59th Annual Mackinac Island Lilac Festival Events
June 6-15, 2008
(Updated April 10, 2008-please check back often, hit refresh in your browser window as events are subject to change)
for a printable brochure, click here.
Friday, June 6
4:30pm Alex Graham & Grand Hotel Orchestra • Marquette Park
5:30pm Coronation of Lilac Festival Queen • Marquette Park
6pm Queen’s Reception • Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub
9pm Ice Bridge: Mackinac Island’s Hidden Season-This beautifully filmed documentary features life on Mackinac Island and traces the formation of the winter ice bridge. 9pm, Mission Point Theatre, $6a, $3c
9pm Comedy with Stu Stuart • Lilac Tree Hotel & Spa $15, $12.50 students & seniors
9:30pm Entertainment • Pink Pony • Horn’s Bar • Gate House • Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub
Saturday, June 7
9:30am Lilac Festival 10K • Mackinac Island Public School-Registration on site and online • Fees vary
10am Walk and Talk with Lilacs • Windermere Point • $10
11:00am Lil Lilac Run/Walk • Mackinac Island Public School-registration on site and online • Fees vary
11-4pm Book Sale • Mackinac Island Public Library
1pm Learning to Grow • Children learn about planting and repotting lilacs from seedlings • Ste Anne’s Churchyard
3pm Walk and Talk with Lilacs • Harbour View Inn • $10
7:30pm Dancin’ in the Streets with West Michigan Bootscooters Market Street
9pm Comedy with Stu Stuart • Lilac Tree Hotel & Spa $15, $12.50 students & seniors
9:30pm Entertainment • Pink Pony • Horn’s Bar • Gate House •
Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub
Sunday, June 8
9am Lilac Festival Lybster Brunch • Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub $6.99
Lybster, Scotlan- home Fort Mackinac’s Lieutenant-Governor Patrick Sinclair is the sister city to Mackinac Island.
1pm Learning to Grow • Children learn about planting and repotting lilacs from seedlings • Ste Anne’s Churchyard
2pm Mackinac Arts Council presents award winning Acapella group Elmo Thumm• Windermere Point
3pm Walk and Talk with Lilacs • Haan’s 1830 Inn • $10
5pm Architectural Walking Tour • Tourism Bureau • $10
9pm Comedy with Stu Stuart • Lilac Tree Hotel & Spa $15, $12.50 students & seniors
9:30pm Entertainment • Pink Pony • Horn’s Bar • Gate House • Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub
Monday June 9
10am Walk and Talk with Lilacs • Marquette Park • $10
1pm Learning to Grow • Children learn about planting and repotting lilacs from seedlings • Ste Anne’s Churchyard
2-4pm Lilac Festival Wine Tasting • Carriage House • Hotel Iroquois • $20
3pm Walk and Talk with Lilacs • Island House • $10
5:30pm Lilac Festival Golf Tournament, The Jewel at Grand Hotel • $50 (906) 847-3331 to register
8pm Sunset Cruise Under the Bridge • Star Line Ferry $15a, $7c
9pm Movies at the Mission • Mission Point Theater $6 adults, $3 students
9pm Comedy with Stu Stuart • Lilac Tree Hotel & Spa $15, $12.50 students & seniors
9:30pm Entertainment • Pink Pony • Horn’s Bar • Gate House • Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub
Tuesday, June 10
11am Grand Hotel History Lecture • Grand Hotel • Non Guests pay hotel admission
Noon Nature Walking Tour • Bogan Lane Inn • $10
1pm Learning to Grow • Children learn about planting and repotting lilacs from seedlings • Ste Anne’s Churchyard
2pm Feast of Epona Fundraiser • Seabiscuit Cafe & Grog • Silent Auction & Wine Tasting • $35
3pm Walk and Talk with Lilacs • Cloghaun B&B • $10
6:30pm Lion’s Club Bingo • Community Hall
9pm Comedy with Stu Stuart • Lilac Tree Hotel & Spa • $15, $12.50 students & seniors
9pm Jazz & Wine Night with Alex Graham • Gate House
9:30pm Entertainment • Pink Pony • Horn’s Bar • Gate House • Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub
Wednesday, June 11
9:30am Governor’s Summer Residence Tours • until 11:30am
11am Haldimand Bay Sail • Mackinaw Breeze • $15
12pm Grand Hotel Garden Tour • Grand Garden - Meet at Tennis Court entrance • $12
2-4pm Lilac Festival Wine Tasting • Yankee Rebel Tavern •$20
3pm Walk and Talk with Lilacs • Small Point B&B • $10
7pm Singer/Songwriter Tony Lucca at The Inn at Stonecliffe
9pm Comedy with Stu Stuart • Lilac Tree Hotel & Spa • $15, $12.50 students & seniors
9:30pm Entertainment • Pink Pony • Horn’s Bar • Gate House •
Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub
Thursday, June 12
10am Walk and Talk with Lilacs • Marquette Park • $10
