2025 Events !

Murder on the Square!

Saturday April 26, 2025

Murder on the Square ---- Your chance to solve the murder of the century! Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 7pm, located at the 1885 Eaton County Courthouse, 100 W. Lawrence Ave., Charlotte, MI. Tickets are $40 each. Click here for tickets

Charlotte Memorial Day Parade

Monday May 28 2025

Be sure to enjoy the Charlotte Memorial Day parade through downtown Charlotte, honoring our veterans!

Charlotte Celebrates

Thursday-Saturday June 12-14, 2025

Each Father's Day weekend, the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce throws a festival in honor of our city. The Courthouse Square Museum hosts family-friendly events on its lawn that attracts visitors young and old to its entertainment, food, and crafts. To participate in the festivities with a booth on the 1885 Courthouse lawn, please download this application. Vendor Application for 2023.

CSA History Camp

Monday-Friday August 4-8, 2025, csamuseum@yahoo.com for info.

Eaton County’s Museum at Courthouse Square will host its History Day Camp the first full week in August for children ages 6-18. Using a real hands-on approach, campers will travel to different areas of the county to learn about local history. History Day Camp highlights from past years included making Shaker boxes (yes, real cherry wood boxes, no macaroni frames here!), visiting the Welch Museum in Sunfield, a Civil War Clothing Company, and canoeing in Eaton Rapids!

Frontier Days

Friday-Sunday September 5th-7th, 2025

The Courthouse Square Association is honored to once again host the Frontier Days craft show on the lawn of the 1885 Courthouse.

Annual Maple Hill Cemetery Tour by the Eaton County Historical Commission

Sunday October 5, 2025 - 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Join us at Charlotte Maple Hill Cemetery for the annual guided tour. This is a very informative and fun event, with a different theme each year! There is a tour at 2:00 p.m. and the same tour again at 4:00 p.m. The cost is your donation amount!

Downtown Trick-or-Treating

Monday October 21, 2024

Bring your family to the annual trick-or-treating "Almost Midnight Madness" from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in downtown Charlotte! Then, continue to the 1885 Courthouse lawn!

Charlotte Christmas

Saturday November 30, 2024

Charlotte’s Christmas, November 30th, includes a downtown parade followed by the community tree lighting at the 1885 Courthouse lawn. Come and see Santa and the Grinch and take a wagon ride to see some local home and yard decorations around the courthouse. Enjoy holiday music, free to all.