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Festivals in Frankenmuth, Michigan

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Cass River Colonial Encampment

Third weekend of July

Reenactors set up an 18th-century camp along the Cass River - French and British soldiers, traders, and craftspeople in period dress, in a town that spends the rest of the year…

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Dog Bowl

May 29-30, 2027

Billed as the world's largest Olympic-style event for dogs - musical sit, a wiener dog race, costume contests, and a full weekend of competitions for dogs of every size, in a…

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Frankenmuth Auto Fest & Block Party

Second weekend of September

For 43 years, Frankenmuth Heritage Park has filled with pre-1987 show cars every September - but the detail that sticks is the Amphicar Club, who drive their amphibious cars…

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Frankenmuth Bavarian Festival

Second week of June

Frankenmuth is Michigan's Little Bavaria - a whole town of half-timbered German architecture - and every June its marquee festival turns the heritage all the way up…

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Frankenmuth Flower Festival

Early August (2027 dates TBA)

This one began by accident: a farmer at heritage-era Grandpa Tiny's Farm planted 25 acres of sunflowers as a humble cover crop, was struck by how gorgeous they were in bloom, and…

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Frankenmuth Oktoberfest

Mid-September (2027 dates TBA)

Frankenmuth threw its first Oktoberfest in 1990 to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall, and six years later Munich's Lord Mayor and the German Parliament formally sanctioned it…

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World Expo of Beer

Mid May (2027 dates TBA)

Hundreds of beers from dozens of countries poured at Frankenmuth's Heritage Park, run by the Jaycees - an international beer festival in a town that already imports its…

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Zehnder's Ragtime Festival

Mid-to-late April (2027 dates TBA)

Ragtime is often called the first truly American musical genre, and for roughly three decades the best players alive have gathered in Little Bavaria to keep it going - anchored…

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Zehnder's Snowfest

Feb 3-7, 2027

Teams carve enormous blocks of snow and ice into sculptures on the streets of Little Bavaria, in a competition that draws carvers from around the world. Five days of watching the…

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