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Regional
Calendar of Events
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Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Area Code 906
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In Progress
Through Oct. 30 MARQUETTE Event: Downtown
Farmers & Artists Market features over 50 vendors offering an array
of locally produced produce, meats, eggs, flowers, soaps, baked goods,
herbs, jewelry, toys and craft items, as well as live music, classes
and recipes. Marquette Commons 906-228-9475 www.downtownmarquette.org
Sat. 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
September
Sep. 3-5 MARQUETTE Event: Marquette Kennel
Club Dog Show with camping available for participants and spectators.
Lakeview Arena marquettekennelclub.tripod.com Show begins 8 a.m.
Sep. 4 WHITEFISH POINT Event: Annual fish
boil. Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum 888-492-3747 www.shipwreckmuseum.com
Sep. 4-5 MARQUETTE Festival: 7th annual
Marquette Area Blues Festival features Greg Nagy, Chick Willis, Flat
Broke Blues Band, Candye Kane and Ronnie Baker Brooks. Mattson Lower
Harbor Park 906-869-4049 www.marquetteareabluessociety.com Gates open
at noon
Sep. 5 COPPER HARBOR Race: Fat Tire
Festival features 14- and 28- mile mountain bike races, junior fat tire
races for kids, awards, food, beverages and live entertainment. Various
locations 906-289-4303 www.keweenawadventure.com Mass start 2 p.m.
Sep. 5 GRAND MARAIS Triathlon: 7th annual
Grand Marais Triathlon features a 5K, Junior Triathlon and main
triathlon. Bayshore Park 906-494-2447 www.grandmaraismichigan.com Adult
triathlon 1:30 p.m.
Sep. 6 ST. IGNACE Event: 53rd annual
Mackinac Bridge Walk welcomes participants to walk the length of the
bridge from the Upper Peninsula to the Lower Peninsula. Mackinac Bridge
www.mackinacbridge.org 7 a.m.
Sep. 10-11 ISHPEMING Event: 5th annual Ski
Jumpers Reunion and Golf Tournament with welcome reception, barbecue
and banquet following the golf tournament. U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Hall of Fame and Wanonowin Country Club 906-485-6323 Sep. 10 5 p.m.
Sep. 10-12 SILVER CITY Festival: Hunter’s
Harvest Festival with an open house, demonstrations, camping and
hunter’s safety. Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park
www.mi.gov/porkies
Sep. 11 PARADISE Race: Paradise Tahquamenon
Wilderness Canoe Race from Tahquamenon Falls to Lake Superior.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park 906-492-3219 www.paradisemichigan.org
Sep. 16-19 MARQUETTE Tournament: 2nd annual
Labatt Blue Oldtimers Hockey Tournament. Lakeview Arena 906-250-3862
www.mqtoldtimers.com
Sep. 17-18 NEWBERRY Event: 4th annual
Honoring the Waters Pow-Wow features a Blessing of the Grounds, Health
and Fun Fair, potluck feast, talking circle, Grand Entry and bake sale.
Newberry Tribal Center 4935 Zeez-ba-tik, off Michigan Highway M-28
906-293-8181 Sep. 17 Health & Fun Fair 3 p.m. Sep. 18 Grand Entry
Noon
Sep. 19 NEGAUNEE Festival: Autumn Harvest
Festival, an annual falltime celebration, features music, blacksmith
and craft demonstrations, games, storytelling, pumpkin painting, mask
making and refreshments. Michigan Iron Industry Museum 906-475-7857
Noon-4 p.m.
Sep. 18 HOUGHTON Festival: Multi-cultural
Festival with the Parade of Nations, ethnic food, games and
entertainment. Various locations 906-487-2920
www.mtu.edu/international/events-programs/parade-nations
Sep. 18 IRONWOOD Quilt show: Northern
Lights Quilting Biannual Quilt Show features vendors, silent auction,
day raffle, door prizes, refreshments and quilts for sale. Ironwood
Memorial Building www.northernlightsquilt.com 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Sep. 21-24 HANCOCK Festival: 12th annual
Sibelius Music Festival celebrates contemporary and traditional Finnish
classical music and includes performances by folk duo PAJU,
contemporary musicians Aguirre & Leon and classical duo Maria Aru
and Liis Joamets. Finlandia University 906-487-7208 www.finlandia.edu
Sep. 24-25 EWEN Event: Annual Log Jamboree
and craft sale. 906-988-2424 1 & 4 p.m.
Sep. 25 NEWBERRY Event: Fiddler Jamboree
features acoustic music played by a variety of musicians, dancing and
concessions. American Legion 906-293-5777 1-9:30 p.m.
Sep. 25 SAULT STE. MARIE Marathon: The
Chase Marathon includes full and half marathons and a 10K race with a
course that follows the St. Marys River and crosses the International
Bridge; awards for the top three finishers in each age group. Lake
Superior State University 906-632-3301 www.saultstemarie.org 7 a.m.
October
Oct. 1-3 NEWBERRY Festival: 2nd annual
Newberry Oktoberfest with German food, pasty sales, local crafts and
music. Various locations 906-293-5777 www.newberrychamber.net
Oct. 2 NEWBERRY Event: Lumberjack breakfast
and logging contests with hearty pancake breakfast, crosscut saw and
chainsaw competition, hatchet throw, tree felling and craft vendors.
Tahquamenon Logging Museum 906-293-5777 www.newberrychamber.net 7
a.m.-3 p.m.
