Dog-Friendly Events Added to Polka Fest in Cedar

By Pet Friends Magazine on July 1, 2024

This year will see another new addition: "The Dog Days of Summer," a canine-focused program that will feature dock jumping courtesy of Ultimate Air Dogs, a costume contest called the "Polish Pooch Pageant & Mutt Strut," and on-site doggy daycare offered by the Great Lakes Humane Society.

"One thing we realized is that we always have a lot of people show up to the festival with their dogs, but you can't bring a dog under our tent," Rossi-Brett explains. "We have food in there, and the health department would shut us down if we allowed animals. And there's 2,000 to 4,000 people under the tent at any given time, too, and loud music going. It's just not a good place to have an animal. So, we're adding all these dog events to appeal to those attendees who do bring their dogs down to the festival."

Rossi-Brett expects the new events, combined with growing media attention outside of Michigan, will lead to another record year for the Cedar Polka Fest.

The official website for the Cedar Polka Fest is here.