Michigan Sugar Festival
michigan sugar festival event occurs one weekend middle june year held village sebewaing michigan purpose festival show area appreciation sugar industry purchased sugar beet crop farmer processed sugar local employee since chamber commerce meeting early february president herb gettel opened discussion sugar festival sebewaing one four town michigan sugar company factory town newspaper editor walt rummel norman schroeder carl hess went company headquarters saginaw michigan propose idea idea hit march sebewaing chamber commerce voted hold sebewaing sugar festival july first major community celebration since sebewaing centennial saw official cite covid pandemic ground cancellation th deferred village park location midway local vendor selling good along carnival game ride age also entertainment tent band perform dance held first night festival main event crowning sugar queen friday night grand parade saturday morning firework show saturday night addition tractor pull softball tournament among event sugar queen called sweetest girl world along first second runner determined june run sugar queen must age – live least one year one county state michigan sugar beet grown general knowledge sugar beet recommended previous queen include queen many local business give donation put festival sebewaing fire department take donation year round firework show donation box found around area local business