We will continue to add to these lists as we learn more about them. We will also be linking each Festival and Tournament to its own page as time permits. If you have information about any festival, race, or tournament that we missed, please e-mail us at     

info@coppercountry.com 

Community and County Festivals/Fairs/Celebrations

Heikinpaiva Mid-Winter Festival	Hancock	487-7302	January 18-20, 2008
2nd Winter Traditional POW WOW	Baraga Senior Center	353-6623, ext 4134
MTU Winter Carnival - 86th Annual	Houghton	487-2818	February 6-10, 2008
Annual JohnDee.com Snowfest	Keweenaw Peninsula	see web-site for details	February 1-2, 2008
3rd Annual Keweenaw International Migratory Bird Day Festival	Copper Harbor	906-289-4813	May 2-3,  2008
KBIC Children's Head Start Pow-Wow	Niiwin Akeaa Community Center in Baraga	Marianne- 524-5859
Bridgefest Celebration	Houghton/Hancock	482-5240	June 13-15, 2008
Seafood Fest	Houghton/Hancock	482-5240	June 12-14, 2008
Riverfest	Ontonagon	884-4735	June 9-10, 2007
Annual Senior Heritage Day & Carnival	Hancock (Houghton Co Arena)	Barb Maronen  482-7382ext. 181
50th Annual International Guts Frisbee Tournament Celebration	Hancock Driving Park off Birch Street in Hancock	go to website
Hoop N Holler Annual Cardboard Boat Race	Lake Gogebic	906-575-5555	July 6, 2008
Relay for Life	Houghton	4823550	June 22-23, 2007
Old Victoria Log Cabin Day Celebration	Old Victoria		June 24, 2007
4th Annual Pasty Fest	Calumet at Agassiz Park	337-6246	June 27&28, 2008
Annual Twin Lakes Boat Parade	Twin Lakes	288-3663	July  3, 2008 - starts at 10:30 am
4th of July Parades and Celebrations	Lake Linden South Range Dollar Bay Copper Harbor Ontonagon White Pine Bruce Crossing Baraga Covington	885-5734 827-3416	July 4 - see calendar for 4th celebrations - some begin on the 2nd and others on the 3rd
Baraga Lumberjack Days	Baraga	353-6777	July 4
Strawberry Festival	Chassell	(906) 487-6708.	July 6-7, 2007
Children's Festival	Ontonagon	906-884-2187	July 8, 2007
Annual Central Mine Reunion	Phoenix at Central Church (services at 9 am and 11 am)	337-4251	July 28 & 29, 2007
Maawanji’iding - Powwow	Baraga, Ojibwa Campground	353-6623.	July 27-29, 2007
Thimbleberry Jam Fest	Mohawk at the Allouez Township Park	337-4706	July 21, 2007 11 AM - 8 PM
14th Gathering of Cornish Cousins	Calumet	jellis@pasty.com	July 25-29, 2007
Annual Keweenaw Peninsula Lighthouse Tour	Houghton	482-5240 800-304-5722
Copper Country Homecoming 2006	Houghton	906-482-5240 or 866-304-5722
County Fairs	Ontonagon- (Greenland) Baraga (Pelkie) Houghton- (Hancock)	883-3162 (906) 482-6200	July 26-29, 2007 August 11-13, 06 August 23-27, '06
Civil War Reenactment - Ft. Wilkins click to see photo gallery	Copper Harbor	(906) 289-4215	July 25-27,  2008
Annual Daniell Heights International Food Festival	Houghton
Otter Lake Fireman's Annual Festival	Tapiola
Boomtown Revival	Calumet	337-1280
Heritage Celebration	Calumet	337-2552
16th Annual Pond Fest	Trout Creek	852-3372
25th Annual Old Victoria Craft Fair	Rockland	884-4941
50th Annual Labor Day Festival	Ontonagon	884-4396
Harvest Festival	Ontonagon - River Pines RV Park	884-4600
Parade of Nations	Houghton	487-2920
Multi-Cultural Festival	Houghton	487-2920
Baraga State Park Fall Harvest Festival	Baraga State Park
Porkie Fest	Silver City	885-5275
Keweenaw Fall Color Lighthouse Tour	Houghton waterfront at 8 am	906-482-0884
Assinins Children's Pow-Wow & Harvest Fest	Assinins	Christine Edwards, 353-7651, or Mike Cardinal, 353-6483.
31st Annual Log Jamboree	Ewen	988-2424
1st Pumpkinfest	Calumet
October Fest	South Range Community Center
12th Annual Spirit of the Harvest Powwow	Gates Tennis Center on MacInnes Drive on the MTU Campus	906-487-2920
90th annual Finnish Independence Day Celebration	American Heritage Center, Finlandia University	487-7302

