Grand Marais, MI

08/29/2024

08/29/2024

Don’t miss the opportunity to have your voice heard at the Zoning Ordinance Public Hearing tonight…
6:30 pm in the Community Center.

08/24/2024

**SAVE THE DATE**
A “Meet the Candidates” forum will be held at the Burt Township School gymnasium on Wednesday, September 4th, 2024 from 5 to 7 PM. The candidates for all offices will be presenting a short meet and greet. More information on the format to follow. We are looking forward to meeting our candidates and allowing them to share their visions and views for the future of Grand Marais, Michigan.

08/23/2024

Prescription sunglasses found on Cemetery Rd. north of H58. The way they were laying looks like they blew off the top of the wearer's head. They are now at the Bayshore Market waiting for the owner.

08/16/2024

With the Pending Thunder storm we will be canceling tonight's Movie in the Park. We will be back next week with our regularly scheduled show. Sorry for the inconvenience but better safe than sorry....

08/12/2024

THANK YOU loyal festival attendees for supporting us during the bad weather over the weekend! But, the show must go on…and Mother Nature made amends last night. It’s never a bad day (or night) in Grand Marais!

08/11/2024

08/10/2024

The band that has become a Grand Marais, MI favorite ❤️
Thank you 28DAYS!

08/08/2024

TODAY IS THE DAY!

We start with our community night tonight! Everyone gets in free! Come enjoy our music with Tarnished, support the great vendor lineup and grab some festival food! Play 50/50, get your tickets for the rest of the weekend and kick back for the best of Grand Marais, MI!

We can’t wait to see everyone! Gates open at 5:00 pm.

We are THRILLED to bring to you our newest music video for our original tune Lightswitch. A while back, we won an AI generated music video, so in light of ou...

08/07/2024

Twas’ the night before festival and all through the town…
the committee was prepping, good times will go down!

Make your final plans, you don’t want to miss the opportunity to make lifelong memories, it’s music and food and people you love!
🎸 🎼 🥁 🍺 🎶 🍔 🎷 ☮️

08/03/2024

These cherished memories bring sweet tears…come make some memories ♥️
Grand Marais Music & Crafts Festival

08/02/2024

6 more days!
The Grand Marais Music & Crafts Festival opening night is next Thursday. Enjoy the bands visit the vendors and have some great food!
We have volunteer opportunities as well as front row space for your tent available… Volunteer four hours for a free weekend pass!
See both links below… 

Tent space reservations:

https://www.grandmaraismichigan.com/store/reservations/

Volunteer opportunities:

https://www.grandmaraismichigan.com/sign-up-sheet/

08/01/2024

What she said! 😆
Thanks for sharing Jeannie!

07/29/2024

Camping spots are now available! The Grand Marais Music & Crafts Festival is offering a few new offsite primitive camping spots; book your reservation today. These spots will be filled quickly!

Tickets will be available on days of event at VIP pre-purchased check-in area.Bring your receipt that will be e-mailed with you as proof of purchase.Weekend Pass with Primitive Campground - Limited Availability!!!!!!Includes Admission for:General admission for all three days of the event August 8,9....

07/28/2024

This must be what heaven looks like ❤️

Michigan Rock Heaven 🌤️

07/27/2024

You don’t want to miss the opportunity to enjoy Michael Christopher at this years Grand Marais Music & Crafts Festival!
Michael offers a sound that is relevant to fans of all ages, styles, and generations.

The official music video for "Looks Like Rain" by Michael Christopher. Written by Michael Christopher and Joe Sins. Video produced by Dennis D'Amico and di...

07/25/2024

LAST CALL! Merchandise and food vendors don’t miss the opportunity to participate in the 2024 Grand Marais Music and Crafts Festival! Get your applications in ASAP!

https://www.grandmaraismichigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-Craft-Vendor-Contract.pdf

07/24/2024

The Grand Marais Chamber of Commerce is organizing a 'Meet the Candidate' event for all candidates and the community, scheduled for mid-September. This forum will provide an opportunity for candidates to introduce themselves and share their views. We are delighted to offer this platform and will shortly contact all candidates with the format and notify the community of the date and time. Please monitor this page, look out for local posters, and check the newspaper for further details.

