Charlevoix & Petoskey
Harbor Springs
For history, harbor views and the Tunnel of Trees: a small town on the north shore of Little Traverse Bay, with two ski areas nearby for winter.
Festival · Music · Harbor Springs
Blissfest Music Festival
A three-day folk, world and roots music festival with camping at the 200-acre Festival Farm outside Harbor Springs, held the second weekend in July.
Blissfest is a camping festival on a rural farm site with a Harbor Springs address: three days of roots music, with room to jam, learn and camp on the lawn and in the woods.
It runs the second weekend in July, so if you are coming north that week, book lodging or a campsite early.
What to expect
The festival is a three-day weekend of folk, world and roots music, with dance, art and jamming, on a 200-acre farm site at 3695 Division Road, Harbor Springs. Camping is on site. It is the main fundraiser of the nonprofit Blissfest Music Organization.
Location
Where Blissfest Music Festival happens
4 places on an OpenStreetMap map
The pin marks the town; check the organizer for exact venues.
About Harbor Springs
Nearby attractions
Straight-line distances, not driving distances.
Scenic drive
M-119 Tunnel of Trees Scenic Heritage Route
A narrow, winding stretch of M-119 along the Lake Michigan shoreline north of Harbor Springs toward Cross Village, made for a slow drive.
Under a mile away (straight line)
Beach
Zorn Park Beach
Harbor Springs' downtown beach: a marked swim area, a floating raft, picnic lawns, restrooms and lifeguards on select summer days.
Under a mile away (straight line)
Beach
Zoll Street Beach
A dog-friendly beach on Little Traverse Bay near downtown Harbor Springs, with free parking, a restroom and an easy kayak launch.
Under a mile away (straight line)
Places to stay nearby
Inn · Mid-range
Colonial Inn
In the Wequetonsing neighborhood of Harbor Springs
A Harbor Springs inn dating to 1894 in the Wequetonsing summer neighborhood, a member of Historic Hotels of America with 42 restored rooms.
Hotel · Budget
OTIS Harbor Springs
On South Lake Shore Drive (M-119) just outside Harbor Springs, near the Tunnel of Trees
A boutique hotel with a mid-century look on a 10-acre property just outside Harbor Springs, along the road to the Tunnel of Trees.
Resort
The Highlands at Harbor Springs
Near Harbor Springs, north of Petoskey
A Boyne-owned ski and golf resort near Harbor Springs, known as Boyne Highlands until 2022, with several golf courses and downhill skiing.
More events in and around Harbor Springs
- Harbor Springs Ice FestA two-day February festival that fills downtown Harbor Springs with ice sculptures, live carving and an ice park in Zorn Park.
- Odawa Homecoming Pow WowAn August pow wow near Harbor Springs that is free and open to the public, with dance and drum contests and food.
- Ugotta RegattaA late-July sailing regatta on Little Traverse Bay, hosted by the Little Traverse Yacht Club the weekend after the Mackinac races.
- Bay View Fourth of JulyBay View's old-fashioned Fourth morning: a children's bike parade, a parade through the cottage streets and a reading of the Declaration of Independence.
- Bay View Music FestivalA summer music festival in Bay View, billed as the longest continuously operating chamber music festival in the country, with Sunday vesper concerts.
- Boyne City Fourth of JulyA two-day Fourth in Boyne City with an art fair, a raft race on the Boyne River, a kids' bike parade and fireworks over Lake Charlevoix.