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You don t have to travel far when you live in Michigan to find a whole lot of fun. We encourage you to support the festivals, events, cities and businesses that are making all the cool things happen around the state. So get out this summer and have some fun and create some great memories in the process. Carpe diem!!
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The National Cherry Festival features over 150 events including free air shows over the Bay, colorful parades marching bands, music shows, sporting events, rides carnival games on the midway, pie-eating contests, clean blue skies, warm sunshine, crowds of smiling faces, and loads of luscious cherries prepared every way you can imagine!
Common Ground is situated in downtown Lansing along the banks of the Grand River in Adado Riverfront Park. Common Ground is an event for all your senses. This annual celebration features an outstanding line-up of musical acts, focusing on top-level, national, contemporary music performers, scores of food vendors, and a dynamic display of outdoor interactive activities for kids. With an attractive, intimate venue, state-of-art production and a comprehensive array of patron amenities, the festival is the premier special event of the summer in the greater Lansing region. Absolute Michigan gave away a pair of tickets!
The world-renowned Michigan Elvisfest began in 2000 in Ypsilanti, Michigan s Historic Depot Town. Beautiful Riverside name your own price for airline tickets Park is the place where Elvis fans flock by the thousands every July to pay homage to the King of Rock Roll and to hear the most award-winning professional Elvis Tribute Artists in North America, as well as other talented Legend Tribute Artists.
The 30th Blissfest Music Festival will be a celebration of music, culture, art and community featuring a world of diverse and innovative folk and roots music and dance at the Festival Farm in picturesque rural northern Michigan. It is truly a blissful musical weekend to be shared with families, friends and music-lovers of all ages. The annual event is a showcase of the many musical styles that define American roots and world music. Bluegrass, Blues, Cajun, name your own price for airline tickets Celtic, Folk, Jazz, Latin, Ethnic, World music and dance all share the stage.
Neither heat, rain nor scary beast will shut their gates that hold jousting and performances and all manner of medieval fun. The Faire is also West Michigan s premier name your own price for airline tickets Artisan Marketplace with over 100 vendors selling their wares and crafts, you will find everything from turkey legs to wood-carving, leather to silks, and blacksmiths to fairy wings.
The Michigan Shakespeare name your own price for airline tickets Festival has been presenting the timeless themes and glorious language of William Shakespeare since 1995, growing each year into a premier regional event that draws respected actors from across the nation, and satisfied audiences from throughout the Midwest.
The name implies gracious glides on a glowing river and the gentle sounds of water rippling as gondoliers pole their slender boats and sing soft love songs to couples snuggled name your own price for airline tickets in the bows. Such were the hot days and long nights in Venice, Italy, where Venetian Festivals started so many years ago. In St. Joseph, they still celebrate hot July days and long summer nights with boat rides and love songs and couples holding hands. The Venetian Festival on the St. Joseph River is all of that plus music, fine food and fun for all ages!
The Concert of Colors is metro Detroit s free annual diversity music festival. It is presented by ACCESS/Arab American National Museum, name your own price for airline tickets New Detroit Inc. and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra name your own price for airline tickets (DSO) with the goal of bringing together metro Detroit s diverse communities and ethnic groups by presenting musical acts from around the world. Over its 17-year history, name your own price for airline tickets the festival has become a beloved highlight of metro Detroit s summer festival season.
It’s free fun for all INSIDE the Flint Public Library. Don’t miss our master storytellers who bring the oral tradition to life. As always there will be several workshops and storytelling concerts during the day on Saturday with storytellers in concert beginning at 7PM on Friday and Saturday.
Drink Michigan and the Rattlesnake Club in Detroit are joining forces for the 2nd annual Sip of Michigan party . In addition to being Drink Michigan s 1st birthday, the event is a benefit for Homefront Hugs, a Michigan-based organization dedicated to helping our troops, name your own price for airline tickets their families and our veterans. Enjoy Michigan name your own price for airline tickets wine, beer and spirits, food pairing stations, name your own price for airline tickets and live entertainment on the Detroit riverfront from 8-midnight at the Rattlesnake Club. The event is $35 and includes 35 tasting tickets and all appetizers and entertainment Absolute Michigan has a pair of tickets for our winner!
