Charlevoix.
July 30-Aug. 2: “Anything Goes,” presented by Interlochen’s high school theatre company.
July 31: Friday Night Live, downtown TC.
July 31: Bay Harbor Art Fair.
July 31-Aug. 1: Sidewalk Sale, downtown Petoskey.
July 31-Aug. 2: Cherry Bomb Lacrosse Tournament.
July 31-Aug. 2: Ugotta Regatta, Little Traverse Bay.

AUGUST
Aug. 1: Lonestar, Odawa Casino Resort.
Aug. 1: Boats on the Boardwalk: Classic Boat Show, downtown TC.
Aug. 1: Beulah Sidewalk Sale.
Aug. 1-2: Suttons Bay Art Festival.
Aug. 1-2: Portside Art Festival, East Jordan
Aug. 2: Coastal Crawl, Little Traverse Bay.
Aug. 2: Maples Blueberry Festival, Frankfort.
Aug. 4-9: Nautical City Festival, Rogers City.
Aug. 5: Kenny Loggins, Interlochen.
Aug. 5: Yankee Station, downtown Bellaire.
Aug. 6: Joan Baez, Interlochen.
Aug. 6: Who Hit John?, Charlevoix.
Aug. 6-8: Antrim County Fair, Bellaire.
Aug. 6-9: Sleeping Bear Dunegrass & Blues Festival, Empire.
Aug. 6-9: Polish Festival, Boyne Falls.
Aug. 7: Friday Night Live & sidewalk sale, downtown TC.
Aug. 8: Hot Peas ‘N Butter, Interlochen.
Aug. 8: Northport Wine & Food Festival.
Aug. 8: Charlevoix Waterfront Art Fair.
Aug. 8-9: Port Oneida Fair.
Aug. 8-15: Northwestern Mich. Fair, TC.
Aug. 11: World’s 2nd Largest Coffee Break, Bellaire.
Aug. 12: Jerry Lee Willy Band, downtown Bellaire.
Aug. 12-17: Enso String Quartet, Interlochen.
Aug. 13: Orpheum Bell, Charlevoix.
Aug. 13: Little Big Town, Interlochen.
Aug. 13-16: Sidewalk Sale, downtown Bellaire.
Aug. 13-16: Buckley Old Engine Show.
Aug. 14: Friday Night Live, downtown TC.
Aug. 14-15: Frankfort Art Fair.
Aug. 14-16: Peshawbestown Pow Wow.
Aug. 14-16: Festival on the Bay, Petoskey.
Aug. 15: Styx, Interlochen.
Aug. 15: Downtown Art Fair, TC.
Aug. 15: Brulé and AIRO, Odawa Casino Resort.
Aug. 15: Elk Rapids Arts & Crafts Show.
Aug. 15: Rubber Ducky Festival, Bellaire.
Aug. 17-22: Northern District Fair, Cadillac.
Aug. 18-20: Mackinac Music Festival, Mackinac Island
Aug. 20: The Luke Winslow-King Trio, Charlevoix.
Aug. 20-22: Guitar Festival, Interlochen.
Aug. 21: Friday Night Live, downtown TC.
Aug. 21-29: Emmet-Charlevoix County Fair, Petoskey.
Aug. 22: Fly-in, Drive-in Breakfast, Northport.
Aug. 22: B-52s, Odawa Casino Resort.
Aug. 23: Hoxeyville Music Festival.
Aug. 23-29: Otsego County Fair, Gaylord.
Aug. 27: Hipps & Rico/Charlie’s Root Fusion, Charlevoix.
Aug. 28: Friday Night Live, downtown TC.
Aug. 28-29: Corvette Crossroads Car Show, Mackinaw City.
Aug. 29-30: Cherry Roubaix Bike Race, TC.


SEPTEMBER
Sept. 1-5: Manistee County Fair, Onekama.
Sept. 3: Seth Bernard & May Erlewine, Charlevoix.
Sept. 4: Chain O’ Lakes Campground Music Festival, Bellaire.
Sept. 4-6: Bay Harbor Fishing Tournament.
Sept. 4-7: Grand Hotel Labor Day Jazz Weekend, Mackinac Island
Sept. 5-6: Royal Craft Show at Castle Farms, Charlevoix.
Sept. 6: Taste of Benzie, Elberta Waterfront Park.
Sept. 7: Mackinac Bridge Walk, St. Ignace/Mackinaw City.

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