Downtown Petoskey merchants and restaurant owners often schedule fun and interesting events within their businesses. Sales, book signings, artist exhibits and live performances are just a few of the things you can expect to find listed on this page.   Check back often for new listings.

American Spoon Foods
Saturdays, 1 to 4 pm - Recipe Tastings

City Park Grill
Friday July 2 - Funktion
Saturday July 3 - BUMP
Sunday July 4 - Sieze the Karp
Saturday July 10 - Bootleg
Friday July 16 - Howard Baker
Saturday July 17 - Jamie and the Juveniles
Saturday July 24 - Galactic Sherpas
Saturday August 7 - Sieze the Karp
Saturday August 14 - Bloodshot Victory
Friday & Saturday August 20 & 21 - Petoskey's Festival on the Bay (Bands TBA)
Saturday August 28 - Galactic Sherpas
Friday & Saturday September 3 & 4 - Labor Day Weekend - Pete Kehoe and the Stimulus Package

Coffee and Connect
Friday nights, 6:30 to 9 - Christian Music Night

McLean & Eakin Bookseller 
Friday, July 2, 1-3pm. Mike Barton signing, Harbor Springs, Petoskey and Bay View. A photographic collection of the area. Someone you know is probably in it! Click here for more information.
Author Signing: Monday, July 5, 1-3pm. Local Favorite Elaine Hameister is back with a new children's book, What is Moving. Click here for more information.
Author Event: Wednesday, July 7, 7-8pm. Mystery writer, Emily St. John Mandell will read from her new book, The Singer's Gun, and sign afterward. Click here for more information.  Reservations are needed for this free wine and cheese event.
Saturday, July 10, 1-3pm, Ron Jolly and Karl Bohnak, signing Michigan's Upper Peninsula Almanac
Monday, July 19, 1-3pm, Robert Swanson signing The Petoskey 100
Wednesday, July 21, 7-8pm, Toby Jones with a presentation and signing for his new book, The Way of Jesus.  Reservations are needed for this free wine and cheese event.
Tuesday, July 27, 7-8pm, Steve Hamilton with a presentation then signing his new book, The Lock Artist.  Reservations are needed for this free wine and cheese event.
Friday, July 30, Sidewalk Sales:  10 to 12am-Mary Jane Doerr signing Bayview: An American Idea, 12 to 1pm-Joel Raven signing Goo on Your Shoe, 12 to 1pm-Edward K. Reavie signing St. Ignace Car Culture, 1 to 2pm-Raymond Goodwin signing Sawdusted: Notes from a Post-Boom Mill
Tuesday, August 3, 7-8pm, Brian Gruley, Book Release Party for The Hanging Tree, RSVP.
Saturday, August 14, 7-9pm, David S. Fry, Estate Planning Seminar, detailed in Saving the Family Cottage, RSVP.
Thursday, August 19, 7-8pm, Kelly O'Connor McNeese, signing The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, RSVP.