September 24, 2026

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Luncheon Lecture: Bluegrass!

Friday, September 25
11:30AM
NCMC, Library Conference Center, Petoskey
Education
$15

Combining Appalachian string band music, old-time fiddle tunes, blues, gospel, & Scottish/Irish traditional ballads, bluegrass music is a recent American tradition. Members of "Steel and Wood" will show you how the banjo, fiddle, bass, guitar & mandolin are played to create this sound made famous by Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs. Register.

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September 25 - September 25

Friday 25

Melges 24 World Championship
8:00 a.m.
Little Traverse Bay

2026 Great Lakes, Great Plants
8:30 a.m.
The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park, TC

"At Least A Dozen Friends"
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Lobby Gallery

"Taking Flight"
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center

East Jordan's Operation Blanket
9:00 a.m.
East Jordan Area Chamber of Commerce Office, 100 Main St., East Jordan

"Americana"
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell & Carnegie Galleries, TC

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

11th Annual Harbor Springs Festival of the Book: SOLD OUT
10:00 a.m.
Harbor Springs

Echoes: Revisiting Memory
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Gilbert Gallery, Petoskey

Field of Vision
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Guild Pop-Up Exhibit: Jessica Kovan
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Libragallery, TC

Jon Langford: Honky Tonk Heaven
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Carnegie Rotunda, TC

Traverse Area Camera Club - Fall 26' Winners Showcase
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell & Carnegie Galleries, TC

Women + Water: Life Bearers, Teachers, Storytellers
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey

"Full Circle: Waste Plastic Transformations"
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

"Heart of a Tree, Soul of a Storm"
11:00 a.m.
Charlevoix Circle of Arts

"Women and Water: Woven Portraits from Around the World"
11:00 a.m.
Petoskey District Library, 2nd floor

Darryl Brown: "Bubbles of Love"
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Drawing to Motion: Contemporary Inuit Art From The Dennos Museum
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Material World: Ten Women
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Luncheon Lecture: Bluegrass!
11:30 a.m.
NCMC, Library Conference Center, Petoskey

Harvest
5:00 p.m.
DeYoung Natural Area Farmstead, Greilickville

Witches Night Out
5:00 p.m.
Downtown Petoskey

Fall Fest
6:00 p.m.
East Jordan Tourist Park

Kids Karaoke Party
6:00 p.m.
Traverse Area District Library, TC

"The Savannah Sipping Society"
7:00 p.m.
The Leelanau School, Theater, Glen Arbor

The Intimi Affair: Up North Pride
7:00 p.m.
Venue Blue at Discovery Pier, TC

9 to 5 The Musical
7:30 p.m.
Old Town Playhouse, TC

Alex Lambert
7:30 p.m.
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor

Music: New Beginnings
7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium

Kamikaze Comedy
8:00 p.m.
Right Brain Brewery, TC

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