Downtown Ironwood Ecology Mural Festival
Schedule
Tue, 02 Sep, 2025 at 04:00 pm to Sat, 06 Sep, 2025 at 08:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
127 W Aurora St, Ironwood, MI 49938-2531, United States | Ironwood, MI
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Join us for a week of art, food, ecology and education as we paint the town... literally.In partnership with Pleasant Peninsula Mural Fest out of Grand Rapids, the Downtown Development Authority and community partners, we bring you Ironwood's first-ever downtown mural festival.
Three large-scale, permanent murals about the ecology of our area will be painted during the first week of September. Each mural will focus around a different species important to our area and the artists will be partnered with expert educators on the topics.
FESTIVAL DESCRIPTION & SCHEDULE
*keep checking here for more event additions*
Tuesday, Sept 2nd:
● 5pm-6pm: Wildflower walk @ Miner's Memorial Park
Botanist Ian Shackleford will share wildflower and other plant education on this all ages walk through Miner's Park.
● 6pm-7pm: Mural Fest Welcome Party @ Downtown Bodega:
Meet and greet with the artists, organizers and partners of the Mural Fest. All are welcome! Open games, music, nature trivia and more!
● 7pm: @ Downtown Bodega:
Nature trivia begins!
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Wednesday, Sept 3rd:
● 5pm event with Carnegie Library, details coming soon!
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Thursday, Sept 4th:
●2-4pm: Kids nature art activity @ Contrast Coffee
● 6pm-7pm: Porcupine Mountains Talk: Ecology & Old Growth @ Cold Iron Brewing.
Friday, Sept 5th:
● First Friday Festivities @ Downtown Ironwood:
● 3-6pm: Complimentary Wine, tea & treats tasting @ Northwind Co-op.
● 4-7pm: First Friday Farmer's & Artisans Market @ City Square
Tie Die making Fun with Fire N Dyes @ Farmer's Market
$15 for all supplies and instructions, includes gloves.
$10 BYO item to tie dye, includes all other supplies and instruction.
**BYO items will need to be cotton. (Bamboo, viscose, elastine, linen, hemp) Price may increase depending on material.
*Dye is permanent and the process is often messy, so wear something you don't mind getting stained."
• Gloves will be provided.
● 5:30-7pm: Live Music @ City Square
Saturday, Sept 6th:
● 1:30-3:30pm: Wood working class with Saint Mauds
Wood working and intro Forest products. Gain knowledge about locally harvested wood and how this plays into our local ecology while woodworking. All ages welcome!
● 4-7pm: Educational speaker series- Artist & Educator talk about artwork and species AND Farmed and Foraged Food Tour:
The Grand Finale event!
A walking food tour of our three murals. Our artists and educator partners will discuss the murals depicted and why the species represented are important to our area.
Our partner downtown restaurants will be offering paid small bites of their locally farmed and foraged culinary creations on this walking tour.
● Are you from Grand Rapids/Muskegon Area?? YOU could win a trip to attend the mural festival! You and a guest could win a round trip getaway to Ironwood, Michigan and experience the idyllic beauty of old growth forest, beautiful shorelines of Lake Superior and experience the small town charm on the Western end of the Upper Peninsula. One lucky winner will be selected to win two round trip tickets on Denver Air from Muskegon to Ironwood AND a two night stay at Rockhound Hideaway Cabin & Glamping rentals at Black River Harbor. https://rockhoundhideaway.com/ https://denverairconnection.com/
Enter to win here! 👇🏽👇👇🏿
https://forms.gle/2outadpEhdaoRwrPA
Winner will be selected August 15th!
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Where is it happening?
127 W Aurora St, Ironwood, MI 49938-2531, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
