Sep
21
12:00 PM12:00

2024 Owosso Historic Home Tour

The Owosso Historic Commission is excited to bring back its Historic Home Tour event, scheduled for Saturday, September 21, 2024, marking 45 years since the Commission started hosting this event. If you would like to participate as a sponsor, committee member, volunteer, or have your home on the tour, please reach out to Amy Fuller at 989-725-0577 or amy.fuller@ci.owosso.mi.us.

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Aug
12
6:00 PM18:00

Wine & Cheese Party

Help the Owosso Historical Commission celebrate the 100th anniversary of Curwood Castle by joining them for an evening on Curwood Castle Drive. Enjoy a wine and cheese party, hosted by Elaine Greenway and tour the Castle, Comstock Cabin, and Shiawassee Arts Center. Cost is by donation.

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Curwood Festival
Jun
4
to Jun 7

Curwood Festival

In 1978, the City of Owosso commemorated the 100th anniversary of James Oliver Curwood’s birth with a celebration centered around his castle. Since then, it has grown to three full days of activities for the entire family, with hundreds of volunteers working all year long and dozens of community organizations taking part.

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Moonlight Market
Feb
6
5:00 PM17:00

Moonlight Market

The Downtown Owosso Farmers Market will present its Fifth Annual Moonlight Market. Thursday, August 6 – 5:00 to 10:00 pm, on the lawn of the historic Curwood Castle. The event will include a wide variety of food and artisan Market “regulars”, and a large number of first-time vendors.

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Holiday Party & Silent Auction Fundraiser
Dec
5
5:30 PM17:30

Holiday Party & Silent Auction Fundraiser

It’s time for the most exciting event of the local Christmas Holiday Season! Come and celebrate with us as we offer dozens of silent auction items generously donated by local individuals, businesses, non-profits, and OHC board members. Gourmet appetizers, beverages, and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

Admission – $10.00

For more information on this event call 989-723-2155, Tuesday through Sunday, between the hours of 1:00 and 5:00 pm.

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Owosso Historic Home Tour 2020
Sep
21
10:00 AM10:00

Owosso Historic Home Tour 2020

Our Bi-Annual Historic Home Tours feature historic properties, museums, the restored Armory, historic churches and The Michigan Historic Preservation Network Pop-up at the Armory. There are also local events hosted throughout the day. Tickets are sold at Curwood Castle and Owosso City Hall beginning in September 2020.

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Owosso Art Walk
Sep
14
10:00 AM10:00

Owosso Art Walk

The Owosso Historical Commission is proud to host four artists at Curwood Castle for the annual Owosso Art Walk. These talented and respected artists have shown locally, regionally, state-wide, nationally and internationally. They will be showing recent work and all art is for sale!

Linda Beeman
Martha Liddle-Lameti
Tom Tomasek
Xavier

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Castle Market Festival - July 12, 19 & 26
Jul
12
to Jul 26

Castle Market Festival - July 12, 19 & 26

This six-week community festival – a collaboration between the Owosso Historical Commission, the Downtown Owosso Farmers Market, the Owosso Amphitheatre and the Shiawassee Arts Center – held on Thursday evenings – will be located on the grounds of Curwood Castle Park and across the river from the Mitchell Amphitheater.

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Exhibition: James Oliver Curwood: At the Movies - Curwood Film Festival at the Castle
Jun
7
to Jan 1

Exhibition: James Oliver Curwood: At the Movies - Curwood Film Festival at the Castle

Helping to Roll Out the Red Carpet, the Owosso Historical Commission will present a mini Curwood Film Festival at the Castle, featuring the films and film memorabilia of James Oliver Curwood. Many don’t know that as well as a world famous author and conservationist, Curwood was an American Movie Pioneer, with over 236 movies based on his novels, short stories, serializations and movie scripts.

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Photos generously provided by:
Joe Matteson Photography & Michael Paine Photography

The Owosso Historical Commission is proudly supported by: the City of Owosso, Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs, and our generous donors.