Downtown Bay City
Welcome to Downtown, soon to become your favorite place to visit, work and live. We offer festivals throughout the year, celebrating annual and special events. We have plenty of sites to see, one-of-a-kind shops and places to eat.
Located on the water you can stroll along the Riverwalk and enjoy the parks or visit one of our art galleries. At night the downtown comes alive with concerts, movies, and other special events.
Shop
Visit
Eat
Stay
Service
Events
Downtown and Area Events
march 2024
No Events
Hot Chocolate Hop
Meet your local entrepreneurs, enjoy the unique spaces the city has to offer & hop all along to all the warm spots! Bring the whole family to this free event to sip on some hot cocoa & then vote for your favorite!
- Spencer Gellise Salon
- Arielle Roth Photography
- artigiano
- Attractions Salon
- Believe Inspire Beauty Boutique & Market
- Half Mile Handmade
- Herter Music
- Kenz & Rose+HAT BAR
- LC Make-Up Artistry
- Little House Little Pastry Shop
- Remedy FNMT
- Riverfront Grille & Lounge
- Saginaw Bay Trading Company
- Sarah & 39 Sweet Escapes
- The Center for Emotional Health & Empowerment
- The Vintage Greenhouse
- Tondue Medical Spa
Galentineβs Boutique Crawl
There will be a total of 8 stops with something fab at each stop! Be sure to follow each place to get some sneak peeks. Grab a crawl card at your first stop (doesn’t matter where you start), drop the completed card at your 8th and final stop to be entered into the drawing to win $400 in Boutique gift cards. (no purchase necessary to win, winners will be notified by phone or email) P.S. Extra ways to get additional entries by supporting you local boutiques.
You can begin at any of the locations:
β’ SoCal Threads – 140 Uptown Dr.
β’ OMONI Boutique – 130 Uptown Dr.
β’ Believe Inspire Beauty 906 Washington Ave
β’ Ferne Boutique 922 Washington Ave
β’ Panache Boutique 214 Center Ave.
β’ Kenz & Rose 820 Saginaw St.
β’ Ellie & Isabelle 906 N. Waters St.
β’ Vintage Greenhouse 925 N Water St.
Check each individual store for hours, share, post & be ready to have fun!
Chili Cook-Off
January 21, 2023
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
The Downtown Chili Cook-Off brings together some of the area’s finest restaurants and their creative chili recipes for a tasty showdown in Downtown Bay City. Come try them out and vote for your favorite. Tickets can be purchased at participating locations.
Participating Businesses:
BarqueBC
Gatsby’s Seafood & Steakhouse
MI Table
Mulligan’s Pub
Old City Hall
Riverfront Grille & Lounge
Tavern 101
The Chambers
Instagram and Social Media Feeds
One of Regent Floral & Mercantile's rabbit planters is hiding at a Downtown business! π
Hint: It is located at a downtown retail business location.
If the rabbit hops away before you get there, they are available for purchase at 924 Washington Avenue. Happy hopping!
Brunching & shopping tomorrow at MI Table with Threads of Gold Boutique! What more could you want?! β¨
Believe it or not, today is the start of the SPRING Shop Hop! Spring! Old man Winter may have not gotten the memo, but all 25 merchants did! Luckily it's nice & warm in all the participating businesses πΈ
You can think Spring & hop around to your favorite Downtown businesses... for new Spring items, sweets & surprises with a grown up egg hunt! Eggs will be hidden at participating businesses around Downtown Bay City and there will also be an opportunity to win the grand prize; an overnight stay with breakfast at the DoubleTree Hotel & a $50 Downtown Bay City Gift Certificate!
If you do come out today, please drive safe. But don't worry, the Shop Hop will be going on all day tomorrow (3/23) as well!
Goodies galore at the Spring Shop Hop this Friday & Saturday, March 22nd & 23rd, during individual store hours.
Hop around to your favorite Downtown businesses for new Spring items, sweets & surprises with a grown up egg hunt! Eggs will be hidden at participating businesses ...around Downtown Bay City and there will also be an opportunity to win the grand prize; an overnight stay with breakfast at the DoubleTree Hotel & a $50 Downtown Bay City Gift Certificate!
Ocean Jasper Wellness is moving!
Just a short way around the corner to 800 Washington Avenue. We'll see them there starting March 25th. Excited for their new adventure!
π Another great parade day in Bay City! π
Step into Spring & hop around to your favorite Downtown businesses for new Spring items, sweets & surprises with a grown up egg hunt at the Spring Shop Hop!
Eggs will be hidden at participating businesses around Downtown Bay City and there will also be an opportunity to win the ...grand prize; an overnight stay with breakfast at the DoubleTree Hotel & a $50 Downtown Bay City Gift Certificate!
Participating Businesses:
πΈ Alice & Jack Wirt Library
πΈ Americana Antique Company
πΈ artigiano, artisan cheese shoppe
πΈ Bay City Antiques Center/Bay Antique Center
πΈ Bayshire Beauty Academy
πΈ Believe inspire beauty boutique & market
πΈ Ellie & Isabelle
πΈ Ferne Boutique
πΈ G.T. Homestead
πΈ Half Mile Handmade
πΈ Herman Hiss & Company
πΈ Herter Music Center
πΈ Little House
πΈ My Secret Garden
πΈ Panache Boutique
πΈ Populace Coffee
πΈ Reality Check
πΈ Riverfront Grille & Lounge located in The Doubletree Hotel
πΈ Saginaw Bay Trading Company
πΈ Sarah's Sweet Escapes
πΈ Uptown Girl
πΈ Urban East Footwear
πΈ The Vintage Greenhouse
πΈ Violets Blue
πΈ Water Street Nutrition