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Summer in the City Festival

July 19, 2019 - July 20, 2019
10:00am - 5:00pm

rsz summer in the city 2015 saturday 002Enjoy more than 50 hours of entertainment at Dowagiac Summer in the City July 19 & 20.  Hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, events get underway at 10 a.m.  The community celebration is truly a family-friendly event, featuring The Taste of Dowagiac, a community-wide worship service, vocal, instrumental and dance performances, action sports and Summer on Tap craft brew event.  Parents are sure to appreciate the children’s interactive entertainment and games. Families can browse summer redesign sales of specialty shops, and the booths of craftsmen, artisans and community organizations. To register for booth space call 782.8212 or email VPhillipson@Dowagiac.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latest News from your Chamber

  • January 20th, 2019

    Jan Bloom to Bring in His Team of Four Sled Dogs

    Mid-Union Sled Haulers, known best for its promotion of sled dog racing as a fun, family activity, will be among the featured attractions of Dowagiac’s Ice Time Festival on Saturday, Feb. 2.

    Kris Soenen, festival chairman, said she is thrilled to bring this event back to Dowagiac, where most residents in southwestern Michigan have not experienced this winter sport.  “Mushing and sled hauling is a winter activity that is alive and well in Michigan, in both the upper and lower peninsulas, and locally at Fort Custer State Recreational Area, located between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek.”

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  • January 15th, 2019

    Corporate Underwriters of Ice Time Announced

    Lyons Industries, a Platinum Level and seasoned, 21-year corporate sponsor of the upcoming Ice Time, views the winter arts festival as one of the signature events of our community.

    Lyons is one of five corporate underwriters of the 23rd annual winter festival that returns to the downtown on Saturday, Feb. 2.  Corporate underwriters also include Gold Level sponsors Clark Chapel - Starks Family Funeral Homes and Dowagiac Area Federal Credit Union; and Silver Level sponsors Dowsett Chiropractic Health Center, and SEMCO.

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  • January 2nd, 2019

    Celebrating 80 Years of Pageantry

    Eighty years of Dowagiac pageantry will be celebrated Jan. 12 as this year’s 11 contestants take the stage at Dowagiac Middle School.

    Pageant director Tracy Urbanski, office manager for Dowagiac’s Allergy, Asthma & Sinus Center, invites the public to join this year’s contestants as they step back in time to the roaring 1930s, when ballroom dances were the rage, and motion pictures depicted a time of elegance & sophistication.

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