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Historic Festival

June 20, 2009

Festival & Arts and Crafts Fair

The annual Historic Festival features live entertainment, games and contests for young and old and a crafts fair. The event also features the famed “Taste of the North” showcasing the specialties of distinctive local restaurants. The Festival is on Petoskey’s picturesque waterfront and centered around the 1892 Train Depot.

Location: Bayfront Park, Petoskey, Michigan
Website: www.petoskeymuseum.org/historic-festival-20/
Contact Persons Email: michelle@petoskeymuseum.org
Contact Phone Number: 231-347-2620


HOLIDAY ARTS, CRAFT & GIFT SHOW

Website of Event: www.co.emmet.mi.us
Type of Event: Craft Show
Date of Event: Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008
Number of Days: 1
Event Held: Indoors
Location of Event: Emmet County Fairgrounds, Petoskey, MI
Booth Size: 10 x 10
Average Fee: $35.00
Phone Number: 231-348-0014
Contact Person: Madelyn Potter
Vendors are invited to participate! Last year we had 32 vendors and still have room for vendors for our Nov. 15, 2008 show. Vendors call 231-348-0014 for an application. Show opens to the public from 10 AM to 4 PM Sat., Nov. 15, 2008 Vendors can set up on Friday or early Saturday morning. Our 2007 event was verly successful and well received. Proceeds to benefit local food pantry. Admission: $1.00 or a non-perishable good. Questions? Call 231-348-0014.


July 2008 Michigan Art and Craft Shows

Event name: Greatest Fourth in the North
Type of event: General Crafts
Date of event: July 3, 4, 2008
# of days: 2
Event held: Outdoors
Location: Lake City, Michigan
Phone: 231-839-4969
Contact: XXlcacc@centurytel.netXX (XX is entered before and after email address to prevent automatic harvesting of email addresses.)

Event Name: Manistee World of Arts & Crafts
Type of event: Arts and Craft Show
Date of event: July 4, 5, 2008
# of days: 2
Event held: Outdoors
Location: Manistee, Michigan
Phone: 231-723-2575
Ave. booth size: 12×12
Email: XXmanartcraft@hotmail.comXX (XX is entered before and after email address to prevent automatic harvesting of email addresses.)

Event Name: Meijer Art In The Park
Type of event: Festival
Date of event: July 4, 5, 6, 2008
# of days: 3
Event held: Outdoors
Location: Muskegon, Michigan
Phone: 231-722-6520

Event name: Beulah Art Fair
Type of event: General Crafts
Date of event: July 5, 2008
# of days: 1
Event held: Outdoors
Location: Beulah, Michigan
Phone: 231-325-6642
Contact: Anne Ritchards

Event Name: West Shore Art League Fine Arts & Crafts Fair
Type of event: Arts and Craft Show
Date of event: July 5, 6, 2008
# of days: 2
Event held: Outdoors
Location: Ludington, Michigan
Email: XXartfair@westshoreartleague.orgXX (XX is entered before and after email address to prevent automatic harvesting of email addresses.)

Event name: National Cherry Festival Arts & Crafts Fair
Type of event: General Crafts
Date of event: July 6, 2008
# of days: 1
Location: Traverse, Michigan
Phone: 231-922-2050
Contact: Colleen Paveglio
Email: XXcolleen@downtowntc.comXX (XX is entered before and after email address to prevent automatic harvesting of email addresses.)

Event Name: American Polish Festival & Craft Show
Type of event: Festival
Date of event: July 11-July13, 2008
# of days: 3
Event held: Outdoors
Location: Sterling Heights, Michigan
Phone: 586-731-2866
Ave. booth fee: $50.00 entire weekend
Ave. booth size: 10×15
Contact: Arnie Beller
Email: XXamericanpolishfestival@yahoo.comXX (XX is entered before and after email address to prevent automatic harvesting of email addresses.)