Oct. 6-9 MARQUETTE Theater performance: “A
Flea in Her Ear,” the classic French farce by Georges Feydeau, a
masterpiece of mistaken identities. Forest Roberts Theatre, Northern
Michigan University 906-227-2082 webb.nmu.edu/ForestRobertsTheatre/7:30
p.m. Oct. 9 1 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 8-9 SAULT STE. MARIE Film
presentation: 2nd annual showing of the classic cult musical “The Rocky
Horror Picture Show.” Soo Theatre 906-632-1930 www.sootheatre.org 7-9
p.m.
Oct. 9 BESSEMER Festival: 32nd annual
Pumpkinfest features craft show, scarecrow contest, totem pole contest,
breakfast, parade, face painting, pumpkin carving and tours. Various
locations www.bessemerpumpkinfest.com
Oct. 12 MARQUETTE Exhibit: “A Photographic
Retrospective” with professional photographer and frequent Lake
Superior Magazine contributor Tom Buchkoe. Community Room, Peter White
Public Library 906-226-3571 www.marquettecohistory.org 7 p.m.
Oct. 15-16 HOUGHTON Event: Lake Superior
Pro Rally, one of the toughest pro-rallies in North America. Various
locations 906-296-9686 www.lsprorally.com
Oct. 15-16 NEWBERRY Festival: Harvest
Festival features autumn camping, Friday Night Fright, pumpkin carving
site decorating, costume contest and trick-or-treating. Lower
Tahquamenon Falls State Park 906-492-3415 www.mi.gov/dnr
Oct. 15-16 PARADISE Event: Annual Haunted
Trail. Sawmill Creek Township Park 906-492-3219
www.paradisemichigan.org 7-10 p.m.
Oct. 16-17 MARQUETTE Event: Autumn Comforts
Quilt Show 2010 features a display of over 250 quilts in thirteen
different categories; trunk show, lexture and presentation by
award-winning quilter Dan Burke. Great Lakes Rooms, University Center,
Northern Michigan University www.marquettequilters.com Oct. 16 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 17 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Oct. 18 LAKEWIDE 16th 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
Oct. 24-25 COPPER HARBOR Event: Keweenaw
Cup, a cyclocross racing competition on Copper Harbor trails with Top
of the World Smackdown race, breakfast, awards and live entertainment.
Keweenaw Mountain Lodge & Copper Harbor Community Center
906-370-1997 www.keweenawcup.com Oct. 24 races start 1 p.m. Oct. 25
races start 11 a.m.
Oct. 28 MARQUETTE Auction: 5th annual
Timeless Temptations Auction features antiques and collectables with
live music, hors d’oeuvres and cash bar. UpFront & Co. 906-226-3571
www.marquettecohistory.org 7 p.m.
Oct. 29 SAULT STE. MARIE Festival: 17th
annual Fall Fest 2010 hosted by the Downtown Business Association, with
trick-or-treating, free hayrides, costume contest and kids carnival.
Various locations 906-635-6973 www.saultstemarie.com 5-7 p.m.
November
Nov. 10 WHITEFISH POINT Memorial service:
Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Service commemorates the 1975 sinking of the
S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald. Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
www.shipwreckmuseum.com 7 p.m.
Nov. 17-20 MARQUETTE Theater performance:
“Of Mice and Men,” the theater adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic
novel about ranch workers in Depression-era California. Forest Roberts
Theatre 906-227-2082 webb.nmu.edu/ForestRobertsTheatre/ 7:30 p.m. Nov.
20 1 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 26 SAULT STE. MARIE Event: Annual
Christmas Open House at various downtown businesses with hot and cold
refreshments and prizes. Various locations, sponsored by the Downtown
Business Association 906-635-6973 www.saultstemarie.com 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Nov. 27 PARADISE Bazaar: Paradise Christmas
Bazaar features unique handmade gift items, lunch and refreshments.
Whitefish Township Community Center 906-492-3219
www.paradisemichigan.org 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
December
Dec. 3 IRONWOOD Event: Jack Frost Festival
of Lights Parade. Downtown 906-932-1122 www.ironwoodchamber.org 6 p.m.
Dec. 31 MARQUETTE Event: New Year’s Eve
Ball Drop welcomes in the new year. Savings Bank Building 906-228-9475
11:30 p.m. Celebration Midnight ball drop
January
Jan. 8 NEWBERRY Race: 12th annual
Tahquamenon Country Sled Dog Race with 12-dog and 8-dog professional
classes as well as sportsman, youth and skijoring events. Rainbow Lodge
906-293-5562 www.tcsdr.org 9:30 a.m.
Jan. 15 IRONWOOD Festival: SISU Ski Fest, a
cross-country ski race that follows a route through historic mining
areas, scenic bluffs and the World’s Tallest Native American Statue.
Downtown www.sisuskifest.com
Jan. 15-16 NEGAUNEE Festival: Heikki Lunta
Festival celebrates winter fun with Blooper Ball, bonfire, Eagle’s
Breakfast, fishing derby, fireworks and ski/snowshoe geocaching. Teal
Lake 906-486-8084 www.negauneeirontown.com
February
Feb. 17-21 MARQUETTE Race: U.P. 200 Dog
Sled Race follows a rough 240-mile course over rolling hills and plowed
roads from Marquette to Grand Marais and back. Midnight Run event
begins in Gwinn and finishes in Munising. 906-228-3072 www.up200.org
April
Apr. 23-25 WHITEFISH POINT Event: 23rd
annual Spring Fling welcomes recreational bird watchers for birding
opportunities, guest speakers, field trips and workshops. Whitefish
Point Bird Observatory 906-492-3596 www.wpbo.org
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