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2025 Grand Marais Fisherman’s Picnic

2025 Grand Marais Fisherman’s Picnic

Join us for the 2024 Grand Marais Fisherman’s Picnic on August 1-4, 2024 in Downtown Grand Marais, Minnesota. This is way more than just shore lunch! This Annual Fisherman’s Picnic is filled with fish burgers (those beloved deep fried herring filets served on a bun) and lots of daily games, activities and fun, like the Crazy Days Sidewalk Sales, Daily Contests and Prizes, Live Music outdoors and Kids Activities. The Lions Club BIG raffle includes a grand prize of $10,000 and lots of other great prizes for $5.00 a ticket. Get your collectible button, it’s your pass to participate in events all weekend long.

The annual Grand Marais Fisherman’s Picnic turns this small North Shore community into a bustling, fun-filled scene of families and folks of all ages. It’s both a celebration and observance of the past and the present – a coming together of the ‘locals’ who never forget how unique their North Shore hometown is. It’s also an event that draws visitors from all over back to Grand Marais each year to enjoy the event and town, and the natural surrounding beauty. Bring an appetite too. The very popular fish burgers that are on sale during the Picnic even have a song written about them: “They’re all red ready and they’re all red hot. Pickle in the middle and the mustard on top.” Stay for the parade of local businesses and organizations on the last day of the Grand Marais Fisherman’s Picnic as it moves down Wisconsin Street.

Grand Marais Fisherman’s Picnic Highlights:

  • Crazy Days Sidewalk Sales & Craft Show
  • Live Music in Harbor Park
  • Food Trucks, Bingo, and Daily Contests
  • Loon Calling, Rock Skipping, Fish Toss, and Cutest Puppy Contest
  • Kids Activities and Games
  • Fisherman’s Picnic Trail Run 5K – Saturday morning at Pincushion Recreation Area
  • Fireworks over the harbor – Saturday night
  • Grand Parade – Sunday afternoon
  • And of course, the famous Lion’s Club Fishburgers – fresh Lake Superior herring on a bun!

Don’t Forget:

  • Purchase your collectible button—your all-access pass to participate in events all weekend.
  • Enter the Lions Club BIG Raffle for a chance to win $10,000 and other great prizes. Tickets are just $5!
  • Whether you’re a local reconnecting with friends or a visitor soaking in the North Shore charm, the Fisherman’s Picnic is a must-experience summer tradition.

