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Summertime Fairs, Festivals & Celebrations

By Jennifer So, Publisher, Macaroni Kid Lake Orion-Rochester Hills-Oxford May 3, 2022

Summertime is festival time!

Each of the local (and not so local but worth the drive!) events on this list pack tons of entertainment that will create lasting memories for you and your family for years to come. So fill up on food, music and family fun and have a wonderful summer!!

Click on each highlighted event title for more information.


Lake Orion Lions Club Jubilee 

Downtown Lake Orion

The Lake Orion Lions Club annual Jubilee features carnival rides, games, live entertainment, beer tent, and fireworks at 10 pm on Saturday night!

Dates & Hours:

Thursday, June 21: 1pm - 10 pm
Friday, June 22: 12 pm - 11 pm
Saturday, June 23: 12 pm - 11 pm | Fireworks at 10 pm
Sunday, June 24: 11 pm - 6 pm

Cost: Carnival wristbands are $20 at the Jubilee or you can save $2 per wristband if purchased online before noon on June 21 HERE. Tickets cost $1 each, or you can buy a sheet of 50 tickets for $40. (Rides require anywhere from 2 - 5 tickets each) Website


Summerfest

Downtown Auburn Hills

When: Friday, June 22: 4 pm - 10 & Saturday, June 23: 10 am - 10 pm

The annual Auburn Hills Summerfest in the heart of the city's downtown at Auburn and Squirrel Roads will feature unique activities, exceptional attractions, and memorable sights and sounds for everyone to enjoy. This two-day celebration is filled with fun, food, music and great activities the whole family can enjoy. Some activities include: Live music, Games, Kidz Corner, Teen Dodgeball Tournament, Color Me Extraordinary 5K, Arts & Craft Fair, Ice Cream Social, Food, BBQ Contests, Karaoke, Dancing, Pet Parade, Car Show, and more!

Cost: Free Admission & Activities


Independence Fest

Clintonwood Park, 6000 Clarkston Rd., Clarkston

When: Tuesday, July 4

  • Parade: 10 - 11:30 am. 
  • Festival: 11 am - 10 pm
  • Fireworks: 10 pm

Cost: Parking is $5/car at Clintonwood Park before 6 pm. After 6 pm, $10/car.

Celebrate our Nation's birthday at Independence Fest in Clintonwood Park!

The parade begins at 10:00 am and runs until approximately 11:30 am. The parade starts at St. Daniel Church and ends at the Clarkston United Methodist Church. The fun continues all day with a veteran's celebration, military museum, arts & crafts show, kids games and inflatables, rock wall and mechanical surfboard, dog adoptions and of course fireworks at dusk!
 

Oakland County Fair

Springfield Oaks County Park, 12451 Andersonville Road, Davisburg

When: July 6 - 15 | Fireworks on Friday, July 6 at 10 pm

An Oakland County tradition, the 10 day Oakland County Fair includes a midway with carnival rides, free concerts, grandstand events, monster trucks, a demolition derby, animal exhibits including the favorite, Miracle of Birth Barn, 50 cent bottomless chocolate milk and fireworks on July 6 at 10 pm!

Cost:

  • $12 parking per vehicle includes general admission for all passengers
  • $6 parking per motorcycle includes general admission for all riders
  • $6 walk-ins
  • Grandstand Admission is $10 for Adults, $5 for kids 6-14 and kids 5 and under are free

Carnival Hours:

  • July 6: 1 - 11 pm
  • July 7: 12 - 11 pm
  • July 8: 12 - 11 pm
  • July 9: 1 - 11 pm
  • July 10: 1 - 11 pm
  • July 11: 1 - 11 pm
  • July 12: 1 - 11 pm
  • July 13: 1 - 11 pm
  • July 14: 12 - 11 pm
  • July 15: 12 - 7 pm


Seymour Celebration

Seymour Lake Township Park, 2795 Seymour Lake Rd. Oxford

When: Friday, July 6 - Saturday, July 7 from 12 - 11 pm. Fireworks on both nights at dusk.

Oxford's Seymour Celebration is 2 days of FAMILY FUN with live entertainment, carnival midway and games, community garage sale, and fireworks on both Friday & Saturday night!

Cost: $5/car parking after 7 pm on Friday and Saturday

Seymour Celebration carnival one day wristbands are $20 and can be purchased on site at the carnival ticket office. Wristbands may be purchased online for $17 and picked up at the carnival box office.

