ARTS, BEATS & EATS

Oakland County’s Summer Festival

September 3-6, 2010

200 Performances on 10 Stages!

Oakland County’s Favorite Summer Festival Celebrating Art, Music, Cuisine and Humanity returns September 3-6, 2010. Now in its 13th year Ford Arts, Beats & Eats Presented by Citizens Bank will take place in Downtown Royal Oak, a great place to live, for the very first time. The festival will offer more than 200 performances on ten stages, a highly ranked Juried Fine Arts Show, local restaurants with some of the finest cuisine in metro Detroit and international, regional and local attractions that will make the city of Royal Oak the premier destination for Labor Day weekend 2010.

http://www.artsbeatseats.com/

Event Hours
Friday September 3rd 11:00am - 11:00pm
Saturday September 4th 11:00am - 11:00pm
Sunday September 5th 11:00am - 11:00pm
Monday September 6th 11:00am - 9:00pm

Royal Oak Holiday Magic Parade

This 8th Annual Parade features musical acts, performances, floats and more from over 55 parade units.

The parade route starts at Washington and Lincoln and heads north on Washington to Fourth, where it then heads west to Lafayette.

New this year is the Santa Scamper before the parade, A Fun Run, through the parade route for kids and families at 9:15am.

After the parade, visits with Santa are from 11am - 1pm at Stagecrafters.

Also new this year, bring a toy to the parade to help less fortunate families in the metro Detroit area. Marines will walk in the parade and collect them from the crowd for Toys for Tots.Parking will be free downtown from 10am - 2pm for guests to the parade!