Late July through first weekend of August (10 days)
It started in 1924 as a private picnic with rowing races for the Coast Guardsmen stationed in Grand Haven, opened to the public in 1937, and grew until Congress formally…
A full 18th-century fur trade encampment on the Grand River - voyageurs, traders, Native American demonstrators, and militia in period camps, cooking over fires and living the…
Mid-September (2026 cancelled due to weather; 2027 TBA)
A lakeshore town celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with music, dance, and food - a reminder that West Michigan's Latino communities go back generations, well beyond the places…
The Coast Guard City turns its attention to winter for a few days - a chili cook-off, sled races, a polar plunge, and events scattered through a lakeshore downtown that empties…
Musicians set up inside downtown storefronts and you walk from shop to shop hearing them - a music festival with no stage, raising money for music education in local schools.