December 8, 2025

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Fifth Annual Strolling Lights Festival

Sunday, December 7
11AM
Crystal River Outfitters Recreational District, Glen Arbor
Benefit/Charity

See the Strolling Lights Festival Trees that were purchased, helping the Empire Area Food Pantry, which serves those who are struggling to put food on their tables. Monetary donations can also be made online. With the funds that are raised from this festive tradition, Crystal River Outfitters Recreational District hopes to increase the amount of protein, flour & sugar on hand, as well as helping four-legged family members who often go unfed. Runs through New Year’s.

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December 7 - December 7

Sunday 7

2025 Small Works Holiday Exhibition
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

2025 Holiday Bazaar
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Galleries, Petoskey

A Very Bay Harbor Christmas
10:00 a.m.
Bay Harbor

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

OAC Holiday Artisan Boutique
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Portraits of Place
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey

Winter Member Exhibition
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

8th Annual Art Tree & Ornament Show
11:00 a.m.
Higher Art Gallery, TC

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

Charlevoix Circle mARkeT
11:00 a.m.
Charlevoix Circle of Arts

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

Fifth Annual Strolling Lights Festival
11:00 a.m.
Crystal River Outfitters Recreational District, Glen Arbor

Guild Pop-Up Exhibit: Marilyn Rebant
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Libragallery, TC

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

Local Artist Melonie Steffes Solo Exhibit: Wilder Alternatives
11:00 a.m.
Higher Art Gallery, TC

Winter and the Blues
11:00 a.m.
Art on Union Gallery, TC

Great Lakes Cinema Series: "Last Christmas"
12:00 p.m.
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor

The Great Holiday Cookie Challenge
1:00 p.m.
Almira Town Hall, downtown Lake Ann

Northwest Michigan Ballet Theatre Presents "The Nutcracker"
2:00 p.m.
TC Central High School

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
2:00 p.m.
Old Town Playhouse, TC

The Little Traverse Choral Society Presents "Winter Reflections"
3:00 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church, Harbor Springs

"Christmas Lights" Concert
4:00 p.m.
Church in the Hills, Bellaire

A Christmas Carol, COH
4:00 p.m.
The Cheboygan Opera House

Cookbook Dinner Series Presents "The Book of St. John"
4:00 p.m.
amical, TC

Jordan Valley Community Band Winter Concert
4:00 p.m.
East Jordan Community Auditorium (EJMHS)

The Christmas Journey
5:30 p.m.
New Hope Community Church, TC

WUWU Whoop-De-Do
5:30 p.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Jazz Orchestra: Duke Ellington's "Nutcracker"
7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Dendrinos Chapel & Recital Hall

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