Events Calendar
The Traverse City area hosts a wide variety of festivals throughout the year. By far our largest annual event is the National Cherry Festival, held in early July in downtown Traverse City. Other major celebrations throughout the year are listed below, with links to the official sites if available.
For information and online purchase of ticketed events in the Traverse City area go to TREATickets.
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Arts of the Woodland Indians
This exhibition draws from the museum's collection of art by the Woodland Indians. Not only does this exhibition include excellent examples of quillwork and sweetgrass basketry from both Michigan and Ottawa artists, but also prints by artists of the famed woodland or Anishinabe style of painting, such as Norval Morrisseau and Roy Thomas.
Hours: Mon-Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 1 - 5 pm, Thurs - Open until 8 pm. Admission: Adults $6, Children $4 The museum is closed on major holidays.
River of Gold
River of Gold is not only visually stunning. It also gives viewers an invaluable glimpse into a Panamanian society as it was 1,000 years ago.
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Inuit Print
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College of Traverse City, Michigan will organize an exhibition consisting of 50 prints in observance of this significant 50th Anniversary milestone. Prints will be selected from the Museum's collection and represent each year of the 50 year history of Inuit printmaking beginning with 1959. The museum holds prints from co-operatives including Baker Lake, Cape Dorset, Holman, Pangnirtung, as well as miscellaneous and independent co-operatives. The prints exhibited will also include a Cape Dorset 2009 Annual Print Collection release.
The exhibition will open with the date of the annual release sale of the Cape Dorset 2009 Annual Print Collection. This will also coincide with the annual meeting of the Inuit Art Society consisting of Inuit Art collectors throughout the United States who will meet at the Dennos Museum Center the weekend of the Annual Dorset Collection release.
Hours: Mon-Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 1 - 5 pm, Thurs - Open until 8 pm. Admission: Adults $6, Children $4 The museum is closed on major holidays.
Presidential Papers and Portraits
This exhibition explores presidential papers from the likes of James Madison, John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington as well as portraits of these important American leaders. Presidential Papers and Portraits was organized in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities' Picturing America Program.
Hours: Mon-Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 1 - 5 pm, Thurs - Open until 8 pm. Admission: Adults $6, Children $4 The museum is closed on major holidays.
Cats
(231) 947-2210
8th Annual Collector Toy Hobby Show
Vehicles - all scale, RC Planes, Pedal Cars, Banks, Collector Horses, Trains - all gauges, Tin Toys, Model Kits, Hot Wheels, Sports Cards, Action Figures, Barbie's, Dolls and Bears, Drawing
Demonstrations: Hot Wheel Race Track, Train layout, R/C Helicopter
Fun for the whole family! Tables are available For more information on the show or Tables, visit http://festivalofhobbies.com. Or contact: Dan Rettelle (231) 715-1349 or Stan Hyman (231) 941-0022
Dan Retelle or Stan Hyman
Michael Beauchamp and the Barn Roughs
Artcenter Traverse City
Elk Rapids Arts & Crafts Community Bazaar
At the Elk Rapids High School. Something for everyone on your list: wood, stone, pottery, clay and more. Hot lunch from 11am - 1:30pm
Dickens Christmas Arts & Crafts Bazaar
Handicrafts from area artists and craftsmen will be featured throughout the First Congregational Church. You'll also find homemade baked goods, Cherry Blossom preserves from our church kitchen, gourmet delicacies and confections, handcrafted gifts and seasonal decorations contributed by the congregation. A sumptuous salad buffet luncheon will be served in Fellowship Hall from 11:00-1:30; cost $7 adults, $4 children. A coffee shop will be available throughout the day serving homemade baked goods. You won't want to miss a chance to win one of 3 framed and matted original watercolor paintings - Raffle tickets $5 each or 3 / $10. And for just $1 per ticket, you'll have a chance to win an item of your choice from our vendor raffle. Come and enjoy the festive and friendly atmosphere and get an early start on your Christmas shopping. The church is located at the intersection of Center Rd. and Peninsula Dr. at the base of Old Mission Peninsula.
First Congregational Church
Meet the Author - Barbara Disborough
Meet the Author of "The Guide to Chocolate in the Grand Traverse Region." Included is tasting of delightful chocolates and products from the Grand Traverse Region. No charge. This is for 21 years and older. Please reserve your spot by signing up at Kingsley Branch Library.
Fall Blessings Arts and Crafts Fair
2nd Annual Blessings Arts & Crafts Show - Over 100 exhibitors will be on hand for this juried show. 753 Emerson Road, Traverse City
Turkeys: Beyond Tetrazzini
The wild turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America! This popularity stems from our tradition of eating the bird for Thanksgiving dinner. However, the turkey running around in the woods and the domestic turkey on our table are not the same. Come out for a hike and facts about the lifestyle of this feathered and famous wild turkey. Please register by calling the Grass River Natural Area office at (231) 533-8314.
22nd Annual Immaculate Conception Craft Show
More than 70 exhibitors will participate in this show, held at the parish Centennial Hall and the nearby middle school, 720 Second St. There also will be a bake sale, luncheon and raffle.
Sean Hayes and Breathe Owl Breathe
Sean Hayes' worn, soulful music defies easy categorization. Described as loose, dusty and alive, his songs radiate a free-spirited charm that rarely seems attached to any particular era. The result is far from your average Starbucks indie-folk; it's more honest and raw, while still keeping it's danceability. Born in New York City and raised in North Carolina, Hayes now resides in San Francisco. His unique soulful voice infects audiences with charm, equal parts affirming and heartbreaking. Join us for a rare Traverse City appearance from this terrific songwriter.
Breathe Owl Breathe sing tales of folklore and homespun miracles. The songs are worth repeating, the music is organic - guitar, cello, drums, piano - and the vocals float between folk and country; a very earnest mood. Micah Middaugh, Andréa Moreno-Beals and drummer Trevor Hobbs are easy and fluid with one another, enabling their songs to (deceptively) feel more like happy accidents than serious, premeditated songwriting.
General Admission $20
City Opera House






