November 8, 2025

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TC Children's Book Festival

Saturday, November 8
10AM
City Opera House, TC
Festival
Free

This annual event brings together Michigan & national publishers to showcase a wide variety of books for readers of all ages. Families can enjoy fun, kid-friendly activities & crafts hosted by local non-profits. Award-winning authors & illustrators—including Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards medalists—will share their inspiring work. 

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November 8 - November 8

Saturday 8

Thistle & Thread Holiday Show
8:00 a.m.
Suttons Bay Fire Hall

Bell's Iceman Cometh Challenge
8:45 a.m.
Kalkaska Airport

2025 Small Works Holiday Exhibition
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center

Long Lake Craft Show
9:00 a.m.
Long Lake Elementary, TC

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

Toy Town Toy Trot 5K
9:00 a.m.
Cadillac

Art Speaks: Creative Arts Studio for Adults with Disabilities
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey

Elemental: Earth, Fire, Air, Water
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Festival of Trees
10:00 a.m.
Grand Traverse Mall, TC

Fifth Annual European Christmas Market
10:00 a.m.
Tucked behind EB2 Vintage, 516 E. Eighth St., TC

Holiday Artists Market
10:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Kalkaska Festival of Trees
10:00 a.m.
Northland Foods Plaza, Kalkaska

Merry Marketplace 2025: Holiday Art Market
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell Gallery, TC

Shop Your Community Day
10:00 a.m.
Front St., downtown TC

Sweater Weather Art & Craft Show
10:00 a.m.
Pavilion, downtown Gaylord

TC Children's Book Festival
10:00 a.m.
City Opera House, TC

GLCO's Little Waves Children's Music Program
10:30 a.m.
Petoskey District Library

Apply with Confidence: GAAC Artist Exhibit Application Tutorial
11:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center

Beneath the Surface: Training Tomorrow’s Water Stewards
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Dewey Blocksma: Roundtable
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Dream & Memory - William Lindemann Recent Work
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell Gallery, TC

Ice Into Ocean: Arctic Tracings
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Petoskey's Fall Restaurant Week
11:00 a.m.
Petoskey area

TC Beer Week
11:00 a.m.
TC

Wild Turkey Trot 5K
11:00 a.m.
Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire

the Ekphrastic 2
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Carnegie Galleries, TC

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

Map-Making Workshop
2:00 p.m.
Glen Lake Community Library, Empire

Jazz Concert & Banquet - Honoring Veterans
4:00 p.m.
Zion Lutheran Church of Petoskey

The Cookbook Dinner Series Presents "The Four Horsemen"
4:00 p.m.
amical, TC

"Ten November": SOLD OUT
5:45 p.m.
GT Yacht Club, TC

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

Daisy May & Little Dipper
7:00 p.m.
Old Art Building, Leland

The Clairvoyants
7:00 p.m.
Odawa Casino Resort, Ovation Hall, Petoskey

The Northland Players Present "The Sound of Music"
7:30 p.m.
The Cheboygan Opera House

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