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Plan Your Marquette Stay

Events in Marquette

Festivals, races, live music, and local traditions worth the trip.

Our Local Picks

Worth planning your stay around

Marquette’s calendar is full of reasons to stay a little longer. These are our local picks for the festivals, races, music, art, and community traditions most worth planning around, with dates and details linked directly to official sources.

  • Live Music

    Next Up

    Music on Third Street

    6–9 p.m.

    North Third Street

    Step outside the hotel and follow the sound of local musicians along Third Street, with shops, restaurants, and the downtown Social District open for the evening.

    Source: Downtown Marquette

    Official Details

  • Running

    Marquette Marathon

    Marquette County; finish at the Superior Dome

    Run the marathon, half marathon, relay, or Wildcat 5K on fast courses that finish beside the hotel at NMU’s Superior Dome.

    Source: Marquette Marathon

    Official Details

  • 21+ Festival

    U.P. Fall Beer Festival

    1–6 p.m.

    Mattson Lower Harbor Park

    Sample Michigan-made beer beside Lake Superior, with local food and live music rounding out this ticketed, adults-only afternoon.

    Source: Michigan Brewers Guild

    Official Details

  • Endurance Adventure

    Marji Gesick

    Marquette and the west end of Marquette County

    Take on—or support—the famously demanding trail-running and mountain-bike races that send competitors deep into Marquette County singletrack.

    Source: 906 Adventure Team

    Official Details

  • Film & Outdoors

    Fresh Coast Film Festival

    Walkable venues across downtown Marquette

    Discover documentary films, filmmaker conversations, and guided outdoor tours celebrating the Great Lakes, resilient communities, and life outside.

    Source: Fresh Coast Film Festival

    Official Details
More To Explore

Find events for your exact dates

  • Travel Marquette

    Search the county-wide calendar for concerts, exhibits, pop-ups, races, and events happening during your exact travel dates.

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  • Downtown Marquette

    Find markets, street music, holiday celebrations, and other events in Marquette’s walkable downtown district.

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  • Northern Michigan University

    See public lectures, performances, exhibits, and Wildcat community events on the NMU campus beside the hotel.

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Stay close to what’s happening

Superior Stay Hotel puts you next to NMU and the Superior Dome, within walking distance of Third Street, and just minutes from downtown and the Lake Superior shoreline.

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