Downtown Alpena Holiday Open House
Saturday, November 9, 2024 from 11 am- 5 pm
Kickstart your holiday shopping at our annual Holiday Open House! Over 20 downtown stores, taprooms, and galleries will be kicking off the holiday season with festive displays, promotions, themed drinks, and more.
Get a head start on your holiday shopping while supporting local businesses in our downtown.
Get a head start on your holiday shopping while supporting local businesses in our downtown.
Shopping Specials
Holiday Cheer
Downtown Dollars Holiday Promotion
Purchase $75 in Downtown Dollars, get $25 for free! Stop by Parallel 45 Books & Gifts. Limit $100 per customer. Downtown Dollars can be used at over 60 downtown businesses and make a great holiday gift!
- $10 off your $50 purchase at Glik's (111 N State St). Exclusions- Birkenstock, Ugg, Bogg, Vuori, tuxedo and gift cards.
- In-store specials, winter coat trade-in sale, refreshments and holiday fun for their 73rd anniversary at Myers' Fashions Etc. (136 W Chisholm St)
- Make a purchase at Colburn Outfitters (108 N Second Ave) and be entered to win a Women's Woolly Shacket ($219 value) and a Men's 9oz Wool Shirt ($169 value)
Holiday Cheer
- Charcuterie cups & mulled cider for shopping and strolling at PIF Cider (205 W Chisholm St), plus 20% off everything in store, 10% off gift cards, and $1 off all drafts
Downtown Dollars Holiday Promotion
Purchase $75 in Downtown Dollars, get $25 for free! Stop by Parallel 45 Books & Gifts. Limit $100 per customer. Downtown Dollars can be used at over 60 downtown businesses and make a great holiday gift!
Participating Businesses
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Glik's
Colburn Outfitters Local Basket Case Cabin Creek Coffee Friendly Foodees Traveling Ladders Soaps and Such Bolenz Jewelry Regalo Luxury Gifts Thunder Bay Winery HopSide Brewery |
Emery Enterprises
Myers Fashions Etc. Parallel 45 Books & Gifts Sweet Baby James Rusty Petunias Marketplace Thunder Bay Arts Olivet Book & Gift PIF Cider Prattscape's Antique & Gift Shop Sunrise Side Co-Op Market |
Bolenz Jewelry Holiday Parade & Tree-Lighting Ceremony
Friday, November 29, 2024 | 5:30- 8:30 pm
Join us for the annual Bolenz Jewelry Holiday Parade on the Friday after Thanksgiving. The starts at 5:30 pm on the corner of Chisholm St. & 9th Ave. and travels down Chisholm St. through the heart of downtown, finishing on North Second Avenue. This festive event kicks off the season with a magical display of floats, marching bands, and the arrival of Santa. When the parade finishes, come to Culligan Plaza and watch the Christmas tree be lit up in the heart of the city.
Small Business Saturday
Saturday, November 30, 2024
This holiday season let's support our community by choosing to shop local for all your holiday gifts. Join us for a day of shopping and holiday markets on the Saturday after Thanksgiving in Downtown Alpena! The tree in Culligan Plaza will be lit up, downtown will be decorated, and there will be plenty of holiday cheer in Northeast Michigan's most vibrant downtown.
10 am- 2 pm: Mistletoe Market in Culligan Plaza
Hosted by Classic Designs by Doreen Thomas CF, the first holiday market of the day will be filled with evergreen wreaths, swags, garlands, porch pots, and other festive vendors, including kettle corn.
10 am- 6 pm: Shop Small throughout Downtown Alpena
With over 30 shops and 200 locally owned businesses, you're sure to find something for everyone on your list. Walk through the festive city streets with a warm drink in hand and get your holiday shopping done at the small businesses that call downtown home.
Hosted by Classic Designs by Doreen Thomas CF, the first holiday market of the day will be filled with evergreen wreaths, swags, garlands, porch pots, and other festive vendors, including kettle corn.
10 am- 6 pm: Shop Small throughout Downtown Alpena
With over 30 shops and 200 locally owned businesses, you're sure to find something for everyone on your list. Walk through the festive city streets with a warm drink in hand and get your holiday shopping done at the small businesses that call downtown home.