Music Festivals

Fusion Fest - An art and music festival	Finlandia’s Portage Campus	(906) 370-5408	April 20, 2008 11:30am-10pm
26th Chassell Country Show	Rozsa Center - MTU		May 10, 2008
Houghton Spring Art and Music Festival	Houghton and  Copper Country Community Arts Council	All activities - in Mattila Square on the Houghton waterfront near the UPPCO building	June 7, 2008
Feather Fest Music Festival	Matchwood	906-575-3893	June 7, 2008
"Music in the Pavilion" Concert Series	Covington Parks and Recreation Committee	marypt @jamadots.com	July 1 through  August 14, 2008
Third Annual Patriotic Songfest and Milltown Homecoming	Houghton County Historical Society - First Congregational Church Lake Linden	906-296-4121	July 3, 2006
15th Annual 4th of July Celebration at Churning Rapids	Churning Rapids - Hancock	Terry Kinsel at (906) 482-6827	July 4, 2008
30th annual Aura Jamboree	Aura	524-7842	July 14-15, 2008
8th Annual Finnish Music Festival	Covington pavilion and event center	355-2459 or 355-2382
12th annual Toivola Acoustic Jamboree	Agate Beach Park just west of Toivola
15th Annual Pond Fest	Trout Creek	852-3342 (Bob Knivila)
Thimbleberry JamFest	Mohawk at the Allouez Township Park	337-4706
Pine Mountain Music Festival	Houghton, Lake Linden, Calumet, Hancock	482-1542 888-309-7861 877-pine-999	June 11- July 17, 2007 - check web site
Sibelius Academy Music Festival	Calumet Theatre	906-487-7217 or 888-285-8363	July 30-Aug 1, 2008
Annual Agate Beach Acoustic Music Jamboree	Agate Beach, Elm River Township	906-288-3007
Ottawa Valley Music Show	Trout Creek Abbott Fox Park		August
4th annual Porcupine Mountains Music Festival	Porcupine Mountain	906-884-4274 or 800-344-5355	August 22-24, 2008
Patriots Day Concert-Annual Salute to Hometown Heroes	Houghton County Fairgrounds - Hancock	906-353-9287  888-377-9287
31st Annual Log Jamboree	Ewen	988-2424
15th Annual Polka Fest	South Range Community Hall
14th Annual EB Holman Country Music Jamboree	Rozsa Center	487-3200

Fish Tournaments

See article on Summer Youth Fishing Tournament

17th Annual Chassell Bay Ice Fishing Derby (northern & walleye)	Chassell	523-4417	January 19, 2008
Otter Lake Annual Ice-Fishing Derby	Otter Lake Sportsman's Club
Winter Carnival Fishing Tournament	Chassell Bay	487-2818	Februrary 3, 2008 8 am - 4 pm
Keweenaw Angling Classic Ap 1 thru Oct	Keweenaw County	906-482-5240 or 866-304-5722	April 1, 2006 - Oct,  2006
5th Annual Ontonagon Lake Trout Classic	Ontonagon	884-2770	May 2-4, 2008
3rd Annual Spring Walleye Tournament	Lake Gogebic	www.lakegogebic.com	May 17&18, 2008
Walleye Tournament	Boundary waters of Houghton, Baraga, Ontonagon, Keweenaw Country	www.canteenbar.com Sponsored by Canteen Bar & Grill, 9 S Front St. Lanse, MI 49946 906-524-6211	May , 2008
7th Annual Walleye/Pike Tournament	Waters of Lac La Belle and Gratiot Lake & Torch Lake	Lac La Belle Lodge at (906) 289-4293 or 888-294-7634	June 7, 2008
Women’s Flyfishing Day	Chassell Park Pavilion	Jeremy Shannon at 523-6321
34th Annual Lake Linden-Hubbell Sportsmen's Club Fishing Derby	Rice Lake	296-9431	June 8, 2008
3rd Annual Baraga County Lake Trout Festival	L'Anse Waterfront	800-743-4908 or 906-524-7444	June 7 & 8, 2008
Kurt LaPlante Memorial Invitational Fishing Tournament	Baraga Marina	353-6057
Summer Youth Fishing Tournament	Houghton, Baraga, Keweenaw Counties	482-3663
Longest Day Fishing Tournament	Copper Harbor, Eagle Harbor, Lac La Belle, and Lake Fanny Hooe	289-4637	June 21, 2008
3rd Annual Kids Fishing Derby at Sand Point	Lighthouse Pond at Sand Point in Baraga	524-5257
In-Fisherman Professional Walleye Trail Super Pro tournament	Portage and Torch Lakes
Kids Fishing Derby	Swedetown Pond
Diz LeClaire/Skip Savoy Annual Lake Trout Tournament	L'Anse	524-6211
L'Anse Eagles Annual Woman's Only Fishing Tournament	Baraga County Tourism Center, L'Anse	524-7622
The 2nd Annual Lac La Belle Lodge/Seasons Restaurant "Take A Kid Fishing" Tournament	Lac La Belle	Dave at 906-289-4293
30th Annual Walleye Tournament	Lake Gogebic, Ontonagon County	842-3611 or 888-464-3242	September 7, 2007
3rd Annual Dry Dock Bar "Hellavet" Fishing Derby	Ontonagon	884-4758

