Calendar of Events for Newberry , Michigan in Tahquamenon Country
When scheduling your visit to Newberry, Michigan, around a specific event, please contact the Newberry Area Chamber of Commerce at 1-906-293-5562 to ensure that these dates listed below have not been changed due to circumstances beyond our control. Thank you very much!
 
Our Tahquamenon Area has so much to offer for spring, summer fall and winter activities!
Newberry offers great events every year. We are also well known for fishing, hunting, swimming, camping, bird watching, skiing, snowmobiling, hiking, rock collecting, mushroom picking, and much more! Newberry is a beautiful area located in the heart of the Upper Peninsula and Great Lakes Region! Before visiting, check for current events and feel free to give us a call at 1(906) 293-5562 or 1 (800) 831-7292.
 
Schedule of Events for 2008 for Newberry – The Official Moose Capital of Michigan!
January 5 & 6, 2008
Sno-X races, Newberry
January 5-6 Zellar’s Village Inn / Newberry Snow X
Presented By: Pike Distributing/Bud Light & Newberry Tourism Assoc.
January 5, 2008
Tahquamenon Country Sled Dog Race
Race Location: Rainbow Lodge—County Road 423 at the mouth of the TwoHeartedRiver in NorthernLuceCounty.  Races begin at 9:30 am.  Events include: 12-dog pro and 8-dog pro races with $7500 purse, 6-dog and 4-dog sportsman classes, 2-3 dog youth class, and skijoring.  Over one hundred dog team are expected!  Bring the whole family to watch the excitement!  For more information: www.tcsdr.org
 
January 26 & 27, 2008
GLSDA Dog Sled Races, race location Rainbow Lodge  The Two Hearted River Sled Dog Race is one of the several professional SPRINT dogsledding events managed by Great  Lakes Sled Dog Association. Drivers Meeting will be held at the race site on Saturday morning at 8:00AM prior to the start of the event. Please check out the web site for entry forms and more information.  www.glsda.com  Contact Jan Kiesling at 906-248-5704 for more info.

February 2nd and Sunday, February 3rd 2008
3rd annual N.Y.B.A. Youth Basketball Tournament at the J.L.DeCookHigh School Gymnasium in Newberry.
 
20 boys and girls teams in grades 4th through 6th grade from Newberry, Engadine, Manistique, Munising, Gladstone, Marquette and Ishpeming will participate in a double elimination format.  Games are set to begin on Saturday February 2nd at 8:30 am and continue until 9:30 pm in the evening.  Games will continue on Sunday February 3rd starting at 8:30 am and continue until 5:00 pm with first place awards and medals presented on Sunday.
           
The public is invited to watch our area youth compete.  Admission is $2.00 for adults and $1.00 for children.  A concession stand will be provided, tournament t-shirts for sale and various raffles throughout the weekend.     
 

February 9 2008 (bad weather date February 10, 2008).
WINTERFEST SKI PLANE FLY IN at the Luce County Airport
11:00 a.m. till ????? FREE ADMISSION!!
All you can eat lumberjack stew by The Newberry Lions Club.
Stew, rolls, butter, coffee, cole slaw, and dessert
Price for lumberjack stew: Adults $10.00 donation   Kids $5.00
Groomed Runway for Ski Planes, Water Balloon drop contest.
Northwoods Avation Ski Plane Instructor will be here
 Snowmobile Rental, Car Rental, Dog Sled Rides
For more information, contact Jay Hollnagel 906-293-2926

February 10, 2008     FIRE AND ICE: The Winter War
  2:00 pm, Little Bear East Ice Arena
 St. Ignace area Finns are hosting this award winning documentary film of Finland’s unique military history, a story of how this small  country fought the Russian giant next door and for the first time achieved Finland’s independence.  906-643-8717
Feb. 15-24 2008 
Coyote-Fox-Bobcat. $35. entry fee per hunter by 2/5/08  $40.00 after.
1st place prize $500.00 cash,  2nd place prize Shoulder Mount by JT Taxidermy, 3rd place prize Nikon Binoculars & Knife
For  more information 906-293-3971

February16, 2008 The Curtis Winter Carnival will be held on Saturday. Events include a chili cook –off, music, food booths, bake sale, kid’s games, cake walk, children’s piñata, and ice golfing, turkey bowling, kid’s Mimi sled challenge, Curtis Fish Coop ice fishing and Fireworks sponsored by Three Lakes Area Fireworks Council.

