Make it to just one of our annual Great Lakes Bay festivals, and it’s clear: these are the kind worth waiting an entire year for. Because even before the kegs run dry, the tents come down, and the sun comes up — someone here’s already dreaming of how next year’s bash will top it.

From Michigan’s biggest beer tasting event to its largest antique festival — and a Tall Ship Celebration so epic it only happens every few years — live it up here. Each one of these perennial favorites proves worth the repeat trip!