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Zehnder's Snowfest
Frankenmuth, MI · Arts & Culture
- When
- January 27–31, 2027
- Where
- Downtown Frankenmuth · Frankenmuth · MI
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
Zehnder's Snowfest fills downtown Frankenmuth with elaborate snow and ice sculptures each winter, including a juried World Class snow-sculpting championship. Now in its mid-thirties of annual editions, it is one of the largest snow-sculpting events in the country; the date below follows its usual late-January slot.
The history within reach
- Zehnder's Snowfestsame spot
Zehnder's Snowfest fills downtown Frankenmuth with elaborate snow and ice sculptures each winter, including a juried World Class snow-sculpting championship.
The Frankenmuth Bavarian Festival fills Heritage Park each June with polka bands, a carnival, and Bavarian food and beer, billed as Michigan's largest Bavarian-heritage celebration.
- Frankenmuth Brewery0.3 mi
Brewing in Michigan's Bavarian colony since 1862, interrupted by Prohibition and then, spectacularly, by a 1996 tornado that tore the brewhouse open.
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Born six weeks premature in Saginaw and blinded by retinopathy of prematurity in the incubator.
- Serena Williams13 mi
Born in Saginaw and moved as a toddler to Compton, where her father coached her and her sister on public courts he had to clear of glass first, from a plan he had written before either was born.