Muskegon is the kind of place that surprises people — in the best way. Lake Michigan right at your doorstep. Miles of beaches, dunes, and state parks. A music and festival scene that punches way above its weight. The Irish Music Festival, Burning Foot, the Lakeshore Art Festival, surf culture on a freshwater lake — this city has its own identity and it owns it. If you haven't spent real time in Muskegon lately, the events calendar below is a pretty good reason to change that.