This spring, the Festival was awarded a $20,000 grant through the Michigan Arts and Culture Council’s Mission Support Program for 2026, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This grant supports the planning, development, and delivery of year-round Festival programming and community events.
In Fall 2025, the Festival was awarded a $4,500 grant from the Fund for Youth and the Ted and Brenda Frey Donor Advised Fund at the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation to support school programming and books for students in Emmet County.
Since 2003, the Festival has collaborated with numerous local organizations and groups to bring the works of C.S. Lewis to life in Northern Michigan.
Here are some of our past and present collaborators:
B’nai Israel Temple
Bay View Association
Beards Brewery
Central Elementary
CMU Public TV/Radio
Concord Academy
Crooked Tree Arts Center
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
First Anglican Church of Petoskey
First Presbyterian Church of Harbor Springs
First Presbyterian Church of Petoskey
Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra
Interlochen Public Radio
Lincoln Elementary
Lite 96-FM
Marion Wade Center, Wheaton College
McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital
McLean & Eakin Booksellers
North Central Michigan College
Northern Michigan Madrigal
Ottawa Elementary
Petoskey District Library
Petoskey High School
Petoskey Middle School
Petoskey News-Review
Petoskey United Methodist Church
St. Francis Xavier
Sheridan Elementary
Stafford’s Hospitality
Three Streams Theatre
Traverse Magazine
YMCA