August 3, 2026

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Backyard Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival


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 3 - August 3

Monday 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

String-a-palooza!
6:00 p.m.
GT County Civic Center, Amphitheater, TC

Author Betsy Rubiner
7:00 p.m.
Glen Lake Community Library, Empire

TC Pit Spitters vs. Lakeshore Chinooks
7:05 p.m.
Turtle Creek Stadium, TC

Bay View Monday Night Movies
7:30 p.m.
Bay View Association, Voorhies Hall, Petoskey

The Amazing Bubble Factory
7:30 p.m.
The Cheboygan Opera House

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