July

Jul. 24-27 RUDYARD Festival: 125th annual Summer Fest with triathlon, softball tournaments, live music, outhouse races and parade. 906-630-8585

Jul. 25-27 BARAGA Event: Christmas in July celebration with bike decorating contest and parade, photos with Santa and “Best Decorated Campsite” competition with first place winners receiving unique wood-burned plaque. Baraga State Park 906-353-6558, www.michigan.gov/baraga

Jul. 25-27 COPPER HARBOR Re-enactment: Battery D 1st Michigan Light Artillery Civil War Encampment. Fort Wilkins State Park 906-289-4215

Jul. 25-27 ISLE ROYALE Celebration: Isle Royale National Park and Michigan Technological University will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their wolf-moose study on Isle Royale. 906-482-0984 www.nps.gov/isro

Jul. 25-27 SAULT STE. MARIE Festival: 5th annual River Rampage, includes Portage Street Dance July 25. Aune Osborn Park 906-632-3301 www.saultstemarie.com

Jul. 26 ISHPEMING Ethnic Festival: St. Rocco’s Italian Fest includes Bingo, games of chance, dunk tank, giant slide, pony rides, Italian food. Italian American Mutual Aid Society of St. Anthony and St. Rocco, Al Quaal Recreation Area info@ishpemingitalianfest.com, www.ishpemingitalianfest.com Noon

Jul. 26-27 MARQUETTE Festival: 50th Annual Art on the Rocks features 175 different booths offering handmade arts and crafts. Presque Isle Park 906-225-1952 www.artontherocks.org Jul. 26 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Jul. 27 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Jul. 26-Aug. 3 UPPER PENINSULA Motorcycle Ride: “Just Ride 2008,” Upper Michigan Motorcycle Rally Week, a peninsula-wide rally open to all riders, clubs and organizations. U.P. Cruising www.upcruising.com

Jul. 29 NEGAUNEE Lecture: “The Railroad That Never Ran” with Robert Dobson. Michigan Iron Industry Museum 517-373-3559 www.michigan.gov/ironindustrymuseum 2 p.m.

Jul. 29-Aug. 2 HANCOCK Music: 10th annual Sibellus Academy Music Festival welcomes professional musicians from Finland for concerts, workshops and student seminars. Finlandia University 906-487-7348 www.finlandia.edu

August

Aug. 2 ISHPEMING Festival: The Ninth Annual Ishpeming Art Faire and Renaissance Festival has jousting exhibitions, costume contest, children’s activity area and variety of entertainment including dancers and singers, as well as vendors and theme-related merchants. Lake Bancroft Park off of Lakeshore Drive contact@ishpemingrenfest.com, www.ishpemingrenfest.com 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Aug. 2 ISHPEMING Mineral Show: 33rd annual Gem and Mineral Show features dealers, displays and door prizes. Ishpeming Elks Club 906-228-9422 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Aug. 2 PARADISE Event: Smokey Bear Day celebrates forest fire prevention with appearance by the famous bear. Tahquamenon Falls State Park 906-492-3415 www.michigan.gov noon-4 p.m.

Aug. 2 SAULT STE. MARIE Music: Lee Murdock plays Great Lakes folk songs. Lake Superior State University, International Arts Festival 906-635-2602 www.lssu.edu/artscenter/artsfestival.php 8 p.m.

Aug. 3-10 HOUGHTON Retreat: Copper Country Mineral Retreat, a weeklong retreat with prepared surface collecting, photography workshop, underground collecting and datolite-collecting at Mesnard Mine. A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological University 906-487-2572 www.museum.mtu.edu

Aug. 5 NEGAUNEE Lecture: “Company Rule and Community Life: Industrial Fayette, 1867-1891” with Brenda J. Laakso of the Michigan Historical Center. Michigan Iron Industry Museum 517-373-3559 www.michigan.gov/ironindustrymuseum 2 p.m.

Aug. 8 SAULT STE. MARIE Music: Claudia Schmidt performs folk/jazz music. Lake Superior State University, International Arts Festival 906-635-2602 www.lssu.edu/artscenter/artsfestival.php 8 p.m.

Aug. 8-10 GRAND MARAIS Music Festival: 27th Annual Grand Marais Music and Arts Festival includes craft vendors, workshops, performances and camping. www.grandmaraismichigan.com Aug. 8 6:30-11 p.m.; Aug. 9 noon-midnight; Aug. 10, noon-6 p.m.

