List of festivals in Michigan

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This is a list of festivals in Michigan .

NameStart date (approximate)CityTypeStatus
Alpenfest Gaylord EthnicActive
Ann Arbor Art Fairs Ann Arbor ArtActive
Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival Ann ArborMusicInactive
Ann Arbor Film Festival Ann ArborFilmActive
Ann Arbor Summer Festival Ann ArborSummerActive
Appleumpkin Festival TecumsehFallActive
ArtPrize Grand Rapids ArtActive
African world festival Detroit EthnicInactive
Arts, Beats and Eats Royal Oak SummerActive
Baby Food Festival Fremont SummerActive
Back to the Bricks Flint CarActive
Bay City Fireworks Festival Bay City HolidayActive
Beaver Island Music FestivalJuly, 3rd weekBeaver IslandMusicActive
Blissfest Annual Festival July, 2nd weekHarbor SpringsMusicActive
Calhoun County Fair Marshall FairActive
Capital City Film Festival Lansing FilmActive
Celebration on the Grand Grand RapidsHolidayActive
Cheeseburger in Caseville Caseville SummerActive
Coast Guard Festival Grand Haven HonorActive
Common Ground Music Festival LansingMusicActive
Concert of Colors Detroit MusicActive
Curwood Festival Owosso LiteraryActive
Dally in the Alley DetroitCommunityActive
Danish Festival Greenville EthnicActive
Dam Jam Music Festival Calumet SummerActive
Dearborn Homecoming Festival Dearborn SummerActive
Detroit Electronic Music Festival DetroitMusicActive
Detroit Festival of the Arts DetroitArtInactive
Detroit International Jazz Festival DetroitMusicActive
Detroit River Days DetroitSummerActive
Detroit Windsor International Film Festival Detroit / Windsor, Ontario FilmInactive
East Lansing Film Festival East Lansing FilmActive
Electric Forest Rothbury MusicActive
En Gedi Christian Music Festival Leonidas MusicActive
Greater Farmington Film Festival Farmington FilmActive
Festival of the Arts Grand RapidsArtActive
Fresh Coast Film Festival OctoberMarquetteFilmActive
Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival Bay CityFilmActive
Hiawatha Music Festival Marquette MusicActive
Hotter than July DetroitLGBTActive
Howell Melon Festival Howell FoodActive
JAFAX Grand Rapids Anime Active
Lansing JazzFest LansingMusicActive
Lilac Festival Mackinac Island FlowerActive
Marshall Bluegrass Festival MarshallMusicActive [1] [2]
Michigan Challenge Balloonfest HowellBalloonActive
Michigan ElvisFest Ypsilanti MusicActive
Michigan Festival of Sacred Music Kalamazoo MusicActive
Michigan Lavender Festival June 23 - 25 Imlay City, Michigan FlowerActive
Michigan Pride LansingLGBTActive
Michigan Renaissance Festival Holly RenaissanceActive
Michigan Sugar Festival Sebewaing FoodActive
Michigan Technological University's Winter Carnival Houghton WinterActive
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival Hart Women'sActive
Michigan Youth Arts Festival KalamazooArtActive
Mo Pop Festival DetroitMusicActive
Monroe County Fair MonroeFairActive
Motor City Pride DetroitLGBTActive
National Cherry Festival Traverse City FoodActive
National Strawberry Festival Belleville FoodActive
National Trout Festival Kalkaska FishActive
Noel Night DetroitHolidayActive
Old Town BluesFest LansingMusicActive
Pine Mountain Music Festival western Upper Peninsula MusicActive
Porcupine Mountains Music Festival Ontonagon MusicActive
Posen Potato Festival Posen FoodActive
Pulaski Days Grand RapidsEthnicActive
Racin and Rockin Springport MusicInactive
Red Flannel Festival [3] 1st Saturday in OctoberCedar SpringsFallActive
South Haven Blueberry Festival South Haven FoodActive
Stars & Stripes Festival Sterling Heights MusicActive
Sterlingfest Sterling HeightsSummerActive
Things That Go Bump In The Night Film Fest (Bump Fest) Bay CityFilmActive
Threadbare Mitten Film Festival CharlotteFilmActive
Traverse City Film Festival Traverse CityFilmActive
Traverse City Microbrew & Music Festival Traverse CityMusic&Craft BeerInactive
Tulip Time Festival Holland FlowerActive
Unity Christian Music Festival Muskegon MusicActive
Upper Peninsula State Fair Escanaba FairActive
Venetian Festival Charlevoix SummerActive
Waterfront Film FestivalSouth HavenFilmActive
Wayne County Fair Belleville FairActive
Wheatland Music Festival Remus MusicActive
Michigan Irish Festival MuskegonIrish Music etcActive
Youmacon DetroitAnimeActive
Ypsilanti Heritage Festival YpsilantiHeritageActive
90s Flannel Fest Saginaw County MusicActive

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