Upcoming Events

January 16th, 2025

2025 Ice Time Festival features Ice Guru

DOWAGIAC – Now in its 28^th year, Dowagiac’s Annual Ice Time Festival, is scheduled for Saturday, February 1, and will once again offer a reason to get out of hibernation and visit Dowagiac. The winter festival, a Greater Dowagiac Chamber of Commerce event, takes place mostly in the central business district, with some activities hosted by businesses in close proximity to downtown.

“I am thrilled to share that Ice Sculptures, Ltd. from Grand Rapids, Michigan, will be on site carving a very large, multi-block piece during Dowagiac’s Ice Time Festival,” announced event chairperson Kris Soenen. “ The Ice Guru himself, Randy Finch, will be onsite to create an extra-large marquee ice sculpture out of 10 blocks of ice.”
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September 25th, 2024

Decorate Dowagiac 2024

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A new committee, Decorate Dowagiac, announced today their mission of building upon and enhancing the City of Dowagiac’s traditional holiday streetscape decorations.

“Our goal is to enhance the basics that are already in stock, and add some new features,” stated Melissa Gunn, committee Chairwoman. “Because commercial décor is expensive, this is going to be a group effort in fundraising in order to build a variety of decorations over a few years.”

Gunn stated that the first goal is to embellish the City Christmas Tree that is set up in Beckwith Park annually.
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