List of festivals in Michigan
This is a list of festivals in Michigan.
Name |
Start date (approximate) |
City |
Type |
Status
|
Alpenfest |
July, 3rd week |
Gaylord |
Ethnic |
Active
|
Ann Arbor Art Fairs |
July, 3rd week |
Ann Arbor |
Art |
Active
|
Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival |
|
Ann Arbor |
Music |
Inactive
|
Ann Arbor Film Festival |
March, 4th week |
Ann Arbor |
Film |
Active
|
Ann Arbor Summer Festival |
June, 2nd week - July, 1st week |
Ann Arbor |
Summer |
Active
|
Appleumpkin Festival |
October, 2nd week - October, 3rd week || Tecumseh || Fall || Active
|
ArtPrize |
September, 4th week - October, 2nd week |
Grand Rapids |
Art |
Active
|
African world festival |
July, 3rd week |
Detroit |
Ethnic |
Inactive
|
Arts, Beats and Eats |
August, 4th week |
Royal Oak |
Summer |
Active
|
Baby Food Festival |
July, 3rd week |
Fremont |
Summer |
Active
|
Back to the Bricks |
August, 2nd week |
Flint |
Car |
Active
|
Bay City Fireworks Festival |
July, 4th |
Bay City |
Holiday |
Active
|
Beaver Island Music Festival
|
July, 3rd week
|
Beaver Island
|
Music
|
Active
|
Blissfest Annual Festival
|
July, 2nd week
|
Harbor Springs
|
Music
|
Active
|
Calhoun County Fair |
August, 2nd week |
Marshall |
Fair |
Active
|
Capital City Film Festival |
April, 2nd week |
Lansing |
Film |
Active
|
Celebration on the Grand |
July, 4th |
Grand Rapids |
Holiday |
Active
|
Cheeseburger in Caseville |
August, 2nd week - 3rd week |
Caseville |
Summer |
Active
|
Coast Guard Festival |
August, 2nd week |
Grand Haven |
Honor |
Active
|
Common Ground Music Festival |
July, 2nd week |
Lansing |
Music |
Active
|
Concert of Colors |
July, 2nd week |
Detroit |
Music |
Active
|
Curwood Festival |
June, 1st week |
Owosso |
Literary |
Active
|
Dally in the Alley |
September, 1st week |
Detroit |
Community |
Active
|
Danish Festival |
August, 2nd week |
Greenville |
Ethnic |
Active
|
Dam Jam Music Festival |
July, 1st week |
Calumet |
Summer |
Active
|
Dearborn Homecoming Festival |
August, 1st week |
Dearborn |
Summer |
Active
|
Detroit Electronic Music Festival |
May, 4th week |
Detroit |
Music |
Active
|
Detroit Festival of the Arts |
|
Detroit |
Art |
Inactive
|
Detroit International Jazz Festival |
August, 4th week |
Detroit |
Music |
Active
|
Detroit River Days |
June, 4th week |
Detroit |
Summer |
Active
|
Detroit Windsor International Film Festival |
|
Detroit / Windsor, Ontario |
Film |
Inactive
|
East Lansing Film Festival |
November, 1st week |
East Lansing |
Film |
Active
|
Electric Forest |
June, 4th week |
Rothbury |
Music |
Active
|
En Gedi Christian Music Festival |
July, 4th week |
Leonidas |
Music |
Active
|
Greater Farmington Film Festival |
March, 1st week |
Farmington |
Film |
Active
|
Festival of the Arts |
June, 1st week |
Grand Rapids |
Art |
Active
|
Fresh Coast Film Festival
|
October
|
Marquette
|
Film
|
Active
|
Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival |
September, 4th week |
Bay City |
Film |
Active
|
Hiawatha Music Festival |
July, 3rd week |
Marquette |
Music |
Active
|
Hotter than July |
July, 3rd week |
Detroit |
LGBT |
Active
|
Howell Melon Festival |
August, 3rd week |
Howell |
Food |
Active
|
JAFAX |
June, 4th week |
Grand Rapids |
Anime |
Active
|
Lansing JazzFest |
August, 1st week |
Lansing |
Music |
Active
|
Lilac Festival |
June, 2nd week |
Mackinac Island |
Flower |
Active
|
Marshall Bluegrass Festival |
