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OFFICIAL TRAVEL NEWSLETTER

June 15, 2018
See More and Save More with Culture Pass GR

See More and Save More with Culture Pass GR

Summer is the perfect time to explore the abundance of art and culture in Grand Rapids–and Culture Pass GR is the easiest, most cost-effective way to do it. The pass gives you discount admission to the city’s top cultural attractions plus exclusive discounts to ballet, opera, theater and more.  Just purchase the pass and download it to your smartphone.

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Behind the Scenes with Insider Pure Michigan Vacation Experiences

Behind the Scenes with Insider Pure Michigan Vacation Experiences

Looking to explore Pure Michigan like a local? Help sail a tall ship on Lake Huron’s Saginaw Bay, try your hand at authentic German pretzel rolling alongside the Frankenmuth pros, go on a guided hike to some of our best birding spots, or take an ecotour through almost 10,000 acres of the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge alongside an expert guide who grew up on its waterways. It’s–all right here in the Great Lakes Bay.

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Choose Your Park Adventure

Choose Your Park Adventure

With more than 100 state parks across Michigan to visit, how do you decide where to go? Your journey will offer experiences from rustic outposts to sandy beaches, from maritime explorations to bird watching and from towering sand formations to a gushing freshwater spring. In Michigan, you’re never far from an opportunity to experience the great outdoors up close.

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Fabulous at 350

Fabulous at 350

Let the party begin! Celebrate our oldest city’s 350th birthday with events all summer long. Join us in The Soo, as the city commemorates this historic milestone with festivities like parades, an authentic Native American Pow Wow, a fishing tournament, river excursions, boat tours, maritime engineering demonstrations, music, food—and more.

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https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/most-stellar-places-stargazing-michigan

The Most Stellar Places for Stargazing in Michigan

Practice your constellation identifications, wish upon a falling star or ponder the mysteries of the universe in one of Michigan’s dark-sky preserves. The night sky has perhaps never been a bigger tourist attraction, and there are few better spots for its viewing than alongside long, rural stretches of a Pure Michigan sandy beach where the rhythm of Great Lakes waves serves as a stargazing soundtrack.

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Upcoming Events

70th Annual Mackinac Island Lilac Festival
Now thru June 17, 2018
Mackinac Island

Wings Over Northern Michigan
June 16- 17, 2018
Gaylord

Delta Rocks! Family Festival
June 23, 2018
Lansing

Bay Harbor Vintage Car and Boat Festival
June 23, 2018
Bay Harbor

Grand Haven Art Festival
June 23- 24, 2018
Grand Haven

46th Annual Sloan Museum Auto Fair
June 23 -24, 2018
Flint

Log House Day
June 24, 2018
Frankenmuth

Old Town Arts and Crafts Fair
June 24, 2018
Traverse City

Ford Fireworks
June 25, 2018
Detroit

Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show & Balloon Fest
June 28-July 4, 2018
Battle Creek

Lavender Fest Friday
June 29, 2018
Boyne City

Fresh Coast Plein Aire Paint Festival
June 29-July 1, 2018
Marquette

Manistee National Forest Festival
June 29-July 4, 2018
Manistee

Cadillac Freedom Festival
June 30-July 1, 2018
Sunday, Saturday
Cadillac

The National Cherry Festival
June 30-July 7, 2018
Traverse City

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