The Kleiber Family Timeline

Category: Festivals and Fairs

Festivals and Fairs

  • 2026 Abbotts 88th Get Together

    The entire family went to Colon Mi to visit the Magic Capital of the World. There were magicians performing in the street and also in the magic shops. There were lectures, ventriloquist, balloon making, and even a graveyard tour as the Colon cemetery is a Michigan Historical Landmark and is known as the Magic Graveyard as over 50 magicians are buried there. A wonderful time was had by all and we can’t wait for next years Get Together. (more…)

  • 2026 Livonia Blues Festival

    Since we missed the Marshall festival this year we decided to try the Livonia Blues Festival and boy did we have fun. Great live entertainment, plenty of places selling food, and Mom and Dad split a funnel cake. The only issue was the heat and we have had the same problem in Marshall. They really need more beer tent space as all the tables were full not for the beer but for the shade. Still it was a very fun experience. (more…)

  • Marshall Blues Festival and Museum of Magic 2025

    I think this was our first visit to the Blue Festival since the pandemic. It was an extremely hot day, mid nineties to nearly one hundred degrees. The first thing we noticed was the attendance was down, probably due to the extreme temperatures.

    Mom got to see a few bands while James and Dad explored Marshall. We stopped in to visit the American Museum of Magic and took the tour. They had removed their stage since our last visit and we found a peppers ghost effect that we played with where your face turns into a skull.

    After we rejoined Mom we did a little shopping. Mom got her poster and t-shirt and everyone was happy. Too bad it was so hot but hey, thats summer in Michigan. We all had a great time and it was good to get back to normal after a long layoff for us in attending this festival.
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  • Lincoln Park Days Festival 2024

    Another gorgeous Michigan day as we visited the Lincoln Park Festival.

    James volunteered to do some cleanup work at the park grounds a week earlier and because of that he got a free pass to all the rides.

    This year VIP camp did not have a booth, but there was still plenty to look at including pony rides which I don’t remember being there before (although I could be wrong).

    Lots to look at and plenty of rides helped to make this a very pleasant experience. Afterwards we went out and did some Halloween shopping as the Halloween stuff is now on the shelves at stores.

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  • Halfway To Halloween Sale 2024

    Its hard to think of Halloween in the middle of Spring but we do it once a year. Once again this event was held in the Saline/Ann Arbor area and we made our trek out there early. The line went fast and we enjoyed everything we saw. We did not buy as much as we did last year but we did buy a few items.

    We went through one of the small haunted houses they had there and that was alot of fun. We enjoyed the vehicles they had on display, its hard to believe they do so much for just one day.

    We went home to meet James for lunch, then Dad drove back out to pick up another item. We also won something in their raffle – a couple scary DVD’s so that was a nice surprise. A great time was had by all.

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  • 2023 Michigan State Fair

    This was our first visit to the State Fair since it moved from Detroit to Novi and while the fair was great, when compared with the old fair grounds in Detroit it came up a little lacking. The old fair grounds was simply gigantic and you could spend hours just in one building. The old festival had many many vendors but the new one probably had a few dozen that you could go through in about a half hour.

    As festivals go it was great, its just when compared with the old State Fair it comes up short, mostly because of space both outdoors and indoors.

    James went on several rides and enjoyed all the festivities so it was a worthwhile venture. Plenty of rides for sure but again the old fair grounds had more.

    Still, a great experience and very worthwhile.
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  • 2023 Marshall Blues Festival

    The annual Blues festival in Marshall Michigan took place this day and we were in attendance for the festivities. The 2023 Marshall Blues Festival is a FREE family-oriented music and entertainment festival sponsored by the Marshall Downtown Development Authority. Rain or Shine. Full slate of Blues music with a cash bar beer tent along with plenty of food along the street. This is also the home of the American Museum of Magic so we usually stop off and make a visit to support this historic museum, along with several antique shops that are also located in the festival area. We saw 2 bands while we were there, Tony Thompson & Friends and Dann the Band Feat. The music was awesome and a great time was had by all.
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  • Lincoln Park Festival 2022

    James volunteered to do some work for the VIP camp booth at the Lincoln Park festival so we took advantage of the opportunity and spent a little time at the Festival. James helps the weekend before when he and others from VIP camp police the entire park so that it is clean for the festival.

    Once the festival starts VIP camp has a booth there where they do fund raising for the camp which is why James showed up today to put his one hour of work in.

    After his work time was over, the family enjoyed the Festival and spent some time checking out all the exhibits. (more…)

  • Abbott’s Magic Get Together 2022

    We had tickets to the Friday show at the Abbott Magic Get Together and while the event has some of the best magicians in the world during their convention (IE Lance Burton, Mac King), we wanted to see the Friday show because it was an old fashion magic spook show. Starting way back during the Great Depression, magicians would do a magic show before the midnight showing of a B rated horror flick. The magic show always concluded with a black out, where all the lights in the theatre go out and spooks of all manner begin running about the theatre.

    The magicians doing the show were world famous magicians John Bundy and Morgan, and it was the first time there was a spook show at Abbotts since World War 2 when Bill Neff did a show in a huge tent.

    A great time was had by all. (more…)

  • Marshall Blues Festival 2022

    This was our first trip to the Marshall Blues Festival since the pandemic. We started the visit by watching a magic show in the American Museum of Magic. Mom visited the many gift and antique shops on main street (which was blocked off for the festival). We did notice the crowd was not a large as the pre-pandemic crowds, but there was a chance of rain in the forecast and that might have turned some people off.

    James and Dad made a quick visit to Colon while Mom was shopping and picked up a book on spook shows from the magic shop. It was actually a proof that was going to the museum.

    We returned and met up with Mom at a small restaurant on main street where we enjoyed beverages, then we continued back to Jackson and ate at our favorite Mexican restaurant there. A very nice day for all. (more…)