Michigan Travel · Petoskey
Petoskey holiday season opens with Ladies Opening Night Nov. 20 and the Downtown Petoskey Holiday Parade Nov. 28
PETOSKEY, Mich. — Downtown Petoskey’s holiday season starts the week before Thanksgiving with a late shopping night, followed by a parade the Saturday after the holiday, according to Downtown Petoskey.
Ladies Opening Night, Friday, Nov. 20, 4-8 p.m. Participating downtown shops stay open into the evening with holiday offers for the first big shopping night of the season.
Downtown Petoskey Holiday Parade, Saturday, Nov. 28, 10-11 a.m. The morning parade is centered at Pennsylvania Park downtown, according to the event listing. It falls on Small Business Saturday.
Plan ahead. Check the Downtown Petoskey website for the latest details, route and parking.
In December. Downtown’s Holiday Open House follows on Friday, Dec. 4, with more evening events later in the month.
Sources:
Downtown Petoskey, “Ladies Opening Night” (Nov. 20, 4–8 p.m.), https://www.petoskeydowntown.com/events/ladies-opening-night/
Downtown Petoskey, “Downtown Petoskey Holiday Parade” (Nov. 28, 10–11 a.m., Pennsylvania Park), https://www.petoskeydowntown.com/events/petoskey-holiday-parade/
Downtown Petoskey, “Holiday Open House,” https://www.petoskeydowntown.com/events/holiday-open-house/
Photo: Royalbroil, “East Mitchell Street Historic District.jpg,” Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and color-adjusted, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Mitchell_Street_Historic_District.jpg
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