Celebrate Saginaw’s 150th
Official Site of Saginaw, Michigan's Sesquicentennial
Schedule of Sesquicentennial Events
39th Annual African Cultural Festival
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10-12, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Morley School Park
Fireworks Preview
Friday, August, 10, 2007, Dark
Morley Plaza, following Friday Night Live Kids' Night Out
Purchase your copy of 'S is for Saginaw' commemorative book illustrated by SASA students. And be sure to check out the 'Dawn of Education' mural by Saginaw native David Torrez, on the north wall of Citizens Bank.
Fireworks sponsored by Citizens Bank.
Vintage Base Ball
Saturday, August 11, 2007, 9:30 a.m.
Ojibway Island
Baseball as it was played in 1867. No gloves, no spitting, no cursing. And no bleachers; be sure to bring a lawn chair.
Parade
Saturday, August 11, 2007, 11 a.m.
Downtown to Old Town
Starts at Jeffersonand E. Genesee, featuring 3 marching bands, former mayors and the Plymouth Fife and Drum Corps.
Parade sponsored by St. Mary's of Michigan Medical Center.
Concert on the Square
Saturday, August, 11, 2007, approximately 12:30 p.m.
Free live music from the Courthouse Lawn and Borchard Park Gazebo.
Courthouse Lawn
1 p.m.: Barbarosa
2 p.m.: Xochiquetzal Dancers
3 p.m.: TNT Blues Band
Borchard Park Gazebo
2 p.m.: Out of Context
Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, August, 11, 2007, 8 p.m.
Ojibway Island Band Shell
Free concert by the SBSO, featuring some of the 1850s' most popular classical works, a variety of patriotic melodies, and works that showcase the best-loved works of Saginaw's Tin Pan Alley composers.
Fireworks Show
Saturday, August 11, 2007, 9:35 p.m.
Ojibway Island
Free public seating at Danaher/Thomson parking lot and Ojibway Island.
Fireworks sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company.
Harvest Days
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sept. 19, 21, 22
Downtown Saginaw Farmer's Market
Celebrate the history of Saginaw's agricultural heritage.
Saginaw History Tours
Sundays and Wednesdays from August through November. Complete schedule here.
For a complete listing of special events hosted by Old Saginaw City, visit http://www.oldsaginawcity.com/Events.aspx
To be part of the parade, contact Jeanne Conger, PRIDE in Saginaw.