Welcome to The Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival.

‘The Sweetest Little Town Around’

We are hosting the 52nd Annual Maple Syrup Festival: April 23 – 25, 2010.

2009 was a very successful year for syrup production. Volunteers gathered over 85,000 gallons of sap in about a 2 month period to produce a new record of 2,120 gallons of syrup! That’s between 40 - 50 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. You can bet everyone was pretty tired!

We will be needing plenty of volunteers again this year to help put together another wonderful festival. Please see the Contact Information page to volunteer your time and talents. Remember all the effort to host the festival is done by generous volunteers just like you!

Delicious Shepherd Maple Syrup is available at the following local merchants:

• Ric’s Food Center
• Shepherd Bar & Restaurant
• Shepherd IGA
• Shepherd Elevator
• The Hair Razor (John’s Barbershop)
• Timber Creek Marathon

If you would like us to ship you or your friends our Authentic Shepherd Maple Syrup please see our Syrup Sales page or contact Sugarbush President Arnie Hammel via e-mail or phone at (989) 828-5414.

For an informative look at the life of Michigan Maple Syrup please the Michigan Maple Syrup Association website. There you will find information about the association, facts about maple syrup production, events, and much more!