Festivals & Events in Mackinaw City
While it may be the gateway to Mackinac Island, Mackinaw City offers it’s own set of awesome festivals and events.
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The Annual Skitoberfest is a fall extravaganza and homecoming taking place in the Boyne Mountain Village and surrounding Northern Michigan area. Skitoberfest celebrates the best of fall’s family offerings in an Oktoberfest style setting. Highlights include, great food, Michigan beers, wines and spirits, plus music and endless family entertainment.
Boyne Resorts
1 Boyne Mountain Road
Boyne Falls, MI 49713
(855) 688-7024
While it may be the gateway to Mackinac Island, Mackinaw City offers it’s own set of awesome festivals and events.
You can find performances almost any night of the week in Northern Michigan with music by area musicians as well as professionals.
Referred to as the “Jewel of the Great Lakes”, Mackinac Island has many special festivals and events that go on during their prime season.
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Sailing is a special pastime that often brings friends together in Northern Michigan. And no wonder. The sailing here is wonderful.
The history of the fur trade in Northern Michigan is captured at Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City.
Young State Park outside Boyne City is a ‘year round delight for campers, hikers, snow lovers, swimmers and nature lovers.
The many ski resorts in Northern Michigan have winter activities for the entire family including sledding, sleigh rides, tubing, and more.
Just a short drive from Harbor Springs or Petoskey are more than a dozen Northern Michigan cross country ski trails in Emmet County.
The Harsha House and the Charlevoix Depot Museum, run by the Charlevoix Historical Society, preserve much of Charlevoix’s rich history.
Within the historic Chicago/West Michigan railroad depot in Petoskey, the Little Traverse History Museum is a history filled gem.
West Michigan is home to numerous artists with so many different talents. Groovy music, vivid paintings, gorgeous photography, and more!
McGulpin Rock, near Mackinaw City, has been used as a navigational tool by explorers and mariners since before the Pilgrims landed.
Take a beautiful color tour as you travel under a tunnel of colorful trees along M-119 from Harbor Springs to Cross Village.