TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Festivals have always been a great highlight of living in Michigan. There’s the Asparagus Festival, the Trout Festival, the Cherry Festival and more. The festivals bring with them food, games, contests, concerts, craft booths, parades and more – including lots of people.
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For example, the Cherry Festival brings in about 500,000+ visitors to the town of Traverse City which is quite an increase considering that Grand Traverse County only has a population of about 90,000. The festival brings in even more people when it’s a year that the fan favorite U.S. Navy Blue Angels are participating in the yearly air show.
Michigan is definitely a place for fun – and fashion retailer BooHoo proved it after doing some research on the subject using Google analytics to take a look at which state residents were searching for festivals within their own state.
At the end of their research, Michigan ranked 10th in the country, behind Wisconsin, Ohio, Louisiana, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Vermont. Michigan ranked fourth when Michiganders searched for “summer festivals.”
And it’s not just the large and well-known festivals that draw in the crowds. Michigan can also boast syrup festivals in small towns like Shepherd, a Superhero Weekend in Lake Orion, a Viking Warrior Festival in Marshall and plenty of ox roasts, music festivals and carnivals around the state.
There seems to be a festival for everyone and this Pure Michigan website has got what you need to find a good time, with everything from a Mac and Cheese Festival in Battle Creek to a Lilac Festival on Mackinac Island to the Red Flannel Festival in Cedar Springs.
Some of the festivals even have their own queen including the Sugar Festival and the Cherry Festival, where the queens spend a year representing their agricultural industries. These queens can be seen all summer long sitting on floats at Michigan parades waving to their happy festivalgoers.
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