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Wine on the Waterfront: Tawas Uncork’d and the Fine Art Festival

07/27/2017

The Tawas Uncork’d festival celebrates the local area vintners, restaurants, and breweries that provide us with our favorite beverages. Enjoy mellow music as well as wine, ales, and food at Harbor Park in East Tawas. The Tawas Uncork’d Festival will be held on Saturday, August 5^...

Hiking the Huron: Oscoda's Foot Travel Areas

07/07/2017

Exploring Michigan’s greatest woodlands is a fun, exciting, and rewarding activity during your stay with us that provides an opportunity to connect with our scenic landscape and region and escape the noise and technology of motorized society. Particularly for those inclined to be outdoors...

Discover Iargo Springs and the Highbanks Trail

06/21/2017

Iargo Springs is one of the most beautiful attractions in Oscoda Township, with panoramic views of the famous AuSable River, wildflowers in bloom, and, of course, the natural spring itself. It’s no wonder Native American’s considered the traditional drinking source to be sacred...

Fun in the Sun at Tawas’s Summerfest

06/11/2017

Visit Tawas City to celebrate summer, sun, and vintage automobiles at the city’s annual Summerfest, July 8-9. Tours of the lighthouse, plane fly-ins, dancing, and a car show and cruise are some of the featured events for this year’s Summerfest.

Art on the Beach 2017

05/22/2017

Find some solace in the shaded area of Oscoda Beach Park at Lake Street this June for the Oscoda-AuSable Chamber of Commerce’s 34th Annual Art on the Beach. The show is a local favorite held the last full weekend in June, morning to evening, and showcases more than 100 artists from around...

Free Fishing Weekend in Oscoda, MI

05/11/2017

For many in Michigan, the twice-a-year free fishing weekends are a favorite tradition and it’s only natural that fishing is one of our favorite pastimes. With 11,000 inland lakes, not to mention two of the Great Lakes, Michigan has some of the most beautiful and most abundant fishing...

Try Local Food at the Northeast Michigan Regional Farm Market

04/24/2017

Almost two decades ago, the Northeast Michigan Regional Farm Market was started with only a few vendors. A small group of locals displayed their locally grown produce at only a handful of stands. Since then, the market now averages twenty vendors that also share information and a wealth of...

Birds of a Feather: The Tawas Point Birding Festival

04/17/2017

Enjoy some of the best birding the Great Lakes region has to offer with the Tawas Point Birding Festival from May 18^thto May 20^th. With spring in full bloom, Tawas Point is full of migrating warblers, sparrows, raptors, shorebirds, and many more. Test your skills or start...

Take an Adventure on the Au Sable River

03/23/2017

Renting a canoe has never been easier with the Oscoda Canoe Rental in Oscoda. Take the Whirlpool starting point kayak trip, a six-mile route that will take about two hours. Bring your camera to capture some stunning photos of nature and wildlife from a point of view that can’t get any...

Earth Day in Oscoda’s National Forest

03/10/2017

Enjoy the scenic beauty of the Au Sable River this April to celebrate Earth Day on the 22^nd and Arbor Day on the 28th. Stretching through part of the gigantic Huron-Manistee National Forest, the Au Sable River was signed into law as a National Scenic River in the 1980s by Ronald...