Fall Harvest Festival at Chateau Chantal, Mackinac Island Fudge Festival, Port Huron history (Sept. 26-27, 2026)

Behind the Mitten is Michigan's premier travel radio show and podcast:

This weekend Gonzo and Amy Sherman go behind the scenes of two great Michigan events:

• The Fudge Festival on Mackinac Island (Oct. 2 and 3),
• And the annual Fall Harvest Festival at Chateau Chantal on the Old Mission Peninsula in Traverse City (Oct. 3).

Plus, their good friend and historian Andrew Kercher stops by to talk about Port Huron history - bootlegging and the great fires of The Thumb in the late 1800s. He hosts a Bootleggers on the Blue Water cruise on the Huron Lady II on Oct. 10.

Segment 1: Amy and John Gonzalez
Segment 2: Andrew Kercher of Andrew Kercher Lecture & Tours
Segment 3: Steph Castelein of Mackinac Island Tourism
Segment 4: Kyle Brownley of Chateau Chantal

Listen every  weekend on your favorite radio stations across the state.

Affiliates and air times across the state:

Fridays

• 8:10 AM — News/Talk/Sports 105.5 FM WPHM (Port Huron)

Saturdays

• 8:00 AM — WBRN 1460 AM / 107.7 FM / 96.5 FM (Big Rapids)
• 8:00 AM — WILS 1320 AM (Lansing)
• 10:00 AM — News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM (Benton Harbor)
• 12:00 PM — News/Talk 600 and 93.5 WCHT (Escanaba)
• 4:00 PM — WIOS “The Bay’s Best!” 1480 AM / 106.9 FM (Tawas / East Tawas)
• 5:00 PM — WMIC “The Voice of the Thumb” 660 AM / 95.3 FM (Sandusky)

Sundays

• 6:00 AM — News/Talk 600 and 93.5 WCHT (Escanaba)
• 7:00 AM — Black Diamond Broadcasting Stations:
  -WCFX — CFX Today’s Hits (95.3) — Mt. Pleasant
  -WGFN — The Bear (98.1 / 95.3) — Traverse City
  -WMRX — Sunny 97.7 — Midland
  -WUPS — The Classic Hits Station-UPS (98.5) — Houghton Lake
  -WWMK — 106.3 MAC FM — Cheboygan

• 1:00 PM — WSGW 790 AM / 100.5 FM (Saginaw)
• 6:00 PM — WOOD 1300 AM / 106.9 FM (Grand Rapids)