Area Events
Tue, 13 December 2011
| Tue, 24 July 2012 | to | Sun, 29 July 2012 |
The 65th Anniversary 2012 AuSable River International Canoe Marathon begins with sprints for starting positions on Wednesday, July 25th and ends with the Black Bear Bicycle Tour on Sunday, July 29th.
This week long festival includes fun filled events such as Kid’s Day, Arts & Crafts show with over 100 vendors, and the Classic Car Show of Grayling. Other festivities include the AuSable River Festival Parade, 10k Fun Run & Walk, Food Court, and the world-renowned Icehouse Quilt Shop’s Quilt Show on Friday & Saturday. Many local businesses will be participating all week with individual activities such as an Ice Cream Social, Community Coffee Break, Book Sale and a Chicken BBQ. Changes will be noted here as they become available.
The Weyerhaeuser AuSable River Canoe Marathon is the richest canoe race in North America. The $50,000 purse will be up for grabs by expert paddlers from around the world. The racecourse runs almost the entire length of the AuSable River, 120 miles. Paddlers begin by running LeMans style on Saturday, July 28th at 9:00 p.m. to The Old AuSable Fly Shop with thousands of shouting spectators looking on. On Sunday morning, the Black Bear Bicycle Tour will depart for Oscoda to catch the paddlers at the end of their overnight adventure. The race ends Sunday, July 29th in Oscoda, MI on the shores of Lake Huron.
24-29 AuSable River Festival Schedule of Events
24 Kid’s Day, 10am—2pm in Grayling City Park
25 HUP Canoe Races (Hurry Up & Paddle—Or Sink)
*Time Trial for starting position for the Canoe Marathon, 4-8pm
26 Time Trials for starting position for the Canoe Marathon, 4-8pm
* Business Relay Canoe Races, Penrod’s Canoe Livery
27 Time Trials for starting position for the Canoe Marathon, 4-8pm
*Fine Arts-Crafts Show in the City Park, 10a.m.-8pm
*“Cruise Night”, 7pm
* Casey Challenge Annual Canoe Race, 10am
* Annual “Quilt Sitters” Quilt Show @ the Icehouse Quilt Shop, 10am-5pm
28 Fine Arts-Crafts Show in the City Park, 9a.m.-6pm
*Classic Car Show in the Uptown area, 8a.m.– 3p.m.
*GRA 10K & 1 mile Fun Run & Walk, 9a.m.; registration 7:30a.m.-8:30a.m.
*AuSable River Festival Parade, 3p.m.
* Annual “Quilt Sitters” Quilt Show @ the Icehouse Quilt Shop, 10am-5pm
*Downtown Music Bash on Mi.Ave., 11am-6pm
*Paddlers Pre-Race briefing @ Middle School, noon
*Clown Band Concert @ the lawn of Citizens Bank, 4pm
*Pre-Race Program @ the Old AuSable Fly Shop, 6pm
28 AuSable River Canoe Marathon
29 Black Bear Bicycle Tour
28 & 29 Loomis Battery Civil War Cannon Firing Competition
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Mon, 16 April 2012
| Sat, 28 April 2012 | ||
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| Sat, 26 May 2012 | ||
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| Sat, 30 June 2012 | ||
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| Fri, 27 July 2012 | ||
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| Sat, 01 September 2012 | ||
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| Sat, 06 October 2012 | ||
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Monthly the AuSable Artisan Village Art Gallery hosts visiting artists all hailing from the State of Michigan, but not necessarily local. The purpose of these events are to introduce the community to a new perspective in art and to introduce new artists and the followers of these artists to our community. Please stop into the AAV Gallery and welcome Kirtland Community College Fine Art Staff on September 1 and Harold Harris on October 6. Each show will be displayed for three weeks following the reception.
From the KCC staff, Scott Rice, Justin LaDoux, Joe Donna and others will present a fine art show that may include such medium as ceramics, drawing, design, illustration, photography, sculpture and painting.
Harris has been crafting gourd art for over ten years. In 2011, he won first and second place awards at the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The AuSable Artisan Village is a Not for Profit Community Cultural Arts Center right in the center of Uptown Grayling. Classes are continuing throughout the summer. You can stop by the AAV Gallery and sign up for classes or a workshop or call the AAV Gallery, 989-312-3660 for information.
From April through December, the AAV Gallery is open Monday – Saturday, 11am-5pm and Sunday 11am-3pm.
Tags: Tue, 20 March 2012
| Fri, 27 July 2012 | ||
| 6:30 PM | to | 7:30 PM |
Friday, July 27th, 2012
6:30pm—Meet at North Star Autowash & Detail Center
(located at 6438 W. M-72 Hwy, Grayling, MI 49738)
JOIN US FOR A NIGHT PACKED FULL OF CRUISIN’ AND HANGIN’ WITH THOSE WHO ENJOY A LITTLE CLASSIC CAR ACTION. THIS YEAR’S EVENT WILL HAVE A FEW MORE STOPS ALONG THE WAY, SO COME OUT AND JOIN US TO FIND OUT WHERE THE NEXT STOP IS GONNA TAKE US!!
CLASSIC CAR OWNERS
The Grayling Regional Chamber of Commerce invites classic car owners joining us for our Classic Car Show on Saturday, July 28th (and also anyone who is unable to attend Saturday’s car show) to our 2nd Annual “Cruise Night” through Grayling & Crawford County. We will start by meeting at Northstar Auto Wash & Detail Center at 6:30pm and will head out on our “cruise” around 7:00pm (route to be determined).
Wed, 27 June 2012
| Fri, 27 July 2012 | ||
| 9:30 PM | to | 11:30 PM |
Snaps Ultra will be performing at The Ole Barn on Friday, July 27, 9:30pm-1:30am, approximately.
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