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Tourism Event Calendar

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For a complete calendar of events, refer to the Chamber of Commerce Community Calendar

The Icehouse Quilt Shop – Create an Elf Workshop

[ Wed, 01 September 2010 to Thu, 02 September 2010. ] Create An Elf With Charlie Patricolo

2 days $110 (includes kit)
September 1st and 2nd, 2010

Create an Elf with a unique personality. Start with needle sculpting a head made of cotton lycra. The basic pattern will be supplied for an elf.  The bodies are stitched, stuffed and then go together quickly as they are attached with wire.  [...]

Quilt Show & Workshops

[ Fri, 27 August 2010; 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Sat, 28 August 2010; 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Mon, 30 August 2010; 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Thu, 02 September 2010; 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Fri, 03 September 2010; 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Sat, 04 September 2010; 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. ] The AuSable Artisan Village Gallery is proud to present a showing of quilts and wearable art from Icehouse Quilt Shop artists.  An opening reception will be held at the Gallery at 108 Michigan Ave., Grayling MI on Friday, August 27, 5:00-7:00 p.m. There is no fee to enter the Gallery which will be open on [...]

Labor Day Weekend Programs at Hartwick Pines State Park

[ Fri, 03 September 2010; 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM. 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Sat, 04 September 2010; 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Mon, 06 September 2010; 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM. ] Hartwick Pines State Park is hosting a variety of programs this Labor Day weekend, where campers and visitors are invited to learn about stars, trees, bogs, birds and lumber. Hartwick Pines encompasses an area of nearly 10,000 acres, making it the largest state park in Northern Lower Michigan. The park contains one of [...]

Mountain bike race/Bike Festival

[ Fri, 03 September 2010 7:00 PM to Sat, 04 September 2010 12:00 AM. ] This Labor Day weekend, the Bicycle Shop will host the Logsplitter Mountain Bike Challenge & the Michigan Bike Festival in Grayling.  Live music & social bonfires will happen on both Friday & Saturday nights and the bike race [...]

Junque in the Trunk

[ Sat, 04 September 2010; 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. ] Junque in the Trunk is a community garage sale, held in the parking lot of the “Mini Mall/Glens” on September 4, 2010. This event, held for the seventh year, is a fundraiser for the Grayling Promotional Association which helps to promote the Grayling area.

Sale regulations:
1. Participants must stay within the allotted parking space(s)

2. [...]

Vintage Base Ball games

[ Sun, 18 July 2010; 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Sun, 08 August 2010; 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Sun, 15 August 2010; 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Sun, 05 September 2010; 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. ] Hartwick Pines Base Ball Club “Swampers”
The Hartwick Pines Base Ball Club’s Swampers, our vintage baseball team playing and interpreting baseball from the year 1860 is looking for interested ballplayers and other volunteers for the 2010 season. We will be playing a full season this year with teams from through out the state including Midland County, [...]

The Labor of Logging

[ Mon, 06 September 2010; 2:00 PM to 3:45 PM. ] The logging of the white pine in the 19th century was a highly labor intensive industry.  From the fellers and sawyers who cut the trees, the teamsters and loaders who loaded the sleds and drove the horses and the river hogs that sent the logs down the rivers to the saw mills, logging was an [...]

The Icehouse Quilt Shop – Cutwork 101 Workshop

[ Thu, 09 September 2010 to Sun, 12 September 2010. ] Cutwork 101 Workshop

September 9-12th at the Days Inn
Cost $100.00 (Purchase the Cutwork tool from the Icehouse and save $25 off the class fee)

We will be working with lessons and doing stitch outs so come ready to create and work, or should I say have
too much fun! This will be a three day retreat to [...]

Folk Art Festival

[ Sat, 11 September 2010; 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. ] On Saturday September 11, Wellington Farm, USA near Grayling will play host to the Northern Michigan Folk Arts Festival. The one day event will feature artists, musicians, authors and storytellers from across Northern Michigan. Wellington Farm’s outdoor stage is tastefully set in the heart of the beech/maple forest with wonderful acoustics.

The gates to Wellington [...]

The Nelson Brothers Concert

[ Sat, 11 September 2010; 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. ] The Nelson Brothers will be performing at the Kirtland Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. For more information, please visit http://kirtlandcenter.com/