September 12, 2025

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Traverse City Mural Festival

Friday, September 12
10AM
TC
Festival
Free

Join the Traverse City Arts Commission for its first ever Mural Festival, featuring 6 artists painting murals along the Eighth Street corridor. Explore the businesses of the North Boardman Business District and participate in activities along the way while you watch 7 murals created in real time over the course of 5 days.

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September 12 - September 12

Friday 12

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

Something To Smile About: Mixed Media Paintings by Carol C Spaulding
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Lobby Gallery

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

Paddle Antrim Festival
9:30 a.m.
Ellsworth River Park

Between the Leaves
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Libragallery, TC

Eileen Kelly: A Retrospective
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Annual Public Hearing
10:00 a.m.
105 Hall St., TC & virtually

OAC 2025 Juried Art Exhibition
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Traverse City Mural Festival
10:00 a.m.
TC

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

A Toast to the Art of Margaret White
11:00 a.m.
Twisted Fish Gallery, Cottage Gallery, Elk Rapids

Big and Small Exhibit
11:00 a.m.
Charlevoix Circle of Arts

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

Forest Dwellers
11:00 a.m.
Higher Art Gallery, TC

Highways & Byways
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell Gallery, TC

Textiles in Context
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell Gallery, TC

Traverse Area Camera Club: 2025 Award Winners
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Carnegie Rotunda, TC

Juried Fine Arts Show
1:00 p.m.
Gaylord Area Council for the Arts

6th Annual Balloons Over Bay Harbor
4:00 p.m.
Bay Harbor Village

The Red Dresser Fall Barn Market
4:00 p.m.
Northwest Michigan Fairgrounds, TC

Author Talk with Tim Mulherin
5:00 p.m.
Suttons Bay Bingham District Library, main level Reading Nook

Opening Reception: Fall 2025 Exhibitions
5:00 p.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell Gallery, TC

TC Mural Festival Everyday Acts of Art Exhibition Opening
5:00 p.m.
The Alluvion, TC

El Savor Latino
7:00 p.m.
The Music House Museum, Williamsburg

TC Sacred Drum Circle
7:00 p.m.
House of Bear, 4242 Co. Rd. 633, Grawn

Mashup Rock & Roll Presents "Quack to the Future"
7:30 p.m.
The MATCH, 1728 S. Garfield Ave., TC

No Sugarcoating!
7:30 p.m.
TC Philharmonic Center, Cherryland Center

Play: "The Half-Life of Marie Curie"
7:30 p.m.
The Leelanau School Auditorium, Glen Arbor

Sister Act
7:30 p.m.
Old Town Playhouse, TC

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