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The nine-time Grammy Award winning artist will headline the opening weekend of the annual up north celebration.

The nine-time Grammy Award winning artist will headline the opening weekend of the annual up north celebration.

9 & 10 News July 7, 2021 National Cherry Festival organizers were happy to hear the Northern Michigan cherry crop cooperated this year. Typically the sweet cherry crops aren’t ready to be picked until the end of July, but this year farmers were able to get out and pick early. “I think people are surprised that they’re local cherries. We’ve had to reiterate to people that they are right here from Michigan,” says Steve Rubinus. Rubinus has been selling cherries for Edmondson Orchard all week at the National Cherry Festival. He says it isn’t often that the sweet cherry crop is rea...

9 & 10 News July 5, 2021 The month of July typically brings a lot of sunshine and warmth, but we all know Michigan weather can change in a matter of seconds, and that’s why National Cherry Festival organizers say they need to be prepared for anything, including bad weather. “We have a very extensive plan for all things inclement weather as with anything else down here,” said Executive Director Kat Paye. “We know that in an outdoor event, especially one as long as ours over eight days, it is possible to have some rain.” That’s why the National Cherry Festival works with Grand Trave...

July 1, 2021 The National Cherry Festival kicks off this Saturday in Traverse City. Executive director Kat Paye says it’s not the best cherry crop this year because of some freezes, but she says they’ll have them. “They are not uncommon to not have the harvest during it, or not have local cherries during the festival, but the harvest is actually starting to happen which is rare,” says Paye. “So you actually get to see some of the trucks rolling through town because a lot of the farms are starting to shake this week and next and you’re actually going to have local cherries this...