Vicksburg Old Car Festival & More...

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Adding to Vicksburg's allure are the enticements of our Festivals and community events, each of which is worthy of a day trip to the village that has a history of drawing thousands.

Museum Days

The Vicksburg Deport Museum has more than 10,000 historical and genealogical items in its collection and maintains a historic village of buildings important to the development of Vicksburg and the south Kalamazoo county region. The museum hosts several Saturday events called "Museum Days." These events cover a host of topics from the Civil War to model railroading.

The Vicksburg Museum is open Tuesdays from 1 to 3 p.m., Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m. The facility is closed January through April. For more information about the Vicksburg Historic Village and museum acitivities, visit www.vicksburghistoricvillage.com.

Ice Festival & Chili Cook-Off
February – Downtown Vicksburg

Professional Ice Sculptures begin at 9:00 am, children's games, Chili Cook-off (in the heated tent) begins at 11:00 am, raffles and entertainment, horse-drawn carriage rides, 5K run and ice fishing derby (sponsored by Double L Bait & Marine) on Sunset Lake. For 5K run info, click here and for additional information on the Chili-Fest, visit the Chamber of Commerce Web site at VicksburgChamber.com.

Annual Vicksburg Rotary Club Showboat
February – Vicksburg Performing Arts Center
For tickets call (269) 321-1193

Hearty Hustle
May – Sunset Lake Elemtary School.
Registation 7:30-8:30 am
5K - 9:00 am
Fun Walk - 9:05 am
Baby Bolt - 10:00 am
Award presentation - 10:15 am.

Fulton Memorial Day Parade & Community Potluck
Memorial Day – Downtown Fulton
Children's Parade 12:00 pm, Grand Parade 12:30 pm, Potluck following memorial service at the cemetary.

Vicksburg Old Car Festival
2nd Friday & Saturday in June – downtown Vicksburg

This is Vicksburg's biggest event of the year. Hundreds of classic cars and hot rods. Thousands of visitors. Entertainment begins on Friday evening with 50-60s music and a "cruise". Saturday its the car exhibition and judging plus live entertainment, a swap meet & flee market, the annual Clark Park arts & craft show, Library Book sale, Gas & steam engine show at the Vicksburg Historic Museum grounds and much, much more...Interested in entering a car?

We kick off with a cruise night on Friday night from 6:00-10:00pm. Cars and friends come to gather and get ready for the big car show on Saturday. A great night with a DJ and oldies music for old and young alike.

Saturday morning cars come from all over to be in this family-fun Car Festival. Show runs from 9:00 a.m-4:00 p.m. with trophies being awarded at 3:30.

• Cost to pre-register your car is $10.00 before May 20th and $15.00 the day of the show.
• We have live entertainment all day, peoples choice car awards. 1,000+ cars come to this event. Special guests to be announced.
• An award winning Gas and Steam engine show takes place in our own Historic Village with working engines and lots of information on these vintage machines. And always a special display or invited guests to make it a fun event.
• The Clark Park Arts & Crafts show takes place in conjunction with the Old Car Festival on Saturday June 13th. from 9:00-4:00pm. This juried show is in it's 18th year and is a great hit with everyone in attendance each year. A variety of great hand made items are always on display for sale.

This is a free event! Everyone welcome to come and enjoy our quaint downtown.

For more information:

Car Show Info - contact Carol or Skip Knowles at (269) 649-1312.

For Craft Show Information call Jan or Carol at (269)649.4286 for the Craft show.

Visit visit VicksburgOldCarFestival.com for online registration forms for these events.

Lions Club Annual Summer Festival
July – Vicksburg Recreation Area
Vicksburg Lion's Club presents the 35th Annual Lion's Club Summer Festival, located at the Vicksburg Recreation Park off Sprinkle Road. Looking for volleyball teams and horseshoe teams, please call Doug Stafinski at 649-3253 to sign-up. Thursday night is Family Nite. Live entertainment nightly, Beer & Brats, and more...

K'zoo Folklife Folk Music Festival
July – Vicksburg Historic Village
Two stages of non-stop music, vendor tents and special exhibits.

Annual Vicksburg Community Tailgate Celebration
Friday, September 10, 2010 4:30 to 6:30 before the varsity football game. Areas businesses and services will have booths, free food and entertainment. Celebrate Fall and Football in Vicksburg! For more info call 269-321-1022.

Annual Vicksburg Area Artists Show
Annual Holiday Art Sale held on the first Friday & Saturday or November. Ceramics, Stained Glass, Jewelry, Photography, Metal Art, Watercolors, Fiber Art and more @ Prudential Nursery on Sprinkle Rd - Vicksburg, Michigan. For more information visit www.SouthwestMichiganArtists.com.

Veteran's Day Program
November 11, 2010 | 11 am - 1 pm – Solemn ceremony at Oswalt Park
Coffee & Donut reception at the Vicksburg Community Center

Christmas Tree Lighting
December 7:00 pm – Oswalt Park

Yuletide Parade
First Saturday in December – Downtown Vicksburg
Visit Santa in the community center following the Parade.