Aug. 8-10 HOUGHTON Mineral Show: 13th annual Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club Gem and Mineral Show. Portage Elementary School www.ccrmc.info

Aug. 8-10 SAULT STE. MARIE Festival: Sugar Island Music Festival with ClownSac, Nixxon Dixxon and Gentleman George Snyder. 906-635-3007

Aug. 8-18 MARQUETTE Festival: Pirate Festival with pirate ship tours, dance, treasure hunt, outdoor pirate movie and pirate art. 906-786-2412 www.michigan.org

Aug. 9-10 EAGLE HARBOR Art Fair: Eagle Harbor Art Fair with more than 50 vendors. Copper Country Associated Artists, St. Peters by the Sea Church and Grounds 906-337-1252 www.ccaartists.org Aug. 9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Aug. 10, noon-4 p.m.

Aug. 12 NEGAUNEE Lecture: “Labor and Conflict: Mining Strikes on the Marquette Range” with Marcus Robyns of Northern Michigan University. Michigan Iron Industry Museum 517-373-3559 www.michigan.gov/ironindustrymuseum 2 p.m.

Aug. 15 SAULT STE. MARIE Music: Mustard’s Retreat plays folk music. Lake Superior State University, International Arts Festival 906-635-2602 www.lssu.edu/artscenter/artsfestival.php 8 p.m.

Aug. 15-17 PARADISE Festival: 25th annual Wild Blueberry Festival includes art and craft fair with more than 50 vendors, blueberry treats, wagon rides and music. www.exploringthenorth.com/blue/berry.html

Aug. 18 SAULT STE. MARIE Event: Historic Churches of Sault Ste. Marie, with Bob Krupa presenting The Osborn Bells. St. James Episcopal Church, Chippewa County Historical Society 906-635-7082 Church opens for viewing 6:30 p.m., presentation 7-8 p.m.

Aug. 19 NEGAUNEE Lecture: “The Making of ‘The U.P. Recalls the War’” with Sonya Chrisman of WNMU-TV 13. Michigan Iron Industry Museum 517-373-3559 www.michigan.gov/ironindustrymuseum 2 p.m.

Aug. 21-23 MARQUETTE Festival: Marquette Rotary West Seafood Fest features live bands, children’s activities, seafood and raffles. Ellwood Mattson Lower Harbor Park www.marquettewestrotary.com Aug. 21 4-10 p.m.; Aug. 22-23 noon-10 p.m.

Aug. 24 KINROSS Event: Chippewa County Fair with carnival, dog show, tractor pull and live music. 906-495-5778 www.chippewafair.com

Aug. 24 SAULT STE. MARIE Concert: Pat Benatar performs. Kewadin Casino Dream Makers Theatre 800-539-2346 www.kewadin.com 7 p.m.

Aug. 28-31 CHASSELL Festival: “Festival Joie de Vivre,” a French Canadian festival promoting the awareness of the rich French Canadian history of the Keweenaw and Chassell Township in particular, with activities including a fashion show highlighting the lives of immigrants, music and dance, exhibits, documentaries, guided trolley bus tours and a Saturday evening soiree. Chassell Heritage Center, Chassell Centennial Park, Chassell Historical Organization www.einerlei.com/community/CHO.html

Aug. 30 DETOUR VILLAGE Celebration: DeTour Reef Light Preservation Society’s 10th Anniversary Gala Celebration, marking 10 years of restoration of the DeTour Reef Light. Eastern Upper Peninsula Fine Arts Council Cultural Center 906-493-6609 www.drlps.com 5:30 p.m.

Aug. 30 PARADISE Event: 7th annual whitefish boil with entertainment by Carl Behrend. Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum 800-635-1742 www.shipwreckmuseum.com Noon

Aug. 30-31 MARQUETTE Festival: 5th annual Marquette Area Blues Fest with headliners Mississippi Heat, Nora Jean Bruso, Tab Benoit, Johnnie Bassett, Motor City Josh and Watermelon Slim, along with a number of other acts. Food, dance and guitar workshops. Marquette Area Blues Society, Mattson Lower Harbor Park 906-227-1032 for tickets or www.marquetteareabluessociety.com

Aug. 31 COPPER HARBOR Bike festival: Copper Harbor Fat Tire Festival, an end-of-summer rally. www.Keweenawadventure.com

September

Sep. 21 LAKEWIDE Beach Sweep: The annual volunteer clean-up of Lake Superior’s shoreline. Contact local Information Centers

October

Oct. 4 GRAND MARAIS Dance: 5th annual Barn Dance featuring Flap Jack and Jan Fowler. Recreational center www.grandmaraismichigan.com 7 p.m.-10 p.m.

Oct. 17-18 PARADISE Event: Annual Haunted Trail featuring haunted nature walk and concessions. 906-492-3219 www.paradisemichigan.org 7-10 p.m.

Oct. 20 LAKEWIDE 14th Annual Lake Superior Photo Contest deadline for entries. Check website for details and rules: www.lakesuperior.com/ Mail to Lake Superior Photo Contest, Lake Superior Magazine, P.O. Box 16417, Duluth, MN 55816.