Heading to Northern Michigan for the holidays? It’s the most wonderful time of the year from Charlevoix to Traverse City, for tree lighting parties, visits with Santa and of course shopping! Peruse the list below and then check it twice to make sure nothing is left off your agenda!
November 20–22: Zonta Festival of Trees in Traverse City
November 28: Annual PJ Party & Tree Lighting Party in Glen Arbor
November 28: Charlevoix Holiday Parade & Tree Lighting Celebration in Downtown Charlevoix
November 29: EuroChorale Breakfast with Santa at the Elks Lodge in Traverse City
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November 29: Stafford’s Downtown Petoskey Parade in Downtown Petoskey
November 29: Festival of Trees and Silent Auction at the Benzie Area Historical Museum in Benzonia
November 29: Festival of Lights at the Village Green in Pentwater
November 28–December 13: A Christmas Story at the Old Town Playhouse in Traverse City
November 29–December 31: Sparkle in the Park at Bear Lake Village Campground in Bear Lake
December 4–December 7: 26th Annual Sleighbell Parade & Old Christmas Weekend in Downtown Manistee
December 5–December 7: Christmas Inn White Pines Dinner Theater at Bayview Wesleyan Family Life Center in Traverse City
December 5: Santa’s Arrival & Tree Lighting in Downtown Traverse City
December 6: 5th Annual Holiday Celebration: Light Up The Night in Downtown Bellaire
December 5–December 14: Miracle on 34th Street the Musical at the Ramsdell Theatre in Manistee
December 8–9: A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas at the Old Town Playhouse in Traverse City
December 10: Harvest Dinner featuring Holiday Classics, Duck & Cranberry at Black Star Farms in Suttons Bay
December 12–14: 18th Annual Elizabethan Madrigal Feaste at Traverse City West Senior High School
December 13: Breakfast with Santa at the Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City
December 18–21: A Christmas Story at Ludington Area Center for the Arts in Ludington
December 25: Ski Free with Santa at Shanty Creek Resort in Bellaire