Events – Music & Entertainment

Petoskey Area is home to several venues and businesses that host live music for all to enjoy – in some larger venues you can expect a paid performance while others offer a free experience! Along with music in Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Alanson, Boyne City/Boyne Falls, Bay Harbor, and Bay View you can expect other forms of entertainment like performances, theater, film events, dancing, celebrations, and more!

We love to have events for you to enjoy throughout and around the Petoskey Area. If you are planning to come to an event, please confirm details as the date gets closer. Looking for even more fun? Check out the events section of the Petoskey Area Facebook page.

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ANNUAL MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT

Live Music

Throughout the Petoskey Area you can expect frequent local performers and musicians at area bars, restaurants, and venues. Check out Pond Hill Farm, Noggin Room Pub, Muskrat Distilling, City Park Grill, and more.

For more formal music venues check out: Crooked Tree Arts Center, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, and Freshwater Art Gallery & Concert Venue

Annual Blissfest Music Festival

For over 40 years now, Blissfest Music Organization has brought together folk, world, and roots music with culture, art, and community each July to Harbor Springs countryside with Blissfest Music Festival. This wonderful music festival is a weekend long camping experience that also be enjoyed via day pass as well. Come walk, shop around the many craft vendors, dance, and sing along with other beautiful people during northern Michigan summer. Life is Bliss!

Stroll The Streets – Boyne City

During the summer in Boyne City, the streets downtown come alive with live music on street corners and in front of businesses for Stroll the Streets each Friday evening. Typically you can expect Stroll the Streets to begin in June and finish in September. Check out Boyne City Main Street for more information or keep an eye on our event page for more information as we get closer to the event.

Street Musique – Harbor Springs

In collaboration with Blissfest Music Organization, the Harbor Springs Chamber of Commerce organizes Street Musique in Downtown Harbor Springs each summer on Thursday evenings. Dance in the streets and enjoy a summer night in Downtown Habor Springs.

Bay View Music Festival

Each summer season within historic Bay View Association there are a mix of professional and pre-professional programs of vocal and instrumental music for the whole family. To view their entire season program check out the Bay View Music Festival at Bay View Association’s website HERE.

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