11:30am A Taste of Mackinac • Harbour View Inn • $18a, $9c
1pm Learning to Grow • Children learn about planting and repotting lilacs from seedlings • Ste Anne’s Churchyard
2pm Hiking Tour with Doc Crain • Marquette Park
2-4pm Lilac Festival Beer Tasting • Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub-Beer flight pricing varies
7pm Lilac Festival Gala Fundraiser • Bistro on the Greens, Mission Point Resort
9pm Comedy with Stu Stuart • Lilac Tree Hotel & Spa • $15, $12.50 students & seniors
9:30pm Entertainment • Pink Pony • Horn’s Bar • Gate House • Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub
Friday, June 13
10am Bike Tour with Doc Crain • Mackinac Wheels • Gratuities suggested
11am Harbor History Cruise • Mackinaw Breeze • $15
2pm Hiking Tour with Doc Crain • Marquette Park Gratuities suggested
3pm Walk and Talk with Lilacs • Stuart House Museum• $10
4pm Feast of Epona 4H Lemonade Fundraiser & Stable Tour • Mission Hill Stable
5pm Feast of Epona Blessing of the Animals • Mission Hill Stable
7-9pm Lilac Festival Garden Party: An Evening of Lilacs • with Wine & Refreshments • Metivier Inn • $25
9pm Comedy with Stu Stuart • Lilac Tree Hotel & Spa • $15, $12.50 students & seniors
9:30pm Entertainment • Pink Pony • Horn’s Bar • Gate House • Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub
Saturday, June 14
10am Bike Tour with Doc Crain • Mackinac Wheels • Gratuities suggested
10am Walk and Talk with Lilacs • Harbour View Inn • $10
1pm Epona & Barkus Parade • Boardwalk • $10 to participate with your pooch, on site registration
1:30pm 3rd Annual Mackinac Island Dog & Pony Show • Dog House • Windermere Point •
with the Trained Circus Dogs, Brendon the agility dog & many
humanitarian dog rescue groups.
2pm Hiking Tour with Doc Crain • Marquette Park • Gratuities suggested
3pm Barrington Children’s Choir-Mission Church
3pm Tricky Dicky and the Spoonmen Live in Concert • Marquette Park
4pm Learning to Grow • Children learn about planting and repotting lilacs from seedlings • Ste Anne’s Churchyard
9pm Comedy with Stu Stuart • Lilac Tree Hotel & Spa • $15, $12.50 students & seniors
9:30pm Entertainment • Pink Pony • Horn’s Bar • Gate House • Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub
Sunday, June 15
9am-2pm Lilac Festival Lybster Brunch • Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub • $6.99 Lybster, Scotland was to home Fort
Mackinac’s Lieutenant-Governor Patrick Sinclair and is the Sister City to Mackinac Island.
10am Walk and Talk with Lilacs • Ste Anne’s Churchyard • $10
12pm Dynamite the Clown • Live at Yankee Rebel Tavern
1pm Barrington Children's Choir Concert • Trinity Church (across from Fort Mackinac entrance)
2pm Tittawabasse Fife and Drum Band pre parade performance • Windermere Point
2pm Scottville Clown Band makes an appearance at the Pink Pony Patio located at the Chippewa Hotel.
3:30pm Scottish Tattoo with Grand Traverse Drum & Pipe Band, Glen Erin Pipe Band &
Sault Ste Marie Pipe Band. Marquette Park becomes the stage at the ramparts of Fort Mackinac. Listen to the stirring tunes that over centuries have given courage and inspiration on battle fields in every corner of the globe.
5pm Lilac Festival Grand Parade presented by Coca Cola, Led annually by Don “The Duck” Andress his brother Carl Andress, (direct descendants of Chief Mackinac).
Scottville Clown Band Post Parade Concert • Windermere Point • immediately following the parade
9:30pm Entertainment • Pink Pony • Horn’s Bar • Gate House • Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub
Mackinac Island Lilac Festival is Presented By:
Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau
A Taste of Mackinac Is Presented By:
American Express
The Official Card of the Mackinac Island Lilac Festival
Mackinac Island Dog & Pony Show Presented By:
Mackinac Island Dog & Pony Club
The Dog House at Windermere Point
The Grand Parade is Presented By:
Coca Cola-The Official Soft Drink of Mackinac Island
Gough’s Livery
Jack’s Livery
Mackinac Island Carriage Tours
Mackinac Island Service Company
Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau
A very special thanks to the following:
City of Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island Police Department
Mackinac Island Fire Department
American Legion Post 299, Mackinac Island
Parade Leader Don “the Duck” Andress
and all of our Lilac Festival Queens
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