Saginaw Celebrates Summer!

Saginaw Celebrates Summer
2023 July Events Calendar
Saginaw Welcomes Back Summer!

Check out Arts Saginaw on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for weekly event listings, updates and more great things to see and do in the city center, and beyond city limits!

July:
Jazz in the Garden – Andersen Enrichment Center, 7 pm. Bring your own chair,
FREE.
7/12: Brush Street featuring Julie Mulady
7/19: Saucecats
7/26: Robert Lee Revue
8/2: Cool Lemon Jazz Band
Friday Night Live, Positive Results Downtown Saginaw – Morley Plaza,
5:30 – 9 pm, FREE concert, great food and fun from area vendors.
7/14: Journey on the River
7/21: Downtown Hoedown
7/28: Fiesta Grande
Lawn Chair Film Festival – Old Saginaw City, corner of Ames & N. Hamilton,
FREE. Bring your own chair, movie starts at dusk.
7/9: Bend It Like Beckham
7/16: Little Shop of Horrors
7/23: Top Gun Maverick
7/30: The Santa Claus
Project Recreation Playdates – Saginaw County Parks and Recreation, FREE.
Kids lunches/snacks provided by YMCA Mission Nutrition.
7/6: Build It – Bliss Park: 10 – 11:30 am
7/13: Music on the Move – Deindorfer Woods: 10 – 11:30 am
7/13: Gaga Ball/Archey – Fordney Park: 2 – 3:30 pm
7/18: Build It – Otto Roeser Park: 10 – 11:30 am
7/20: Art in the Park – Bliss Park: 10 – 11:30 am
7/20: Nothing but Net – Vets McKinney Park: 2 – 3:30 pm
7/25: Supersize Fun – Otto Roeser Park: 10 – 11:30 am
7/25: Art in the Park – Deindorfer Woods: 2 – 3:30 pm

Saginaw Children’s Zoo – Visit saginawzoo.com for information a full list of
events. On Facebook @Saginaw Children’s Zoo
7/1: World Migratory Bird Day, 11 am – 2 pm
7/8: Bugs & Slugs, 11 am – 2 pm
7/15: Endangered Species Day, 11 am – 2 pm
7/27: Butterflies & Bees, 11 am – 2 pm
7/29: Birds, Bugs, Butterflies & Blooms, 11 am – 2 pm
Saginaw Eddy Concert Band – Jolt Credit Union Event Park, Sunday evenings
in July, 7 pm, FREE.
Summer Fun @ Castle Museum
Visit castlemuseum.org for registration, information and full list of summer
programming. On Facebook @TheCastleMuseum.
7/5: Riveting Rockets
7/19: Michigan Animals, 11 am
7/20: Storytime – Let’s Go to the Zoo, 10:30 am, preschool age
7/26: Kite & Pinwheel Making
7/27: Storytime – Let’s Go to the Zoo, 10:30 am, preschool age
All Together Now – Summer Reading Program Public Libraries of Saginaw.
On Facebook @SaginawLibrary
7/10: Bubbleman – Butman-Fish, 3 pm
7/17: Paleo Joe – Butman-Fish, 3 pm
7/18: Kindness Rocks! – Hoyt, 2-4 pm
7/25: Captain Joel’s Magical Comedy Show – Wickes, 2 pm
7/26: Paleo Joe – Hoyt, 2 pm
7/31: Live Animal Show – Butman-Fish, 3 pm
STEAM Make & Take – Hoyt, All Day
4 Saginaw Area Fireworks – Viewing surrounding Ojibway Island, Dusk,
FREE.
7 Tanabata Festival – Japanese Cultural Center, Tea House and Gardens,
1 – 3 pm. Family fun crafts and storytime.
18 Rain, A Tribute to the Beatles – Jolt Credit Union Event Park, 7:30 pm.
Abbey Road & The Rooftop Concert performed live. Ticketed Event
11 Museum Tunes – Saginaw Art Museum Garden, 7 pm.
Vespre wsg Na Bonsai. FREE
12 Ikebana Class – Japanese Cultural Center, Tea House and Gardens,
1 – 2:30 pm. Fee to participate, www.japaneseculturalcenter.org to
register.
13 Roethke Literary Series – Theodore Roethke Home, 7 pm. Poetry
Reading: Caryl Pagel, Hilary Plum and Zach Savich. Reservations
required. www.friendsofroethke.org

