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Michigan's Mac & Cheese Festival

Saturday, June 14
5PM-10PM
Turtle Creek Stadium, TC
Festival
$44-$70

Outlier Events, the visionary team behind fan-favorite events like the Tots & Taps Festival, Mac & Cheese Festival, and Donut & Beer Festival, is announcing the debut of Michigan's Mac & Cheese Fest. Featuring more than 30 unique & local mac & cheese offerings, complemented by 100+ beer, cider, & seltzer selections. There will also be live music by Knee Deep, a mac & cheese eating contest, Dad Dance Crew, & World Record Flip Cup attempt. One kid under the age of 13 will be chosen as the honorary Kid Judge. Each attendee will receive all-inclusive style tickets with food samples, drink samples, a souvenir cup, Mac lanyard, & VIP only gift. For all ages.

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June 14 - June 14

Saturday 14

Michigan Mountain Mayhem Spring Classic
6:00 a.m.
Backside of Boyne Mountain

8th Annual Cheese Cup Fly Fishing Tournament
6:30 a.m.
TC

Total Archery Challenge
7:00 a.m.
Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville

Grand Traverse Kennel Club's Cherry Capital Classic Dog Show
8:00 a.m.
Northwest Michigan Fairgrounds, TC

M22 Challenge: SOLD OUT
8:00 a.m.
South-bound lane of M-109

Kid's Free Fishing Day
9:00 a.m.
NMC Great Lakes Campus Harbor, TC

Musicians-In-Residence: Kodak Quartet
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor & Big Glen Lake

Petoskey's Annual Sand Dig Volleyball Tournament
9:00 a.m.
Petoskey State Park

Random Exhibition
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Lobby Gallery

"Serenity - Captured Moments"
10:00 a.m.
The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park, in gallery space above Visitor Center, TC

"Small Works: Community Collage" Project, Honoring Legacy of Joe Muer
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

2025 Northern Michigan Walk with Us to Cure Lupus
10:00 a.m.
Mineral Springs Park, Frankfort

8th Annual Paint Grand Traverse
10:00 a.m.
TC

Alchemy + Artistry
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Art in the Barn
10:00 a.m.
6411 N. Overlook Rd., Northport

Bay Harbor In-Water Boat Show
10:00 a.m.
Bay Harbor Lake Marina

Clint Kane Remembrance Run: 3.1M; Kids Run, Bike, Scooter
10:00 a.m.
Clancy Park, TC

GT Bay Father's Day Art & Craft Show
10:00 a.m.
GT County Civic Center, TC

Great Lakes Pastel Society's 2025 Members Small Works Exhibition
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Fisher Room Gallery, Frankfort

IMMERSED
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey

Legacy & Light: 150 Years of Bay View
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey

Old Town Arts & Crafts Fair
10:00 a.m.
Downtown TC

Terry Dickinson Retrospective Exhibit
10:00 a.m.
AuSable Artisan Village Performing Arts Center, Grayling

Traverse City Repair Café
10:00 a.m.
Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room & front lawn, TC

"Layers of Joy"
11:00 a.m.
Higher Art Gallery, TC

A Style All Our Own: Canadian Woodland Artists
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Blessing of the Boats
11:00 a.m.
Dockside on Torch Lake

Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

PFLAG/MARJDI: "Art Speaks Pride"
11:00 a.m.
The Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Hardy Hall, Manistee

37th Leland Wine & Food Festival
12:00 p.m.
Leland Harbor

Members Art Exhibit
12:00 p.m.
Northport Arts Association

Members Create
12:00 p.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Main Gallery

Traverse Indivisible & Leelanau Indivisible Flag Day Parade
12:00 p.m.
Governmental Center, TC

"The Most Incredible Thing"
1:00 p.m.
Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center

In-Store Book Signing
1:00 p.m.
Horizon Books, TC

The Wizard of Oz Youth Edition
2:00 p.m.
Old Town Playhouse, TC

Movie Music Magic
4:30 p.m.
Suttons Bay High School Auditorium

Michigan's Mac & Cheese Festival
5:00 p.m.
Turtle Creek Stadium, TC

TC Roller Derby Pride Bout
5:00 p.m.
GT County Civic Center, TC

"The Most Incredible Thing"
7:00 p.m.
Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center

"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"
7:00 p.m.
Cadillac Community Auditorium, Cadillac High School

An Evening with Austin Taylor
7:00 p.m.
Elder Piper Beer & Cider, Petoskey

Bayside Travellers Contra Dance
7:00 p.m.
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC

Saturdays in the Park with Rodney Whitaker Ensemble
7:00 p.m.
GT County Civic Center Amphitheater, TC

The Wizard of Oz Youth Edition
7:00 p.m.
Old Town Playhouse, TC

Viridian Strings: Passions & Colors - A Piano Quartet Journey
7:00 p.m.
Oliver Art Center, Beck Gallery, Frankfort

Ben Folds & A Piano Tour
7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium

From Boston to Bay Harbor, A Night at the Ballet
7:30 p.m.
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor

Whiskey Wolves of The West
7:30 p.m.
The Garden Theater, Frankfort

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