July, 4th week |
Marshall |
Music |
Active[1][2]
|
Michigan Challenge Balloonfest |
June, 4th week |
Howell |
Balloon |
Active
|
Michigan ElvisFest |
July, 2nd week |
Ypsilanti |
Music |
Active
|
Michigan Festival of Sacred Music |
November, 2nd week, odd years |
Kalamazoo |
Music |
Active
|
Michigan Lavender Festival |
June 23 - 25 |
Imlay City, Michigan |
Flower |
Active
|
Michigan Pride |
August, 4th week |
Lansing |
LGBT |
Active
|
Michigan Renaissance Festival |
August, 3rd week - September, 4th week weekends / Labor Day |
Holly |
Renaissance |
Active
|
Michigan Sugar Festival |
June, 2nd week |
Sebewaing |
Food |
Active
|
Michigan Technological University's Winter Carnival |
February, 2nd week |
Houghton |
Winter |
Active
|
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival |
August, 1st week |
Hart |
Women's |
Active
|
Michigan Youth Arts Festival |
May, 2nd week |
Kalamazoo |
Art |
Active
|
Mo Pop Festival |
July, 4th week |
Detroit |
Music |
Active
|
Monroe County Fair |
July, last week - August, 1st week |
Monroe |
Fair |
Active
|
Motor City Pride |
June, 2nd week |
Detroit |
LGBT |
Active
|
National Cherry Festival |
July, 2nd week |
Traverse City |
Food |
Active
|
National Strawberry Festival |
June, 3rd week |
Belleville |
Food |
Active
|
National Trout Festival |
April, 4th week |
Kalkaska |
Fish |
Active
|
Noel Night |
December, 1st week |
Detroit |
Holiday |
Active
|
Old Town BluesFest |
September, 3rd week |
Lansing |
Music |
Active
|
Pine Mountain Music Festival |
July, 4th week - August, 1st week |
western Upper Peninsula |
Music |
Active
|
Porcupine Mountains Music Festival |
August, 4th week |
Ontonagon |
Music |
Active
|
Posen Potato Festival |
September, 1st week |
Posen |
Food |
Active
|
Pulaski Days |
October, 1st week |
Grand Rapids |
Ethnic |
Active
|
Racin and Rockin |
|
Springport |
Music |
Inactive
|
Red Flannel Festival[3]
|
1st Saturday in October
|
Cedar Springs
|
Fall
|
Active
|
South Haven Blueberry Festival |
August, 2nd week |
South Haven |
Food |
Active
|
Stars & Stripes Festival |
June, 4th week |
Sterling Heights |
Music |
Active
|
Sterlingfest |
July, 4th week |
Sterling Heights |
Summer |
Active
|
Things That Go Bump In The Night Film Fest (Bump Fest) |
October |
Bay City |
Film |
Active
|
Threadbare Mitten Film Festival |
June 23 & 24 |
Charlotte |
Film |
Active
|
Traverse City Film Festival |
July, 4th week |
Traverse City |
Film |
Active
|
Traverse City Microbrew & Music Festival |
August, 2nd week |
Traverse City |
Music&Craft Beer |
Inactive
|
Tulip Time Festival |
May, 1st week |
Holland |
Flower |
Active
|
Unity Christian Music Festival |
August, 2nd week |
Muskegon |
Music |
Active
|
Upper Peninsula State Fair |
August, 3rd week |
Escanaba |
Fair |
Active
|
Venetian Festival |
July, 3rd week |
Charlevoix |
Summer |
Active
|
Waterfront Film Festival |
June, 2nd week |
South Haven |
Film |
Active
|
Wayne County Fair |
August, 2nd week |
Belleville |
Fair |
Active
|
Wheatland Music Festival |
September, 1st week |
Remus |
Music |
Active
|
Michigan Irish Festival
|
September, 3rd weekend
|
Muskegon
|
Irish Music etc
|
Active
|
Youmacon |
November, 1st week |
Detroit |
Anime |
Active
|
Ypsilanti Heritage Festival |
August, 3rd week |
Ypsilanti |
Heritage |
Active
|
90s Flannel Fest |
August, 3rd weekend |
Saginaw County |
Music |
Active
|
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