The popular Leland Wine and Food Festival is back on and set for June 14 after the Leland Township board unanimously approved the request to hold it once again at its regular meeting on Jan. 13.
The Leland Chamber of Commerce organizes the festival, with funds raised from the event going towards things in the community like the annual July fireworks, holiday lights, trash receptacles with trash pickup, and flowers on the bridge in Leland.
The festival was canceled in 2024 after the Leland Chamber of Commerce announced it could not find a solid location. The event has typically been hosted in the parking lot of the Leland Harbor, but the venue was changed in 2022 and 2023 to the Leland Lodge due to construction in Fishtown. Leland Chamber of Commerce President Mark Morton previously said the lodge was no longer an option though and that the chamber would look for an alternative. Last year, the Leland Harbor Commission turned down the chamber’s request to return to the harbor, citing restrictions in place by the Department of Environmental Quality and Waterways Commission for use.
