Alpena Blues Festival
Mid-JuneBlues on the Thunder Bay shore in northeast Michigan - regional and touring acts on a waterfront stage in a town that doesn't get many of them.
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Alpena Day of the Dead Celebration
Oct 31, 2026Día de los Muertos observed on the Lake Huron shore in northeast Michigan - community altars, sugar skulls, and traditional food, in a part of the state where you wouldn't…
Festival details for Alpena Day of the Dead Celebration →Alpena Ice Festival
Feb 20, 2027Ice carvings through downtown Alpena on the Lake Huron shore, with live carving demonstrations and a walking tour of the sculptures.
Festival details for Alpena Ice Festival →Michigan Brown Trout Festival
Mid July (2027 dates TBA)The longest-running fishing tournament in the Great Lakes has taken over Alpena's boat harbor every July since 1975, ten days of anglers working the waters of Thunder Bay for…
Festival details for Michigan Brown Trout Festival →Northern Michigan Fiber Festival
Sep 25-26, 2027The woman who runs it keeps 35 sheep and a llama on an 80-acre farm and has been spinning wool for over thirty years - one sheep gives eight to twelve pounds of fleece, which…
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