14 Roethke Literary Series – Theodore Roethke Home, 3 pm. Poetry
Workshop: Place and Play with Caryl Pagel and Zach Savich. Reservation
Required. www.friendsofroethke.org
Movies Under the Stars – Showing “WALL-E” at Jolt Credit Union Event
Park, 7 pm Pre-party, movie at dark. Games and activities for all ages,
bring a chair. FREE
16 Mimosas & Mallets – Saginaw Art Museum, 12 pm. Annual croquet
brunch in the museum garden with delectable eats and beverages.
Ticketed Event.
17 Country Music Night Market – Downtown Saginaw Farmers’ Market,
4 – 8 pm. Entertainment, dancing, fundraising dinner.
18 Rain – A Tribute to the Beatles – Jolt Credit Union Event Park, 7:30 pm.
Ticketed event.
19 Ikebana Class – Japanese Cultural Center, Tea House and Gardens,
1 – 2:30 pm. Fee to participate, www.japaneseculturalcenter.org to
register.
22 1940s USO Party – Castle Museum, 7 – 9 pm. Music by the Saginaw
Elite Band, refreshments. Ticketed Event
Christmas in July – Downtown Saginaw Farmers’ Market, 10 am – 1 pm.
Kids day with holiday activities.
27 Cheap Trick – Temple Theatre, 7:30 pm. Ticketed event.
28 Sparks Fly: The Taylor Swift Experience – Jolt Credit Union Event Park,
7:30 pm. Ticketed Event
29 Japanese-American Internment Camps During WWII – Japanese
Cultural Center, Tea House and Gardens, 11 am – 1 pm.

Summer Long:
Castle Museum Alcove Exhibitions –
Sonny Stitt: Saginaw’s Giant of Jazz – Bintz Restaurant – Henry Marsh: Civics &
Values – Ippel Bros. Department Store – Roethke Greenhouses
Mon – Wed: 10 am – 4:30 pm, Thurs: 10 am – 7 pm, Fri & Sat: 10 am – 4:30 pm,
Sun: 1 – 4:30 pm
Counter Cruise – Mondays, 7 pm, corner of Cass and Hamilton. Guided family
friendly bike ride through Saginaw neighborhoods. Facebook @CounterCruise
for information and route map.

Downtown Saginaw Farmers’ Market – Outdoor pavilion at 203 S. Washington;
Wed, Fri: 10 am – 3 pm, Sat: 10 am – 1 pm.
Great Mural Project – More than a dozen murals in Downtown and Old Town
Saginaw. Mural map at www.greatmuralproject.com or Facebook
@TheGreatMuralProject.
Japanese Cultural Center, Tea House and Gardens – Traditional Japanese
Tea Ceremony every Saturday 2 pm, $10 per person, walk-ins welcome.
Saginaw Art Museum Exhibitions – Wed – Fri: 12 – 5 pm.
Matt Lewis: Time Being through August 12
Big Energy by Mickayel Thurin through August 27
Saginaw Art Museum – Art Encounters – Saturdays 1 – 4 pm. Workshop style,
drop-in art sessions.
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge – Wildlife Drive open for season, sunrise
to sunset. Visit fws.gov/refuge/shiawassee for refuge information.
SVRC Marketplace – Indoor Market at 203 S. Washington; Wed – Sat: 10 am –
6 pm.
Tai Chi for Everyone! – Andersen Splash Park Pavilion, Wednesdays and
Fridays, 1:30 – 2:30 pm. FREE