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2000-2006
by the Frankfort-
Elberta Area Chamber
of Commerce

 

FRANKFORT-ELBERTA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE


2009 Calendar of Events

   


2 0 0 9  C A L E N D A R
J U L Y

1 - 4

Frankfort-Elberta Chamber of Commerce Annual Medallion Hunt - clues posted at 9 am each day at Chamber office, State Savings Bank and Walenta's

9 am

231-352-7251

2 - 5

Frankfort-Elberta Chamber of Commerce 4th of July Celebration CARNIVAL - Rides and Games! ADVANCE TICKETS available at the chamber office - SAVE $$$$ prior to Carnival opening at 5 pm oon July 2   Location:  Frankfort Junionr/ Senion High School.

  231-352-7251

3

Mineral Springs Park Frankfort Concert in the Park featuring Lisa Packard & Paul Campana

7 pm

231-352-7251
3
Frankfort Garden Theater Re-Opening
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
 

4

Frankfort's Annual July 4th Celebration - Carnival, Parade (Click here for parade application), Art in the Park (click here for application), Sand Castle Sculpture Contest, FIREWORKS!  Don't forget to buy your 3D Glassesx form the chamber office !  NEW!  Win a chance to be the "FIREWORKS Marshall" - push that button that starts the fireworks!

  231-352-7251

4

St Ann’s Pancake Breakfast - St. Ann's Church in Frankfort Michigan

8 am
 

4

Frankfort Lion’s Chicken BBQ - Mineral Springs Park - Frankfort

12 pm
 

4

First Congregational Church Annual Hot Dog Sale

   

8

Elberta Waterfront Park Concert in the Park featuring Keith Scott

7 pm

231-352-7251
9

Benzonia Academy Lecture Series at the Mills Community House -

100 Years of Funeral Practices and Mortuary Science in the Benzie Area

by Matthew Sheffler

7 pm
231-882-5539
9

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church monthly Community Supper

5-7 pm
231-882-5539

10

Mineral Springs Park Frankfort Concert in the Park featuring Benzie Community Band

7 pm

231-352-7251
10
Benzie Shores District Library Children's Program Dr. Birdbrain
11 am
 
10
Michigan Legacy Art Park Summer Sounds Series featuring Lake Effect
7 pm
 

10

Crystal LakeArtCenter Art Walk – Downtown Frankfort

6 – 9 pm

 
11

Beulah Art Fair

   
11
Benzie Shores District Library Author's Tea with Margaret Mallory
4 pm
 
13
Benzie Shores District Library Book Share Group
9 am
 

15

Elberta Waterfront Park Concert in the Park featuring Benzie Community Band

7 pm

231-352-7251
15

Benzie Home Movie Night at the Mills Community House - The Benzie Area Historical Society premiers its second volume of newly digitized home movies.  $3 person. 

7pm
231-882-5539

15

Crystal Lake Summer Art Fair

10a - 4p

 

16

Very Cherry Smorgasbord - Frankfort Methodist Church - Adults $10 Kids $5 - Proceeds benefit local and global missions.

5 – 7 pm

 

17

Mineral Springs Park Frankfort Concert in the Park featuring Steven D & The Keys

7 pm

231-352-7251
17
Michigan Legacy Art Park Summer Sounds Series featuring David Chown & the Lookout Cats
7 pm
 

18

19th Annual Elberta Art & Crafts Fair - Elberta Waterfront Park

10 - 4 pm

231-352-7251

18

PortCity Run - Downtown Frankfort - Click here for registration form

9 am

 

18

Bike Benzie for Kids Charity Ride Event

  (231) 882-0791
18

Frankfort American Legion Dance

  231-352-4191
21
Benzie Shores District Library History of the Yacht Club
9 am
 

22

Elberta Waterfront Park Concert in the Park featuring David Youngman

7 pm

231-352-7251

22

CSA Art Fair - Click here for more information

10 – 4pm

 

24

Mineral Springs Park Frankfort Concert in the Park featuring Cherry & Violators

7 pm

231-352-7251
24
Michigan Legacy Art Park Summer Sounds Series featuring Tumbao Bravo
7 pm
 

25

Frankfort Street Sale

9 am

 

28

Elberta Waterfront Park featuring Lakeside Shakespeare performance Henry V

 

 

29

Elberta Waterfront Park featuring Lakeside Shakespeare performance Love’s Labours Lost

 

 

30

Elberta Waterfront Park featuring Lakeside Shakespeare performance Henry V

 

 

30
Benzie Shores District Library Toddler Time
9 am
 

31

Mineral Springs Park Frankfort Concert in the Park featuring Curtis Family Band

7 pm

231-352-7251
31
Michigan Legacy Art Park Summer Sounds Series featuring Jay Webber & Special Guests
7 pm
 
A U G U S T
1

Frankfort Rotary Chicken BBQ - Mineral Springs Park - Frankfort

12 pm

231-645-9594

1

Elberta Waterfront Park featuring Lakeside Shakespeare performance Love’s Labours Lost

 

 

2

Elberta Waterfront Park featuring Lakeside Shakespeare performance Henry V

 

 

5

Elberta Waterfront Park featuring Lakeside Shakespeare performance Henry V

 

 

6

Elberta Waterfront Park featuring Lakeside Shakespeare performance Love’s Labours Lost

 

 

6

POMH Tour of Interesting Places - Take look inside nine of Frankfort's exquisite homes, the newly renovated Garden Theater, and the historic Coast Guard Station.  Tickets will be available in July at Hull's of Frankfort, The Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Gift Shop, and Crystal Crate and Cargo in Beulah.