February 16, 2008  The 16th annual Vintage & Antique snowmobile show will be held on Saturday in downtown Naubinway. The Show is from 10:00 and to 3:00pm; there are food booths & a swap area. There is a banquet from 4:30pm to 6:00p, with drawings and auctions. For more information call Charlie or Marilyn at 906-477-6192

February 23, 2008 ONE LUNGER ANTIQUE SNOWMOBILE RACE! Held at the Luce Co Fair grounds, starts at 10 a.m. Registration by January 31, 2008.  For info call 906-293-9330.
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February 23 & 24, 2008
GLSDA Dog Sled Races, race location Rainbow Lodge  The Two Hearted River Sled Dog Race is one of the several professional SPRINT dogsledding events managed by Great  Lakes Sled Dog Association. Drivers Meeting will be held at the race site on Saturday morning at 8:00AM prior to the start of the event. Please check out the web site for entry forms and more information.  www.glsda.com  Contact Jan Kiesling at 906-248-5704 for more info.  
THE UNLIMITED CLASS IS PART OF THE OPEN PRO TOUR.

March 1, 2008 CARDBOARD CLASSIC at the Ski Hill on Hamilton Lake Rd. Race Starts at 12:00 noon. Registration is $5.00 and you can register the day of the race. You can build your racer out of cardboard tape & glue only. Please remember your racing helmet.


March 13th and 15th HOOPER HOME COMPANION presented by the Curtis Community Arts Council. Starting at 6:30 p.m. at Chamberlin’s Ole Forest Inn. A wonderful evening of music, skits and jokes. Hors d’oeuvres and dessert buffet. Adults $25, children under 10, $18. Tickets available at Curtis Service, Chamberlin’s Ole Forest Inn and The Old Bank collection of shops in Newberry.
 
March 15, 2008 Woodchopper's Ball sponsored by the TahquamenonLoggingMuseum.   Held at the American Legion Hall on M-123. Starting at 7:00 pm. Admission is $7:50. This covers Lunch and Music. They will have your traditional lunch of bean soup, sandwiches, homemade cookies. Their will be two $50 Cash prize’s.  Four $25.00 Door Prizes. Silent Auction.  Music by the “Log jammer’s” (from & Canadian Sault.)  A cash bar will be available. Courtesy of the American Legion Post   For more information call Joyce Lacrosse 293-8532. They are looking for crafter who would like to donate an item for the silent auction.

APRIL 22, 2008, Birds of the Upper Peninsula”, photographs by Ernesto Scott
The exhibit will run from April 22 to July 13 and can be seen in Newberry at the Singing Dog Art Gallery, part of The Old Bank Collection of Shops, 318 Newberry Ave, Newberry, MI. 906-293-9901/www.oldbankofnewberry.com
 
Ernesto is a Professor and Chair of the Photography Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His artwork is held in private and public collections in museums and institutions in the United States and Europe.


April 26th , 2008 Saturday the Newberry Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Dinner will start with Cocktails at 6:00pm, Dinner at 7:00pm and Awards and entertainment by Hypnotist Jim Hoke at 8:00pm. Tickets will be available at the door, and are still available at the chamber office. Call 293-5562 for more information.
 
May 24, 2008 Lumberjack breakfast at the LoggingMuseum, Newberry 7 a.m. till noon
 
June 21, 2008
Lumberjack breakfast at the LoggingMuseum, Newberry 7 a.m. till noon.
JULY 26, 2008 TAHQUAMENON VALLEY CRUISERS CAR SHOW. More info to follow.
 
July 26 & 27, 2008
Lumberjack breakfast 7 a.m. to noon, logging contests, crafts, tours at the LoggingMuseum, Newberry
 
August 23 & 24, 2008
Lumberjack breakfast 7 a.m. to noon, logging contests, crafts, tours at the LoggingMuseum, Newberry
 
September 27, 2008
Fiddler Jamboree held at the American Legion, Newberry. All non electrical instruments. Everyone welcome to play or just enjoy!
 
MORE EVENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS INFO IS GATHERED!