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Sunrise Side New Year's Eve Celebration
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schedule of events
5- 10 pm: Food, drinks, and apps at downtown bars & restaurants
Grab a bite & beverage at one of the following who will be open until at least 10 pm:
5 pm- 9 pm: Dessert & cocoa bar at the Sunrise Side Co-Op Market
Stop by the co-op's new location in the Alpena Marina building (400 E Chisholm St) to warm up with a dessert bar with treats made by local bakers and hot cocoa for sale! Peruse over 30 vendors' goods while you warm up.
6- 8 pm: Smores with Osborne Klein in the Pocket Park
Stop by the Pocket Park (by the fish mural) and get a smores kit to roast over an open fire, thanks to Osborne Klein! Bring the kids for this free activity.
7- 10 pm: New Year's Eve Party at PIF Cider
Live music from Conor Larkin from 7-9 pm. Come see the giant Apple Drop from the ceiling at 10 pm for all you early birds! They'll also have Traci St. Charles, Lady of the Lake Yogini, in house doing tarot card readings; come gain insight into what your new year will hold while waissailing with PIF! $20/ three card reading.
9 pm- 1 am: Mocktails & midnight noodles at Friendly Foodees
Sip specialty mocktails at Friendly Foodees. Their late-night menu will also feature a special noodle dish to ring in the new year.
9- 11:15 pm: Electronic music with Dion Stepanski in the alleyway
The alleyway party starts at 9 pm. Come check out this musical master’s set. He’ll play bass, guitar, sing, and mix some sick beats. Chill house, experimental, ambient, drum and bass. Weather location is indoors at PIF Cider (205 W Chisholm St).
11:15 pm- 1 am: Chris Chrzan DJ in the alleyway
The party continues with a DJ set from Chris Chrzan. Join us for drinks and dancing in the alleyway as we lead up to midnight.
Midnight: Sunrise Celebration
Downtown will be filled with light to celebrate new beginnings in the year ahead. Come to the alleyway/ parking lot area behind Mango's to ring in 2025. Instead of a ball drop, we'll be raising a lit sphere "sunrise" created by the City of Alpena DPW!
Grab a bite & beverage at one of the following who will be open until at least 10 pm:
- Black Sheep Pub
- Red Brick Tap & Barrel
- PIF Cider
- Rusty Petunias Marketplace (open until midnight)
- Mango's Tequila Bar (open until midnight)
- HopSide Brewery (open until midnight)
- JJ's (open until midnight)
- Friendly Foodees (open until 1 am)
- Players Pub & Grub (open until 2 am)
- Sports Page (open until 2 am)
- Latitudes Tavern (open until 2 am)
5 pm- 9 pm: Dessert & cocoa bar at the Sunrise Side Co-Op Market
Stop by the co-op's new location in the Alpena Marina building (400 E Chisholm St) to warm up with a dessert bar with treats made by local bakers and hot cocoa for sale! Peruse over 30 vendors' goods while you warm up.
6- 8 pm: Smores with Osborne Klein in the Pocket Park
Stop by the Pocket Park (by the fish mural) and get a smores kit to roast over an open fire, thanks to Osborne Klein! Bring the kids for this free activity.
7- 10 pm: New Year's Eve Party at PIF Cider
Live music from Conor Larkin from 7-9 pm. Come see the giant Apple Drop from the ceiling at 10 pm for all you early birds! They'll also have Traci St. Charles, Lady of the Lake Yogini, in house doing tarot card readings; come gain insight into what your new year will hold while waissailing with PIF! $20/ three card reading.
9 pm- 1 am: Mocktails & midnight noodles at Friendly Foodees
Sip specialty mocktails at Friendly Foodees. Their late-night menu will also feature a special noodle dish to ring in the new year.
9- 11:15 pm: Electronic music with Dion Stepanski in the alleyway
The alleyway party starts at 9 pm. Come check out this musical master’s set. He’ll play bass, guitar, sing, and mix some sick beats. Chill house, experimental, ambient, drum and bass. Weather location is indoors at PIF Cider (205 W Chisholm St).
11:15 pm- 1 am: Chris Chrzan DJ in the alleyway
The party continues with a DJ set from Chris Chrzan. Join us for drinks and dancing in the alleyway as we lead up to midnight.
Midnight: Sunrise Celebration
Downtown will be filled with light to celebrate new beginnings in the year ahead. Come to the alleyway/ parking lot area behind Mango's to ring in 2025. Instead of a ball drop, we'll be raising a lit sphere "sunrise" created by the City of Alpena DPW!