10a - 4p

7

Mineral Springs Park Frankfort Concert in the Park featuring Tom Dion

7 pm

231-352-7251
7

American Legion Fish Boil

  231-352-4191

7

Elberta Waterfront Park featuring Lakeside Shakespeare performance Love’s Labours Lost

 

 

24
Michigan Legacy Art Park Summer Sounds Series featuring Laith
7 pm
 
8-9

American Cancer Society Relay for Life

   

12

Elberta Waterfront Park Concert in the Park featuring Cherry & Violators

7 pm

231-352-7251
13

Twilight Sale - participating downtown Frankfort businesses

6 – 9 pm

231-352-7251
13

Benzonia Academy Lecture Series at the Mills Community House - Dr. Douglass North, Nobel Laureate - Violence and the Social Order:  A New Approach for Understanding Human History and Economic Development

7 pm
231-882-5539

13

Mineral Springs Park Frankfort Concert in the Park featuring Harmonica Hoboes

7 pm

231-352-7251
14
Frankfort A&W Cruise Night!    
14-15

33rd Frankfort Art Fair, Market Square Park - Frankfort

Friday 4-8pm, Saturday 10-5p 

4 pm – 8 pm

10 am – 4 pm

231-352-7251
15

Frankfort Collector Car Show - Mineral Springs Park Frankfort

8 am

231-352-7251

15

St Ann’s Mens Club Pancake Breakfast - St. Ann's Church - Frankfort

8 am
 

15

Benzie Shores District Library Book Sale

   

16

Panther Pigskin Picnic - Fundraiser BBQ

   

19

Elberta Waterfront Park Concert in the Park featuring Kim Maul

7 pm

231-352-7251

21

There will NOT be a Concert in the Park Frankfort

  231-352-7251

21-23

Benzie Fishing Frenzy, Mineral Springs Park -

Click Here for Ladies Registration Form & Here for ProAM

6:30 a - 5 p
231-352-7251
21-23
National Coho Festival, Honor    

21-23

Benzie Fishing Frenzy, Mineral Springs Park -

Click Here for Ladies Registration Form & Here for ProAM

6:30 a - 5 p
231-352-7251

23

Fish & Lighthouse Auction, Mineral Springs Park

3:00 pm
231-352-7251

26

Elberta Waterfront Park Concert in the Park featuring Tom Dion

7 pm

231-352-7251

28

Mineral Springs Park Frankfort Concert in the Park featuring Dixieland Band

7 pm

231-352-7251

29

Benzie Area Radio Control Club Airshow - Thompsonville Airport. Edward McIntosh

10am -2pm 231-882-4990
30

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church presents Concert on the Hill. The Neptune Quartet will present from their classical repertoire.  Concert will be at the church (8190 Lincoln Road, Beulah).

All funds raised through free will offerings at these concerts are given to Benzie Area Christian Neighbors (BACN) and to other local community projects.

1:30 pm

231-352-4879

psheafor@gmail.com

S E P T E M B E R
10

Benzonia Academy Lecture Series at the Mills Community House - German Immigration to the U.S.:  Why They Came and How They Succeeded

by Dr. Louis Yock

7pm
231-882-5539

12

3rd Annual Taste of Benzie - Frankfort Mineral Springs Park

11:30 am –

3:30 pm

  231-352-7251

13
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church presents Concert On the Hill. Jeff Haas will present his Retrospective about his father, Karl Haas.  Concert will be at the church (8190 Lincoln Road, Beulah).

All funds raised through free will offerings at these concerts are given to Benzie Area Christian Neighbors (BACN) and to other local community projects.

3:00 pm

231-352-4879

psheafor@gmail.com

O C T O B E R
3-4
Benzie County Fall Festival in Beulah    
3

A Walking Tour of Beulah - The Benzie Area Historical Society celebrates the Fall Festival with this year’s guided tours of Beulah.

  231-882-5539
8

Benzonia Academy Lecture Series at the Mills Community House - Navigating the Landscape of Assimilation:  The Anisnabeg and the Lumber Industry by Dr. Bradley J. Gills

7 pm
231-882-5539

10

Benzie County Fall Festival in Frankfort

11 am

231-352-7251

10

A Walking Tour of Elberta - The Benzie Area Historical Society celebrates the Fall Festival with this year’s guided tour of Elberta.

  231-882-5539
25

The Haunts of Benzie County - Spooky stories and places are highlighted in our annual Halloween program.

  231-882-5539
N O V E M B E R

26

Frankfort Eagles Thanksgiving Dinner

   
27- 29

Habitat for Humanity of Benzie County’s Festival of Trees

   

28

14th Annual Holly Berry Arts & Crafts Fair - Indoor Art & Craft show held at Frankfort High School

10 a – 4 p

 
D E C E M B E R

1

Frankfort Tree Lighting, Rotary Park

7 pm

 
 

   

ONGOING EVENTS
                   FARMERS MARKETS

Frankfort Farmer's Market

Every Saturday - YEAR ROUND!

 

Frankfort Recreation Center - Mid-October through April

Frankfort Boat Launch Side Walk May through October

 

8 am- 1 pm

 

231-882-5264

 

Elberta -

Every Thursday Mid-May through Mid-October

 

Elberta Pavillion Park

 

7:30 am - noon

 

231-352-7862

 
                   CONCERTS IN THE PARK

Frankfort

Every Friday in July and August, Mineral Springs Park 7:00 pm

 

231-352-7251

 

Elberta

Every Wednesday in July and August, Elberta Waterfront Park 7:00 pm

 

231-882-4573

 

Beulah

Thursdays July - August, Beulah Park 7 pm

231-882-5144

          

                          

NOTES:

  • This calendar will grow significantly as the year progresses.
  • Details are subject to change - please call ahead to verify event, dates, times, and locations.
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