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CEDAR RIVER -- As in recent tradition, the Cedar River Bridge Walk will take place the Saturday of Labor Day weekend.
his year that Saturday falls on Sept. 2.
The Cedar River Bridge Walk festivities begin at 10:30 a.m. CST with live entertainment for the crowd gathering to participate in this year's Bridge Walk ceremonies.
Ceremonies will begin at 11 a.m. and take place at the Cedarville Township Hall and Volunteer Fire Department on the north end of the Cedar River Bridge just off of State Highway M-35 on Old Mill Lane across from the Cedar River State Harbor.
The bridge walk will take the festival goers, after opening ceremonies, South over the bridge to the festival grounds at The Halfway Bar and Grill (aka Cedar River Pub)
The festival features a unique bridge walk, dubbed the "Biggest Littlest Bridge Walk." Near a football field in length, the Cedar River Bridge is much shorter and easier on the feet than the five plus mile mighty Mackinac Bridge Walk.
The event will feature live music by the Rotten Ones from Green Bay, Wisconsin, food, refreshments, various raffles, and a wide range of vendors selling crafts and products. New this year is the addition of chicken-poop-bingo with cash prizes, as well as sportsmen items such as guns. Guaranteed to entertain.
Cedar River is located about 20 minutes north of Menominee and 25 minutes south of Escanaba.
This year's Cedar River Bridge Walk is a fundraiser for the Cedarville Township Volunteer Fire Department, Sportsmen with Heart, and Cedar River Chapel's Community Fund.