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• Upcoming Events

  • 18 September:
    • Harvest Stompede - Annual Vineyard Run & Walk - September 18 & 19, 2010 (all day)
    • Leland Heritage Celebration - September 18, 2010 (all day)
  • 4 October:
    • The Homestead - Watercolor Painting Workshop with Edee Joppich - October 4 - 7, 2010 (all day)
  • 15 October:
    • The Homestead - Autumn Dunes Eco-Photo Tour Weekend - October 15 - 17, 2010 (all day)
  • 29 October:
    • The Homestead - Autumn in the Vineyards Weekend - October 29 to 31, 2010 (all day)
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We’re celebrating the opening of our new tasting room!

The time has finally come, after a year and a half of construction we’re in our new post and beam tasting room! Please come join us in celebrating the opening with live music from Blue Dirt (3- 5:30pm) and The New Third Coast with Norm Wheeler (6- 9pm). Mary in the Morning will also be on-site before the event from 12-3pm doing live broadcasts and giving out prizes, so feel free to come on out early!

Tickets are $15 (buy ‘em online, call 231-271-1188, or at the door) and include 5 complimentary wine pours, a pig roast, and music! Festivities begin at 3pm on June 26th.

Also, on Saturday only, with the purchase of a case (12 bottles) or more of wine, get a free silk-screened t-shirt and a coupon for 20% off your next case purchase!

Visit Forty-Five North Website >>>>

Rise and Shine, Wake Up and Join Us in Shaking off the Winter Blues!

Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!” ~Robin Williams

It has been said that no matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. Join us on May 1st & 2nd, 2010 for the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association’s annual Spring Sip & Savor wine trail event. As our vineyards wake to the sun & warmth of May, we kick off the season with a brunch-themed wine and food pairing at each of the 18 wineries on the wine trail.

For added fun, event participants are encouraged to keep their pajamas on when they set out in the morning and try to win one of the prizes that many of the wineries will be offering. In addition to the pajama contest, this year we will be welcoming ‘fancy hats’ as part of the judging.

The grand prize consists of two nights lodging at The Homestead in Glen Arbor during any season of the year (subject to availability), dinner for two with appetizers and desert at La Becasse in Maple City, Sunday brunch for two at the Bluebird in Leland, a wood fire pizza from Black Star Farms, perfect for lunch or light meal out on the trail and a fabulous gift basket filled with goodies.

Visit up to 8 wineries on Saturday from 11 to 6pm, and up to 8 on Sunday from noon to 6pm.

Tickets are just $30 and include wine and food pairings at each winery, a limited edition LPVA glass coffee cup and a $10 gift certificate, that can be used at any LPVA winery!

Visit Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association Website >>>>

The 2010 Inland Seas Music Festival will take place on Saturday, July 17, 2010 from 10:00am - 5:00pm on the waterfront at the Inland Seas Education Center in Suttons Bay.

“Song of the Lakes” to be Feature Attraction
The Inland Seas Music Festival will provide live music from several area groups throughout the day. Performances on the main stage include:

* 10:00 - 11:15am - “Handy Billy”
* 11:30am - 2:00pm - “Wild Sullys”
* 2:30 - 5:00pm - “Song of the Lakes”

Live music will also be provided down by the boardwalk, with the “Interlochen Ensemble-Brass Quintet” performing in the morning and “Handy Billy” performing in the afternoon.

5K Schoolship Run will Kick Off the Festival
This year’s Inland Seas Music Festival will begin at 9:00am with a 5K Schoolship Run along scenic Lake Michigan. It is only $30 to participate, and all racers who register before July 7th will receive a t-shirt and water bottle. A lite snack will also be provided after the race. Age group awards will be presented during a ceremony after the race. Click here to register.

Visit Inland Seas Music Festival Website >>>>

Escape from the ordinary with a concert on the Top of Bay Mountain at The Homestead with Musica Batteria, the duo of Lynn Koch and Kristen Tait. Performing on vintage rosewood marimba, you will enjoy an evening of classical, ragtime, jazz and popular favorites in a spectacular setting overlooking the Sleeping Bear Bay. It’s a musical treat you won’t want to miss!

Tickets: $15/person. Chairlift rides to the top of the mountain begin at 6pm. Multi-passenger shuttle service also available. Cash bar. Concert begins at 7pm.

For more information and to pre-purchase tickets, call Lindy Kellogg at 231.334.5378.

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Join us at The Homestead for The Western Brass Quintet atop Bay Mountain overlooking Lake Michigan, Sleeping Bear Bay and the Manitou Islands presented by The Manitou Music Festival. Concert begins at 7pm. Transportation to the top of Bay Mountain is by chairlift or six passenger golf cart and begins at 6pm. Beverages available for purchase. Please, no coolers.

The Western Brass Quintet has entertained national and international audiences with cutting-edge, virtuosic repertoire for over four decades. Serving as an ensemble in residence at Western Michigan University, the group strives to educate community and school audiences concerning the expressive capabilities of brass instruments by performing high-quality brass chamber music and by regularly working with students in clinics. Members of the ensemble frequently perform with some of the finest ensembles and musicians in the world and are committed to elevating the level and perception of brass chamber music.

The Manitou Music Festival presents exciting and diverse concerts featuring national and regional performers of classical, jazz, and folk music in idyllic outdoor & family friendly locations. Founded in 1991 by members of the Glen Arbor Art Association, the Manitou Music Festival takes place in the pastoral splendor of Leelanau County, in the Northwest corner of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

For more Manitou Music Festival information and to reserve tickets visit www.glenarborart.org.

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Join other Telemark skiers for a weekend of freeheeling at the resort and in the adjoining Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. There will be clinics for all ability levels, a NASTAR race and fun!

Clinics available from 10am to 4pm. NASTAR race at 2pm.

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