# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Alpena Brick Build
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: In partnership with Starbase Alpena, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is hosting the annual Alpena Area Brick Build competition.

This year is a special “Pi Day Edition,” with the friends and family fun build and awards ceremony taking place on Saturday, March 14 — 3.14.

All school-aged students are eligible to participate in the competition.  Teams are encouraged, but solo entries welcomed as well. All participants must be signed up by 4pm on March 6, 2026.

View all of the rules, drop off information, and event scheduling on the Starbase website and the registration form.

Saturday, March 14 schedule at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center:
-11am to 2pm
-Friends and family fun build
-All entries on display
-Meet and greet with the UR2 Competitive Robotics team from Alpena High School
-Brick Build winners announced

Please do not leave children unattended.
This is a free event to take part in.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/alpena/alpena-brick-build/200029738867531
- **Event Categories**: contests, meet-and-greet, meetups
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029738867531?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=alpena-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Alpena
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center at 500 W Fletcher Street, Alpena, Michigan
- **lat**: 45.06737
- **long**: -83.43323
- **full address**: Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center at 500 W Fletcher Street, Alpena, Michigan, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (https://allevents.in/org/noaa-thunder-bay-national-marine-sanctuary/11836100)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center at 500 W Fletcher Street, Alpena, Michigan, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests, meet-and-greet, meetups
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Alpena Brick Build ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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