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Cheeseburger in Caseville is a festival that takes place in Caseville, Michigan, every mid-August. The festival is a tribute to tropical paradise, cheeseburgers, and Jimmy Buffett. The 10-day-long festival takes place in the August, celebrating the final weeks of summer vacation. Activities at the festival range from sandcastle making to concerts and laser light shows on the beach. [1]
In 1999, a Caseville locals Arlene Nance and Lyn Bezemek came up with an idea for an end-of-summer festival that is now known as Cheeseburger in Caseville. About 5,000 people from around Huron County, Michigan attended the first Cheeseburger festival. [1] What started as a three-day weekend has turned into a 10-day festival that includes concerts, the highlight of the festival, The Parade of Tropical Fools.
In 2004, five years after the debut of the festival, Caseville Chamber of Commerce president Steve Louwers took control. He continues to be instrumental in the success of Caseville's busiest 10 days. [2]
With 2020 being cancelled caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 22nd was deferred to 2021.
On Sunday, August 18 2024, competitive eating duo, Alex and Travis, better known as T&A, broke the long standing record of 18 burgers consumed during a single festival. On this historic day Alex broke the record with his 19th burger and Travis tying the previous record with his 18th. Together they put down 37 cheeseburgers. A bronze plaque is expected to be revealed winter 2025 in the town center to commemorate this historic event.
The parade is held on the first Wednesday night of the festival and is the biggest attraction that the festival has to offer. The parade can last up to two hours and attracts more than 100,000 people every year. Fans of the parade are allowed to start setting up their lawn chairs at 6 a.m. the morning of the parade. [3] . Thousands of beads, candies, Frisbees, and other miscellaneous objects are thrown from the floats each year.
Huron County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 31,407. The county seat is Bad Axe. Huron County is at the northern tip of the Thumb, which is a sub region of Mid Michigan. It is a peninsula, bordered by Saginaw Bay to the west and Lake Huron to the north and east, and has over 90 miles (140 km) of shoreline, from White Rock on Lake Huron to Sebewaing on the Saginaw Bay. Huron County's most prominent industry is agriculture, as with most of the other Thumb counties. Huron County enjoys seasonal tourism from large cities such as Detroit, Flint, and Saginaw. Much of the tourism is in the Port Austin and Caseville area.
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