The Mackinac Blog

Grand Hotel – Mother’s Day Weekend Package – May 9 – 11, 2025

Grand Hotel - Mother's Day Weekend Package

Have an unforgettable time with mom and take advantage of all the fine amenities at Grand Hotel during our Mother’s Day Weekend celebrations. From special receptions, daily activities, and nightly entertainment, to a delectable Grand Luncheon Experience, crafted by our chefs to delight mom with local flavors and a celebrate timeless traditions at Grand Hotel.

Package Includes:

  • Grand Hotel accommodations
  • Breakfast and dinner daily
  • All resort amenities
  • Saturday History Lecture with resident historian Bob Tagtz
  • Saturday evening reception
  • Sunday Grand Luncheon Experience in the Main Dining Room with a Mother’s Day champagne toast
  • Rose at check-in for mom
  • Admission to the Richard & Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum

This Mother’s Day hotel special package can also be booked by calling Grand Hotel Reservations at 1-800-334-7263.

View Grand Hotel Policies and Information >> to learn more about our evening dress code, luggage process, and more.  

View the Tentative Agenda below. Please note that the events, times and locations listed in the Tentative Agenda are subject to change.

*Subject to 6% Michigan sales tax, 3% Mackinac Island assessment, 19.5% resort fee, and a $15.00 per person, per stay, baggage-handling charge. Regular children’s rates apply. Extra charges apply for additional adults over double occupancy rates. Dates are subject to availability, 30-day cancellation policy applies.

<>

Visit Grand Hotel Website >>>>

<>

<>

Visit Grand Hotel Website >>>>

<>

 
 

Mackinac Island Lilac Festival – June 6 – 15, 2025

Mackinac Island Lilac Festival

The Mackinac Island Lilac Festival is a 10-day celebration, June 6 through 15, 2025.

It’s the first and largest summer event on the Island, attracting thousands of visitors. Festivities for the 2025 Mackinac Island Lilac Festival include the coronation of the Lilac Festival Queen and Court, Lilac Festival 10K Run/Walk, horse drawn carriage tours, the Lilac Festival Grand Parade and much more.

More details to come! Be sure to check back with us!

<>

Visit Mackinac Island Lilac Festival Website >>>>

<>

While you wait for the 2025 Lilac Festival, here’s a view of some of the early summer flowers adding their color and beauty to the month of June on Mackinac Island.

Lilacs in bloom on Mackinac Island – Click photos for slideshow view.

<>

Flickr Tag Error: Call to get metadata for photo '7352422554' failed.

<>

RECAP OF ALL THE EVENTS AND FUN FROM THE 2021 LILAC FESTIVAL

<>

Visit Mackinac Island Lilac Festival Website >>>>

<>

 
 

Mackinac Island Carriage Tours

Mackinac Island Carriage Tours is the oldest and largest horse and buggy livery in the world and the official tour of Mackinac State Park.

Enjoy the narrated tour through downtown to Surrey Hills where you will disembark the two horse hitch to enjoy the carriage museum and or Wings of Mackinac Butterfly Conservatory.

Then it is onto a three hitch carriage (you’ll need one more horsepower…) and off to Arch Rock and through the Boreal forest with stops at Fort Mackinac and Grand Hotel.

So, climb aboard, sit back and relax and just enjoy the ride. Tours depart regularly from the office on Main Street next to the Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau.

Quick Links:

Carriage Tours

Taxi Service

Horse-Drawn Carriages for Weddings

Private Tours

<>

Visit Mackinac Island Carriage Tours Website >>>>

<>

Mackinac Island Carriage Tours – Photos From Instagram

Here are the latest photos of Mackinac Island Carriage Tours via instagram. If you have an instagram photo to share of your visit to Mackinac Island Carriage Tours, choose “Mackinac Island Carriage Tours” as your location and your photos will appear in the photo stream below.
 

This error message is only visible to WordPress admins

Error: No feed type selected. Please use a feed type of "user", "hashtag", or "mixed".

<>

Visit Mackinac Island Carriage Tours Website >>>>

<>

 
 

The Haunted Theatre

Welcome to the Haunted Theatre! Not a theater of movies, But a Haunted House of three dimensional monsters. Within these halls you will encounter horrors of the past…Artist’s conceptions of Monsters from Mackinac’s History.

Come join us for some good old-fashioned screaming and laughing. We are not like a Halloween Haunted House. We are more sophisticated and creative. We customize the scariness to fit your age group. We can terrorize, but we can also, gently hold your hand while we walk you through. You decide, but do remember that first and foremost we are a Haunted House. We want our customers to have a fun, laughing, screaming experience.

Our price is $7.00 for everyone. We do special rates for large school groups. We discourage age 6 and under to enter. Pets are welcome. Half price for senior citizens. Military are totally free. We do special pre-arranged group time situations……like midnights. We aim to please. We are usually open from 11am to 8pm.

Questions? Feel free to call (231) 818-0527.

The Haunted Theatre
Huron Street
Mackinac Island, MI 49757
906-847-6545

Visit The Haunted Theatre Website >>>>

<>

 
 

Jack’s Livery Stable – Drive Yourself Horse and Buggy

Tour Mackinac Island with your own horse and buggy!

Let the horse do the work while your family rides in comfort. The Mackinac Island State Park covers 82% of this beautiful and historic island and we can direct you to a route which will take you along scenic Lake Shore Drive with a panoramic view of the Mackinac Bridge. Drive through the wooded avenues of the park at a comfortable sightseeing pace. Enjoy this affordable and fun way of experiencing Mackinac.

Our horse professionals will give you careful driving instructions after assessing your level of experience with horses. A road map of Mackinac Island is provided free of charge. Courteous dispatchers will suggest the best routes to take depending upon where you want to go and how long you want to stay.

We look forward to putting the reins in your hands and helping you experience the island in the traditional Mackinac way!

Visit Jack’s Livery Stable Website >>>>

(more…)

 
 

Mission Point Theater – Mission Point Resort

Located next to Lakeside Spa & Salon and across from Bicycle Rentals, our historical theater is a one-of-a-kind Mackinac experience. As the only movie theater on the island, it will give you the feeling of going back somewhere in time (literally – the classic theater scene with Christopher Reeve in Somewhere in Time was filmed in here).

MOVIES ON MACKINAC sponsored by Mackinac Arts Council

Mackinac Island has a rich tradition of filmmaking from Hollywood blockbusters to indie flicks. Join us this summer for an eclectic selection of classic and new movies in the Mission Point Theater.

Movies are shown every Tuesday at 7:30pm and every Sunday at 4:30pm from May 30 to October 31 (plus some special showings). On rainy days movies are shown continuously throughout the afternoon. In fair weather during warmer months, Tuesday and Sunday movies are shown at dusk on the Great Lawn at Mission Point.

<>

Visit MOVIES ON MACKINAC – Mackinac Arts Council Website >>>>

<>

Visit Movie Theater – Mission Point Resort Website >>>>

<>

 
 

Mackinac Blog - Mackinac Island, Michigan - produced by North Guide Internet.