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These events are just some of the highlights to be found in the region. There are many, many more events worth making your way to, in every season of the year. Please check the calendar on our website for other ideas, as well as the calendars available at Pure Michigan and local chambers.
June 7-16 • Mackinac Island Lilac Festival • MACKINAC ISLAND
Act fast to secure your hotel room on the island, or contact a campground on the mainland to set up camp for the week.
Daily ferry rides will shuttle you back and forth to the island. • mackinacisland.org/mackinac-island-lilac-festival June 14-15 • Sunrise Solstice Art & Music Festival • TAWAS
Support the local high school by attending the annual Tawas area Sunrise Solstice festival. Try your hand at a variety of art activities, or simply recline in your lawn chair and listen to local musicians.
June 22-23 • Art on the Beach • OSCODA
Every year, the quaint town of Oscoda hosts their Art on the Beach event. Explore work from more than 100 local artisans.
Enjoy a bite to eat from one of the local food vendors while you’re there, too! • oscodachamber.com June 2019 • Mt. Pleasant Craft Beer Festival • MT. PLEASANT
For one day only, people over 21 can sample pours from some of Michigan’s best breweries all in the heart of downtown Mt. Pleasant. Proceeds from this event are donated to local charitable organizations! As if we needed a better
reason to partake... • mpbeerfest.com
July 2019 • Gaylord Alpenfest • GAYLORD
This week-long event has a little something for everyone! Boat and street parades, live performances, athletic competitions for all ages – bocce ball, soccer, disc golf, corn toss, to name a few – as well as spectacular firework displays! Come for a day or stay the whole week! • venetianfestival.com
NORTHEAST/THUMB REGION
Calendar of Events
Points of Interest
Things to do in the Northeast/Thumb Region
1. Pick up some fresh food from the farmers market if you’ll be driving through Cheboygan on a Wednesday or Saturday morning.
2. Go on a glass-bottom boat tour of shipwrecks in Alpena with Alpena Shipwreck Tours.
3. Walk along the quarter-mile break wall in Caseville, which juts out into Saginaw Bay.
4. The Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse on the shore of
Lake Huron is one of the oldest in Michigan and is known for paranormal activity. The museum is free to visit May-October.
5. The Huron County Nature Center has diverse landscapes over 120 acres, all connected by an intensive trail system.
6. Visit the Wurtsmith Aviation Museum in Oscoda, on the site of a former Air Force base.
7. Pinconning is easy to bypass, but don’t let an opportunity to visit Pinconning Cheese Co. sneak by. It’s been an up north favorite since 1948 and has more than cheese: strudel, fudge, smoked fish, and much more.
8. Knaebe’s Krunchy Apple Farm in Rogers City lives up to its name. They’re open from Labor Day until early November. Choose from 47 varieties of apples for the kids and pick up a growler of hard cider for mom and dad.
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