Event Name: Trenton Mid-Summer Festival
Type of event: Festival
Date of event: July 11-July13, 2008
# of days: 3
Event held: Outdoors
Location: Trenton, Michigan
Phone: 734-675-7300
Ave. booth fee: $150.00 entire weekend
Ave. booth size: 10×10

Event Name: Cornwell’s Art &Craft Show
Type of event: Arts and Craft Show
Date of event: July 12, 13 2008
# of days: 2
Event held: Outdoors
Location: Marshall, Michigan
Phone: 800-228-4315

Event name: Charlevoix 40th Annual Art & Craft Show
Type of event: General Crafts
Date of event: July 12, 13, 2008
# of days: 2
Location: Charlevoix, Michigan
Phone: 800-951-2101
Contact: XXinfo@charlevoix.orgXX (XX is entered before and after email address to prevent automatic harvesting of email addresses.)

Event name:Crystal Lake Art Fair
Type of event: General Crafts
Date of event: Mid July, 2008
# of days: 3
Event held: Outdoors
Location: Beulah, Michigan
Phone: 231-889-5479

Event Name: Festival of Art
Type of event: Craft Show
Date of event: July 18, 19, 2008
# of days: 2
Event held: Outdoors
Location: Cadillac, Michigan
Phone: 231-775-8282
Email: XXbrinksframing@downtowncadillac.comXX (XX is entered before and after email address to prevent automatic harvesting of email addresses.)

Event Name: Indian River Craft Show
Type of event: Craft Show
Date of event: July 19, 2008
# of days: 1
Event held: Outdoors
Location: Indian River, Michigan
Phone: 231-922-5244 or 231-238-9325
Ave. booth size: 10×10
Email: XXinfo@irchamber.comXX (XX is entered before and after email address to prevent automatic harvesting of email addresses.)

Event name: Elk Rapids Arts & Crafts Show
Type of event: General Crafts
Date of event: July 19, 2008
# of days: 1
Location: Elk Rapids, Michigan
Phone: 231-264-8202
Contact:
Elk Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce
Email: XXinfo@elkrapidschamber.orgXX (XX is entered before and after email address to prevent automatic harvesting of email addresses.)

Event name: Petoskey 23rd Annual Art in the Park
Type of event: General Crafts
Date of event: July 19, 2008
# of days: 1
Location: Petoskey, Michigan
Phone: 231-347-4150
Contact:
Elk Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce
Email: XXchamber@petoskey.comXX (XX is entered before and after email address to prevent automatic harvesting of email addresses.)

Event name: Art on the Bay
Type of event: General Crafts
Date of event: July 19, 2008
# of days: 1
Location: Alpena, Michigan
Phone: 989-356-6678
Contact: Thunder Bay Arts Council
Email: XXtbarts@freeway.netXX (XX is entered before and after email address to prevent automatic harvesting of email addresses.)

Event name: Crafts in the Park
Type of event: General Crafts
Date of event: July 19, 2008
# of days: 1
Location: Clare, Michigan
Phone: 989-386-2442
Contact: Clare Chamber of Commerce
Email: XXmanager@claremichigan.comXX (XX is entered before and after email address to prevent automatic harvesting of email addresses.)

Event name: Elberta Art & Crafts Fair
Type of event: General Crafts
Date of event: July 19, 2008
# of days: 1
Location: Elberta Michigan
Phone: 231-352-7251

Event name:   Au Gres Car Cruisers & Craft Show
Type of event: Car Show and General Crafts
Date of event: July 26, 27, 2008
# of days: 2
Location: Au Gres, Michigan
Phone: 989-876-8811
Contact: City of Au Gres
Email: XXcityofaugres@centurytel.netXX (XX is entered before and after email address to prevent automatic harvesting of email addresses.)


Upcoming Events

Creative Shows 28TH Annual Gift, Gourmet and Souvenir Show

Saturday April 19th through Monday April 21st. This wholesale event will again be held at North Central Michigan Collage in a new, state of the art, facility near beautiful downtown Petoskey, Michigan.

www.petoskeygiftshow.com/

Northern Michigan Gift & Souvenir Show

The Northern Michigan Gift & Souvenir Show is a wholesale trade market. Its exhibitors are gift and souvenir manufacturers, their representatives and other independent reps. Visitors to the show are retail store owners or their buyers placing orders in quantity on the wholesale level to be shipped at a later date. April 20-22 2008 at Boyne Highlands.

www.nmgiftshow.com/

Lansing Gift Show

The Lansing Gift Show features the most gift and souvenir wholesale exhibit booths ever assembled under one roof in Michigan.  February 24-26 2008 at the Lansing Center in Downtown Lansing, Michigan.

www.lansinggiftshow.com/