18-07-2025
Walleye, free concerts & more: 5 fun things to do this weekend in Northern Michigan
Whether you're looking for classical music, car shows or fishing tournaments, it's likely happening in Northern Michigan this weekend.
Here's what we recommend:
Fish for walleye in Sault
The Michigan Walleye Tour will be in Sault Ste. Marie this weekend for two days of high-stakes competitive fishing.
The event invites top teams to compete for glory in one of Michigan's most iconic fishing destinations.
The fishing will take place on Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19, with a start time of 7 a.m. daily from the launch site at 1225 Riverside Drive. The weigh-in will be at 3 p.m. daily.
For registration info or to see the tour's full schedule, visit
Enjoy free, classical music
The Sound Garden Project: Fivemind Reeds will wrap up their series of free classical concerts in Cheboygan with multiple performances on Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19.
The concert schedule includes:
July 18: 9 a.m. Sunrise Sounds at Cheboygan Coffee Roasters
July 18: 1 p.m. Yoga on the Opera House stage with Wild Hearts Studio
July 18: 4 p.m. at Art Splash festival
July 18: 8:45 p.m. Sunset Sounds at Duncan Bay Beach in Cheboygan State Park
July 19: Noon 'Splash Down' competition at Art Splash
July 19: 7:30 p.m. Final concert at the Opera House
The project, presented by Interlochen Public Radio, is funded in part by Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Michigan Arts and Culture Council.
More: Summer concerts, movies return to Petoskey's Pennsylvania Park in July
Sounds of Summer starts in Petoskey
Friday nights in Petoskey will have plenty of fun, with the Sounds of Summer concert series starting on Friday, July 18 with The Go Rounds.
The free concerts take place at 7 p.m. in Pennsylvania Park.
You can stick around after the concert for the Movies in the Park at Dark series, which will also begin on Friday with a showing of 'High School Musical.'
For more information, visit
Cruise the car show
Emmet County Parks and Recreation is hosting the Cruise-In Car Show from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, July 20 at the Emmet County Fairgrounds in Petoskey.
Gates will open at 9 a.m. on Sunday for vehicle registration. Participants will be required to pay a $15 fee per vehicle entered. Trophies will be awarded with door prizes throughout the day.
Admission to the event is free for the general public.
New Hemingway statue unveiled
Horton Bay will welcome a new life size bronze sculpture of a young Ernest Hemingway with a special ceremony on Sunday, July 20.
The prototype for the statue, 'The Young Boy and the Stream,' was created by Martha Sulfridge, a nationally recognized sculptor and recent resident of Boyne City, enlarged by sculptor Isaac Dell of Grand Rapids and then cast by Roger Smith of Michigan Art Castings in Leslie.
The statue will be gifted to the community of Horton Bay and placed at the Bay Township Hall. Several community donations and grants from the Great Lakes Energy Prosperity Fund and Charlevoix County Community Foundation funded this project, which began in 2023.
Festivities will take place from 12-2 p.m. with music, introductions and presentations followed by the unveiling and light refreshments.
— Contact Jillian Fellows at jfellows@
This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Things to do this weekend in Petoskey, Cheboygan, and Sault Ste. Marie
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