Grand Marais Fisherman’s Picnic Schedule

9 AM Crazy Daze Sales (all over town)
10 AM–2 PM Craft & Bake Sale – The Hub
10 AM–3 PM Paint Pottery – The Hub
10 AM–4 PM Basketry Demo – North House Folk School
10 AM–5 PM Kiddie Rides – Senior Center Parking Lot
11 AM–7 PM Lions Fishburger Stand – Harbor Park
11 AM–Until Found DQ Medallion Hunt – Dairy Queen
11 AM–12:30 PM Live Music: Briand Morrison & Rox Berglund – Harbor Park
11 AM–7 PM Axe Throwing – W. Wisconsin St.
Noon Bingo Tent Opens – Hwy 61 & 1st Ave W
1–2:30 PM Live Music: Bug Dope – Harbor Park
3–5 PM Live Music: Moonshot – Harbor Park
5–8 PM Live Music: Bump Blomberg – Gun Flint Tavern
5 PM DQ Cornhole Tournament – Dairy Queen
5:30–6:30 PM Stories That Matter – Johnson Heritage Post
7–9 PM Grand Marais Playhouse: *The Spitfire Grill* – Arrowhead Center
7–9 PM Open Stage Music – Harbor Park
9 AM Crazy Daze Sales
9–10 AM Oula Dance Class – Harbor Park
10 AM–2 PM Craft & Bake Sale – The Hub
10 AM–3 PM Cook County Market – E. Wisconsin St.
10 AM–4 PM Basketry Demo – North House Folk School
10 AM–5 PM Vendor & Craft Show – 1st Ave W
10 AM–5 PM Kiddie Rides – Senior Center
10 AM–5 PM Games & Inflatables – Gun Flint Tavern
11 AM Fishburger Stand Opens – Harbor Park
11 AM–Until Found DQ Medallion Hunt
11 AM–12:30 PM Live Music: The Portage Band – Harbor Park
11 AM–7 PM Axe Throwing – W. Wisconsin St.
11:30 AM World’s Best Donut Bingo – Donut Shop
Noon Bingo Tent Opens
12:30 PM Minnow Races – Lions Info Booth
1–2:30 PM Live Music: Drew Heinonen & Tina Hegg-Raway
3 PM DQ Blizzard Race – Dairy Queen
6–6:30 PM Loon Calling Championship – Harbor Park
6–9 PM Live Music: Barefoot Bluegrass – Up Yonder Bar
7–9 PM Playhouse: *The Foolish Fishgirls and the Pearl*
7–9:30 PM DJ Dance Party – Harbor Park
8–11 PM Live Music: Slo Gin – Gun Flint Tavern
8–8:45 AM Trail Run Packet Pickup – Pincushion Chalet
9 AM Kid Races
9:30 AM 5 Mile & 5K Run/Walk
9–10 AM Oula Dance Class – Harbor Park
9 AM Hoopin’ in the Harbor – Wisconsin St.
10 AM–3 PM Cook County Market
10 AM–4 PM Basketry Demo – North House
10 AM–5 PM Vendor & Craft Show
10 AM–5 PM Kiddie Rides – The Hub
10 AM–5 PM Games & Inflatables – Gun Flint Tavern
10 AM–Noon Pottery Pickup – The Hub
11 AM Fishburger Stand Opens
11 AM–1 PM Kids Corner Art Circle – Hwy 61
11 AM–Until Found DQ Medallion Hunt
11 AM–12:30 PM Live Music: Billy Manzik – Harbor Park
11 AM–7 PM Axe Throwing
Noon Bingo Tent Opens
Noon–Close Yard Party – Up Yonder Bar
12:30 PM Minnow Races
12:30–1:30 PM Alumni Baseball Warm-Up – CCHS
1:30 PM Rock Skipping Contest – Harbor Park
1–2:30 PM Live Music: Michael Monroe
2–5 PM Live Music: Pat Eliason – Gun Flint Tavern
3 PM Alumni Baseball Game – CCHS
1–4 PM Blacksmith Demo – Bally’s Shop
2 PM School Tour – ISD 166
3–5 PM Live Music: Brothers In Arms – Harbor Park
2:30 PM Citizen of the Year Award – Harbor Park
2:30–5 PM Kids Tractor Pull – Wisconsin St.
3–5 PM Live Music: The Splints – Harbor Park
5 PM Rock Painting Contest Winners – Harbor Park
6–9 PM Live Music: Barefoot Bluegrass – Up Yonder Bar
5:30–6 PM Loon Calling Finals – Harbor Park
6 PM Cutest Puppy Contest – Harbor Park
6 PM Author Talk: Benjamin Percy – Drury Lane Books
7–9 PM Playhouse: *The Spitfire Grill*
7–9 PM Dance Party: The Evening Stars – Harbor Park
8–11 PM Live Music: Slo Gin – Gun Flint Tavern
9:45 PM Fireworks Over the Harbor
9:30 AM Waterfront Worship – Harbor Park
10 AM–4 PM Basketry Demo – North House
11 AM–Until Found DQ Medallion Hunt
11 AM Fishburger Stand Opens
11 AM–5 PM Vendor & Craft Show
Noon Bingo Tent Opens
11 AM–1 PM Live Music: Watershed Group & Adam Kirsch – Harbor Park
1 PM Parade – Downtown Grand Marais
2–2:30 PM AAD Shrine Drum & Bugle Corps – Harbor Park
2–5 PM Kiddie Rides – Senior Center
3–5 PM Live Music: Kari Golden & Pure Honey – Harbor Park
3–5 PM Playhouse: *The Foolish Fishgirls and the Pearl*
3:30 PM Lion’s Fish Toss – Wisconsin St.
5:15 PM Grand Prize Drawing – Lions Info Booth
6–7 PM Prize Winners Posted – Lions Info Booth

Grand Marais Fisherman’s Picnic Gallery

Images courtesy of Grand Marais Lion’s Club

About the Grand Marais Lion’s Club
The history of the Grand Marais Lion’s Club is a long and proud one. For over 100 years, we’ve served with uncommon kindness, putting the needs of our neighbors, our communities and our world first. We look back at our storied past with pride, but we know it’s only the beginning. Every day, we’re building on our legacy with the goal of making an even greater impact in the future with such events as our annual Grand Marais Fisherman’s Picnic.

Mark your calendar today so you don’t miss the next Grand Marais Fisherman’s Picnic in August in Downtown Grand Marais, Minnesota.

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