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Backyard Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival

Saturday, August 8
3PM
Lively Acres, Empire
Festival
$35/person

A weekend of blues & boogie, fine brews & great BBQ! Camping available. Featuring Thornetta Davis – Detroit’s Queen of Blues - with Fabulous Horndogs; local boogie band Brendon Linsley Band – semi-finalist in the Memphis Intl. Blues Challenge; & Captain Dirk – authentic Mississippi blues artist & more. Gates open at 2pm.

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August 8 - August 8

Saturday 8

Crystal Lake Team Marathon
7:00 a.m.
284 S. Benzie Blvd., Beulah

Elk Rapids Harbor Days
7:30 a.m.
Elk Rapids

Michigan Forest Products Show
8:00 a.m.
The Ellison Place, Gaylord

Onekama Days
8:00 a.m.
Onekama

Swim for Grand Traverse Bay
8:00 a.m.
Greilickville Harbor Park

American Tree: Building A United State of Trees
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Main Gallery

Fighting the Fight Within 5K
9:00 a.m.
Veterans Serving Veterans Community Park, Cadillac

Odawa Homecoming Pow Wow
9:00 a.m.
LTBB Pow Wow Grounds, Harbor Springs

Poetic Visions Of Port Oneida: Painting And Poems That Reimagine
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Lobby Gallery

Waterfront Art Fair
9:00 a.m.
East Park, downtown Charlevoix

"For the Birds" Art Exhibition
9:30 a.m.
Leelanau Twp. Library, Northport

29th Annual Northport Dog Parade: Paw-Ty Like a Rockstar!
9:30 a.m.
Marina Pavilion, Northport

"Modern Movement: Martha Graham & Barbara Morgan"
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Bonfield Gallery, Petoskey

32nd Annual 18th Century Mackinaw Trade Fair
10:00 a.m.
Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City

3rd Annual House Walk
10:00 a.m.
Elk Rapids History Museum

42nd Annual International Ironworkers Festival
10:00 a.m.
Mackinaw City High School

Boyne City Pirate Fest
10:00 a.m.
Boyne City

Cherry State of Mind
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell Gallery, TC

Container
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Carnegie Galleries, TC

Downtown Harbor Springs Sidewalk Sales
10:00 a.m.
Downtown Harbor Springs

FPCL Annual Used Book Sale
10:00 a.m.
Peninsula Community Library, TC

In Motion: Making Art Dance
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Gilbert Gallery, Petoskey

Nancy Foster Retrospective Exhibition: "Threads of Life"
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Paint Grand Traverse: Extended Exhibit
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell & Carnegie Galleries, TC

Suttons Bay Sidewalk Sales
10:00 a.m.
Suttons Bay

"Americans"
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

4th Annual Great Bodies Group Exhibit
11:00 a.m.
Higher Art Gallery, TC

Caroline Monnet: "This Old House is All We Have"
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Ikebana Pop-Up Exhibit
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Xavi Bou: "Echoes of Flight"
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Roots
12:30 p.m.
Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan

Great Lakes Equestrian Festival
1:00 p.m.
Flintfields Horse Park, Williamsburg

Disney's Finding Nemo KIDS
2:00 p.m.
Old Town Playhouse, TC

Backyard Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival
3:00 p.m.
Lively Acres, Empire

Disney's Finding Nemo KIDS
5:00 p.m.
Old Town Playhouse, TC

Saturdays in the Park: Planet D Nonet
7:00 p.m.
GT County Civic Center, Amphitheater, TC

West Side Story
7:00 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium

TC Pit Spitters vs. Battle Creek Battle Jacks
7:05 p.m.
Turtle Creek Stadium, TC

Renée Fleming
7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium

Lope for Loons 6K Trail Run
8:45 p.m.
09223 McSauba Rd., Charlevoix

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