Local
and Oakland County leaders gathered in the lobby area of the
Stagecrafters Baldwin Theatre in Royal Oak to announce participation
and sponsorship details surrounding the 2010 Ford Arts, Beats,
and Eats Festival, and they turned out to be impressive increases.
Everyone
who donates three non-perishable food items to one of 26 Citizens
Bank locations in Oakland County from July 26 through Sept.
3 will receive a free admission ticket to the festival. About
25 restaurants have agreed to donate a minimum of $500 to
Forgotten Harvest to provide 2,500 meals to the homeless.
A new cultural stage will be added to Arts, Beats and Eats.
HealthPlus of Michigan is introducing the world's largest
bike corral.
Organizers of the 2010 Ford Arts, Beats and
Eats festival in Royal Oak have announced the complete music
line-up and list of participating restaurants. This year’s
festival will have more music stages than last year and more
food on hand for all to enjoy.
“We think it’s going to be a record-bursting event,”
said Arts, Beats and Eats founder and Oakland County Executive
L. Brooks Patterson. “More people, more events, more
restaurants, we have nine stages instead of five."
This year's
Arts, Beats and Eats festival in downtown Pontiac will be
bigger and better than ever. Yes, the festival lost its main
sponsor, Chrysler, since the automaker is struggling to make
a profit. The festival will offer free sponsorships to the
Big Three automakers - GM, Ford and Chrysler. A $2 admission
fee will be charged on Saturday, Sunday and on Labor Day Monday.
If you want to get in free, go on Friday before 6:30 p.m.
Arts,
Beats & Eats plays host to a hot line-up of national and
local musical acts on Labor Day weekend, August 29 through
September 1, 2008. In its eleventh year, Chrysler Arts, Beats
& Eats promises the “beats” will reflect the
true heart of the metro Detroit area with sounds from nearly
every musical genre.
Blake
Shelton opens up about touring with Rascal Flatts, working with
Reba's husband and being one of the judges on TV's Nashville
Star. He also tells us about his latest single "The More
I Drink" on the new album Pure B.S.
Arts, Beats & Eats celebrates
its twelfth year this Labor Day Weekend with new events, activities
and surprises for our unique festival of art, music, food and family
fun. We are especially proud that our Health Plus Art Fair is ranked
7th in the United States by Art Fair Source Book. The music line-up
will be stellar, and we are looking forward to great performances, especially
on the Michigan Lottery Stage.
