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AlpenLights Christmas Drive-Thru Light Display

Monday, December 22
5:30PM-11PM
Otsego County Fairgrounds, Gaylord
Entertainment
$25 per vehicle (excluding commercial vehicles)

Featuring more than 60 unique light displays presented by Holiday Lamplighters & Events. Runs every Thurs. through Sun. from 5:30-10pm or until last vehicle, Nov. 20 - Dec. 7; & every day from Dec. 11-24 from 5:30-11pm or until last vehicle.

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December 22 - December 22

Monday 22

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

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

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

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

Holiday Event: A Christmas Carol
5:00 p.m.
Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC

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

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