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Northwestern Michigan Fair

Sunday, August 9
8AM
Northwestern Michigan Fairgrounds, TC
Entertainment

Aug. 9-15. Today includes a pancake breakfast, animal showings, TNT Bump & Run, Arnold Amusements Midway, & much more.  

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August 9 - August 9

Sunday 9

Northwestern Michigan Fair
8:00 a.m.
Northwestern Michigan Fairgrounds, TC

Onekama Days
8:00 a.m.
Onekama

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

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

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

The Bay to Braman Bolt 7: Ultimate Uphill Challenge
9:30 a.m.
105 Rose St., 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

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

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

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

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

Caroline Monnet: "This Old House is All We Have"
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

Children’s Sensory Garden’s 1st Birthday Party
1:00 p.m.
The Botanic Garden, Historic Barns Park, TC

History of the Grinnell Brothers Music Company - The Largest Music Company in the World!
2:00 p.m.
Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC

West Side Story
2:00 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium

An Afternoon with Jeff Daniels: SOLD OUT
3:00 p.m.
Northport Performing Arts Center, Auditorium, Northport Public School

An Afternoon with Jeff Daniels: SOLD OUT
6:00 p.m.
Northport Performing Arts Center, Auditorium, Northport Public School

NWS: Generation AI: Who - or What - Will We Become?
7:00 p.m.
City Opera House, TC

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