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Great Indoor Folk Festival ~ Feb 12, 2012
The 4th Annual Great Indoor Folk Festival takes place this Sunday, February 12 in Building 50 at the Grand Traverse Commons. The festival runs from noon to 5:30, and it is family-friendly and free, though you're encouraged to donate through "busker buckets."

There will be 6 different stages with over 50 musicians on seven different stages.   read more »

Coming Events (add your own!)
Empire Winterfest (Feb 11), ÊTraverse City Winter Microbrew Festival (Feb 11), Glen Arbor Winterfest (Feb 18), ÊSleeping Bear Snowshoe Hikes (Every Saturday). Check the Leelanau Calendar.

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February 5, 2009

Empire Winterfest: a "Common Sense Optional" event

Filed under: beach,empire,family,fun,photo,travel,winter — Andrew McFarlane @ 1:30 pm

Polar Bear Dip at the Empire Winterfest

The annual Empire Winterfest will be held next weekend (Feb 13-15). On Friday night there's Candlelight Ice Skating on South Bar Lake with bonfire, hot chocolate, free hot dogs courtesy of Deerings Market (6 PM) and a pool tournament at the Village Inn (7:30).

Saturday features kids games at South Bar Lake (12-1 PM) followed by the always exciting Polar Bear Dip (2 PM) and the annual Curling Tournament right after the dip! From 5-8 PM there's a Soup Potluck Dinner at the Town Hall (bring a dish to pass, soups provided).

On Sunday from 8 AM - Noon the Empire Lion’s Club has their Pancake breakfast at the Empire Town Hall.

You can see more photos from the Empire Polar Bear Dip and check the Empire Chamber web site.

Photo:  Extra Points for Sheer Insanity detail by Andy McFarlane

2 Comments »

  1. Some day... I'm going to have to do this...

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    Comment by jonking — January 30, 2008 @ 6:18 pm

  2. The Enterprise has details on the schedule of events:
    http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/02/07/winterfest-starts-friday-without-a-familiar-face/

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    Comment by Andrew McFarlane — February 7, 2008 @ 3:39 pm

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