Golf Tournaments

Memorial Day 2-Person Best Ball	Portage Lake Golf Course	487-2641
Couples Tournament	L'Anse Golf Course	524-6600
Annual Omega  House Charity Golf Outing	Calumet Golf Course	337-3911	June
Omega House Fundraising Scramble	Portage Lake Golf Course	487-2641
Annual Dennis Martinac Memorial (3-Person Golf Scramble)	L'Anse Golf Course	524-6600
Senior Golf Tournament (Three Men Scramble)	L'Anse Golf Course	524-6600	June
Baraga County Chamber Couples Golf Tournament	L'Anse Golf Course	906-524-3322	June 24, 2006
MTU Men's Basketball Fundraising Golf Outing	Portage Lake Golf Course	487-2641	June 25, 2005
Annual Ernie Gasperick Memorial Senior Golf Tournament	Keweenaw Golf Course	289-4133 337-1719	July
Woman's Invitational	Portage Lake Golf Course	487-2641
Seniors' 2-Person Scramble	Portage Lake Golf Course	487-2641
Couples Scramble	Portage Lake Golf Course	487-2641
Alumni Golf Outing	Portage Lake Golf Course	487-2641
3-Person Golf Scramble	L'Anse Golf Course	524-6600
Men's Club Championship	Portage Lake Golf Course	487-2641
Women's Club Championship	Portage Lake Golf Course	487-2641	August
Senior Scramble)	L'Anse Golf Course	524-6600
2-Person Ryder Cup	Portage Lake Golf Course	487-2641
Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Golfarama (4-Person Scramble)	Portage Lake Golf Course	482-5240
Dry Dock Bar Golf Scramble	Ontonagon Golf Course	884-4758

Running Races

1st Annual Lumijuoksu (snow run) 5k race, a 1/2 mile kid's run	downtown Hancock	487-3143	Jan 19, 2008
Popeye Run informal 5 & 10k	Eagle Harbor
14th Annual Horse Trail Scramble Trail Run and Fitness Walk	Hancock Churning Rapids	(906) 482-6827	July 4, 2007 - 1 pm start
Keweenaw Trail Running Festival (25k, 10k, Hill Climb,2k for kids)	Keweenaw Peninsula Kew Mt Lodge packet pick-up - Copper Harbor	runskikayak@ hotmail.com.	July 7 & 8,2007
Striding for Strings competitive races  (1k to 8k races)	Houghton Waterfront	487-3606	June 10, 2006
Canal Run (10 K)	Hancock	906-487-6211	July 21, 2007
Copperman Triathlon	Copper Harbor	482-8201	August 2, 2008 starts at 9:00 am
Carl Olson Memorial Adventure Trail Run (5 & 10 K)	Chassell	906-482-1308.	August 25, 2007
Ed Hansen Memorial Run (10 k & 5 K)	Ontonagon Fire Hall		September 4, 2007
Annual Coppertowns Half-Marathon and Marathon	Lake Linden Park	Stacy @ 296-9242
3rd Annual Half Marathon - Jeffers High School	Jeffers High School	482-0580	Sept 15, 2007
Muck Run (Cross Country)	MTU trail  Houghton	487-2986	October 27, 2007

