
Performances in West Michigan
The communities along Lake Michigan are blessed with talented actors and musicians that entertain us throughout the year.
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The Traverse City area has several arts and crafts fairs scheduled throughout the year. Here, you can find many unique artistic and handcrafted items for your own home or for gift-giving.
In the summertime, artists and crafters often offer their creations for sale in the beautiful outdoor settings of Northwestern Michigan. During the fall, they move to indoor locations, often schools or community centers.
Many talented people from near and far offer their arts and crafts for sale at these venues.

The communities along Lake Michigan are blessed with talented actors and musicians that entertain us throughout the year.

The annual Hart Winterfest includes fun activities like a cornhole tournament, soup walk, book sale, and more.

West Michigan is a popular location for various races and runs… including the Lakestride Half Marathon and the Lighthouse Triathlon.

Michigan offers weekends during the year where residents and outstate visitors can fish, ORV, or snowmobile without permits.

Pentwater’s Winterfest includes many family friendly events including fishing tournaments, cross country skiing, sledding, and ice skating.

The Grand Traverse Lighthouse is situated at the end of the Leelanau Peninsula within, about eight miles north of the town of Northport.

Manistee National Forest together with the Huron National Forest occupies almost a million acres of land in Michigan’s lower peninsula.

West Shore Community College in Scottville offers classes, the West Shore Ice Arena, and a complete recreation center.

Visit the Old Mission Peninsula, situated between the west arm and east arm of Grand Traverse Bay.

Pere Marquette River, with it’s moderately fast current and clear water, is an extremely popular river for canoeists and kayakers.

The historical Vogue Theatre in Manistee, renovated as a modern-day movie theater, shows current movies, classic films, and family movies.