{"id":300,"date":"2014-02-16T18:26:26","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T22:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?page_id=300"},"modified":"2026-05-07T05:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:42:20","slug":"calendar-of-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?page_id=300","title":{"rendered":"Calendar of Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><><\/p>\n<p><><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Mackinac Island News And Special Events<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?p=88\">2026 Bayview Mackinac Race \u2013 July 18 \u2013 21, 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/a><BR>[ July 18, 2026 to July 21, 2026. ] \n\n\n\nThe Bayview\u00a0Mackinac\u00a0Race - which will begin on Saturday,  July 18, 2026\u00a0\u2013 is recognized as one of the most challenging freshwater\u00a0boat  races in the world. Join the excitement of the Port Huron to  Mackinac\u00a0Race as boat racers sail\u00a0Michigan's Great Lakes to reach their  final destination, Mackinac Island.  It\u2019s all Pure Michigan [...]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?p=88\"> more...<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?p=648\">Graham Young \u2013 Music In The Park \u2013  July 23, 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/a><BR>[ July 23, 2026; 6:30 pm; ] \n\nGraham Young is a songwriter and musician from Petoskey, Michigan, now based in Los Angeles. After more than a decade as the frontman of beloved Northern Michigan band Michigan Rattlers, Graham is stepping into a new chapter with his first journey as a solo artist.\n\nRooted in the great American songwriting tradition, Graham\u2019s music is shaped [...]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?p=648\"> more...<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?p=742\">The Whiskey Charmers wsg Nancy Kelel \u2013 Music In The Park \u2013  July 30, 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/a><BR>[ July 30, 2026; 6:30 pm; ] \n\nRecently voted Detroit\u2019s Best Americana Band by Detroit Metro Times, The Whiskey Charmers craft a haunting, Dusty Americana sound\u2014melancholy guitars and heart-tugging vocals that feel like a slow drive down a desert road.\n\nFormer Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum deputy director Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum praised them as \u201cremind[ing] me of [...]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?p=742\"> more...<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?p=496\">The Rebel Eves wsg\/ Mary Kenyon \u2013 Music In The Park \u2013  August 6, 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/a><BR>[ August 6, 2026; 6:30 pm; ] The Chippewa Hotel Waterfront and Pink Pony presents the 1st Annual Michigan Wine Weekend. Join us for a weekend of wonderful food, fine wine, and great friends.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?p=496\"> more...<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?p=627\">Boiled in Lead \u2013 Music In The Park \u2013  August 13, 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/a><BR>[ August 13, 2026; 6:30 pm; ] \n\nEnthusiastic, powerful, technically brilliant, playing a wealth of instruments with extreme dynamics, Boiled In Lead routinely demolishes genres with its highly-identifiable sound. An Onion A&E quote describes the band\u2019s approach well: \u201c\u2026the prime purveyor of a style of Celtic music infused with punk-rock attitude, developing over the years with a hard-driving swirl that combined Irish [...]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?p=627\"> more...<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n<p><><\/p>\n<h2>Mackinac Island News And Special Events via Facebook<\/h2>\n<p><><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=6lki6g9bkshun7upaqlcr2hv0hg9od6h%40import.calendar.google.com&#038;ctz=America%2FNew_York\" style=\"border: 0\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mackinac Island News And Special Events\n2026 Bayview Mackinac Race \u2013 July 18 \u2013 21, 2026[ July 18, 2026 to July 21, 2026. ] \nThe Bayview\u00a0Mackinac\u00a0Race &#8211; which will begin on Saturday,  July 18, 2026\u00a0\u2013 is recognized as one of the most challenging freshwater\u00a0boat  races in the world. 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