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Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
(See also: 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2018 - 2017 - 2015)
August 4-5, 2023
Annual Fish Sandwich Festival
Bay Port, Michigan
This year the festival format will be a bit different. The festival will take place on the weekend at McLeish Memorial Park in Bay Port. Hours on Friday will be Noon. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. August 4-6, 2023 Glad-Peach Festival - Coloma, Michigan
The Coloma Glad-Peach Festival is an annual celebration of the gladiolus flowers and peaches, which are both grown locally. The festival is held the first weekend in August, and provides three days of family friendly fun for all ages. Events include live music on two stages, a classic car or motorcycle show, Two parades and an aerial fireworks display. August 6-12, 2023 Jackson County Fair - Jackson, Michigan
Keeley Park in Jackson, Michigan. Come out and enjoy a day or two at the fair filled fun games, exciting rides, livestock, events, and tasty food! August 8-12, 2023 Alcona County Fair - Lincoln, Michigan August 10-13, 2023 Annual National Blueberry Festival
South Haven, Michigan
Celebrating the blueberry industry in and around South Haven. Featuring fish boil, blueberries, pancake breakfasts, chicken dinner, arts & crafts, live entertainment, pie eating contest, parade, 5k walk/run and more. Attendance: 40,000. August 11-12, 2023 Port Oneida Fair - Port Oneida, Michigan
Every August, the Port Oneida Rural Historic District comes alive with activity true to the period when it was a community of robust settlers. Step back in time at the two-day Port Oneida Fair to experience life as it was in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Displays of antique bicycles and phonographs, engines. Watch the art of basket weaving, buttermaking, spinning, and hand tools crafting a functional piece. Barn tours, music, re-enactments, horse, and other animals engage the sense. Pack a picnic lunch to eat under a tree, or purchase food at various sites. This is an enjoyable and relaxing, yet educational family time. August 11-13, 2023 Annual St. Johns Mint Festival
St. Johns, Michigan
The annual festival will offer mint-eating & cooking contests, grand parade, over 200 arts & crafts and flea market vendors, quilt show, new & old car shows, five sports events, kids' games, laser tag, inflatables, free daily and evening entertainment, and dog shows. August 11-20, 2023 - 25th Cheeseburger in Caseville
Caseville, Michigan
What started out as a 3 day festival in 1998 has become a fantastic 10 day festival filled with burger stands on every corner, live tropical music, a variety of vendors and retailers, activities for young and old, and a parade of fools.
August 13-20, 2023 52nd Annual Montrose Blueberry Festival
Montrose, Michigan
All-you-can-eat blueberry pancake breakfast, medieval village, parades, tug of war, golf and softball tournaments, teen dance and many more activities. Pick up fresh blueberries and blueberry pies, baked goods and ice cream at the Boy Scouts' concession booth. August 14-20, 2023 Upper Peninsula State Fair - Escanaba, Michigan
Now Michigan's ONLY State Fair. Since 1928, the Upper Peninsula State Fair has provided a place for folks from across the nation to experience and celebrate the unique culture and heritage of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Fairgoers enjoy agriculture and animal exhibits, entertainment, midway rides, and much more. August 18-20, 2023 63rd Annual Howell Melon Festival
Howell, Michigan
The event is located throughout historic downtown Howell and features Michigan's largest small town parade. Other festivities include the Melon Ball, book sale, melon wine tasting, melon ice cream, rides, pancake breakfast, and much more. August 18-20, 2023 Wild Blueberry Festival - Paradise, Michigan
The Wild Blueberry Capital of Michigan. The festival celebrates the wild blueberries growing on much of the land in the eastern Upper Peninsula with a blueberry brunch, lots of great music, horse drawn wagon rides and an arts & crafts fair. August 18-20, 2023 63rd Annual Howell Melon Festival
Howell, Michigan August 19, 2023 19th Annual PastyFest - Calumet, Michigan
