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Whitehall and Montague
Twin towns on White Lake for a mix of lighthouse, beach and bike trail, with Duck Lake State Park nearby and the start of the Hart-Montague Trail.
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White Lake Area Arts and Crafts Festival
A June weekend of artist and crafter booths at Goodrich Park in Whitehall, with live music, festival food and inflatables, now in its fifth decade.
The White Lake Area Arts and Crafts Festival has filled Goodrich Park in Whitehall for more than four decades. It falls on a weekend in mid to late June, which in recent years has been Father’s Day weekend.
It is a relaxed, small-town show: browse the booths, grab festival food and let the kids work off energy on the inflatables while a band plays. Go Saturday if you want the longer hours. The White Lake Area Chamber posts the year’s dates in its events newsletter.
What to expect
Vendors fill Goodrich Park in Whitehall near White Lake for a Saturday and Sunday in June, with live music, festival food and inflatables for kids. The 2026 festival was the 47th. Hours have been longer on Saturday than on Sunday; check the chamber's listing for the year.
Location
Where White Lake Area Arts and Crafts Festival happens
4 places on an OpenStreetMap map
The pin marks the town; check the organizer for exact venues.
About Whitehall and Montague
Nearby attractions
Straight-line distances, not driving distances.
Historic site
The Playhouse at White Lake (Howmet Playhouse)
Whitehall's 1916 theater, renovated and renamed the Playhouse at White Lake, with summer theater, Michigan music, films and youth theater.
Under a mile away (straight line)
Lighthouse
White River Light Station
An 1875 brick lighthouse at the White Lake channel, now a maritime museum, with a 38-foot tower you can climb in season.
About 5 miles away (straight line)
Attraction
Muskegon Luge Adventure Sports Park
A year-round adventure park inside Muskegon State Park with a luge track, lighted cross-country ski trails and skating in winter, and a zip line in summer.
About 10 miles away (straight line)
Places to stay nearby
Resort · Upscale
Michillinda Lodge
On the Lake Michigan shore on Scenic Drive, Whitehall
A long-running cottage resort on Lake Michigan near Whitehall, with guest buildings spread over wooded acres above the beach.
Confirm details before booking
Hotel · Budget
The Weathervane Inn
On the White Lake shore in downtown Montague
A 23-room inn on the White Lake waterfront in Montague, a short walk from downtown and beside the Hart-Montague trail.
More events in and around Whitehall and Montague
- Walk the Beat White LakeA free July afternoon of live music spread across downtown Whitehall and Montague, with dozens of acts at venues you stroll between.
- White Lake Fourth of JulyWhitehall and Montague share the Fourth: a parade from one city hall to the other and fireworks over White Lake around the holiday.
- Grand Haven Art FestivalA three-day June art festival that fills downtown Washington Avenue with artists' booths, with free admission and a Saturday family day.
- Lakeshore Art FestivalA late-June weekend in downtown Muskegon with nearly 250 juried fine art and craft exhibitors, an artisan food market and a children's lane.
- Spring Lake Heritage FestivalA June festival week in Spring Lake that opens with a wooden and classic boat show at Mill Point Park and includes a free family fun night.