KIDS ZONE

(ALL FREE FOR FAMILIES)

This year’s event will feature award-winning artists and performers as well as exciting interactive educational activities that kids of all ages will enjoy. The Detroit News Kids Zone will feature the Detroit Institute of Arts Kids’ Stage with a variety of interactive, educational and fun performances throughout the weekend. ALL ACTIVITIES IN THE DETROIT NEWS KIDS ZONE ARE FREE!

FRIDAY 9/4

11:15AM | AMAZING CLARK MAGIC SHOW

12:00PM | Reg Pettibone - Authentic Native American Dance & Story Telling from the Ho Chunk Nation

1:00PM | Cranbrook Presents “Matter & Energy Live”

1:45PM | Mosaic Youth Theatre

2:30PM | JOE REILLY

3:15PM | AMAZING CLARK MAGIC SHOW

4:00PM | Cranbrook Presents “Dino-MITE! The Dinosaur Science Show”

4:45PM | JOE REILLY

5:30PM | Thowra Dabke

6:30PM | AMAZING CLARK MAGIC SHOW

Saturday 9/5

11:15AM | Ballet Folklorico

12:15PM | Revolution Chinese Yoyo

12:45PM | Michigan Science Center Presents “Frostology”

1:30PM | Revolution Chinese Yoyo

1:45PM | ZIPPITY 2 GUYS & A GUITAR

2:30PM | Revolution Chinese Yoyo

2:45PM | MITAI - Michigan Taiwanese Association - Dragon and Nezhi Dances

4:00PM | Michigan Science Center Presents “Frostology”

4:45PM | ZIPPITY 2 GUYS & A GUITAR

5:30PM | COOL TRICKS & FUNNY STUFF

6:15PM | Artlab J K-Pop Team

New this year, Oakland County Parks will bring free family fun with the “Jump Around” inflatable play zone and the Interactive Discovery Farm from Bowers Farm. Families can meet friendly farm animals, explore hands-on activities about Michigan agriculture, learn cool trivia about farm life, discover the amazing uses of wool and enjoy inflatable attractions for free throughout Labor Day weekend. BOTH ACTIVITY ZONES ARE FREE. The collaboration joins the Detroit Institute of Arts, Cranbrook Institute of Science, the Detroit Zoo and other leading regional institutions in creating what is among the most comprehensive collections of free family programming at any festival in Michigan.

You can find the Bowers Farm activation inside the Kid’s Zone on Center St, north of 4th Street, and you can find the Jump Around Play Zone at the northeast corner of 7th and Washington Royal Oak First United Methodist Church Lawn. BOTH ACTIVATIONS ARE FREE!

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FREE ARTS AND CRAFTS

This year, the entire family can enjoy FREE Arts & Crafts. In the Kids Zone at Arts, Beats, and Eats, kids will have the opportunity to make a variety of fun and engaging art projects!

Visitors can expect science with a healthy dose of spectacle when Cranbrook Institute of Science brings some of its most popular interactive experiences to Arts, Beats & Eats.

A towering Tyrannosaurus rex, high-energy experiments, live animal encounters and even edible insects will turn the festival grounds into a hands-on playground for curious minds of all ages.

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The Michigan Science Center will be bringing out your kid’s inner scientist!

Explore the chilling effects of extreme cold in this frosty demonstration! Using liquid nitrogen (LN2), we'll showcase some 'cool' reactions and transformations as everyday materials are exposed to freezing temperatures.