Friday, July 6

  • Carnival 12 - 11 pm
  • Oakland County Inflatables 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Meijer Fireworks at Dusk (appx 10 pm)

Saturday, July 7

  • Carnival 12 - 11 pm
  • Live Music 12 - 10 pm
  • Cornhole Tournament 12 - 7 pm
  • Home Depot Kids Corner
  • Genisys Credit Union Fireworks at Dusk (appx 10 pm)


Michigan Lavender Festival

Blake's Cider House & Winery, 17985 Armada Center Road, Armada

When: Friday, July 13 - Sunday, July 15 from 10 am – 5 pm each day

The Michigan Lavender Festival offers a true symphony for the senses! Relax and rejuvenate to the essence of Fragrant Lavender swaying in the breeze. Enjoy a gourmet lunch in the shade while sipping on a glass of ice cold Lavender Lemonade. Celebrate the grandmother of herbs in all her splendor with a series of events centered around the fragrant purple plant, including: workshops, demonstrations, Cooking With Lavender classes & more. 

The Michigan Lavender Festival is proud to be a “Made-In-Michigan” event, featuring over 175 Michigan artists, craftspeople and local area farms. Festival highlights include: lavender workshops, wellness classes, wagon rides to tour the farm & orchards.

Cost: Admission is $7 for adults; children under 12 admitted free. Admission includes unlimited seating to all classes and demonstrations


65th Addison Township Firefighters Annual Strawberry Festival

Village of Leonard

When: Saturday, July 21 from 8 am - 10 pm

Enjoy a fun-filled day of family fun in the Village of Leonard with friends and family! Festivities include a parade, inflatables, rock climbing wall, live entertainment, craft show, car show, Upland Hills petting farm, food, and of course strawberry sundaes!

Cost: Free admission and kids activities


37th Annual Blueberry Festival

Imlay City
When: Friday, July 21 - Saturday, July 22
Cost: Free


Eastern Michigan State Fair

Imlay City
When: July 24 - July 28 from 12 pm - 11 pm daily

Cost: Admission $15 Tues - Thurs, $20 Fri & Sat


Maker Faire Detroit

The Henry Ford, Dearborn

When: Saturday, July 28 - Sunday, July 29
Cost: General Admission (12+): $28, Senior (62+): $26, Youth (3-11): $19, Children (2 & Under): Free. Members receive 50% off all tickets.


Lone Ranger Festival and Parade

Downtown Oxford

When: Saturday, August 4th from10 am - 5pm | Parade at 11am
Cost: Free

The 6th Annual Oxford Lone Ranger Festival kicks off with a parade beginning at 11am and festival activities, music, food and fun throughout the day.

The parade will line-up and begin at 11am at the Oxford Marketplace shopping center and head north all the way past the Polly Ann Trail pedestrian bridge. Marchers will include: Paws, Ronald McDonald, Little Ceasar, Oxford Wildcats and Lake Orion Dragons Marching Bands, Wolverine Rangers Cowboy Actions Shooters, North Oakland Dixieland Band, The Wells Fargo Stage Coach, The Tall Heads from The Detroit Parade Company, The Shriners, Horses, Robotic Teams and, of course, Oxford's Lone Ranger and Tonto.

Celebrate Kids Corral will be located at the Oxford Bank's parking lot from 10am - 5pm. There will be mechanical bulls, bounce houses, games, pony rides, fire stunt artist, fire truck and more family fun planned to help celebrate the day!

E. Burdick Street will feature various Vendors, an Ice Cream Social at OUMC Church, a Toddler Zone from 10am-5pm with Bounce Houses, Games, and a Splash Dunk Tank. Taking the stage, 3rd Degree Burns will perform from 12-2pm.

W. Burdick Street will feature Puppet Shows at 12:50 & 2:15pm, Magician at 12:15 (Three 15 minute shows), High Wire Act at 1:30pm, and Vendors

Downtown Oxford's Centennial Park will be rockin with concerts from musical acts including One Love Reggae Band from 12 - 2pm, The North Oakland Dixieland Band, Guardians of Harmony Barbershop Quartet and the M.S.U. Alumni Band. Art in the Park will run from 10am - 5pm.


Armada Fair

74280 Fair St, Armada

When: August 13 - 19
Cost: Admission: Adults (Ages 13 and Over): $8, Children (Ages 9 and 12): $2, Children (Ages 8 and Under): Free
$5/parking


Lapeer Days Festival

When: August 17 - 19 (Skerbeck Family Carnival runs August 15 – 19)
Cost: Free Admission, Activities and Parking. Carnival wristbands $16 - 18


Renaissance Festival

12600 Dixie Hwy., Holly

When: Weekends & Labor Day Aug. 18 - September 31 and Festival Friday, September 28 | 10 am - 7 pm


Metamora Country Days and Hot Air Balloon Festival

When: August 24 - 25 | Fireworks Saturday at dusk
Cost: Free


Dragon on the Lake

Downtown Lake Orion

When: August 23 - 26
Cost: Free Admission & Activities


Michigan Peach Festival

Romeo

When: Labor Day Weekend | August 30 - September 3


Arts, Beats & Eats

Royal Oak

When: Labor Day Weekend, August 31- September 3


Michigan State Fair

Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Avenue, Novi

When: August 30 - September 3


Arts & Apples Festival

Rochester Park

When: September 7 - 9