SUMMER CALENDAR
SUMMER CALENDAR
2024 SEASON Mackinac Island Summer Events Calendar
FORT MACKINAC
OPENING
ANNUAL
LILAC PARADE
JULY 4TH
STONE SKIPPING CONTEST
MAY
May 3 Fort Mackinac opens for the 2024 season May 11 Fort-2-Fort 5-Mile Footrace May 17-19 Zoo-De-Mackinac Bike Bash
JUNE
June 7 - 16 76th Annual Lilac Festival - Theme is Petals and Pedals . The 10-day celebration includes the Lilac Queen Coronation , Lilac Walks & Talks , the Grand Parade and more ! Full schedule at mackinacisland . org
June 7-16 Free admission to the Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum
June 8 Lilac Festival 10k Run / Walk
June 27 Music in the Park - Free Concerts at 6:30pm , every Thursday through August 29th at Marquette Park
JULY
July 4 Star Spangled 4th of July , and picnic at Fort Mackinac - W . T . Rabe Stone Skipping Contest featuring amateur and professional divisions . 10:00am - Fireworks at 10:30pm
July 13-16 Chicago Yacht Club ’ s Race to Mackinac
July 20-23 100th year of the Bayview Mackinac Sailboat Yacht Race to the Island
July 27 Vintage Base Ball Game : The Mackinac Never Sweats . Behind Fort Mackinac 6:30pm
AUGUST
Aug 17-18 National Hickory Stick Classic Golf tournament at Wawashkamo
Aug 18 Mackinac Island Swim
Aug 23-25 Mackinac Island Fudge Festival - Fudge related family fun activities . Demonstrations , outdoor movie and family games .
SEPTEMBER
Sept 1-2 Grand Hotel ’ s Labor Day Jazz Festival - featuring top jazz artists
Sept 2 Annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk Sept 7 Mackinac Island Annual 8-Mile Run / Walk
OCTOBER
Oct 25-27 Halloween Weekend , kids trick-or-treating downtown , and adult costume parties at nights
Oct 26 Great Turtle Trail Run 5.7 Mile Run / Walk
go to MACKINACISLAND . ORG for more events and details
MACKINAC
YACHT RACES
VINTAGE BASE BALL GAME
HALLOWEEN
PARTIES
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