Check out classic wheels, food trucks and music at the Car Capital Auto Show in Lansing this weekend. (Image via Getty Images/Canva)
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If you’re looking for weekend plans, look no further.
This week’s highlights include a festival that honors the Coast Guard, an auto show in Lansing, and two very specific food festivals in southeast Michigan.
As always, I’d love to hear your suggestions! If you know of an upcoming event you want me to highlight, send me a note here (please send suggestions at least one week before the event).
Michigan events to check out this weekend
West Michigan
July 25-26
Coghlin Park (60 Griffith St., Saugatuck)
🛥️ Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival
July 25-Aug. 3
Various locations (Grand Haven)
Saturday, July 26, 12-11:30 p.m.
Leila Arboretum (928 Michigan Ave. W, Battle Creek)
July 25-26
4125 170th Ave., Morley
Northern Michigan/UP
Saturday, July 26, 2-9:30 p.m.
Escanaba Marina (17 Water Plant Road, Escanaba)
🫐 Marquette Blueberry Festival
Friday, July 25, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
West Washington and South Front streets (Marquette)
🛤️ Shay Days
July 25-26
Shay Park (East Main Street, Harbor Springs)
Mid/South Michigan
Saturday, July 26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
R.E. Olds Transportation Museum (240 Museum Drive, Lansing)
July 25-27
The Hill Campground (7525 E. Tomah Road, Mt. Pleasant)
July 21-26
Calhoun County Fairgrounds (720 Fair St., Marshall)
July 21-26
8800 West Grand River, Fowlerville
Southeast Michigan/Thumb
July 26-27
Hart Plaza (1 Hart Plaza, Detroit)
🖼️ Sterlingfest Art & Music Fair
July 24-26
City of Sterling Heights campus (40555 Utica Road, Sterling Heights)
July 24-27
48 E. Munger Road, Munger
July 24-27
Various locations (Yale)
July 25-26
The Social Commons (304 S. Main St., Chelsea)
July 25-26
Riverside Park (2 E. Cross St., Ypsilanti)
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