Kalamazoo Events

Annual Events

Address: Various venues, Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Category: Fair / Festival - Music Dates: July 9 - April 25, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra offers scores of top-notch performances each year in venues across town, including WMU's Miller Auditorium, Chenery Auditorium at the crossing of Vine and Westnedge, The Light Fine Arts Center and the Epic Center. KSO was founded in the 1920s by Leta G. Snow and has grown from a...

Address: Arcadia Creek Festival Place • 145 E Water St, Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Category: Fair / Festival - Music Dates: June 19 - June 20, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Kalamazoo's Island Fest was established in the 1980s when world beat and reggae music were at the top of the charts. Since then, this annual festival has been bringing the very best in reggae to Kalamazoo. Past performers include The Itals, Toots and the Maytals, Eek-A-Mouse, Kanda Bongo Man, Mikey Dread, Inner...

Address: Arcadia Creek Festival Place • 145 E Water St, Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Category: Fair / Festival - Music Dates: July 9 - July 11, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Every year, blues musicians from all over the country come to Michigan for the Kalamazoo Blues Festival. This 16 year old festival is bringing the likes of Out of Favor Boys, Argentucky Blues, Chris Canas Band, TC & the Roadmasters, Oneway-Up, Fifi & the Dogs and Marble Garden to Kalamazoo this year. Don't miss your...

Address: W Kalamazoo Ave at N Edwards St, Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Category: Fair / Festival - Food / Drink Dates: July 16 - July 18, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Held at the historic Arcadia Festival Site, this summer event celebrates the best Kazoo has to offer in the way of food and wine, music and art. More than two dozen area restaurants participate in the festival, staging cooking demonstrations and tantalizing the public with everything from rattlesnake sausage to...

Address: Kalamazoo County Expo Center and Fairground • 2900 Lake Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49048 Category: Fair / Festival - Cultural Dates: August 22, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

The whole family can enjoy an outing to the Kalamazoo Scottish Festival, where there will plenty of live Celtic entertainment, shaded seating, children's games, bagpipe bands, dancing, athletics, dining and more.

Address: Michigan Ave at Gremps St, Paw Paw, MI 49079 Category: Fair / Festival - Food / Drink Dates: September 11 - September 13, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

One of autumn's most anticipated events, Paw Paw's Wine and Harvest Festival brings the best in international cuisine and viticulture to the area. In fact, festival-goers find a bevy of Michigan-produced wines on hand, given that vineyards in Kalamazoo and Van Buren Counties produce some of the Great Lakes region's...

Address: Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, Kalamazoo, MI Category: Fair / Festival - Transportation Dates: September 11 - September 13, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

For a weekend of car exhibitions, arts and crafts, games, live entertainment and swap meets, head over to the Street Rod Nationals North to see more than 3,000 vehicles on display. The awards ceremony will take place on the last day of the event. In addition, several incredible street rods will be parked at...

Address: Miller Auditorium • 1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 Category: Fair / Festival - Music Dates: March 20, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Western Michigan University has always been dedicated to presenting the best in musical performance. Once again, WMU is bringing great music to Kalamazoo. The Annual Gold Company Invitational Vocal Jazz Festival is the perfect place to hear award-winning musicians perform the sounds of the uniquely American musical...

Address: 2900 Lake St, Kalamazoo County Fair Ground, Kalamazoo, MI 49048 Dates: March 20 - March 21, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Started in 1976 to honor the Bicentennial, this unique event is the largest of its kind in the Midwest and brings in more than 10,000 visitors, including re-enactors representing the French and Indian and Civil Wars. The Living History Show also features presentations by noted American historians, exhibits focusing on...