Schedule of the Event:

February 7, 2025

5:45 PM- Opening Ceremony begins (Meijer State Games Event)

6:20 PM- Cauldron is lit, signifying the start of the Marquette Winter Games (Meijer State Games Event)

5-7 PM- Negaunee Eagles: Fish Fry

5-7 PM- Negaunee Elks: Open House (Cudighi Dinner, Pioneer Days fundraiser)

5-7 PM- Negaunee Elks: South Shore Fishing Association Registration (Teal Lake Fishing Derby)

6-9 PM- UP Luge Club: Public Sliding

7 PM- Negaunee VFW: Open House and Bingo

6-11- PM Negaunee Hockey League: Tournament- Negaunee Ice Arena

5:45 PM- Opening Ceremony begins (Meijer State Games Event)

6:20 PM- Cauldron is lit, signifying the start of the Marquette Winter Games (Meijer State Games Event)

5-7 PM- Negaunee Eagles: Fish Fry

5-7 PM- Negaunee Elks: Open House (Cudighi Dinner, Pioneer Days fundraiser)

5-7 PM- Negaunee Elks: South Shore Fishing Association Registration (Teal Lake Fishing Derby)

6-9 PM- UP Luge Club: Public Sliding

7 PM- Negaunee VFW: Open House and Bingo

6-11- PM Negaunee Hockey League: Tournament- Negaunee Ice Arena

February 8, 2025

7 AM to 2 PM- South Shore Fishing Association: Teal Lake Fish Derby

8 AM to Noon- Negaunee Eagles: Breakfast

10 AM to 2PM- Ishpeming Ski Club: Open House

10 AM to 11 AM- Negaunee Library: Heikki Lunta Trivia Game

10 AM to 3 PM- Negaunee Senior Center:  Finish Heritage Display and Pasty Luncheon at 11 AM

11 AM to 1 PM- Snow Volleyball: Jackson Mine Park (Meijer State Games Event)

Noon to 3 PM- Jackson’s Pit Gourmet Grill and Bar: Heikki Lunta Hot Wings Trivia Challenge

9 to11 AM- UP Luge Club: Luge (Meijer State Games Event)

11 AM to 2 PM- UP Luge Club: Public Sliding

1 to 3 PM- Historic Downtown Talk and Walk w/Mike Ilmonen

1 to 3 PM- Negaunee KOC: All School Art Show

3:30 PM- UP Luge Club: Almost Sundae Cup

3 to 6 PM- Family Day: Sledding, Gourmet S’mores, Miniature Horse Rides, presented by Negaunee Lions Club, Ishpeming Rotary Club, and Hee Haw Farm and Old Coots Veterans

3 to 6 PM- Icelophone: Ice Music by Carrie Biolo, present by NextHome Superior Living

5 to 8 PM- Live Music at Heikki’s Warming Tent (Daydreamers 5 PM – 8PM), presented by NMU

6 to 8 PM- Snowshoe Lantern Tour of Historic Old Town, presented by Cliffs Shaft Museum

7 PM- Negaunee VFW Open House

9 AM to7 PM- Negaunee Hockey League: Tournament- Negaunee Ice Arena

8 PM- Fireworks, presented by Campfire Coffee UPEA, and LiUna.

February 9, 2025

12:45 to 3:30 PM- UPCross: Freeze Yer Fanny Fatbike Race

1:00 PM- Upper Peninsula Brewing Company: Pasty Eating Contest, presented by UP Brewing and Irontown Pasties

9 AM to 1 PM- Negaunee Hockey League: Tournament- Negaunee Ice Arena

Date: February 7-9, 2025

Location: Downtown Negaunee, Negaunee, MI 49866

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