White Lake Community Events October 20 - October 26
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October 20th – October 26th, 2025    

Here's What's Happening in the White Lake Area This Week!

🍂 Fall Fun is in Full Swing in the White Lake Area! 🍁 Autumn weather has arrived, and with it comes a week of music, community, and seasonal activities you won’t want to miss. Join us as we celebrate the beauty of fall with events happening all around the White Lake Area.

**Click here to view our full calendar of events, and click here for a sneak peak of what’s to come for Halloween events (starting this week!).

Upcoming WLACVB Events:
Chamber Annual Dinner: Monday, October 20— Click here for event page.

White Lake Area Holiday Walk: Friday & Saturday, November 21 & 22— Click here for event page.
OCT
20
Date: Monday 10/20/25
Time: 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue: Double JJ Resort

Chamber Annual Dinner

White Lake Area Chamber Annual Dinner
📅 Monday, October 20, 2025
📍 Curly Horse American Bistro, Double JJ Resort (5900 S Water Rd., Rothbury)

Social Hour: 5:30 PM | Dinner & Program: 6:30 PM
🎟️ $65/person (includes dinner + 1 drink ticket; cash bar after)

Celebrate the year’s accomplishments and honor outstanding businesses and leaders with awards including Entrepreneur of the Year, Legacy, Lady Laker, El, Honorary, and Board Awards.

To Register, click here.

Sponsors
Premier: Double JJ Resort
Gold: Aludyne, CatchMark Technologies, HarborLight Credit Union, Winberg Construction
Silver: Don Rypma Chevrolet GMC, Pitkin Gift Shoppe, Shelby State Bank, Fetch Brewing Company, Scheid Plumbing Heating & Cooling, Dennis & Sharon Blankenship, White Lake Beacon
OCT
21
Date: Tuesday 10/21/25
Time: 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Venue: Weesies Brothers Garden Center

Fall Family Fun @ Weesies Brothers Garden Center

Fall Family Fun!

Celebrate the season at Weesies Brothers Farms! Enjoy a wagon ride to the U-pick pumpkin patch, a custom playground, two more tractor rides, autumn air, smiles, and laughs. Our extensive Fall Activities Program at our Montague Garden Center is a sight to behold! Join us this Fall for guaranteed family fun!

A pumpkin from the patch is included with your ticket. 

Register here.
MAY
21
Date: Thursday 5/21/26
Time: Thursday 5/21/26

OCT
21
Date: Tuesday 10/21/25
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue: Danny’z Rothbury Tavern

Dannyz Open Pool Tournament-Every Tuesday

Welcome to Dannyz weekly Tuesday Night Open Pool Tournament! Do you have what it takes? We’ve got some pretty great players here and it gets full QUICK! Tournament starts around 7:00 and goes to around 9:00 PM. It is open to the public! So it’s time to chalk up your stick and bring your game. The Danny’z Pool Champion belt is on the line!

Winners receive: Full social media announcement including photo with the prized belt! That’s something to brag about Wednesday morning!
OCT
22
Date: Wednesday 10/22/25
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Venue: White Lake Area Chamber of Commerce

Depot to Depot: Self Guided Fall Color Tour

🚂 Depot to Depot Fall Color Tour

Date: October 1-October 31
Location: Muskegon Union Depot (Muskegon) & White Lake Area Chamber & Visitors Bureau (Whitehall)

Event Description:
Experience the beauty of Michigan’s autumn foliage at your own pace with the Depot to Depot Self-Guided Fall Color Tour. This scenic route stretches from the Muskegon South Pierhead Light at Pere Marquette Beach to the White River Light Station on the White Lake Channel, connecting Muskegon and Whitehall, and into Montague, along the West Michigan Pike Byway.

Start your journey at one (or both!) of Muskegon County’s historic train depots:

  • Muskegon Union Depot Visitor Center (1895 Richardsonian Romanesque style, featuring historic memorabilia, public art, and a classic caboose).
  • White Lake Area Chamber & Visitors Bureau (home to the 90702 historic caboose, celebrating 100 years in 2024, with stunning views of White Lake).

Pick up your free Scenic Route Map, insider tips, and a special fall-themed postcard at either location to kick off your adventure. Visit both depots to collect the complete postcard series!

Along the way, enjoy:
🍂 Brilliant fall colors at their peak mid-October
🍂 Lake Michigan and inland scenic drives
🍂 Local shops, restaurants, and breweries
🍂 Historic sites, trails, and lakeshore views

Depot Hours:

  • Muskegon County Visitor Center – 610 W Western Ave, Muskegon
    Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9 AM – 3 PM
  • White Lake Area Chamber & Visitors Bureau – 124 W Hanson, Whitehall
    Monday – Friday: 9 AM – 3 PM

Tips for Your Tour:
📸 Bring a camera for fall photos
🥾 Wear comfy walking shoes
☕ Make time for local food & seasonal treats
✉️ Fill out your free autumn postcard—we’ll mail it for you!

Click here for downloadable map.
OCT
23
Date: Thursday 10/23/25
Time: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Venue: Muskegon Luge

Hike the Lights – Sunset-10PM

Hike the Lights is a free event, where we turn our ski trail lights on from sunset until 10pm, every night of the week. At Muskegon Luge we have over 4 miles of lighted ski/hiking trails ranging from beginner, accessible trails to intermediate with large hills. A headlamp might be helpful on longer, dark sections of trails. Dogs are welcome too! We love your four legged friends, and just ask that you keep them on a 6 ft. lead and pick up after them. *This is a lighted trail walk, not a “light show trail”. Lights turn off promptly at 10PM due to State Park rules.
OCT
24
Date: Friday 10/24/25
Time: 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Venue: Pub One Eleven

Live Music-Group Therapy

Rock, pop and blues from a multi-generational perspective. We play the music YOU love. Our mission is to bring back good memories and bring on new ones. We play songs that you can sing along too and our music is very danceable.
OCT
25
Date: Saturday 10/25/25
Time: 9:00 am - 9:45 am
Cost: $12
Venue: Renew You Fitness

DrumFIT @ Renew You Fitness

Every Saturday, 9-9:45am 
Drumsticks & high energy fun. Great for all levels.

Book Here: DrumFIT
MAY
21
Date: Thursday 5/21/26
Time: Thursday 5/21/26

OCT
25
Date: Saturday 10/25/25
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: $30
Venue: Arts Council of White Lake

Grief is a Verb

In Grief is a Verb we will create bracelets, pins, and/or magnets in memory of lost loved ones. Express bereavement while honoring your loved ones with simple materials of beads, wire, felt, buttons, fabric scraps and glue. Utilize words, dates, shapes, colors and textures to create a tangible reminder that both channels and expresses deepest feelings. String alphabet beads on wire to spell out a special name, date or word. Glue bits or buttons on a felt base to make a magnet representing your person’s nature or character. This is a hands-on artmaking session to express your grief visually. We will be using scissors, memory wire and hot glue guns but no previous experience is necessary.

Class minimum: 4

Class maximum: 10

About the Instructor:

Jane Reiter has always been an artist and currently works in mixed media collage. As a retired librarian, she enjoys utilizing book and magazine pages in her artwork. She relocated to Lansing, Michigan, from southern New Jersey in 2000.

ACWL-Nuveen classes are supported in part by grants from the Michigan Arts & Culture Coalition, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Nuveen Benevolent Trust.
MAY
21
Date: Thursday 5/21/26
Time: Thursday 5/21/26

White Lake Area Chamber + Visitor's Bureau
124 W. Hanson Street, Whitehall, MI 49461
231.893.4585 | 800.879.9702
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