Grayling’s
AuSable River Festival
Schedule
of Events
Friday, July 22
Grayling Summer Music Series ~ "The Wise Guys" ~ 6 pm ~ Citizens Bank Lawn.
Saturday, July 23
Sprints for C-2 Race ~ 10 am ~ City Park
~ Sponsored by Spike's Keg O' Nails.
Spike's Challenge C-1 Race ~
6 pm ~ Borchers’ AuSable Canoe Livery ~ Sponsored by
Spike's Keg O' Nails.
Sunday,
July 24
Spike's Challenge Race ~ 8:30 am ~ Ray's Canoe Livery ~ Sponsored
by Spike's Keg O' Nails.
Tuesday,
July 26
Children’s Day ~ 10 am-2 pm ~ City Park ~ Sponsored by Major Contributors.
Ice Cream Social & Dance - King & Queen Inauguration ~ 5:30 pm ~ 308
Lawndale Street ~ Sponsored by Crawford County Commission on Aging.
Wednesday,
July 27
HUP Race (Hurry Up & Paddle - or Sink – Race) ~ 6 pm ~ City Park ~ Sponsored by Grayling Uptown
District Association.
Thursday, July 28
Community Coffee Break ~ 8-11 am ~ Citizens Bank ~ Sponsored
by Citizens Bank.
Joel Tacey’s Stiltwalking Extravaganza ~ 1 pm ~ AuSable Primary School ~
Sponsored by Friends of the Library.
Business Relay Races ~ 5-7 pm ~ From Penrod's to Ray's Canoe Livery ~ Sponsored by Camp Grayling Conservation Club.
Friday,
July 29
River Festival Book Sale ~ 4-7 pm ~ Devereaux Memorial Library ~
Sponsored by Friends of the Library.
30th Annual AuSable River Fine Arts & Craft Show ~ 10 am-8 pm ~ City Park.
Sponsored by the Grayling Regional Chamber of Commerce
Annual "Quilt Sitters" Quilt Show ~ 10 am-5 pm ~ Icehouse Quilt Shop ~ Free Admission.
Casey Challenge Youth Canoe Races ~ 10 am ~ Borchers’ Canoe Livery ~ For youths 12-17 ~ Sponsored
by Borchers’ AuSable Canoe Livery.
Grayling Eagles Pre-Marathon Dinner & Entertainment
~ Dinner 4-7 pm & Entertainment 7:30
p.m.
~ $1 cover charge ~ Public Welcome.
Saturday, July 30
30th Annual AuSable River Fine
Arts & Craft Show ~ 10 am-6 pm ~ City Park.
Annual "Quilt Sitters" Quilt Show ~ 10 am-5 pm ~ Icehouse Quilt Shop ~ Free Admission.
26th Annual GRA AuSable River 10K & 1-Mile Fun Run ~ Check in 7:30-8:30 a.m. ~ Race begins at 9 am ~ Start & finish at Grayling High School
Football Stadium ~ Sponsored by Grayling Visitors Bureau, Hart
Pontiac-GMC-Buick, Weyerhaeuser, AuSable Family Dental, Gannon Broadcasting, MilltownTitle
& Escrow.
Marathon Breakfast ~ 9 am- 1 pm ~ 308 Lawndale Street ~ $3 Seniors, $5 Non-Seniors
~ Sponsored by Crawford County Commission on Aging ~ Everyone Welcome.
Classic
Car Show ~ 9 am-2 pm ~ Michigan
Avenue ~ Sponsored
by Scheer Motors, Grayling Uptown District Association, Grayling Visitors
Bureau, Davis Jewelers.
Food Court ~
10 am-6pm ~ Michigan Avenue.
Rock
Wall ~ 10 am-6 pm ~ Michigan
Avenue
Horseshoe Tournament ~ 10 am ~ Grayling Eagles Hall - M-72 West~
~ Sponsored by Grayling Eagles #3465.
12th Annual Ox & Pork Roast ~ 11 am-6 pm ~ Grayling Eagles Hall on M-72 West ~ Sponsored by Grayling Eagles
#3465.
10th Annual Rotary Chicken BBQ Dinner
~ 12noon-6 pm ~ American Legion Hall ~ Sponsored by Grayling Rotary
Club.
Marathon Mass ~ 4:30 pm ~ K of C Hall.
Michelson Memorial Church Ice Cream Social ~ 12noon-4 pm ~ 400 E. Michigan Avenue.
AuSable River Festival Parade ~ 3 pm ~ On Michigan Avenue ~ "Seasons &
Holidays-12 Months of the Year" ~ Sponsored by Grayling Parade Committee.
AuSable River Canoe Parade ~ 6:10 pm ~ From Ray's
to Penrod's ~ Decorate a canoe with the theme of "Grayling & the
AuSable - Just for the Fun of It" ~ Cash Prizes ~ Sponsored by Shagbark
Angus Farms, Caledonia.
AuSable River Challenge Races ~ 4 pm
registration ~ Race begins at 4:30 pm ~ From Ray's to Burton’s Landing ~ Fun Race for 3 classes (aluminum
canoes, non-aluminum canoes, kayaks) ~ $10 entry fee ~ Sponsored by Shagbark
Angus Farms, Caledonia.
Grayling Fish Hatchery Restoration Project Raffle Drawing ~ 6 pm ~ Win an Old Town Osprey 140 Canoe with two Carlisle
Paddles ~ Crawford County Building. Tickets-$5 each or 6 for $25.
58th Weyerhaeuser AuSable River Canoe Marathon Canoe Race ~ 9 pm ~ LeMans-style start from Michigan Avenue to Ray’s Canoe Livery.
Street Dance on Michigan Avenue ~ 9:30-11
pm ~
Michigan Avenue ~ Sponsored
by Fund Finders.
Sunday, July 31
Avita Water Black Bear Bicycle
Tour ~ 8 am ~ Start on Michigan Avenue departing for Oscoda ~
Sponsored by Grayling Rotary Club.