07/24/2024

Make your plans for a great day with the GM Sportsman’s Club!

The date has finally been set for the 3rd Annual GM Sportsman Club Golf Outing. Dinner has been added this year. Remember that any skill level is more than welcome and any number of golfers is welcome. We will pair golfers together if necessary. Hope to see as many of you there as possible. Contact me by phone, text, messenger, or email.

07/20/2024

Make your reservations in Grand Marais, MI and attend the Loonapalooza Lectures!

Calling all loon lovers! Join Friends of Seney National Wildlife Refuge for the Loonapalooza Lectures on Friday August 9 in Curtis Michigan. The afternoon symposium features four experts who will share their research and observations on migratory birds and their challenges. The event is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are requested. For more information about the speakers and their presentations https://friendsofseney.org/loonapalooza-lectures-speakers/

07/19/2024

Just a short drive (by UP standards) from Grand Marais. We appreciate Damon’s attention and knowledge of our world famous Common Loons!

WORLD’S MOST PRODUCTIVE LOON BREEDS AGAIN

From Damon McCormick of Common Coast Research & Conservation…

Fe, the oldest documented Common Loon, hatched two chicks last week with her unbanded I Pool mate; the young were, at minimum, Fe’s 41st and 42nd offspring, extending her record for the species. Most of her prior chicks were begot with her long-term consort, ABJ, during their quarter-century partnership, but since their split in spring 2022, Fe has produced young in two of three breeding seasons. Prior to first coupling with ABJ in 1997, she hatched at least seven chicks with a color-marked male known as Dewlap. The qualifiers attending Fe’s age and lifetime productivity are necessitated by her initial banding in 1990 as a successful mother, when she was at least four years old, the threshold for Common Loon reproduction. As her earlier life history in the 1980s is a mystery, Fe could well be older than 38, and with more than 42 progeny to her credit.

One of Fe’s 2024 young perished, from an unknown cause, within days of hatching. Although Refuge loon chicks collectively fare far better in terms of survivorship than their cygnet, gosling and duckling counterparts, of the roughly one in five who do not live to fledge from Seney in the fall, most disappear early, when as downy buoyant corks they are most vulnerable to predators and other antagonists. While not quite the endlessly doting parent that ABJ was, across 35 years of monitoring Fe has – assuming her second chick makes it to autumn – fledged 86% of her offspring.

ABJ’s parenting is referenced in the past tense owing to a lack of reproduction since 2020. After a failed nesting attempt on E West last summer with a female two decades his junior, ABJ was evicted from that territory this spring, and again found himself on H Pool, which has served as his bachelor pad of sorts in both recent and distant years. Although this season he did attract a female known as Aye-Aye, there was no evidence of nest initiation by the pair. Historically H Pool has provided poor habitat for Common Loons, with only four fledged chicks since 1987, and if ABJ is to successfully breed again at Seney, it is likely that he will do so on a different Refuge territory.

Thanks to Dani Fegan, Teresa McGill and Jen Wycoff for their ongoing observations of the Seney loon population.

PHOTO: The world’s oldest and most productive Common Loon, Fe, executing a wing flap on July 12 alongside her 41st and 42nd documented chicks and her I Pool mate. Picture courtesy of Dani Fegan.

Damon McCormick
Common Coast Research & Conservation
[email protected]

07/17/2024

Make memories at the 2024 Grand Marais Music and Crafts Festival

https://www.grandmaraismichigan.com/store/

07/14/2024

The countdown is on! Just 25 days until the opening night of the Grand Marais Music & Crafts Festival!

On The Lash - "Dog in the Distance"Director - Jackson Ezinga Producer - Hwa-Jeen NaDirector of Photography - Tyler AppelComposer/Arranger - Joel Tyrone Myers...

07/13/2024

Tonight at the Brewery! There’s no better place to be than Grand Marais, MI!

07/12/2024

So many wonderful things to do in Grand Marais tonight!