August 19, 2025

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Balloons Over Bellaire

Friday, August 22
6:30PM-8PM
Shanty Creek Resort, Bellaire
Entertainment

Featuring 15+ hot air balloonists at Shanty Creek & Bellaire behind the Lakeview Hotel. Teams of balloonists take flight, while the sky above Lake Bellaire comes alive with color. Tonight, balloon launches from the alpine tubing hill behind The Lakeview Hotel.

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August 22 - August 22

Friday 22

Corvette Crossroads Auto Show & Mackinac Bridge Parade - 36th Annual
8:00 a.m.
Downtown Mackinaw City

HIStory / HERstory: Whose Story?
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center

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

Summer Sidewalk Sale
9:00 a.m.
Downtown Gaylord

The Quilt As Archive
9:00 a.m.
Cedar North, Cedar

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

119th Emmet-Charlevoix County Fair
10:00 a.m.
1129 Charlevoix Ave./U.S. 31, Petoskey

Along Our Way: The Art of Doug Barron & Brian Goff
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey

Horizons: Alternative Landscapes
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

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

In-Water Tritoon Boat Show
10:00 a.m.
Holiday RV Park & Campground, 4860 US 31 South, TC

Sailing Life: The Adventure of Michigan's Waterways
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Traverse City Food & Wine
10:00 a.m.
TC

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

An Art PAIRING with Debra LaRocque & Marilyn Stover
11:00 a.m.
Twisted Fish Gallery, Cottage Gallery, Elk Rapids

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

Joan Fitzsimmons: Into What World?
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Matt Shlian: Every Line is a Circle if You Make it Long Enough
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Paint Grand Traverse 2025 - Extended Exhibit
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Carnegie Rotunda, TC

Reclaimed: The Art of Recology
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Summer Salon
11:00 a.m.
Charlevoix Circle of Arts

Turning - TC
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell Gallery, TC

Wooden & Earthen: A Celebration of Art Rooted in Nature
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC

Spectrum of Realism
12:00 p.m.
The Ramsdell Theatre, Hardy Hall Gallery, Manistee

JRAC Member Exhibit & Opening Reception
12:30 p.m.
Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan

"A Canoe Named Klmin"
1:00 p.m.
Little Traverse History Museum, Petoskey

43rd Annual Cedar Polka Fest
5:00 p.m.
Under the big tent, Cedar

Balloons Over Bellaire
6:30 p.m.
Shanty Creek Resort, Bellaire

Downtown Gaylord Summer Concert Series
7:00 p.m.
Claude Shannon Park, Gaylord

NWS: A Conversation with Antoni Porowski
7:00 p.m.
City Opera House, TC

The Prince of Egypt
7:00 p.m.
Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC

Greensky Bluegrass
7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium

Music in Mackinaw - An Exceptional Chorus
8:00 p.m.
Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City

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