Step into a world of floral enchantment at the 3rd annual Alpena Flower Festival from Friday, June 6th through Sunday, June 8th, 2025 in Downtown Alpena, Michigan🌸🌷The festival kicks off Friday evening and concludes Sunday afternoon.
Experience stunning floral displays throughout the downtown created by local florists, snap a photo in front of interactive floral backdrops, sip themed cocktails, enjoy floral-related activities, and groove to live music throughout the weekend. Summer starts with Michigan's most creative urban floral festival.
Full details here:
https://www.downtownalpenami.com/flowerfest.html
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
🌼Thursday, June 5th
5 pm- late: Petal Pub Crawl **new this year!**
Join us on Flower Fest Eve for our inaugural Petal Pub Crawl! Stop at 10 participating bars and taprooms for a chance to win Flower Fest swag and Downtown Dollars in our poker-run style card game. At each stop, pick up a flower card. Buy a drink and swap a card if you choose. Participate as an individual or team. Floral attire encouraged. Participating stops will be offering themed cocktails, drink specials, entertainment, and more. Please note installations will not be up until Friday.
🌼Friday, June 6th | 5- 11 pm
5- 7 pm: Live music from the Alpena Street Performers throughout the downtown
5- 9 pm: Flower trucks from Lasting Expressions on 2nd Ave
5- 9 pm: Artists in the Alley (Center Alley between 2nd & 3rd Ave)
7- 9 pm: Flower Fest evening cruise with Alpena Shipwreck Tours
$50. Tickets available here:
https://alpenashipwrecktours.com/
7- 11 pm: Flowers After Hours in the Center Alley (between 2nd & 3rd Ave)
- Live music from Gemini Moon (7-9 pm)
- Live DJ Chris Chrzan (9-11 pm)
- Flowers and bouquets for sale
🌼Saturday, June 7th | 9 am- 9 pm
9 am- 11 am: Flower Fest 5K & 1 mile fun run (hosted by Highpointe Rehab & Performance). 1 mile starts at 9 AM, 5K at 9:30 AM. Register here:
https://runsignup.com/Race/MI/Alpena/AlpenaFlowerFestival5KAndKids1MileFunRun
9 am- 2 pm: Sunrise Side Co-Op Outdoor Market at the Alpena Marina (400 E Chisholm St)
9 am - 9 pm: Artists in the Alley (Center Alley between 2nd & 3rd Ave)
9:30 am- 5 pm: Flower trucks from Lasting Expressions
10 am- 2 pm: Let's Get Growing! Activity for kids with the Alpena Garden Club (Center Alley between 2nd & 3rd Ave)
11 am- 12 pm: Flower-themed story time and craft at Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
11 am- 2 pm: Flower bar at Glik’s (111 N 1st Ave) with Classic Designs by Doreen Thomas CF
11 am- 2 pm: Chalk art for kids along the river by Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center (500 W Fletcher St)
11 am- 3 pm: Free flower craft for kids with Thunder Bay Arts (127 W Chisholm St)
1- 2:30 pm: Festive Flower Pots with Art in the Loft & Mariah Brancheau (Pocket Park next to Mango's)
$40 includes all supplies. Register here:
https://www.artintheloft.org/store/p898/Flower_Fest%3A_Acrylic_Flower_Pots.html
2- 5 pm: Live music from Patrick Eremine in Pocket Park (next to Mango's)
3- 5 pm: Alpena Street Performers in downtown businesses, including:
Dolf Cwik at Sports Page Lounge (823 W Chisholm St)
The Brandon's at HopSide Brewery (129 W Chisholm St)
5- 7 pm: Live music from the Chris Crown & the Get Down Band in the Pocket Park (next to Mango's)
7- 9 pm: Bluegrass and blooms with the Birch Road Band in Center Alley (between 2nd & 3rd Ave)
🌼 Sunday, June 8th | 12- 4 pm
12-4 pm: Sunday Funday at City Hall Lawn (208 N 1st Ave)
**new this year!**
- Grab-and-go bouquets with Classic Designs by Doreen Thomas CF
- Bike decoration stations (12-1 pm); pedestrian parade leaves at 1 pm
- Live music from Steve Rea & Steve Tezak (2-4 pm)
1-2:30 pm: Flower Fest Bike & Pedestrian Parade
**new this year!** Decorate your bikes, wagons, and strollers OR walk the parade in your best floral garb for our pedestrian parade that goes around the Thunder Bay River. The parade will leave from City Hall Lawn, go up 2nd Ave, around the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Trail around the river, cross the Pedestrian Bridge, then loop back to where we started. Route is1.5 miles. Meet at City Hall Lawn (208 N 1st Ave).
12- 4 pm: Flower trucks from Lasting Expressions on 2nd Ave
1- 5 pm: Porch Pot Party with Finally, Flowers at PIF Cider (205 W Chisholm St)
2- 3:30 pm: Guasch Garden Markers with Art in the Loft & Mariah Brancheau (Pocket Park next to Mango's)
$40 includes all supplies for 3-5 custom plant markers. Register here:
https://www.artintheloft.org/store/p899/Flower_Fest%3A_Guasch_Garden_Markers.html
View more here:
https://www.downtownalpenami.com/flowerfest.html
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