As the weather drops a few more degrees, the Plymouth Ice Festival is just around the corner! Join us in Downtown Plymouth January 20 through 22nd for the largest free ice sculpture display in the USA as well as the destination for wintertime fun!
Admission to the festival is FREE – Festival Website
Ice sculptures available for viewing 24 hours a day – weather permitting
2012 Event Demonstration and Activity Dates and Times:
Friday, January 20
3:00 PM: Kellogg Park Arena
Festival opens for the day
Food vendors open and available
Green Hills School Hot Spot Tent opens
Street merchants and product displays open
Major ice sculptures being carved and completed throughout the day
Metro PCS Ice Throne (Times TBD)
3 – 5 PM: McDonald’s Winter Fun Zone presented by Sun and Snow Sports
4 – 8 PM: The Salvation Army is on site to collect clothes for the needy
6:30 – 8 PM: Meet the Plymouth Whalers at Sun and Snow Sports
7:00 PM: Don Massey Cadillac Main Stage
(Intersection of Penniman and Union Street)
Opening ceremonies
Presentations by board of directors
Cutting of the ice ribbon
Super Grover of Sesame Street Live! makes an appearance
The Shawn Riley Band live in concert immediately following ceremony
8:00 PM: Kellogg Park
Lighting of the MGM Grand Detroit Fire & Ice Torch
9:00 PM: Festival closes for business for the day
Saturday, January 21
10:00 AM
Kellogg Park Area
Festival opens for the day
Food vendors open and available
Green Hills School Hot Spot Tent opens
Street merchants and product displays open
Major ice sculptures being carved and completed throughout the day
Metro PCS Ice Throne (Times TBD)
Forest Avenue Family Area
Businesses open with special sales
Ice carving activities along the street
10 AM – 11:30 PM: Meet the Plymouth Whalers’ mascot, Shooter the Whale, at Sun and Snow Sports
10 AM – 5 PM: McDonalds Winter Fun Zone presented by Sun and Snow Sports
10 AM – 5 PM: The Renewal by Anderson Petting Farm
(near the intersection of Forest Avenue and Ann Arbor Trail)
12:00 PM: Kellogg Park Area
Genisys Credit Union College Individual Carving Competition begins
12 – 3 PM: Don Massey Cadillac Main Stage
Radio Disney Live! On stage, presented by Michigan Education Trust
12 – 4 PM: Green Hills Schools Hot Spot
Home Depot “Little Builders” kit construction project
The Salvation Army will collect clothes for the needy
3 – 4 PM: Kellogg Park Area
Genisys Credit Union College Individual Carving Competition ends
Judging and scoring
4:30 PM: Don Massey Cadillac Main Stage
Genisys Credit Union College Individual Carving Competition Ceremony
7 – 8 PM: Don Massey Cadillac Main Stage
World-Famous Genisys Credit Union Dueling Chainsaws Speed Carving Show
8:00 PM: Kellogg Park Area
Lighting of the MGM Grand Detroit Fire & Ice Torch in Kellogg Park
9:00 PM: Festival closes for the day
Sunday, January 22
10:00 AM: Kellogg Park Area
Festival opens for the day
Food vendors open and available
Green Hills School Hot Spot Tent opens
Street merchants and product displays open
Major ice sculptures being carved and completed throughout the day
Metro PCS Ice Throne (Times TBD)
Forest Avenue Family Area
Businesses open with special sales
Ice carving activities along the street
10 AM – 5 PM: Mc Donald’s Winter Fun Zone presented by Sun and Snow Sports
10 AM – 5 PM: The Renewal by Anderson Petting Farm
(near the intersection of Forest Avenue and Ann Arbor Trail)
11:00 AM: Kellogg Park Area
Genisys Credit Union College Individual Carving Competition begins
Green Hills Schools Hot Spot
12 – 3 PM: Home Depot “Little Builders” kit construction project
12 – 4 PM: The Salvation Army will collect clothes for needy
3 – 4 PM: Kellogg Park Area
Genisys Credit Union College Individual Carving Competition ends
Judging and scoring
4:30 PM: Don Massey Cadillac Main Stage
Genisys Credit Union College Individual Carving Competition Ceremony
9:00 PM: Festival Closes