This festival celebrates the Cornish pasty, which is pastry filled with beef, sliced potato, turnip or rutabaga and onion, and baked. Pasties were traditionally eaten by copper miners in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Events include the Pasty Walk and Pasty Parade, music, pasty bake-off, and children's games, including the dreaded Pasty Pull. August 25-26, 2023 Annual Humungous Fungus Fest
Crystal Falls, Michigan
Several years ago a "humongous fungus" (a gigantic mushroom) was discovered in the Crystal Falls area. "The individual’s network of rhizomorphs presently weights roughly 11 tons, or roughly 600 pounds per acre. It occupies 37 acres. In addition, it takes 10 pounds of phyphae (microscopic branching thread fungus filaments) to support one pound of rhizomorphs. This 10:1 ratio provides a conservative estimate of the individual's total weight of 3 tons per acre, or 111 tons over the entire 37 acres." This makes it the largest mushroom (fungus) in the world - it's hard to believe this monster mushroom is growing in Michigan and not Texas! Based on the average rate of growth through the soil, the Humongous Fungus is probably more than 1,500 years old. August 27, 2023 Detroit Bourbon & Blues Festival - Detroit, Michigan
An immersive tasting and live music event with American-made whiskey, music performances, and more. Sample a variety of bourbons and whiskeys curated by our bourbon-loving staff. Two General Admission 2-hour ticketed sessions will be available throughout the day. August 31-September 4, 2023 Annual Romeo Peach Festival
Romeo, Michigan
The festival will offer a pageant, car show, 5K run, kid fest, and Floral Parade and much more.
2022 MICHIGAN - AUGUST 2022
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
events waiting for new datesAugust 21, 2022 Hazon Michigan Jewish Food Festival
Detroit, Michigan
At this event you will learn about sustainability while seeing circus performers, tasting delicious samples, and receiving fun give-aways! This festival is a drive-thru event during which you will visit many booths run by Detroit businesses and organizations! Take this opportunity to learn more about the city you love and what you can do to keep it green! The festival runs from 9am-4pm, but registration is required to attend, please visit our website to register for your time slot now! Attendance: 5,000.
2021 MICHIGAN - AUGUST 2021
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
events waiting for new datesAugust 7, 2021 Art, Beer & Wine Festival - Jackson, Michigan
The Ella Sharp Museum. The museum plans to host over 40 local wineries and breweries, 50+ artists, and nearly 3,000 guests! Festival goers will enjoy live music and artist booths nestled on the grounds of the Ella Sharp Museum and within the courtyard of the museum’s historic Hillside Farm Lane. Attendance: 4,000.
2018 MICHIGAN - AUGUST 2018
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
events waiting for new datesAugust 24-26, 2018 - Microbrew & Music Festival
Mount Mancelona, Michigan
We invite you to experience an evening of savory, thirst-quenching craft brews, the music of accomplished performers – local and national, and appetizing eats from local food vendors. Since the summer of 2009, we have celebrated, along with thousands of brew and live music devotees, the craft brew culture and musicians – of Michigan and beyond.
2017 MICHIGAN - AUGUST 2017
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events still waiting for new datesAugust 12, 2017 - The Taco Festival - Detroit, Michigan
A General Admission ticket provides access to taco-topia. Inside the event, you’ll find restaurants dishing out $2 tacos and bars and beverage stations serving margaritas, beer, water, and soda. The entire festival works on a token system – so you will purchase tokens worth $2 each and use those as cash. Vendors will be on hand to sell other food (mostly desserts) as well.
2015 MICHIGAN - AUGUST 2015
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events
events still waiting for new datesAugust 15, 2015 - Salsa Showdown - Holland, Michigan
During the Salsa Showdown, you’ll be challenged to create the best salsa using fresh ingredients from the 8th Street Farmers Market. Everyone is invited to compete in the Showdown, from amateur cooks to professional chefs. And for those who can really take the heat, the Jalapeno Eating Contest is back! Competitors will be challenged to eat as many peppers as they can in three minutes. And for those who can really take the heat, the Jalapeno Eating Contest is back! Competitors will be challenged to eat as many peppers as they can in three minutes. Think you have what it takes? | 
