June 16 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EDT Lilac Festival Grand Parade Mackinac Island Finish off the week of festivities from the Lilac Festival with the Grand Parade which will go down M-185 into downtown. Parade starts with a special cannon salute from Fort Mackinac. #thisismackinac
June 11 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT Creating the Village of Mackinac Island Mackinac Island Join us for a guided tour going through the creation of the village of Mackinac in the 1780s. This guided tour, led by Mackinac State Historic Parks’ Interpretation Coordinator Jack Swartzinski, will take guests through downtown Mackinac Island, laying out how the Village of Mackinac came to be, contrasting current locations with how they would... Read more »
July 21, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT Automobile Ban Reenactment Mackinac Island An 1886 Benz Motorwagen will take a short drive down Market Street but will be stopped at Mackinac Island's City Hall, where Mackinac State Historic Parks Director Steve Brisson and Mackinac Island Mayor Margaret Doud will reaffirm the ban on automobiles on Mackinac Island. This is a free event.