Snowmobile/Car/Motor Bike Races

3rd Annual Snow Drags	Lac LaBelle	289-4293	Feb 2, 2008
Snow Drags	Lac La Belle Lodge	289-4293 or 888-294-7634	February 16, 2008
2nd Annual JohnDee.com Snowfest Snowmobile Ride	Range Snowmobile Club	go to website for details	March 2&3, 2008
Keweenaw Winter Rally Car Race	Houghton-Eagle River	482-6992	March 17, 2007
7th Annual Clean Snowmobile Challenge	MTU and KRC's testing ground	487-3178	March, 2008
BMW Motorcycle Rally	Athletic Complex of MTU		June 19 to 22, 2008
4th Annual Cruise & Show	Ahmeek Park	906-337-3884	July 6 & 7, 2007
AMA Races	Atlantic Mine	906-482-5938	July 14 and 15, 2007
MI-Trail ATV Super Challenge Series	Bruce Crossing	884-9668
Atv Super Challenge	Ontonagon Fair Grounds	883-3162	July 28, 2007
Ojibwa Casino Resort Snowmobile Watercross	Ojibwa Recreation Area - Baraga	524-6354	June
AMA Races	Atlantic Mine	906-482-5938	August 11, 2007
Ojibwa Casino Resort Sanctioned Mud Drag	Baraga	353-9242
MI-Trail ATV Super Challenge Series	Behind old Ewen High School	883-3162
Fall ATV Ride	Keweenaw ATV Club	906-337-5617	Sept 29 & 30, 2007
Lake Superior PRO Rally	Houghton		October 26 and 27, 2007

Bike Races

2nd annual Tour 'da Keweenaw 82, 44 or 20 mile route	Copper Harbor Trail Club	906-289-4303	May 17, 2008
12th Annual Keweenaw Chain Drive Festival (16&32 mile point to point races; 8&16 mile guided tours; Jr Chain drive	Houghton/Hancock MTU & Maasto Hiihto	906-337-4579	June 14, 2008
23rd Annual Bike Ride Around Lake Gogebic	Lake Gogebic	842-3611 or 932-5858	June 22, 2008
18th Annual North Country 100 Bike Tour		906-224-2222	July 21, 2007
The Great Deer Chase - Mountain Bike Race	Calumet - Swedetown Trails registrations to c/o Calumet Mainstreet PO Box 188 Calumet, MI 49913.	For questions, contact organizer Marc Norton at (906) 337-1300 or gpc49913 AT charter.net.	August 15, 2006
Copper Harbor Fat Tire Festival (12 & 20 Mile race)	Copper Harbor	289-4303	Aug 31, 2008
33rd Annual Copper Country Color Tour (50k, 100k & 200k bike rides)	Memorial Union Building on the MTU Campus in Houghton at 8 am. Registration and packet pick up will begin at 7 am	Copper Country Cycling Club	September 23, 2006
Tech Trail Terror	MTU - Houghton	CC Cycling Club

Softball Tournaments

Jack & Jill Softball Tournament	Bergland	842-3611	June 13, 2008
Leo Durocher Hardball Tournament	Stanton Ball Field
Keith Karsama Memorial Softball Tournament	Tapiola Ball Field	906-334-2651 (Paul Peterson)

Ski and Snowshoe Races

2007 USSA Senior National Cross Country Ski Races	Michigan Tech Nordic Training Center in Houghton	Mike Abbott at 906-487-2375	Dec 31, 2007 thru Jan 6, 2008
Heikinpaiva Talvitohinat Cross Country Ski Race	MTU Trails - Houghton	482-0820	January 19, 2008
Copper Island Classic Cross Country Ski Race (5 & 10 K)	Chassell	523-4884	January 20, 2008, 10:30 am registr
11th AnnualBigfoot Snowshoe Event (2k, 4K, 6K courses)	Houghton - MTU trails	MTU Power at 487-2538	February 2, 2008
Nordic Skiing MTU Carnival Kickoff Women-5K Classic, Men-10K Classic	Houghton	For ticket information, dial 487-2073	February 10, 2008
Michigan ICE FEST (ice climbing)		482-2500
Ski for the Heart of the Community	Swedetown Trails	906-482-4438	February 9, 2008
Full Moon Snowshoe		482-2500	February 13, 2006
Brockway Mountain Challenge Cross Crounty Ski Race 15KM - age divisions - classic & freestyle	Copper Harbor	289-4637
2006 Chevrolet Cross Country Junior Olympics	MTU Trails
Jack Kemp Memorial Mailman Snowshoe Race	Ontonagon	884-2305
Junior Bear Chase Cross Country Ski Race	Calumet	482-7047 - see the website	March 8, 2008
Annual Great Bear Chase Cross Country Ski Race	Calumet	337-4520	March 9, 2008
Slush Pit Contest	Mont Ripley, Hancock	906-487-2340
MTU Christmas Classic cross country ski races	Houghton	487-2986	Saturday, Dec. 16 & Sunday, Dec. 17, 2007
Copper Country Alpine Ski Club - all race events	Mt. Ripley	CCASC c/o Pete Fenton 612 Hancock Hancock, MI 49930 482-2133	Throughout winter months