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We are back for another amazing asparagus filled day! Lots of incredible local asparagus eats, great music, and fun activities to come! Including the Kick-Yer Assparagus 5k Fun Run/Walk! Link below to sign up!

Sign up for the 5k HERE!

Enter your asparagus recipe HERE!

Want to volunteer? Sign up HERE!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

10am: Kick-Yer Assparagus 5k Fun Run/Walk

Noon: Recipe Contest in Empire Town Hall

Noon-6pm: Asparagus Eats with food vendors, local breweries and live music!

• FOOD VENDORS: Mel & Fell, Arts Tavern, Plevas, Shipwreck Cafe and more!

• DRINK VENDORS: Right Brain Brewery, Lake Ann Brewery and St. Ambrose Cellars!

• LIVE MUSIC: 5th Gear Band!

• 1-2pm: Empire Area Museum Open House

2-4pm: “Miss Asparagus on Stilts!”

3-4pm: Children’s Magic Show with Gordon Russ

2pm: Ode to Asparagus Poetry Contest

• Glen Lake Community Library on Front Street invites you to help celebrate the Empire Asparagus Festival with their Ode to Asparagus. Poets young and old are encouraged to submit their asparagus-inspired poems. All styles are welcome, be it sonnet, haiku, or even limericks!

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Empire Asparagus Festival On Facebook

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June 29 – July 6, 2024 in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan!

The Grand Traverse region, known for its world-record tart cherry harvest, bursts with visitors eager to savor the flavor of cherries tucked into everything imaginable. Each day Festival goers find cherry delights along with parades, family and kids events and entertainment. In all, there are more than 150 events along the shores of Lake Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay.

The Festival has been named in USA Todays top ten festivals for several years running.

Free Family Fun!

The National Cherry Festival has over 150 events and activities and 85% are free for all! Kids of all ages can enjoy events like cherry pie eating, parades, pet show and more!

We want to thank our growers, partners, vendors, sponsors, volunteers, and community leaders for their commitment to the National Cherry Festival. There is a lot of good happening throughout the Traverse City area and we are proud to be a part of this unique community that holds the title Cherry Capital of the World. We can’t wait to see you June 29 to July 6, 2024!

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National Cherry Festival On Facebook

Below are the latest postings from the National Cherry Festival Page On Facebook.

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