Porcupine Mountains Music Festival
August 22nd & 23rd, 2025
For tickets or more information visit: Porcupine Mountains Music Festival
Thank you to Porcupine Mountains Ontonagon Area Convention & Visitors Bureau for your generous donations to the Folk School and the Porcupine Mountains Music Festival! Check out their website here for more location information: Home - The Porcupine Mountains & Ontonagon Area
Thank you to local Businesses for your support through our business membership:
- Porkies Outpost
- UPPCO
- Rainbow Lodging
Folk School
Come to the Folk School Open House on July 9th from 3 pm to 5 pm. Try your hand at making felted soap, using hand-crank sewing machines or painting a porcupine for the Park’s 80th birthday! The event is free and open to the public.
These July classes still have openings for YOU:
· Make a Tri Fold Sketch Book Portfolio with Cynthia Cote
· Hiking 101 with Janet Koistenen (3 days)
· Abstract Flowers with Donna Lenard
· Songbird Mini Quilt Block with Ginger Alberti aka Sew Cranky
There are many more exciting classes in August, September and October.
Click below to see details and to register.
Artists-in-Residence
Join our 2025 artist's for Artist Thursdays from 4-6pm at the Folk School; we are excited to have you! Free, open to the public, and appropriate for all ages.
Presentation Dates:
Joanna Walitalo, Pyrographer, July 3rd
Nikki Kazmar, Watercolor Botanical Painter, July 17th
Roxanne Everett, Acrylic Landscape Painter, August 14th
Ed Buonevecchio, Plain Air Oil Painter, August 28th
Dave Berg, Reduction Printmaker, October 9th
Click below to learn more.
The Friends of the Porkies has deep roots. Local citizens interested in the land that would become the Porkies started the movement to create the park in the early 1940’s. In 1945, support by the legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold led to the creation of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park
Today, The Friends of the Porkies is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is connecting people to the magic of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.
From its beginnings as the Porcupine Mountains Ski Club, the Friends has evolved into a volunteer organization that continues to grow and take on projects at the Porkies. You can follow our progress in our newsletter, the Quill, on our website, and on our Facebook page.
The Friends of the Porkies wants to inspire appreciation of wilderness for youth and visitor experiences all year round at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.
Contact us at: P. O. Box 221, Ontonagon, MI 49953; phone 906-884-7663; email [email protected]
