Annual Festivals in the Great Lakes Bay

Make it to just one of our annual Great Lakes Bay festivals, and it’s clear: these are the kind worth waiting an entire year for. Because even before the kegs run dry, the tents come down, and the sun comes up — someone here’s already dreaming of how next year’s bash will top it.

From one of Michigan’s biggest beer tasting events to its largest antique festival — and a Tall Ship Celebration so epic it only happens every few years — live it up here. Each one of these perennial favorites proves worth the repeat trip!

Frankenmuth Bavarian Festival
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25+ Can't-Miss Outdoor Summer Festivals in the Great Lakes Bay

Fair rides, street food, and fireworks, live music and locally brewed suds: summer is just around the bend, which means the Great Lakes Bay will soon be bursting and all-around alive with festival fun!

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Concert crowd at Wenonah Park Bandshell in Downtown Bay City at dusk
Wenonah Park Bandshell | @marjojaroch
Spectators in front of the Midland Country Club during the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational in Midland
Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational | @dowglbi
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10+ Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series in the Great Lakes Bay

All kinds of fun and free as can be, these summer concert series are your no-cost ticket to experience live music and unique entertainment nearly every day of the week!

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An LPGA Tour Stop Unlike Any Other: 2021 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational

Place a novel, world-class team LPGA golf tournament on a Great Lakes Bay heritage course, and you’ve got a birdie, an eagle, a hole-in-one winner, guaranteed. That’s what you’ll get with the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (GLBI) tournament, set for the Midland Country Club, July 12-17, 2021: 144 of the world’s best female golfers, in two-player teams, on one of the region’s jewel courses.

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Gatherings So Great They Happen Every Year

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