Raw States
Balloons Over Bay Harbor
Bay Harbor, MI · Festival
- When
- September 11–13, 2026
- Where
- Village at Bay Harbor Marina · Bay Harbor · MI
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
A hot air balloon festival at the Village at Bay Harbor on Little Traverse Bay, with morning flights, an evening tethered balloon night glow, and an artisan market. It has run each September for several years, drawing spectators to the marina district.
The history within reach
- Balloons Over Bay Harborsame spot
A hot air balloon festival at the Village at Bay Harbor on Little Traverse Bay, with morning flights, an evening tethered balloon night glow, and an artisan market.
- Hemingway's Walloon Lake9.0 mi
Hemingway spent the first twenty two summers of his life at the family cottage on Walloon Lake and came back from the war in 1919 to fish and heal, then spent a career turning these woods and the people of Horton Bay into the Nick Adams stories.
A downtown harvest festival on Water Street in Boyne City with more than 30 arts and craft vendors alongside fall produce like apples, squash and cider.
The Charlevoix Apple Fest fills East Park each October with dozens of varieties of northern Michigan apples, fresh cider, and apple butter alongside a craft show.
- Friske Apple Fest22 mi
A run of fall Saturdays at Friske Farm Market south of Charlevoix, running since 1983 with apple picking, pony rides, tractor rides and a pumpkin smashing area.