December 17, 2025

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Festival of Trains

Saturday, December 20
10AM
Creekside Community Church, TC
Entertainment

Runs Dec. 20 - Jan. 3. Santa visits on Sat., Dec. 21 & Sat., Dec. 27 from 1-3pm. Multiple operating model train displays, Model Train Swap Meet, door prizes & more. Tickets at door: $5; 4 & under, free. Hours are Mon. through Sat., 10am-6pm; & Sun., 1-4pm. Closed on 12/25 & open from 1-4pm on 1/1. Presented by Northern Michigan Railroad Club & The Curiosity Place.

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December 20 - December 20

Saturday 20

Run Local Shop Local 5K
9:00 a.m.
100 S. Lake St., Cadillac

$1 Kids' Matinee
10:00 a.m.
State Theatre, TC

Festival of Trains
10:00 a.m.
Creekside Community Church, TC

Holiday MRKT Share
10:00 a.m.
Warehouse MRKT, TC

LEGO Creation Event
10:00 a.m.
Helena Twp. Community Center, Alden

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

Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel!
10:30 a.m.
Peninsula Community Library, TC

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

Doug Cannell: "Selections from Backstories"
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

Fireside Chat: Sharon Wade
11:00 a.m.
Gaylord Area Council for the Arts Gallery

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

Impressions of an Era: Prints from the Denison Museum Collection
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

Say NO to Israel's Genocide
11:00 a.m.
Grandview Parkway + Union St., TC

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

Festive Finds Holiday Craft Show
12:00 p.m.
Leelanau Sands Casino, Peshawbestown

The Great Northern Christmas Festival
12:00 p.m.
1902 Resort & Retreats, Wolverine

Jim Olson Book Signing
1:00 p.m.
Horizon Books, TC

CTAC School of Ballet's "The Nutcracker"
3:00 p.m.
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor

The Accidentals With Kaboom Collective – Holiday Album Release Concert
3:00 p.m.
Castle Farms, Charlevoix

Dominic Fortuna's Holiday Spectacular
4:00 p.m.
Hotel Indigo, TC

AlpenLights Christmas Drive-Thru Light Display
5:30 p.m.
Otsego County Fairgrounds, Gaylord

Lighting of the Bridges
6:00 p.m.
Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire

Live Nativity
6:00 p.m.
Ellsworth Christian Reformed Church, Ellsworth

Yule Party
6:00 p.m.
Blessed Be Tea and Apothecary, TC

Blissfest Winter Solstice Gathering
6:30 p.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey

CTAC School of Ballet's "The Nutcracker"
7:00 p.m.
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor

Christmas Carols at Mount Carmel Centre
7:00 p.m.
Mt. Carmel Centre, Gaylord

Live Nativity
7:00 p.m.
Ellsworth Christian Reformed Church, Ellsworth

A Christmas Tribute to The Eagles
7:30 p.m.
City Opera House, TC

Dominic Fortuna's Holiday Spectacular
7:30 p.m.
Hotel Indigo, TC

Holiday Gala
7:30 p.m.
The Garden Theater, Frankfort

Home for the Holidays
7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
7:30 p.m.
Old Town Playhouse, TC

The Holiday Special
7:30 p.m.
The MATCH, Cherryland Center, TC

Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings
8:45 p.m.
The Village at GT Commons, Kirkbride Hall, TC

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