Marquette Harvest Festival

SOMETHING FUN FOR EVERYONE AT ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL!

Marquette, MI – Marquette welcomed the fall season with their second annual Harvest Festival on Saturday October 11, 2014. Taking up an entire block of West Baraga Ave., the festival kicked off at three in the afternoon.

Young girls work on a sidewalk painting during the annual Marquette Harvest Festival. (photo by Alyssa German)

A performance artist dressed as bronze statue fascinates a young festival goer. (photo by Alyssa German)

Plenty of activities and events were scheduled until 8 P.M., including: trivia, pasty eating contest, carhartt fashion show, photo booth, carousel rides, living statues, and face painting. A variety of food vendors and sidewalk sales were stationed throughout the crowd along with a separated beer tent serving New Holland Brewing Company’s craft beer.

A line up of bands including Nick Adams and the Aral Sea Divers, Chasin’ Steel, and Ben Daniels Band (Jeff Daniel’s son of course!) were set to play in between events.

Carousel rides are part of the fun during the Harvest Festival activities. (photo by Alyssa German)

Folks fill Baraga Ave. at the Marquette Harvest Festival.

The main event was the chalk painting contest sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum’. Locals and businesses sponsored squares of various sizes, and artists of all ages were assigned a square. The festival attendees voted on the masterpieces and a winner was announced at the end of the night.

Harvest Fest was a fun and free experience for the entire family. It has become a great addition to Marquette’s festival collection, and was a perfect event to end the summer and gear us up for the winter months to come.

Local residents and businesses sponsored squares along Baraga Ave. to be painted at Harvest Fest. (photo by Alyssa German)

by Alyssa German

Creative was a word I never thought of to use to describe myself with. Now in my final semester at NMU, I've met a completely different side of myself that was awakened by my career choice. I really only considered photography as a dream job but after two switches of my major, it seemed like photography was always staring me in the face and I just kept running in the opposite direction. Choosing an art filled direction has been one of those ultimate life-changing decisions. I now find myself experimenting many of my interests and let me tell you, it's a long list.

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