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21 Michigan events to check out this weekend (Sept. 26-28)

Highlights include an Oktoberfest celebration in Grand Rapids, a festival all about elk Up North, and a lumberjack-inspired party in Metro Detroit.

Channel your inner lumberjack at the Fire & Flannel Fest in Downtown Wyandotte this weekend. (Aja Koska/Getty Images Signature)

After a stretch of rain these past days, it looks like we’ll be getting a nice break just in time for this weekend’s events.

Highlights include an Oktoberfest celebration in Grand Rapids, a festival all about elk Up North, and a lumberjack-inspired party in Metro Detroit.

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

🎸 Sounds of the Zoo

Through Sept. 28

Downtown Kalamazoo

🍻 Oktoberfest Grand Rapids

Sept. 26-27

Riverside Park (3061 Monroe Ave. NW, Grand Rapids)

🌾 Harvest Fest 2025

Sept. 26-28

Downtown Rockford

🎤 Parktoberfest

Sept 26-28

Park Theatre (248 S. River Ave., Holland)

🍺 Beer City Brewers Fest

Saturday, Sept. 27, 3-8 p.m.

Calder Plaza (320 Ottawa Ave. NW, Grand Rapids)

🌎 International Festival of Holland

Saturday, Sept. 27, 4-8 p.m.

Downtown Sparta

Northern Michigan/UP

🍻 TC Germanfest

Friday, Sept. 26, 6-10 p.m.

Trinity Lutheran Church (1003 S. Maple St., Traverse City)

🫎 41st Annual Elk Festival

Sept. 26-28

Downtown Atlanta

🎶 Leelanau UnCaged

Saturday, Sept. 27, 11 a.m.- 10 p.m.

Village of Northport

🍺 Iron Mountain Oktoberfest

Saturday, Sept. 27, 12-10 p.m. (CST)

Downtown Iron Mountain

🎃 St. Ignace Annual Fall Fest & Great Pumpkin Roll 

Sunday, Sept. 28, 12-3:30 p.m.

Little Bear East Arena (275 Marquette St., St. Ignace)

Mid/South Michigan

🐟 5:01 Dam Jam Music Festival

Sept. 25-27

Rotary Park (325 Riverfront Drive, Lansing)

🔥 Frankenmuth Fire Arts Festival

Sept. 26-27

Heritage Park (601 Weiss St., Frankenmuth)

🎛️ Big Fam Music Festival

Sept. 26-28

The Groves of Michigan (13500 US-12, Brooklyn)

🍽️ Farm to Fork

Saturday, Sept. 27, 12:30-9 p.m.

Downtown Union City

🪑 Midland Antique Festival

Sept. 27-28

Midland County Fairgrounds (6905 Eastman Ave., Midland)

🥁 2nd Annual Dance by the River Pow Wow

Sept. 27-28

Adado Riverfront Park (300 N. Grand Ave., Lansing)

Southeast Michigan/Thumb

🪵 Fire & Flannel Fest

Sept. 26-27

Downtown Wyandotte

🍂 St. Mary’s Fall Festival

Sept. 26-28

St. Mary Parish (415 N. Sixth St., Saint Clair)

🌍 Westland Multicultural Festival

Sept. 26-27

Central City Park (36601 Ford Road, Westland)

🎃 South Lyon Pumpkinfest

Sept. 27-28

Downtown South Lyon

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