Mackinaw City Special Events - Mackinaw City Motels

MACKINAW AREA SPECIAL EVENTS  MAY - OCTOBER

MAY 18-20  ZOO-DE-MAC, BICYCLE RACE, BOYNE HIGHLANDS-MACKINAC

MAY 26        MICHIGAN'S LARGEST MEMORIAL WEEKEND PARADE

MAY 26-28    FORT MICHILIMACKINAC HISTORICAL PAGEANT, Free re-enactment 
                                                                                        of life and Battle at Fort

MAY 26          MACKINAC BRIDGE MEMORIAL WEEK-END RACE, Runners are allowed to 
                                                                                     run on the Mackinac Bridge,registration required

MAY 26           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 8-17       LILAC FESTIVAL, on Mackinac Island

JUNE 9-10      BIG MAC SCENIC BIKE TOUR, 25, 50, 75 & 100 mile shoreline bike
                                                             tour with finale ride across the
                                                             Mackinac Bridge

JUNE 17           LILAC PARADE, one of Michigan's largest festival parades, located on
                                        Mackinac Island

JUNE 22-23  -  FUDGE FESTIVAL, Mackinaw City

JUNE 1-3         DIVA DAYS

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 13-14  SAND SCULPTING CONTEST

JULY 14-15  PORT HURON TO MACKINAC ISLAND YACHT RACE 

JULY 21-22  CHICAGO TO MACKINAC ISLAND YACHT RACE

AUGUST 7   MACKINAW CITY ANTIQUE SHOW, Mackinaw City High School 

 AUGUST 10-12   IRONWORKERS FESTIVAL, celebrating the Ironworkers who built 
                                                                     the Mackinac Bridge, events at  
                                                                     Mackinaw City High School

AUGUST 10-12    HESSEL BOAT SHOW, largest wooden Boat Show, located in Hessel, 
                                                             in the Upper Peninsula

AUGUST 25-26      CORVETTE SHOW, Corvettes on display in Mackinaw City
                                                       and parade over Mackinac Bridge
 
AUGUST 25-26      MACKINAW ART FAIR, Arts & Crafts Show in Mackinaw City

SEPTEMBER 3      LABOR DAY BRIDGE WALK, , the only day of the year people are 
                                                                      allowed to "Walk the Bridge"

SEPTEMBER 7-8  HOPPS OF FUN, BEER AND WINE FESTIVAL, Beer and Wine
                                                               tasting and live entertainment at
                                                               Conklin Park, Mackinaw City 
                                                                                                
SEPTEMBER 14       ANTIQUE TRACTOR PARADE

SEPTEMBER 15        TRUCK SHOW - elaborate semi-trucks on display in St. Ignace
                                                        lighted parade over Mackinac Bridge and
                                                        thru Mackinaw City at night 
   

SEPTEMBER 15-16   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