Monday: Your Guide to Arts, Beats & Eats
Here's a guide to everything Monday at the Labor Day weekend festival in Royal Oak.
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The Arts, Beats & Eats Festival, now in its third year in Royal Oak, continues today with mostly cloudy skies and a high near 86 degrees.
Here's what's on tap Monday:
Eat something good for you: If you've been avoiding Arts, Beats & Eats because you are watching your waistline, relax. Sure, ABE has fair food - burgers, pizza, fudge, ice cream - but there are also dozens of healthful options, including vegetarian grape leaves, turkey chili and spinach salad.
Bring the kids: Arts, Beats & Eats has a special Kids Zone with crafts, inflatibles, kiddie rides and a special stage geared for children with magic shows and music.
Check out the complete list of acts on the Oakland County Parks Kids Stage.
The Beats
Michigan Lottery National Stage
3 p.m.: Pistol Day Parade (Grunge Rock)
4:30 p.m.: Saving Abel (Rock)
5:15 p.m.: Theory of a Deadman (Rock)
7:15 p.m.: Larry Lee & Back in the Day Band (Funk)
8:15 p.m.: Morris Day & The Time (Funk/Pop)
If you go
Parking: There are four parking structures and several lots in the festival area. All downtown lots and structures cost $15 to park through Monday. If you are looking for a deal, Royal Oak High School located at 1500 Lexington, off of Crooks, and north of 13 Mile costs $10.
Where not to park: Residential side streets have barricades and are clearly marked “Permit Parking Only.” Violators will receive a $50 ticket.
All Royal Oak parking meters will not be available due to traffic concerns.
How much it costs: Before 5 p.m., festivalgoers will have to pay $3 to enter Arts, Beats & Eats; after 5 p.m. the cost to enter is $5.
When you pay to enter, you will receive a wristband with the day of admission on it. You are allowed to re-enter the festival on that same day provided that your wristband is still on, and shows no signs of tape on it.
Children under 3 are free at all times.
Ride prices will be between 4 and 6 tickets event tickets or $2.50 to $3.75 per ride.
Food and beverage tickets are available through out the festival at a cost of 16 tickets for $10.
Dog are not permitted: The large crowds make it too dangerous for pets, so please leave your furry friend at home.
Weather: A slight chance of showers after noon on Monday. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent, according to the National Weather Service.
Monday night there is a chance of showers, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.
Directions
Click here for directions to the festival.
(See PDF for festival map.)
Coverage so far
Your Complete Guide to the 2012 Ford Arts Beats & Eats
Royal Oak Gets Ready for its Third Arts, Beats & Eats
Arts Beats & Eats: Preparing for Royal Oak's Largest Festival of Year
First Look: The Midway Rides of Arts, Beats & Eats
Downtown Retailers Offer Half-Off Deals During Arts, Beats & Eats
Enjoy the Ride: Kiddie Frog Hopper Comes to Arts, Beats & Eats
Ronald Wolf
6:25 pm on Monday, September 3, 2012
TGIO, now we have to see if the city received enough chips to stand pat for next years crap game. I congratulate Judy for her efforts to assure that we were informed of the who and where of all events during AB and E. I would hope Jon Witz thanked you for your hard work. At least gave you a T Shirt.
In Pontiac all they did was hand you a flyer if you were lucky to get one. Smart people brought their own copy of the Metro Times back then. Back then they also did not allow you to bring in your own water bottle and they threw out a purported minister for handing out religious flyers. There was also a last minute reduction in the admission fee and parking was just eight dollars which at the Phoenix Center helped out the cash strapped the fire department,.