North Shore Events

Each small town celebrates nature, arts and history, the great outdoors, local and regional talents, holidays and community. And you’re invited to join in. This North Shore Calendar of Events lists all kinds of goings-on; guided hikes, 99-mile bike races, fine art exhibits, pie-eating contests, solstice celebrations, historical talks, workshops, classes, summer festivals, small town parades, and the annual lighting of Split Rock Lighthouse.

Check out what’s going on during your visit!

Silver Bay Music in the Park Free Concert Series

July 19, 2024 - September 6, 2024

7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

City Center Park

Rocky Wall Productions is hosting a free outdoor concert series, consisting of different performers every Friday for 8 weeks! The shows will be held at [...]

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Northwoods Quilts Gallery Exhibition

August 17, 2024 - September 8, 2024

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery

Join us for our latest gallery exhibition, Northwoods Quilts featuring artist Beret Borson Nelson. Putting on display just how versatile thread and fabric can be, [...]

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Chippewa City Church Tours

August 18, 2024

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Chippewa City Church

Historic Cook County invites you to tour St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, known locally as the “Chippewa City Church" every summer weekend, Fri - Sun, [...]

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Gooseberry Falls event - Get Hooked on Flies

August 18, 2024

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Gooseberry Falls State Park

State Parks

Get hooked on the intricate art of fly tying and even make a fly you can test out the next time you go fishing. Learn [...]

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Split Rock Lighthouse event: Moose-sterious Mammals

August 18, 2024

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park

State Parks

Stop on by the nature cart as we uncover and discuss one of North America's most elusive and moose-sterious creatures found in our neck of [...]

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Split Rock Lighthouse event: Tenacious Trees Walk

August 18, 2024

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park

State Parks

Join us on a leisurely guided nature walk as we learn to identify 5-10 common trees found along the North Shore. We'll explore the remarkable [...]

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Writing as Listening

August 18, 2024

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center

Natural

Diver Van Avery will lead a tour around Sugarloaf Cove and offer writing prompts to help people practice writing as an act of opening up, [...]

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Music in the Park, Grand Marais

August 18, 2024

1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Harbor Park Grand Marais

The Grand Marais Music Collaborative (GMMC) and Visit Cook County invite you to enjoy live music in the park, on the waterfront in downtown Grand [...]

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Split Rock Lighthouse event: Day Hill Interpretive Hike

August 18, 2024

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park

State Parks

Join Interpretive Park Naturalist on a guided hike up Day Hill. The hike takes visitors up a mass of anorthosite, an unusual igneous rock of [...]

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Live Music at Gun Flint Tavern

August 18, 2024

3:00 pm - 12:00 am

Gun Flint Tavern

Sundays 3-6pm Medicine River Wednesdays 6-9pm Joe Paulik on the Rooftop Thursdays 6-9pm Bump Blomberg on the Rooftop Fridays 7 or 8pm, live music Saturdays [...]

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