Events Calendar

Local farmers and crafters fill Veterans Park in Boyne City every Wednesday and Saturday from May until October.

You will find almost anything for your table and home, handmade and homegrown.

Join us at the Mackinaw Maritime Festival on June 11 from 9 am to 9 pm in Mackinaw City.

Events kick off at 9:30 onboard the retired Coast Guard Icebreaker Mackinaw with a memorial service to those who lost their lives on the SS Cedarville and a blessing of the fleet ceremony. Events continue throughout the day with a boat trip to the Cedarville wreck site, tours of the Icebreaker Mackinaw, Old Mackinac Point and McGulpin Point lighthouses, maritime displays and demonstrations at the Mackinaw Area Heritage Village, presentations by noted authors and historians at the Macinaw Area Public Library and a campfire at the Heritage Park with a presentation on how the star influence our lives both on and off the water. The festivities wrap up with a concert to benefit the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association by Dan Hall, the Great Lakes' preeminent maritime songwriter and performer. For a complete schedule of events visit www.mackinawmaritimefestival.org or telephone (231) 436-5580.

The Grass Roots between 1967 & 1072, set records for being on the Billboard charts for 307 straight weeks. They have sold over twenty million records worldwide.

The Grass Roots songs hitting the radio in these times include "Let's Live For Today" and "Things I Should Have Said" (1967); "Midnight Confessions" (1968); "Baby Hold On", & "Temptation Eyes" (1970).

In 1984, as "The Turtles...featuring Flo & Eddie", perform the hits; "Happy Together", "Elenore" & "You Showed Me".

Tickets are $25 and $30. Must be 19 or older to attend all shows.