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SPECIAL EVENTS

MACKINAW AREA SPECIAL EVENTS  MAY - OCTOBER


MAY 22 -  ZOO-DE-MAC, BICYCLE RACE, BOYNE HIGHLANDS-MACKINAC

MAY 29 -  MICHIGAN'S LARGEST MEMORIAL WEEKEND PARADE

MAY 29-31-  FORT MICHILIMACKINAC HISTORICAL PAGEANT, Free re-enactment 
                                                                                        of life and Battle at Fort

MAY 29 -  MACKINAC BRIDGE MEMORIAL WEEK-END RACE, Runners are allowed to 
                                                                                     run on the Mackinac Bridge,registration required


MAY 29-  MEMORIAL FIREWORKS, over the Straits of Mackinac in Mackinaw City

JUNE-SEPTEMBER -  VESPER CRUISES, 8pm every Sunday from the Middle of 
                                       June through Labor Day.  Non-denominational
                                       services on the Arnold Lines in the Straits and under
                                       the Mackinac Bridge                                
                                       
 

JUNE 11-20   LILAC FESTIVAL, on Mackinac Island

JUNE 12-13  
 BIG MAC SCENIC BIKE TOUR, 25, 50, 75 & 100 mile shoreline bike
                                                             tour with finale ride across the
                                                             Mackinac Bridge

JUNE 19 -  BASS TOURNAMENT
- Paradise Lake

 

JUNE 20         LILAC PARADE, one of Michigan's largest festival parades, located on
                                        Mackinac Island

JUNE 21-22 -  KITE FESTIVAL, Mackinaw City

JUNE 11-13    GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN RED HAT EXTRAVAGANZA

JUNE 24-25     
STRAITS AREA ANTIQUE AUTO SHOW, one of the largest Antique and
                                                          Classic Auto shows in the Country, St. Ignace

JUNE 26-27     MACKINAW ART FAIR, Arts & Crafts in Downtown Mackinaw City

JULY 1 - CANADA DAY CELEBRATION In Mackinaw City 

JULY 4 - FIREWORKS, over the water in Mackinaw City

JULY 4 - WATERFRONT EVENTS AND STRAWBERRY SOCIAL

JULY 23-24 
 HARLEY WEEKEND AT THE CROSSINGS

JULY 17-18  PORT HURON TO MACKINAC ISLAND YACHT RACE 

JULY 24-25  CHICAGO TO MACKINAC ISLAND YACHT RACE

AUGUST 3   MACKINAW CITY ANTIQUE SHOW, Mackinaw City High School 

 AUGUST 13-15  IRONWORKERS FESTIVAL, celebrating the Ironworkers who built 
                                                                     the Mackinac Bridge, events at  
                                                                     Mackinaw City High School

AUGUST 6-7  HESSEL BOAT SHOW, largest wooden Boat Show, located in Hessel, 
                                                             in the Upper Peninsula

AUGUST 15 -  MIDNIGHT RIDE, Goldwing Diabetes Foundation Fundraiser


AUGUST 27-28  CORVETTE SHOW, Corvettes on display in Mackinaw City
                                                       and parade over Mackinac Bridge
 
AUGUST 28-29  MACKINAW ART FAIR, Arts & Crafts Show in Mackinaw City

SEPTEMBER 6 - LABOR DAY BRIDGE WALK, 50th annual, the only day of the year people are 
                                                                      allowed to "Walk the Bridge"

SEPTEMBER 10-11-  HOPPS OF FUN, BEER AND WINE FESTIVAL, Beer and Wine
                                                               tasting and live entertainment at
                                                               Conklin Park, Mackinaw City 
                                                                                                
SEPTEMBER 17       ANTIQUE TRACTOR PARADE

SEPTEMBER 17-19-  TRUCK SHOW - elaborate semi-trucks on display in St. Ignace
                                                        lighted parade over
Mackinac Bridge and
                                                        thru Mackinaw City at night 
   

SEPTEMBER 18-19-  BIG MAC SHORELINE FALL SCENIC BIKE TOUR, this is a  25, 50,
                                                        75 or 100 mile bike tour along the shores of
                                                        Lake Michigan and across the Bridge


 END OF SEPTEMBER
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER, FALL COLOR TOURS -

OCTOBER 8-9           FORT FRIGHT NIGHT  

OCTOBER 8-11         GREAT PUMPKIN HUNT  
                                                               
OCTOBER 8-17          FALL SHOPPERS FESTIVAL - end of season clearance sales at 
                                                                          merchants
         


 

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