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Our Events
Here is a look into our events: make sure to click on each logo to head to the event's website!
Festival Fridays
May - August | 4 Mini-Festivals www.FoodTruckRallyKZ.com
It’s a pop-up festival. Everything you expect from a festival: live music, food trucks, merchandise vendors, games, and adult beverages. The attendees are diverse in ethnic backgrounds, they love music, unique food experiences, and they like drink pairings. They typically range from 18-55, they have jobs and love urban settings and classify themselves as “foodies.” The events attract about 800- 1,500 attendees.
KalamaTopia
November 6
www.KalamaTopia.com
KalamaTopia is a Friday happy hour of celebrating all things made by small businesses. Embracing the cold, there will be tents, heaters, and hot and cold (adult) beverages brewed right here in Kalamazoo. This event will feature artists and merchandise vendors (almost like a Chriskindlemart style) that specialize in anything made in Kalamazoo County as well as Michigan. It is designed as an expo where vendor booth tables will line the Kalamazoo Mall from E. Michigan Avenue to Eleanor Street and is free to attend.
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Vineyard Classic Bike Tour
September Paw Paw Wine & Harvest Festival www.VineyardClassicBikeTour.com
The Paw Paw Vineyard Classic Bike Tour has been a tradition in Paw Paw for more than 40 years. The event features three bike tour routes (23 miles, 43 miles, and 57 miles) that pass through lush vineyards and orchards right at the peak of the harvest season.
Do-Dah Parade
June | First Saturday www.DoDahKzoo.com
The parade has been part of the Kalamazoo landscape for 33 years. It’s a tradition and it is the funniest parade. If families are your target audience, this event is a must because they come to laugh, point fingers, and know that Kalamazoo is just plain fun. It’s a parody parade.
Kalamazoo Block Parties
June - October
A series of five neighborhood block parties designed to meet marginalized families in their front yard connecting youth with community programming. The event is designed to be a highlight in the neighborhood’s summer event schedule. Police officers support the event by helping with activities and creating conversations. As a summer event student-athletes run this event learning business, event, and community engagement and responsibility
Kzoo Event Academy
Quarterly Events
The Kzoo Event Academy is a workshop focused program that allows college students the opportunity to host and direct an educational workshop within the field of event planning and management. The process of learning by teaching isn’t just limited to comprehension. It helps students develop essential social-emotional learning skills improving efficacy, confidence and communication skills. The target audience group is topic specific which allows for a results-based sponsorship.
Scripps Spelling Bee
March 21
It’s the real Scripps National Spelling Bee that is hosted in Kalamazoo County in March. KELC events agreed to be the fiscal sponsor for the event, coordinate the regional competition, and then raise the funds to support the winner and their representatives to attend the National Spelling Bee in Washington DC. This event accentuates community learning, academic competition outside the classroom, and social/emotional learning.
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