In its third year, the quirky “Glen Arbor Bed Parade” brings another fun thing to Glen Arbor for Thanksgiving weekend. Join the new Black Friday tradition, sponsored by Becky Thatcher Designs. Open to anyone and everyone to cheer from the curb or roll down Western Avenue. Want to participate? Haul that creatively decorated bed on
Tree Lighting & Caroling at 6:15pm Bring your Holiday spirit and join the local community outside the Glen Arbor Town Hall for Christmas Caroling and a ceremonial Tree lighting. This year, Carols will be lead by members of the Glen Lake Church worship team. Photo by Raquel Jackson ® for the Glen Lake Chamber Shopping
Shop an amazing breadth of handcrafted, locally made goods from 30+ Artisans during the Glen Arbor Holiday Marketplace. Also featuring a variety of beautiful Holiday Greenery for sale!!! Meet Santa from 11am-1:30pm. They will be at the Glen Arbor Holiday Market with some little toys and goodies! Bring the kids and your own camera for some
Celebrate Grand Traverse Lighthouse heritage at Christmastime! Each room in the lighthouse will be Christmas themed, portraying the traditional time period (from 1858-1880) and showcasing the keeper heritages. There will be story telling of our only female lighthouse keeper. There will be an actor in period costume retelling the Christmas story of the keeper families.
The Glen Arbor Arts Center will host a "Glen Arbor Holiday Open House" on Thursday, December 5th from 4-6pm. You're invited to shop for a 100 works of local art for sale under $150. Enjoy holiday music with a hand bell choir, create family crafts, and savor food and drinks!
Come out for a fun shopping event in Glen Arbor and “keep it local” for the holidays with offerings at participating businesses which may include refreshments, special discounts and gift wrapping! Thursday, December 12th | 4-7 pm Visit these participating* businesses: Art's Tavern Cherry Republic Coastal Cottage Book Shop Forest Gallery Glen Arbor Wines M22
Friday, Dec. 13 @ 7:30pm to 9pm, Manitou Winds will be performing their annual "Winter Songs & Carols" at The Leelanau School, located at 1 Old Homestead Rd., in Glen Arbor, MI. The event is FREE to attend; Goodwill donations to benefit art/music programs at The Leelanau School and Manitou Winds. Performed in the festively-decorated dining
Sunday, December 15th, 2019 A family friendly shopping event in Glen Arbor, open all day during business hours where you can shop, celebrate the holidays, and treat the kids too! Children are invited to “find a sweet treat” at each participating business location, plus discover additional activities offered, like: cookie decorating, gingerbread houses, and special
Miracle Mile Ugly Sweater Dash, December 21, 11 a.m. Join Cherry Republic for its second annual Ugly Sweater Dash the Saturday before Christmas. Participants will take off in front of the Cherry Public House on Lake Street and then run, walk or stroller-ride one mile, ending up back at the Public House for a pint
The Glen Arbor Arts Center injects COLOR into the new year with an exhibition celebrating chroma, hue, tone, tint and value by 29 artists. COLOR opens Friday, January 10, 2020 with a reception from 6 - 8 pm in the gallery. Color – both the thing and the idea – is more than a seasonal picker-upper. COLOR exhibitors explore how
"50 year anniversary of the Sleeping Bear Dunes" Kick-off Event: Hibernation Celebration There's a park party and you are invited. The National Lakeshore’s 50th anniversary activities start with a kick-off celebration on Saturday, January 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Dune Climb. Join park rangers and volunteers from the Friends of Sleeping
The Glen Arbor Arts Center welcomes Brian Zimmerman, a third-generation landscaper from Traverse City, to discuss ways to bring more color to home gardens with native plants and pollinator-friendly blooms. Color In The Garden takes place Sunday, January 19, 2 pm in the GAAC gallery. Native plant are those that occur naturally in a region in which
