Cheeseburger in Caseville
Cheeseburger in Caseville is a festival that takes place in Caseville, Michigan. The festival is a tribute to tropical paradise, cheeseburgers, and Jimmy Buffett. The 10-day-long festival takes place in the August, celebrating the final weeks of summer vacation. Activities at the festival range from sandcastle making to concerts and laser light shows on the beach.[1]
History
In 1999, a Caseville local Lyn Bezemek came up with an idea for an end-of-summer festival that is now known as Cheeseburger in Caseville. About 5,000 people from around Huron County, Michigan attended the first Cheeseburger festival.[1] What started as a three-day weekend has turned into a 10-day festival that includes concerts, the highlight of the festival, The Parade of Tropical Fools.
In 2004, five years after the debut of the festival, Caseville Chamber of Commerce president Steve Louwers took control. He continues to be instrumental in the success of Caseville's busiest 10 days. [2]
Parade of Tropical Fools
The parade is held on the first Wednesday night of the festival and is the biggest attraction that the festival has to offer. The parade can last up to two hours and attracts more than 80,000 people every year. Fans of the parade are allowed to start setting up their lawn chairs at 6 a.m. the morning of the parade.[3] . Thousands of beads, candies, Frisbees, and other miscellaneous objects are thrown from the floats each year.
Awards
Cheeseburger has won several Michigan Fun Awards, these awards are given to Michigan festivals that go out of their way to make crazy and wacky advertisements and have a fun and eye catching marketing plan. Cheeseburger is the only festival in Michigan to place in the top five in every category of the Michigan Fun Awards. The award categories include, fun brochures, event photography, print ads, print promotional material, promotional items, promotional poster, and a website devoted to the festivals.
References
- 1 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20101120084622/http://casevillechamber.net/2009CBEvents.htm. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved November 15, 2010. Missing or empty
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Further reading
- "About the Cheeseburger Festival in Michigan". USA Today.
- Backroads & Byways of Michigan. The Countryman Press. 2009.
- "Cheeseburger in Caseville 2011: New route, new time for Parade of Fools". Huron Daily Tribune. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- Harp, Rich (27 October 2015). "Caseville honors Louwers at farewell gathering". Huron Daily Tribune. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- "The Argus-Press - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- "Cheeseburger in Caseville: More than 55,000 turn out for one of Michigan's craziest festival parades". MLive.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- "Cheeseburger in Caseville festival drawing big crowds on first day". MLive.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- "Cheeseburger in Caseville festival turns town into 'Fun, wacky, tasteful and tacky' place". MLive.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- "Cheeseburger in Caseville has drawn large crowds, festival wraps up this weekend". MLive.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- "You Have to Hand It to 'The Thumb' in Eastern Michigan". Daily Herald Quote: "...music and notable potables, head for "Margaritaville" (aka Caseville, Mich.) and its 10-day festival, Cheeseburger in Caseville (Aug. 10-19). It is as though Key West had been transported to the North Woods, with more than a dozen..." (subscription required)
- "Floats and celebrants make their way down Main Street during the Cheeseburger in Caseville Festival Parade of Tropical Fools". Yahoo! News, via Associated Press.