Some of the best Festivals, Fairs, & Annual Events happen right here in Muskegon! Below, you’ll find our Events Calendar with times and dates of each event.
Below the calendar, you’ll find detailed information on the bigger events.
Muskegon Summer Celebration
This 10 day festival in June/July is held during the July 4th holiday every year, that brings national music acts of all backgrounds to Muskegon’s Heritage Landing.
Also included is the Muskegon Art Fair, Village Craft Market, street fair, and the carnival rides.
Visit SummerCelebration.com or call (231)722-6520 for more information.
Muskegon Bike Time
This is an extremely popular motorcycle bike rally held in downtown Muskegon. Bikers from around the world come to this event to enjoy the flavor of Muskegon.
See MuskegonBikeTime.com for more information.
Unity Christian Music Festival
Held at Heritage Landing yearly in August, The Unity Christian Music Festival is a three day festival, focused on the best in Christian music, but also including great food, fellowship and family fun! The Festival was started to bring Christians together for public praise, worship and fellowship; to provide a wholesome, family valued entertainment alternative and to raise funds and recruit volunteers for area Christian ministries.
Michigan Irish Muskegon Festival
Held at Heritage Landing in September, this event brings the best in Irish music to Muskegon and features a pub crawl through the pubs of downtown Muskegon.
For more information on the Michigan Irish Festival, feel free to visit MichiganIrish.org.
Miss Michigan Pageant
For over 50 years, the Miss Michigan pageant has been held in Muskegon at the Frauenthal Theater in June. The winner represents Michigan at the Miss America pageant. Visit MissMichigan.org for more details.
Mayfest (May)
Recreational activities, music, dancing, athletic contests, 5K run, rubber duck race. Held every year at Muskegon Community College.
Parties in the Park (June-August)
Held most Friday evenings during the summers at Hackley Park. Live music and beer tent. Come see why we are called the ‘Beer Tent Capitol of the World’.
The really stale dates (like March 29, 2009) should be removed from the events list. Out of date stuff like this makes Muskegon look bad!
It would be nice if dates were included in the events calendar, instead of having to go to different pages for more information. There’s no date for the Irish celebration anywhere, and had to go looking for the Bike info.
Towns I have visited with beer / wine tents during various festivals: Niles, MI; Three Rivers, MI; Watervliet, MI; St. Joseph, MI; Kalamazoo, MI; just to name a few….
I think Muskegon has worked very hard on changing the downtown area. As far as beer tents go. Not everyone gets drunk and it is a social thing more then anything. People must be responsible and I highly doubt beer tents cause alcoholism. I do not drink but I see nothing wrong in a beer tent. At least Muskegon tries to have activities etc. I think Jane Doe needs a dose of reality.
Where is your event calendar for July 2010?
Patricia, it should be up later today. (6/30/10)
I Have been to your town at biketime and have found it to be agreat time with little to no trouble, your police do a great job with so many people there, I just wish my town would do something like yours to bring people and money to town. GREAT JOB MUSKEGON
Will Muskegon be hosting the Tall Ships in summer 2010? if not can you tell me what port they will be visiting on Lake Michigan this summer/autumn
Rev. Washington,
It appears that the nearest port of call for the tall ships this year will be Chicago August 24-29. This link has more info: http://www.sailtraining.org/tallships/2010greatlakes/ . This website lists all the ports of call for the tall ships.
Of course Muskegon is the ‘beer tent capitol of the world’. It is the ONLY place in the world where there ARE beer tents! I have traveled far and wide, and have never come across anywhere else where people are encouraged to drive downtown, park, get drunk drinking beer in a tent, then drive home drunk. I find it difficult to believe all these people have designated drivers or call cabs. They drive to these things and they drive home when done. It is unfortunate the city puts the rest of us and our loved ones at such great risk as our police look the other way. This is a terrible example to set for anyone who may be interested in coming to visit our town, unless their primary hobby is to drink. Don’t we have enough alcoholics on our roads without encouraging more? I can’t believe in this day and age we blatently advertise ‘beer tents’ as a regular recreational activity. It’s time to clean the town up. Our reputation for drugs and alcohol preceeds us. Am I the only one who sees how wrong this is, legally and economically?
@ Jane Doe
Apparently you have never been to Germany?
I actually thought it was funny that Muskegon claims to be the worlds beer tent capital, as I have been to many such places around Europe.
You never brought up your moral convictions, but I have a feeling they are a bit puritan. Beer tents make tons of economic sense, and are perfectly legal, your beef is with drunk drivers which I think we all have a problem with.
Maybe your time would be better spent working on some sort of free public transport to and from these events?
Lighten up. A beer tent is no different than any other bar. Why don’t we shut those down too?
I am new to the area and I was wondering what holiday park is used for. Are there soccer or baseball games there in the spring? If so, when?
We need more events, especially between October through April for locals and not just tourists.