Homecoming address
Dearborn’s 30th Annual Homecoming Festival is at Ford Field Park.
The address is 22051 Cherry Hill.
The park is north of Michigan Avenue, west of the Southfield Freeway.
It can be accessed from Michigan Avenue by going north on Brady, which is about ¾ miles west of the Southfield Freeway. |
Homecoming Drive-In Movie
The Drive-In Movie is at 9:15 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7 at the bottom of the hill, near the Car Show.
It is sponsored by Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr.
On the screen will be Three Stooges shorts and American Graffiti. |
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Enjoy arts and crafts, Living History at Dearborn Homecoming Aug. 7-9
New fireworks blanket policy for 2009 Homecoming limits size to 8 feet by 8 feet and restricts placement time to after 8 a.m.
CITY OF DEARBORN 2009 HOMECOMING FESTIVAL RULES
Free Homecoming shuttles offered Aug. 7-9 from Dearborn High School and West Village Drive
Detroit Medical Center is presenting sponsor for Dearborn’s 30th annual Homecoming
Sponsors make community event possible on Aug. 7-9
Rick Springfield to headline Dearborn’s 30th annual Homecoming celebration
Fantastic, budget-friendly, family activities in store for Homecoming celebration
Pancake Breakfast - Sunday, August 9
Polish Tent Entertainment Schedule
Wacky Contest Schedule - Children's Activity Field
Italian Tent Entertainment
Great Food is available at Homecoming!
Rick Springfield leads Homecoming entertainment,
DMC is presenting sponsor of the Aug. 7-9 festival
Read about the new rules for placing blankets on the hill
Homecoming will celebrate its 30th year
on August 7, 8 and 9 in 2009, made
possible in part by presenting sponsor
Detroit Medical Center (DMC)
Rick Springfield—
8:30 p.m. Saturday, Main Stage
Pop singer Rick Springfield, best known
for the song “Jessie’s Girl” from his early
career and as a star on the daytime drama“General Hospital,” is the headline act.
He brings high-energy and enthusiastic
audience contact to every show, and
Homecoming will be a rare chance for
his devoted fans to see him for free.
He continues to perform around the
country and to record new music, including
his latest CD, “My Precious Little One:
Lullabies for a New Generation.”
It will be his second performance in
Dearborn. He starred at the Ford
Community & Performing Arts Center
in 2008.
Fireworks, Saturday and Sunday
Homecoming wouldn’t be Homecoming
without spectacular fireworks on Saturday
and Sunday nights. They are sponsored by
BP/Armada Oil and Gas on Saturday and
by B&K Collision on Sunday.
All your favorites and some new twists
Local favorite Fifty Amp Fuse will be the final
act on Sunday night.
The Dearborn Chamber of Commerce’s
Car Cruise and Classic Car Show return on
Friday night.
This year, it will be accompanied by music
from Larry Lee and the Back-in-the-Day Band
on the Main Stage and, for the first time, an
appropriately-themed movie on Stage B.
The Dearborn Community Arts Council’s Craft
Show will take place on Friday evening and
Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
And back again is the Living History Hill with
historical re-enactors, musical entertainment,
crafts, antique firearms, a high tea and more.
Back in 2009 is the Nickelodeon channel’s
live stage show on Sunday afternoon.
And service clubs and charitable organizations
will be serving food, beverages and
beer from Labatt Blue once again.
Tribute to Ford Motor Co.
Still in the works— a tribute to Ford Motor
Co., which is expected to have vehicles on
display at the festival Saturday and Sunday.
Brand new to 2009—Guitar Hero
It is the sensation that can’t be stopped.
New to Homecoming in 2009 is a “Guitar
Hero” contest on Saturday and Sunday.
Small fee applies.
Welcome back—pancake breakfast
A pancake breakfast by the First
Presbyterian Church of Dearborn from
9-noon on Sunday, inside the Polish Tent,
on the east side of the carnival.
Blankets on the hill—new rules in 2009
People can put their blankets on the hill
after 8 a.m. on Saturday and after 8 a.m.
on Sunday. All blankets must be removed
by midnight both nights.
The size of a blanket is limited to no more
than 8 feet by 8 feet to accommodate as
many families as possible.
Carnival—$10 online specials
(advanced sales only)
The carnival runs Friday-Sunday from
11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. All-day wristbands are
$15. Other prices apply. Advanced sales of
all-day wrist bands are $11 from July 6
through midnight at August 6 at
www.wadeshowsinc.com
DMC sponsorship
DMC, the Detroit Medical Center, is the
presenting sponsor. Visit www.dmc.org
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