Photo by the Hart/Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce

Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival

September 2027

The Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival takes place each year at the Golden Township Park- 8711 W. Silver Lake Rd. in Mears. The two-day festival includes a wide variety of activities that are fun for all ages. 

Proceeds from the festival benefit organizations and programs that serve the Silver Lake Sand Dunes area. Examples include the Silver Lake Fireworks, beautification projects in Silver Lake, and helping other projects fund the growth of Golden Township park.

Here's what happened in 2026:

Friday

  • 2-5pm – Gellyball
  • 2-7pm – Bounce Houses
  • 2-7pm – Caricature Drawings
  • 2-7pm – DJ Trevor
  • 2-9pm – Shuttle pick up/drop off with Silver Lake Buggy Rental
  • 2-9pm – Food Trucks on Festival Grounds
  • 2-9pm – Beer & Wine Tent Open near Festival Stage
  • 3-7pm – Axe Throwing
  • 7:30-9:30pm – Glow Party

Saturday

  • 8am – Apple a Day 5k Fun Run at Mac Woods Dune Rides- 629 N. 18th Ave., Mears. Registration from 8-9am with 9am start. Register by clicking here.
  • 8-10am – Registration for the Chicken Shack Classic Auto & RV Show in the Dunetown Mall parking lot- 8239 W. Hazel Rd., Silver Lake/Mears. Click here for registration.
  • 9am – Apple Pie Contest Check In/Drop Off
  • 9am-9pm – Shuttle pick up/drop off with Silver Lake Buggy Rental
  • 10am – National Anthem in front of the pavilion
  • 10am-2pm – Chicken Shack Classic Auto & RV Show in the Dunetown Mall parking lot, Awards to follow at 2pm
  • 10am-5pm – Arts & Craft Show at 8453 W. Silver Lake Rd. Click here for an application.
  • 10am-5pm – Bounce Houses
  • 10am-5pm – Gellyball
  • 10am-5pm – Live Chainsaw Wood Carving Demonstrations
  • 10am-5pm – Petting Zoo
  • 10am-7pm – Caricature Drawings
  • 10am-8pm – Food Trucks on Festival Grounds
  • 10am-8pm – DJ Trevor
  • 11am – Apple Pie Contest. Register by clicking here.
  • 11am-3pm – Face Painting
  • 12pm – Apple Pie Contest Awards on Festival Stage
  • 12-2pm – Storytelling with Barb from Storybook Village in the Kids Tent
  • 12-5pm – Build Your Own Flower Bouquet Bar
  • 12-6pm – Axe Throwing
  • 12-8pm – Beer & Wine Tent Open near Festival Stage 
Entries in the festival's apple pie contest. | Photo by the Hart/Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce.

Experience Silver Lake

Decades of prevailing westerly Lake Michigan winds created this giant, 2,000 acre sandbox along four miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. Read the Silver Lake destination page.

Stay tuned here for info on the 2027 Silver Lake Apple & BBQ Festival!

For more information on the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival, please contact:

Apple & BBQ Festival Committee

P.O. Box 82, Hart, MI  49420

(231) 873-2247

applebbqfestival.com

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