Wenonah Park

From football games to haunted houses to corn mazes, the Great Lakes Bay Region shines in the fall.

If you seek a pleasant fall activity, look about you

From spooky evening tours of a haunted ship to sunny days spent lost in corn mazes, fall is a season of delights in Bay County.  

Catchy tunes and lyrics crafted by the group Men At Work still fill the radio airways. (Photo courtesy of Men At Work)
Colin Hay brings the Australian sounds of Men At Work to Bay City’s Wenonah Park

Icons of the 1980s music scene – Men At Work, Rick Springfield, and John Waite ­– set to perform in Wenonah Park on Aug. 27.  

Concert-goers will pack Wenonah Park on Fri., Aug. 12 for a concert featuring The Verve Pipe and Five For Fighting.
The Verve Pipe promises to hit the Wenonah Park stage with a mix of its classic hits and new songs

Members of The Verve Pipe used the 2019 COVID-19 shutdowns to spend time creating new music for its 2022 tour. That tour, also featuring Five For Fighting, stops in Bay City this week.  

Vibrant colors filled the streets of Downtown Bay City during the 2019 Chalk Walk Art Festival. (Photo courtesy of Studio 23)
Downtown Bay City gets colorful this weekend with the annual Chalk Walk

The Bay City Chalk Walk brings music, crafts, and chalk art to Downtown Bay City on Sat., Aug. 13.

Nicole McKay, who created a mural inside Survival Fitness, is a self-taught artist who specializes in abstract pet portraits. (Photo courtesy of Nicole McKay)
A mural inside a Bay City gym has become a social media star

Survival Fitness asked local artist Nicole McKay to create a mural inside its gym. Now, that mural is a popular backdrop for selfies and group portraits after workouts.  

Multiple events happen every day in Downtown Bay City, making it difficult to keep track of what happens when. A new interactive calendar aims to make it easier to find event details.
Clickable, interactive, and easily integrated – Downtown Bay City calendar makes planning easier

From yoga classes to rock music, Downtown Bay City created an interactive calendar to help keep track of all your entertainment options  

The trees planted included bare root whips, which are young trees. The SBLC also planted some larger saplings. (Photo courtesy of Zachary Branigan)
Program to spread trees throughout Bay and Saginaw counties takes root

The Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy is taking steps to address the critical need for more trees in Bay City and Saginaw.

The Disability Services Resource Center may be best-known for building ramps, but it also offers a popular summer program for people with special needs.
Enrichment programs open this summer through the Disability Services Resource Center

Two Bay area residents explain how Disability Services Resource Center summer enrichment programs helped them grow.

Teen sailors are needed for a summer program aboard the Appledore.
No boat, no problem. Bay County offers many options for water access.

As spring and summer edge nearer in Bay County, a variety of services stand ready and waiting to get residents out on the water and enjoying what the local waterways have to offer.  

Bay City is home to unique, natural amenities. Now, local leaders are using the American Rescue Plan money to build on what we have.
Local leaders ready themselves to put ARPA dollars to work in the Bay County region

Bay Future Inc. is using $2 million in ARPA funds to help Bay County businesses recover from the pandemic and to attract and retain a high-quality workforce.

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