Downtown Petoskey Winter Blues Festival
Winter Blues FestivalFebruary 15 - 21, 2010
Beat the “winter blues” during the second annual Winter Blues Festival, scheduled for Monday, February 15 through Sunday February 21 in 2010. This week-long celebration of winter will host a variety of events to bring our residents, ski and snow visitors to Downtown Petoskey.
Winter Blues Festival Buttons – on sale now for $5 each. Proceeds go to Manna Food Project. Buy a button and qualify for great sales and specials in participating retailers. Wear your button in Downtown the week before the Winter Blues Festival and maybe you will be tagged by a Parking Ambassador and win a bag of parking tokens!
WINTER BLUES FESTIVAL BUTTONS ARE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Arlington Jewelers, Bead and Company, Bearcub Outfitters, Bondurant, Circus Shop, Clothes Post, Coffee and Connect, Cynthia's Too Fine Yarn and Gifts, Elsie's Hallmark, Fustini's Oils and Vinegars, Gattle's, Grain Train, Grandpa Shorter's, Items, J.W. Shorter and Sons Mercantile Company, Mackinaw Trail Winery, Manna Food Project, Meyer ACE Hardware, Monarch Garden and Floral Design, Northern Michigan Artists Market, Petoskey Downtown Offices, Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce, R3 Exchange, Reid Furniture, Robert Frost Fine Footwear, Rocking Horse Toy Company, Stafford's Perry Hotel, Toad Hall, Trillium Hair Salon
- Appetizer Course and wine tasing - Coffee and Connect
- Soup and Bread Course - Whitecaps
- Salad Course - Fustini's Oils and Vinegars, wine provided by Mackinaw Trail Winery
- Main Course - H.O. Rose Room, Stafford's Perry Hotel
- Dessert Course - Grand Traverse Pie Company
- Mitchell Street Pub – best, unrivaled rock and blues juke box in the North.
- Noggin Room - Sean Ryan – 8:00 to 11:00 pm
- City Park Grill - Soul Patch –10:00 pm
- Downtown Lounge (above Leo's) - Bob Greenway of JUSDUIT – 6:00 – 10:00 pm
- 2nd Annual Snowflake Ball – 7:30 – 11:00 pm- Carnegie Building. Presented by the Michigan Northern Lights Ballroom Dance Club. Appetizers and beverages served. Admission $8 Dance Club members, $10 non-members, $6 students.
Entry/Registration Forms:
- Petoskey Pat Entry Form (Word doc)
- Torchlight Parade Entry Form (Word doc)
- Hotdish Cookoff Registration Form (PDF)
- PetosKEY Hunt Clue Card (PDF)
- Stafford's Perry Hotel - Complimentary Scoop of blue Moon Ice Cream with purchase of entree & No Cover Wednesday, February 17 for the Jelly Roll Blues Band
- Grandpa Shorter's Gifts - 10% off all purchases of non-sale items
- Mackinaw Trail Winery - 20% off White Ibis Wine in a blue bottle
- J.W. Shorter and Son Mercantile Company - 05 off all purchases on non-sale items
- Robert Frost Fine Footwear - take an additional 10% off any sale inventory & receive a free UGG key chain with any UGG purchase
- Elsie's Hallmark - 20% off anything blue in the store
- Bearcub Outfitters - 15% off any non-sale item
- Coffee and Connect - 1/2 hour of free internet
- Fustini's Oils and Vinegars - 10% off any Bright White Fruit or Herb Infused Balsamic Vinegar purchase
- Bead and Company - 10% off Blue Beads
- Gattle's - 20% off anything that is blue
- Northern Michigan Artists Market - 10% off if you can somehow convince us that the item you are buying is somehow blue
- The Clothes Post - 20% off anything that is blue
- Cynthia's Too Fine Yarn and Gifts - 10% off any blue skein of yarn
- The Grain Train - Free Blue Sky Soda
- Monarch Garden & Floral - 10% off any in stock item
- Arlington Jewelers - Enter to win a custom London Blue Topaz Pendant
- Bondurant - Attend the "She Wore Blue Velvet Sale" and receive an additional 10% off any blue merchandise
- Reid Furniture - 10% off anything blue
- Meyer ACE Hardware - 20% off on one item that is blue in color or comes in a blue box
- The Circus Shop - Blue Balloon Blast, pop a balloon for a discount
- Items by Boutique Emmanuel - 20% off any blue item
- Toad Hall - 10% off
- Rocking Horse Toy Company - will pay the sales tax on all your purchases
- Arlington Jewelers - 15% off
- Bearcub Outfitters - 1 - 2 - 3 Sale
- Bondurant - "She Wore Blue Velvet Sale"
- It's Always Good - 20% off Anything Blue
- Fustini's Oils and Vinegars - Perfect Pair Sale: Free pour spout with any two bottles of oil and/or vinegar
- Rocking Horse Toy Company - Selected items 30 to 50% off, All in stock Play Mobil 20% off
- Ciao Bella! Garden and Home - Ask Craig the Price Sale
- Sunglass Shoppe - Text "Sunglass" to 35350 for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate - Show your text and receive a $25 Gift Certificate
Watch for more sales and specials to be added!
Other entries in the professional category by:
- Inn at Bay Harbor with Hunter's Pie and Vegetarian Lasagna
- Stafford's Perry Hotel with Turkey and Dumplings
Amatuer Category
- Best of Show - James Kosloskey for his Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice
- Best Meaty Casserole - James Kosloskey for his Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice
- Best Vegetarian Dish - Debbie Norris
Other entries in the Amateur Category by:
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Sarah Snider - Chicken Stroganoff
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Charlene Hunt - White Truffle Potatoes
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Tracy Sneddon - Chicken Cacciatore
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Jenny Brower - Savannah Red Rice with Shrimp Tom Tomalka
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Betty Renner - Breakfast Vegetarian Casserole
Winner of the $200 in Downtown Petoskey Treasure Certificates - Paul Huffak. A good time was had by all of the judges who sampled the hotdishes. There was food for everyone. Thanks to Fustini's Oils and Vinegars for their bread and oil and vinegar samples and to Mackinaw Trail Winery who provided wine tasting and a lovely setting for the event.
