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Feb 7 – Downtown Lake Orion Ice Fest, Chili Cook-Off, and Ice Golf Challenge

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February 4, 2026

MM Team

February 7 – Downtown Lake Orion Ice Fest, Chili Cook dinner-Off and Ice Golf Problem

Lake Orion, MI – Winter is not stopping Downtown Lake Orion! The historic district gives the right backdrop for winter enjoyable for the entire household on Saturday, February 7.

The primary Saturday of February makes room for 2 organizations to convey their occasions collectively for an ideal winter day.

The Lake Orion Downtown Growth Authority is bringing again the favored Ice Fest, with a brand new Chilly Chili Cook dinner-Off Competitors this yr, and Lake Orion Dawn Rotary’s 18-hole Ice Golf Cup Problem, stretching from the shores of Lake Orion to downtown and companies.

Downtown Lake Orion is a vacation spot for customers and guests alike, nestled amongst quaint retailers and boutiques, cozy coffeehouses and tasteful eating places. Even the out of doors gems like lakes and trails are the right place for snow biking, fats tire biking, snowshoeing and extra.

Ice cream social gathering (10:00 AM – 4:00 PM)

Winter is widely known on the primary Saturday of February in downtown Lake Orion. The downtown space can be a set of ice sculptures plus reside ice sculpture demonstrations, which guests can take pleasure in whereas strolling by the town. A brand new exercise has been added, Jack Frost Scavenger Hunt for Youngsters, so youngsters can decide up their assortment of clues on the DDA sales space in Flint St. Alley and uncover the place Jack Frost is hiding to win a Winter Enjoyable Pack (whereas provides final).

Youngsters also can benefit from the winter Storybook Stroll downtown, studying a full story alongside the way in which utilizing pages in retailer home windows, a program in partnership with the Orion Township Public Library. Prospects are requested to go to Lake Orion Downtown Growth Authority downtownlakeorion.org to search out the Downtown Lake Orion Selfie Station and use the QR code to submit a household photograph to win Downtown {Dollars}, good at greater than 40 retailers in Downtown Lake Orion. Downtown {Dollars} can be gained with the Ice Fest Enterprise Bingo. Cease at collaborating shops, fill out your card and switch it in at Flint St. Alley to enter to win Downtown {Dollars}.

The Flint St. Alley Warming Hub would be the location to collect round patio heaters and fireplace pits to heat up for a spell.

Chilly Chili Cook dinner-Off Contest

(Tasting from 12:00 PM to three:30 PM, Awards Ceremony at 4:00 PM) The gloves are off and the eating places of Downtown Lake Orion are able to compete to see who will stroll away with the Individuals’s Selection Award for Finest Chili!

Eight eating places have put their names within the ring to take part on this opening occasion throughout Ice Fest: Bitter Tom’s Distillery, Irish Tavern, Johnny Black’s Lakehouse, Rise Lounge, Sagebrush Cantina, Sick City Corridor, The Mess Corridor (at American Legion #233) and Waterside Social (at Wine Social).

Together with your ticket you’ll obtain a voting card and a pattern for every contender. The tasting within the eating places lasts from 12 midday to three:30 pm. Vote to your favourite chili and hand in your card at Wine Social at 3:30 PM. The votes can be tabulated and the awards ceremony will happen at Wine Social at 4pm. Let’s examine who will get the bragging rights!

Tickets value $20 and can be found at www.ShopOCMainStreets.com.

Dawn Rotary Ice Golf Cup Problem

The Ice Golf Cup Problem kicks off by Downtown Lake Orion with 18 creatively themed holes, every a playful problem with foam golf balls. The taking part in format is an outside 4-golf workforce. Every collaborating workforce has an opportunity to win the coveted Ice Golf Cup prize. Proceeds from the occasion help native initiatives.