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National Trout Festival National Trout Festival 2026 dates are April 22-26.

10/27/2026
🐾 Investing in Our Community: Welcome Home, K9 Ghost! 🎣🚔The National Trout Festival Association is proud and honored to ...
10/27/2026

🐾 Investing in Our Community: Welcome Home, K9 Ghost! 🎣🚔The National Trout Festival Association is proud and honored to give back to the community we love by donating $15,000 to help the Kalkaska County Sheriff’s Department bring back a K9 unit for the first time in nearly 15 years! Meet Ghost—a 14-month-old Belgian Malinois and multi-purpose police dog trained in tracking, article detection, and narcotics detection, handled by Deputy Mike McCormack. Fun fact: Ghost's name was chosen by local 4th and 5th graders at Kalkaska Upper Elementary! After completing rigorous training with Northern Michigan K9 and graduating on September 25, 2026, Ghost and Deputy McCormack are ready to serve and protect Kalkaska. Our board felt strongly about making this meaningful contribution to Sheriff David Wagner and the department to enhance local safety and security. Community is at the heart of everything we do at the National Trout Festival, and we are thrilled to support our local law enforcement. Join us in giving a massive Kalkaska welcome to K9 Ghost and Deputy McCormack! 👇

We are very proud and honored to have purchased this handsome service dog for Kalkaska County. Personally, we were think...
08/26/2026

We are very proud and honored to have purchased this handsome service dog for Kalkaska County.
Personally, we were thinking Trout would be a perfect name. 😁
Thank you to everyone who had a part in making this a reality.

05/16/2026

One of my personal favorite parts of the Trout Fest is the Scotville Clown Band. These guys and gals have SO much talent! It's always a pleasure to have them take part in the parade AND perform at Railroad Square immediately following!

05/16/2026




National Trout Festival photo dump! If I happened to snatch.pics from my friends and I forgot to ask, I apologize. Feel ...
05/16/2026

National Trout Festival photo dump! If I happened to snatch.pics from my friends and I forgot to ask, I apologize. Feel free to wag your finger at me and yell at me.
We might just use one or more of these in our advertising for 2027.
If you have some fabulous shots of this year's festivities, feel free to share in the comments.

Hats off to the Kalkaska Conservation District for their repeat, or is it three-peat, victory as Best Non-Commercial ent...
04/30/2026

Hats off to the Kalkaska Conservation District for their repeat, or is it three-peat, victory as Best Non-Commercial entry! They always do a great job of using the yearly theme.
Way to go!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Forest Area Federal Credit Union has been the sponsor of the Grand Royale Parade for mo...
04/29/2026

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Forest Area Federal Credit Union has been the sponsor of the Grand Royale Parade for more years than I think most of us know. That helps us bring in entertainment like the Scotville Clown Band, GT Pipes & Drums, and others, purchase the award plaques, and offer a raffle to all non-profits that participate.
We appreciate FAFCU for being such a long-term sponso!r of the National Trout Festival

Congratulations to our double-fisted winners in this year's Parade, McLean's Hardware! They took the juidges' choice for...
04/29/2026

Congratulations to our double-fisted winners in this year's Parade, McLean's Hardware! They took the juidges' choice for Best Commercial Entry AND our Grand Marshals chose McLean's for their award, too!
Can't wait to see what uyou all come up with next year! 😉

Congratulations go out to the Kalkaska Cheerleading Club! Their name was pulled from our Non-profit Raffle and the Natio...
04/28/2026

Congratulations go out to the Kalkaska Cheerleading Club! Their name was pulled from our Non-profit Raffle and the National Trout Festival is happy to award them a check for $500! We know when the time comes for new uniforms and other equipment, that money can really help!
If your Kalkaska non-profit wants to be in the drawing next year, enter the parade, decorate it up, and maybe your group will be the lucky one.

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Kalkaska, MI
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