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Festivals / Traverse City bayfront (Bayside Music Stage)

National Cherry Festival

Traverse City's week-long summer festival celebrating the region's cherry harvest, with free family events and ticketed evening concerts on the shore of Grand Traverse Bay.

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Primarily a community and food festival, the National Cherry Festival stands out musically for its Bayside Music Stage series, where headliners play pop, rock, country and classic rock in the evenings by Grand Traverse Bay. Family events are free, while the headline concerts are ticketed. The festival is presented by the Festival Foundation.

  1. Bayside Music Stage concerts
  2. Free family events
  3. Pop, rock, country, classic rock

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