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Winterfest celebrates 25 years

President’s weekend will bring plenty of flavor to both Glen Arbor and Suttons Bay as both chili festivals are set to make mouths water with excitement. The annual Winterfest Chili Cook-Off and Perch Fishing Contest is on the deck of Boonedocks in Glen Arbor on Saturday, Feb.
The 2024 Glen Lake chili Cook-Off is bound to be spicy at Winterfest hosted by Boonedocks in Glen Arbor on Saturday, February 17 from noon to 3 p.m. This will be the 25th anniversary of the chili festival. Boonedocks owners Bob and Stephanie Ewing seen on a chilly February day in 2022. Pho...

President’s weekend will bring plenty of flavor to both Glen Arbor and Suttons Bay as both chili festivals are set to make mouths water with excitement.

The annual Winterfest Chili Cook-Off and Perch Fishing Contest is on the deck of Boonedocks in Glen Arbor on Saturday, Feb. from noon to 3 p.m.

The chili cook-off will be celebrating its 25th anniversary at Boonedocks since owner Bob Ewing and Jon Velis started it in February of 2000. Ewing and Velis started the chili cook off as a scholarship fundraiser for Glen Lake seniors.

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