August 9, 2025

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Explore The Children's Sensory Garden


The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park, TC
Entertainment
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Celebrate this new garden. Activities for all ages, wagon rides, storytelling, Native American dancers, scavenger hunt & much more.

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August 9 - August 9

Saturday 9

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

Swim for Grand Traverse Bay
7:00 a.m.
Sutton Park, Suttons Bay

2nd Annual Cruise & Bellaire Car Show
8:00 a.m.
M-88/Broad St., Bellaire

Fighting the Fight Within 5K
8:00 a.m.
Community Park, Cadillac

Mark Mellon Triathlon & 5K
8:00 a.m.
Otsego Lake County Park, Gaylord

Open Air Series: Anniversary Flow + Community Gathering
9:00 a.m.
Leland River Studio

Random Exhibition
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Lobby Gallery

The Quilt As Archive
9:00 a.m.
Cedar North, Cedar

"Small Works: Community Collage" Project, Honoring Legacy of Joe Muer
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

2025 HDSA TC Team Hope Walk
10:00 a.m.
The Elks Lodge, TC

41st Annual International Iron Workers Festival
10:00 a.m.
Mackinaw City High School

Along Our Way: The Art of Doug Barron & Brian Goff
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey

Annual Used Book Sale - Friends of Peninsula Community Library
10:00 a.m.
Peninsula Community Library, TC

Art in the Barn
10:00 a.m.
6411 N. Overlook Rd., Northport

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

Harbor Springs Sidewalk Sales
10:00 a.m.
Downtown Harbor Springs, Fairview Square & Harbor Plaza

Horizons: Alternative Landscapes
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

IMMERSED
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey

Northwestern Michigan Fair
10:00 a.m.
3606 Blair Town Hall Rd., TC

Outdoor Craft & Vendor Show
10:00 a.m.
The Village at GT Commons, Historic Front Lawn, TC

Port Oneida Fair
10:00 a.m.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Sailing Life: The Adventure of Michigan's Waterways
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

A Style All Our Own: Canadian Woodland Artists
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

A Summery Art Show
11:00 a.m.
Old Art Building, Leland

An Art PAIRING with Debra LaRocque & Marilyn Stover
11:00 a.m.
Twisted Fish Gallery, Cottage Gallery, Elk Rapids

COLORPLAY - Acrylic Gouache Paintings by Pam Spicer
11:00 a.m.
Lake Street Studios Center Gallery, Glen Arbor

Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Great Bodies - Annual Group Show
11:00 a.m.
Higher Art Gallery, TC

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

Joan Fitzsimmons: Into What World?
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Matt Shlian: Every Line is a Circle if You Make it Long Enough
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Paint Grand Traverse 2025 - Extended Exhibit
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Carnegie Rotunda, TC

Reclaimed: The Art of Recology
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Say NO to Israel's Genocide
11:00 a.m.
Corner of Grandview Parkway & Union St., TC

Summer Salon
11:00 a.m.
Charlevoix Circle of Arts

Turning - TC
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell Gallery, TC

Wooden & Earthen: A Celebration of Art Rooted in Nature
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC

Plein Air Artist Demo: Cheryl Perkins
12:00 p.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Carnegie Galleries, TC

Spectrum of Realism
12:00 p.m.
The Ramsdell Theatre, Hardy Hall Gallery, Manistee

Top O' Michigan Outboard Racing Club Outboard Marathon Nationals
12:00 p.m.
DeVoe Beach, Indian River

JRAC Member Exhibit & Opening Reception
12:30 p.m.
Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan

Stephanie Carpenter Book Signing
1:00 p.m.
Horizon Books, TC

Waganakising Odawa 32nd Annual Homecoming Pow Wow
1:00 p.m.
LTBB Pow Wow Grounds, 7500 Odawa Circle, Harbor Springs

We are ONE People - A Mural Creation
1:00 p.m.
The Presbyterian Church of TC, 701 Westminster Rd

Frozen KIDS
2:00 p.m.
Old Town Playhouse, TC

Water Protectors Panel: A Survey of Concerns Related to Line 5
2:00 p.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Theater, Petoskey

All Call Music Festival
4:00 p.m.
The Little Fleet, TC

Frozen KIDS
5:00 p.m.
Old Town Playhouse, TC

Olympic Level Show Jumping Competition
5:00 p.m.
Flintfields Horse Park, Williamsburg

Suttons Bay Sidewalk Sales
5:00 p.m.
Downtown Suttons Bay, St. Josephs St

Beats & BBQ Fest Weekend: Jump & Moving in Stereo Bands
6:30 p.m.
Little River Casino Resort, outdoor venue, Manistee

A to Z Music
7:00 p.m.
Oliver Art Center, Beck Gallery, Frankfort

NWS Presents: Robin Wall Kimmerer: On Gratitude and Giving Back
7:00 p.m.
City Opera House, TC

Saturdays in the Park: The Dave Keller Band
7:00 p.m.
GT County Civic Center Amphitheater, TC

The Library is Open: All Ages Drag Show
7:00 p.m.
The Friendship Community Center, Suttons Bay

TC Pit Spitters vs. Royal Oak Leprechauns
7:05 p.m.
Turtle Creek Stadium, TC

"The Music Man"
7:30 p.m.
Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee

Elsie Binx
7:30 p.m.
The Cheboygan Opera House

The Landsharks Band
7:30 p.m.
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor

Toad the Wet Sprocket w/ The Jayhawks & Sixpence None the Richer
7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium

Music in Mackinaw
8:00 p.m.
Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City

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