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Stroll through a pumpkin patch and welcome fall with fresh cider and doughnuts from Yates Cider Mill. Visit with pirates and princesses who will be wandering throughout the Village and even wear your own pirate and princess costume to mingle right along with them. Enjoy live music, food and...
Kids ages 4-12 with neurodiversity needs are invited to a chance to explore art specifically for the autistic community. Paint with a variety of brushes/tools and experiment with making butterflies out of tissue paper. Though all mediums are washable, dress for a mess.
Event Cost: $20, $15 members, registration required...
Families can join the Rochester Hills Museum to find gravestones for the community’s earliest leaders, soldiers, poets and philanthropists. Examine the beautiful artwork of headstones and divulge the forgotten lives and stories of the past. Meet at the Billy Yank Civil War Statue to begin the tour.
Event Cost: $10,...
Journey back in time to experience early American blacksmithing, woodworking, pioneer cooking and more. You will complete a project to take home. For ages 14-plus. Pre-registration required.
Event cost: $30/ages 14-21, $40/ages 60+, $50/ages 22-59; parking pass required
Event times: 8 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday...
​​​​​​​​During the week-long celebration of A2ZERO, the City of Ann Arbor is launching Green Fare — an opportunity to profile sustainable, local, and plant-based cuisine and services offered by local merchants. Green Fare will showcase some of the sustainable fare and products the community has to offer to the...
Help Blake’s Orchard & Cider Mill celebrate its 75th anniversary with a weekend-long celebration, including fireworks (June 5), free donuts (June 4), pig races, discounted admission to Funland, live music and more.
Event Cost: Varies by day, pre-purchase tickets
Event Times: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. June 4-6, 2021
Kids in grades 3-5 will follow the nutrient trail of consumers, producers, and decomposers while meeting goats, chickens and red wiggler friends, the worms. Visiting the garden, greenhouse, orchard, and animal barn, students will investigate how plants depend on animals and insects for their survival and how the energy...
This indoor event offers over 150 vendors including upscale handmade items, clothing, jewelry and art. Enjoy live music, local food and a free photo booth, too. Wear western gear to enter a cash prize raffle. As COVID-19 closures change, verify the event information with the organizer before you go.
