Photo of the Week: Plymouth Ice Festival 2025

An ice sculpture of a dinosaur with its mouth open as if to roars. The light behind the dinosaur reflects green within the ice. Downtown Plymouth red brick loft apartments can be seen in the background.

It’s that time of year again! Time for the annual outdoor Plymouth Ice Festival in downtown Plymouth, Michigan, where local ice sculptors and community college student teams create beautiful ice sculptures from blocks of ice. As someone who loves to see ice sculptures in winter, I’m grateful for our cold weather this weekend. (We’ve had… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Plymouth Ice Festival 2025

Photo of the Day: Plymouth Ice Festival 2023

Abstract ice sculpture with dozens of sharp point icicles sticking out of it, downtown Kellogg Park in the background.

It’s back!

The Plymouth Ice Festival returned to Plymouth, Michigan for their 41st festival this weekend.

I’ve been going to, and introducing my friends, neighbors, and work colleagues, to the festival ever since it first launched.

And for the first time in a while, yesterday’s Arctic cold weather was perfect for the dozens of ice sculpture in front of downtown Plymouth businesses and in Kellogg Park.

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Photo of the Week: Plymouth Ice Festival 40th Anniversary

A unicorn ice sculpture stand on its hind legs in downtown Kellogg Park, main street businesses in the background.

Happy anniversary, Plymouth Ice Festival!

Returning to Kellogg Park and downtown Plymouth, Michigan, the annual ice festival returned this weekend with dozens of ice sculptures to check out as you stroll the sidewalks and streets.

While this year’s event won’t have live ice carvings (due to COVID restrictions), there are a lot of beautiful sculptures of animals, butterflies, vehicles, dogs, etc. that were carved off site and delivered throughout the downtown area.

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