Saturday, May 24, 2025

 

6:00 p.m. Miss Mancelona Pageant - Mancelona Middle School.  Come join the excitement and pageantry as we crown Miss Mancelona 2025!

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

 

6:00 p.m. Mancelona Kids and Pet Parade - Meet at the Mancelona Middle School at 6:00 p.m. Encourage kids to decorate their bicycles, wagons, scooters. Bring your pets, dress them in costumes. Prizes awarded in several different categories. Fun for all ages. Sponsored by Township Ambulance Authority.

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6:30 p.m. Mancelona Kids and Pet Parade leaves Mancelona Middle School and everyone marches down State Street and will end at the Dairy Delite.

 

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Thursday, May 29, 2025

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5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.  TJ. Schmidt Carnival Opens - New rides and attractions. Join the fun on the midway. Games, food, and thrilling rides for all.
 
5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Crafters Market opens - Check out the new craft booths that have joined the Mancelona Bass Festival this year. Bargains and unique items throughout.
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5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Beverage and Entertainment Tent opens - Beverage and Entertainment Tent opens. Budweiser and Cox
Distributors.  Join us for a relaxing beverage and mingle with friends and family. Sponsored by Jailhouse Cannabis Co. Bass Festival Button required for entry. Must be 21 to enter.
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7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Entertainment in the Beverage and Entertainment Tent - Join us for an evening of music with the band Loophole! Listen as they play old and new, originals and covers. Enjoy a cold beverage as well! Sponsored by Jailhouse Cannabis Co. Bass Festival Button required for entry. Must be 21 to enter.

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Friday, May 30, 2025

 

5:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. T.J. Schmidt Carnival opens - Join the fun on the midway. Ride the Ferris wheel or take a spin on the bumper cars.
 
5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Crafters Market Opens - Check out the specials and try some of the new food vendors that have joined this year’s Festival.
 
5:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Beverage and Entertainment tent opens - It’s Friday and the end of the week. Come on down to the Bass Festival and relax and have a beverage or two. Sponsored by Jailhouse Cannabis Co. Bass Festival Button required for entry. Must be 21 to enter.
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8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.: Entertainment by DJ Ed McCarty - Come join us in the tent for a beverage and great music! Request all your favorite dance tune, County, Rock, Pop, Blues! You name it, Ed can play it!! Entertainment Sponsored by Jailhouse Cannabis Co. Bass Festival Button
required for entry. Must be 21 to enter.

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Saturday, May 31, 2025​

 

​9:00 am - 1:00 pm: Fishing Tournament on Lake Bellaire.

 

11:00 a.m. Mancelona Bass Festival Grand Parade - Come enjoy the 69th annual Bass Festival Parade with floats, cars, businesses, and much more! Entrants will parade from Mancelona High School to M-88. Right on M-88. Through downtown, turning left on North Maple Street, ending at Hinman Street.
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11:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Mancelona Rotary Chicken BBQ Dinner - After the parade join the Mancelona Rotary as they prepare a delicious Chicken BBQ with all the fixings. Dinner will be served in the Beverage and Entertainment Tent located at Palmer Park. 
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12:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. TJ Schmidt and the Carnival Rides open for the Day - Enjoy the kiddie rides as well as rides that will take your breath away.
 
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Mancelona Bass Festival Annual Classic Car and Bike show sponsored by Polar Equator Napa - Relive the dreams of the 50’s, 60’s 70’s and 80’s as cars from all over Northern Michigan come for the day and have a chance to win prizes and trophies in several classes. Register the day of the event when you arrive at the car show. Located at the festival tent.
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12:00 P.M. Corn Hole Tournament begins - Register on the Scoreholio app, or by contacting Steve at 231-676-0248 Check in is 1 hour before start time. Tournament held at the Beverage and Entertainment tent. Sponsored by the Mancelona Moose Lodge and Papa K’s Pizza.
 
12:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Entertainment and Beverage Tent opens - Join your friends and family for a refreshing beverage. Sponsored by Jailhouse Cannabis Co.
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12:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Crafters Market opens - Special sales go on throughout the day as the Mancelona Bass Festival showcases some of its new vendors to this year’s festival.
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12:00 noon. Corn Hole (Bean Bag Toss Tournament) - Sponsored by Mancelona Moose Lodge and Papa K’s Pizza.
 
1:00 pm – 2:00 p.m. Ice Cream Social. Free with Bass Festival Button - Located in front of Entertainment Tent

 
7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.: RPM playing your favorite tunes in the Beverage/Entertainment Tent - A generational rock band playing covers from the 70s to the present. Enjoy a beverage while you listen to the music! Bass Festival Button required for entry. Must be 21 to enter.
Sponsored by Jailhouse Cannabis Co.

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Sunday, June 1, 2025

 

9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Free Pancake Breakfast for the entire community of Mancelona - Sausage, eggs, pancakes, and beverage will be served. Please join your friends and family as the Bass Festival Committee would like to say thank you Mancelona for a great Bass Festival! Festival! 
 
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. TJ Schmidt Carnival - opens for the day
 
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Crafters Market Opens - Enjoy all of the booths at the festival! Maybe you will find that special something for someone, or for yourself!
 
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Grand raffle - Last chance to get your raffle tickets to win some great prizes that the Bass Festival will be giving away.

 

 

Raffle tickets available until 2:00 Sunday at the Entertainment Tent for the Deer Blind
built by the Mancelona High School Power Mechanics, and other prizes for $1 each or 6/$5
 

Bass Festival Buttons will be on sale at various businesses throughout Mancelona soon, as
well as at the festival grounds in front of the Entertainment Tent during the festival for $3 each.​