Category Archives: SW

Michigan October Event Calendar

Upper Tahquanemon Falls by JohnnyRR
A sampling of Michigan festivals & events for the month of October. As usual, there's no way we'll get them all, so please add links and information about those we've missed (or reviews of ones we have here) in the comments below.
October 6
The Red Flannel Festival - Cedar Springs
This will is [...]

Wheatland Music Festival: Live Coverage

Seth & May at Dunegrass by Andy McFarlane
The Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun is sending blogger Eric Baerren and photographer Lisa Yanick to this year's Wheatland Music Festival. They'll be sending us updates as we have them and we'll try to pass them along to you from this page. You can also check the Morning Sun's [...]

Wheatland Music Festival

2008 Wheatland Michigan Festival dates: September 5-7, 2008 - read on for info about this Michigan music celebration!
Check out Wheatland Music Festival: Live Coverage for updates from the festival!
The 34th Annual Wheatland Music Festival will be was held September 7-9, 2007 at the 160 acre Wheatland Music Organization (WMO) property near Remus (Mecosta County midway [...]

Michigan September Event Calendar

pig races by radiospike
A sampling of Michigan festivals & events for the month of September. As usual, there's no way we'll get them all, so please add links and information about those we've missed (or reviews of ones we have here) in the comments below.
August 18 - September 30

Michigan Renaissance Festival- Holly (Open Weekends and [...]

Dance your way through Kalamazoo videos

Train to Kalamazoo by P4T
We've been slacking a bit in stocking our Absolute Michigan station on chime.tv, but our video team has just unveiled a veritable videographic Kalamazooapalooza (see also Kalamazoo, Michigan photos on Michigan in Pictures).
We have an EDC style tour of Kalamazoo from Southwest Michigan First, Katie Couric looking at the Kalamazoo [...]

Michigan: Great Lakes Surfing Capital

Surfing Michigan by farlane
We've pulled together a great collection of Great Lakes surfing videos on our Michigan Station at chime.tv including:

The best of the bunch is what appears to be a TV special on Grand Haven filmmaker Vince Deur's movie Unsalted. the 7 minute short introduces you to the history and present day of Great [...]

Five Things you need to know about Michigan for Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Vacation Time?
There's an interesting speech by Sen. Mark Schauer (D-Battle Creek) wondering if now is a good time for members of the Senate to take a summer recess, pointing out (quite rightly) that schools, local government and others are waiting for hard numbers for the upcoming budget year. To see it, go to the Michigan [...]

Van Buren County, Michigan

Moving up the Michigan shoreline from Berrien County, we come to Van Buren County. Read on for much more about Michigan's fruit basket!

Michigan July Event Calendar

July 4-8
The Comerica CityFest - Detroit
The Comerica CityFest is an impressive mix of restaurants, stellar local and national musical acts, boutique retail, fun for kids, extreme park and social gathering spots, Comerica CityFest is a celebration of city life and a fantastic way to spend five days in Detroit’s historic New Center. Comerica CityFest is [...]

Shop Michigan: Surfing Lessons 101 from The Third Coast Surf Shop

Surfing 101 is a class designed as the first step in learning how to surf, it goes over the fundamentals needed to become a good surfer. The lessons starts with land instructions that go over warm-up exercises, equipment handling and safety, water awareness, and the basics of laying, paddling, sitting and popping up on the [...]