Scorching enjoyable within the summertime

Klein

Yes, it is summertime in Northern Michigan. If it is August, it is time for the Nautical City Festival in Rogers City. The competition was pushed again a few weeks this yr, so when you had been questioning when you missed it, you didn’t! And, it has grown loads since we moved right here in 2005. I’m trying ahead to lots of the occasions!

The enjoyable kicks off on Tuesday, August 11 with the Sailors’ Memorial at 5:30 p.m. That’s adopted by a Taste of Rogers City from 6:30-8:30 p.m., an occasion that began final yr and have become a quick fan favourite (together with this fan)! The ultimate Rogers City Band live performance begins after the memorial, so there will likely be nice music to accompany some yummy meals! After you eat, you may play some Late Night Trivia from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.

It’s an amazing day for youths on the competition on Wednesday! Starting at midday and unfold all through the day are sidewalk artwork, youngsters’ yoga, free craft and face portray, and a kiddie parade whose theme is Happy Birthday, USA. All of that leads as much as the opening of the amusements at 6 p.m. Teen evening is from 7-10 p.m. for all present highschool college students and 2026 grads. Pizza will likely be obtainable from 2-9 p.m.

Thursday options bingo and trivia within the afternoon, and Waylon Hanel from 8-11 p.m. for Country Western Night within the massive tent. There will likely be awards, too! Who would be the Rhinestone Cowgirl and Best Boots and Buckle Cowboy? This is an over-18-only occasion.

The weekend kicks into excessive gear on Friday. Start your break day with the Farmers’ Market from 9 a.m. to midday. The library is having a used ebook sale – all the time a enjoyable solution to uncover one thing it’s possible you’ll not even know you need to learn! Carmeuse is providing two narrated excursions and a large gear show. The juried arts & crafts present opens at 10 a.m. with a meals court docket at Courthouse Square. There’s a scavenger hunt at 11 a.m. and a fossil dig at 1 p.m. The Bloody Marys and Mimosas stream beginning at 11 a.m. with Nowicki’s Sausage Shop and Truck Your Pizza offering a nosh to go together with them. Rides open at midday, and Nick Thomas is on the massive tent later within the afternoon to entertain households with juggling and comedy. Fish races from 6-7:30 p.m. (age 18+) precede Jedi Mind Trip, a competition music favourite at 8 p.m.

Saturday is jam-packed with sports activities – the forty third annual run/stroll, a slow-pitch softball event for women and men, a seashore volleyball event, yoga, a horseshoe event, and archery, shotgun, and .22 rifle taking pictures instruction. New this yr, Live professional wrestling will likely be within the massive tent beginning at midday. Before the video games start, have breakfast at St. Ignatius, the place potato pancakes profit the Knights of Columbus scholarship fund.

If indoor sports activities are extra your cup of tea, the thirty fifth annual Spitzer event begins at 9 a.m. There’s a strawberry shortcake and ice cream social and a battle of the bartenders to take pleasure in, too. If you need extra in the best way of enjoyable meals, Nowicki’s is sponsoring a brat-eating contest.

One of the largest occasions of the competition is the Antique and Classic Car Show – a perennial favourite; I really like seeing the automobiles parade by means of city after the awards have been given out! We’ll honor Rogers City armed forces members with a pictorial historical past presentation on the Rogers Theater.

The used ebook sale, kiddie video games, Carmeuse tour and large gear show, the humanities & crafts present, meals cart, Bloody Mary and mimosa bar, pizza, and rides all return for one more spherical of enjoyable, with a ‘flush tank’ within the park for some further laughs! End your day with the music of Knee Deep and a glow celebration at 8 p.m.

Start your Sunday with the competition breakfast at St. Ignatius, then take pleasure in some strawberry shortcake and ice cream social at Westminster Presbyterian Church. The softball event finals happen, and the Grand Parade begins at 12:30 p.m.Rides begin at midday. The arts & crafts present continues, as does the meals court docket at Courthouse Square. The massive tent will likely be open beginning at midday with pizza obtainable. There’s a cornhole event and polka classes within the massive tent in the course of the afternoon. The Kielbasa Kings play from 4-8 p.m., and the fireworks begin at 10. It’s among the finest fireworks shows round and considered one of my favorites!

The Nautical City Festival has grown and altered loads over the 20+ years we have lived right here, and we’re proud to be a part of this group custom. We invite you to return out and expertise it for a day, the weekend, or the week. See you there!

Activities happen all through Rogers City. Expect to pay to take part in a lot of them. Most youngsters’ actions (not the rides) are free. For extra info, please take a look at the Nautical City Festival web site at