Chelsea, Michigan has several festivals for you to discover and enjoy including Sounds & Sights on Thursday Nights and the Sounds & Sights Festival during the summer, and our Hometown Holiday winter event.

Our many organizers and volunteers have worked to create the best events possible. The merchants and business owners open their doors and the city welcomes thousands of visitors to these events each year.

Chelsea has developed a reputation across the state and the Midwest as an arts community. The Chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco Landesman, stated on visit to Chelsea in 2010 that “in order for the arts to have susceptibility in a community, there has to be a history, a strong private sector that is committed to the arts, and a political structure that gets it. That is what has happened in Chelsea.”

We are able to prosper and grow our events thanks in part to the financial support of many sponsors, most of them with strong ties to the community.  We invite you to come to Chelsea for these events, or just visit for no reason at all.

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For more information about Chelsea Festivals, please call the Chelsea Center for the Arts at 734-433-2787.  You may also contact the Chelsea Area Chamber of Commerce for information about Chelsea and the surrounding area at 734-475-1145.