Over the past 10 years, the Quake has become on of Oakland County s must-attend name your own price for airline tickets events and is the North American Inboard Hydroplane Championship. The event is the proud holder of 17 American Power Boat Association (APBA) world speed records being set in 5 different racing classes making Pontiac Lake one of the fastest one-mile race courses in the country! There s also music from Rare Earth, the Verve Pipe and others.
name your own price for airline tickets Savor an American original -Ragtime music. You ll hear Scott Joplin rags like Maple Leaf Rag and The Entertainer along with  much, much more as scores of other musicians travel from all over the country to perform on nearly a dozen stages throughout Greenfield Village. It s syncopated, jazzy, hot and live. Fresh summer food, too, and dancing in the streets!
Established in 1960, the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair is the Original of the now four award-winning Ann Arbor Art Fairs: The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, the Original , The State Street Area Art Fair , The Ann Arbor Summer name your own price for airline tickets Art Fair and the Ann Arbor s South University Art Fair . Together, the fairs attract over a half a million attendees from across the nation. The Original Fair was named the Number One Art Fair in the country by AmericanStyle magazine readers survey (October 2004) and has made the Top Ten Fairs and Festivals list every year since.
Every year, on the fourth weekend of July, thousands of hungry festival-goers flock to downtown Kalamazoo to enjoy the endless name your own price for airline tickets variety of foods prepared by Kalamazoo name your own price for airline tickets s most popular eateries. More than 30 local restaurants and chefs will offer mouth-watering combinations of ethnic items, family favorites, exotic dishes, and local specialties along with music and all kinds of family fun Our Festival Summer giveaway includes $10 in tasting tickets!
The Hiawatha Festival is the only event of its size and scope in Michigan s Upper Peninsula. Without Hiawatha, local performers and fans would have to travel between four and six hours to the nearest festivals of its size and type. Each year s event features traditional-music styles that include bluegrass, name your own price for airline tickets old-time, Cajun, Celtic, acoustic blues and folk including singer/songwriters and dance. Mainstage acts include nationally known performers as well as regional and local favorites. Absolute Michigan name your own price for airline tickets will be giving away a pair of tickets through Festival Summer so stay tuned!
The Summer Beer Festival is the Michigan Brewers Guild s oldest and largest of our four annual festivals. The festival takes place outside in a lovely riverside setting and will feature more than 300 different beers from more than 50 different Michigan breweries. A variety of tasty food items are available for purchase from independent food vendors inside the festival and there will be a diverse selection live music from a variety of local bands.
The Yankee Air Museum s annual at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti welcomes back the U.S. Navy s Blue Angels in 2011. The show also features the USAF F-16 Viper East Demo Team, realistic re-enactments, name your own price for airline tickets Vietnam era aerial dog fight aircraft display and tours including the revolutionary MV-22 Osprey and over two dozen F/A-18 Hornets from across the country. A pair of general admission tickets could be yours!
The Traverse City Film Festival has grown to become one of the largest film festivals in the Midwest, and one of the most respected in the country. Last year, there were over 80,000 admissions to nearly 100 screenings, name your own price for airline tickets a number of them U.S. or world premieres. A special emphasis name your own price for airline tickets is given to foreign name your own price for airline tickets films, American independents, documentaries, and films which have been overlooked name your own price for airline tickets but deserve the attention of a public starved to see a good movie.
Every July Yale plays host to the Yale Bologna Festival, a 3 day weekend event that closes the streets and transforms this small community of just under 2,000 to a gathering of over 20,000 Bologna starved party-goers! A tradition in Yale since 1989, this festival has grown considerably since its humble beginnings. The festival draws people from all around Michigan as well as other states, eager to see who will be the next King and Queen of Bologna. The Bologna Festival includes such events as the famed outhouses races, a street dance, fireworks and a parade down Main Street that continues to grow each year.
The United States Coast Guard has a long and prestigious history in Grand Haven and around the world. Celebrate the Coasties with activities, events, and attractions for all ages. Many are free, and you will find plenty of fun and choices from Kid s Day to the Street Dance and Cruise-In Car Show, to carnival rides, picnics, parades, fireworks and ship tours.
Motor City becomes Maker City with over 300 exhibiting makers, name your own price for airline tickets demonstrations, hands-on workshops, music vendors. From robotics, name your own price for airline tickets electronics, and rockets to food and fashion finds if it’s made, there s a good chance it ll be at Maker Faire! The 2 day event at the The Henry Ford in Detroit is an interactive and family-friendly showcase of creativity and cool technology that takes the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset to the next leve