Tulip Time

Holland's Tulip Time began in 1929, after a high-school biology teacher suggested it and the city sold tulip bulbs to residents for a penny apiece - and it's now the longest-running tulip festival in America, drawing nearly a million visitors to see 6 million tulips bloom across the city. Expect Dutch dancers by the hundreds clacking through the streets in wooden shoes, a 250-year-old working windmill shipped over from the Netherlands, a traditional street-scrubbing ceremony, and parades that rank among Michigan's largest.

Dates

First full week of May (10 days)

Town

Holland, Michigan

Venue

Citywide, Holland, MI (Windmill Island, downtown)

Price

Free to attend (ticketed shows, parades & garden events)

Type

Cultural / Floral