Pig and Whiskey is a great time-beers, BBQ, and great music. The festival takes place every year in…read moreFerndale in mid-July. The stage for music is located right next to WAB and beer and whiskey tents are set up in the parking lot behind WAB, The Emory and surrounding restaurants. Admission is free and you can bring your own bottled water with you. It's also a dog friendly event and lots of people walk their dogs around the fest. You purchase tickets at designated tents similar to Arts Bears and Eats. Tickets are $2 a piece. Most beers are about 3 tickets and whiskeys are between 4-7 tickets. I usually start with a sheet of tickets for $20 but you can buy as few or many tickets as you like but they are non-refundable. Food vendors for the BBQ portion were located further down, past the whiskey and beer vendors this year. Surprisingly BBQ/food vendors only accepted cash or credit this year and didn't accept tickets which was kind of annoying because last year they only took tickets and wouldn't take cash and I wish they had posted that somewhere before I had bought extra tickets. The food is good. I had BBQ ribs from Bad Brad's BBQ with a Mexican style watermelon salad with cojita cheese and cilantro which was light and refreshing. Their Pig Candy-candied bacon is delicious! There were lots off BBQ vendors with pulled pork sliders and tacos, ribs, mac and cheese, jalapeño cornbread, and Cheeto covered street corn. Picnic tables were all the way at the other end of the festival this year and it would be nice if there was seating near the food tents. Lots of great beers too from Dogfish Head, Griffin Claw, Shorts, B. Nektar and more. They have whiskey from Jack Daniels, Jameson, Old Forster, Four Roses, Woodsford Reserve, and more. Last year they had some tents that mixed craft cocktails with whiskey and bourbon. I had a Woodsford Reserve mint julep that was amazing and a pineapple upside down cake cocktail with brown sugar bourbon mixed with pineapple juice that was delicious. This year I didn't see many cocktails, just strait whiskey or bourbon or you could add a a mixer but mixers were only limited to lemonade or Faygo soda. The main reason I go every year is for the music. A friend and I love Electric Six and we attend to see them perform every year. Electric Six has closed out the festival on Sunday night for the last six or seven years. They always put on an awesome show. Last year there were torrential downpours and they had to call the festival due to rain, so lots of people got stuck with drink tickets which were non-refundable. However they didn't cancel the music and moved Electric Six's set down to The Loving Touch and it was a really great show. This year we also saw Ann Arbor band Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers who are a lot of fun to see. Verve Pipe also played on Friday night. The festival runs Friday through Sunday. It starts at 6 pm on Friday and around noon on Saturday and Sunday and goes until midnight with music ending at around 9:00 on Sunday. I always have a blast and I'll definitely be back next year.

Super fun event. It was cold but not too busy when we went. I love the location! Great fun stuffs…read moreto do.

This weekend I attended the St. Florian Strawberry festival. This event is hosted by the parish…read moreand offer live music, food and beverages. It is more of an adult event, as there wasn't much for kids to do there. I had the Gołabki (stuffed cabbage), kraut and potatoes. The food was home made traditional Polish food. It was delicious and reasonably priced. There was also a bake sale offering Strawberry pies, tarts, and the traditional Polish desserts. If you are looking for a fun time as a couple or are of Polish heritage, give this a shot. Just know that there's not a whole lot going on. Felt more like a church even than a festival.

I try to attend every year. A fun festival, with lots of people watching! A huge streetlong tent…read morewith music, beer and food. The 100 plus year old church is open for tours.the basement of the church offers totally authentic polish dinners, desserts and youngsters in costumes performing and dancing to polish music. They also sell lots of crafts.

I think this is their first year. Not too huge but nice to just hang out. Enough food trucks and…read morevarious vendors. Enjoyed the Mexican we got. Regina's Mexican food was pretty good.

My personal experiences at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheater, or Freedom Hill county park; are…read moremostly based on local, smaller events over concerts. One in particular being the "Yoga at the Hill" event, hosted by Bodhi Seed Yoga & wellness, and the Macomb County Board of Commissioners. It's a fantastic event, I've been going for over half a decade or so, and I find the park to be well upkept for hosting. The Amphitheater and park are very easy to find, as they are located on a main road, with clear signage, and a multi-lane, turn in for drivers. The park itself is a bit on the smaller side, but still very enjoyable. My only minor complaint about the area is that with the location being directly along 16 Mile/Big Beaver road, it can be very loud some days when trying to enjoy peace and quiet. There are available restrooms, which are cleaned often, drinking fountains, multiple pavilions, stages, a playground for young children, walking paths, multiple parking lots, and bonus, it's dog friendly. You also get to enjoy the unique military decor which displays a tank, fighter jet, and helicopter. During the event we don't have a need to enter the Amphitheater area, but it is viewable, and the set up appears very friendly for concert goers to enjoy walking around while listening to music from their favorite performers. If you haven't had a chance to see this County park and event space, I highly recommend you stop by for a visit, it's worth checking out.

Was excited to hear of Goo Goo Dolls playing in a small venue. Never been to a show here before but…read moreit let me down a bit. Parking is parking of course with how congested and the lines. Took forever to get in and out. Inside is the same. Lines and congestion everywhere. The bathrooms were a mess. Bathrooms themselves were not the cleanest or greatest either. No one knew where the line ended and was right next to concessions, so it was very confusing. Everything (food, drink, merch) was on the outer rim while all the lines just clumped right into the middle. Everything felt on top of each other. The food was good, got a pretzel and it was tasty. The staff were friendly. Lots of good options even custard. Good drink options as well. Seats were fine and the sound of the show was good. The lines/parking and being on top of one another was awful.

Visited for the first time last night and it will not be my last. It's walking distance from plenty…read moreof cute little shops and has a parking structure right across the street, west end parking garage. We had tickets for a 7 pm show. The drinks are on the higher side, but similar to most places nowadays. The interior is dark, decorated in purple and black, but a nice, smaller venue to listen to music. We saw Rockstar, which sounded really good and the lead singer was quite entertaining with costume changes, etc. The venue did have some sound issues, so the band went on a little longer. We sat at high tables on the main floor, they also have seating upstairs and a dance area near the stage. A nice place to spend a couple hours with friends and hear live music.

Great little concert venue in downtown Rochester. Quick drink service and efficient seating…read morearrangement.

It's a light festival, highly recommend going. There is always something interesting to see.read more

So, we luckily found some street parking, since events like this usually is packed. So do come and…read morepark on the streets for free since it is the weekend. Favorite part was the robotics play that was going on at the DIA. The projected vines and flowers at the Science Center was hella strong. Then there's giant blow up bunny rabbits across the street from the DIA. Anyways, I had a great time looking at all to the exhibits here. A fun "NO MONEY SPENT" good time in the city with my fiance'. Two thumbs up for Electricity. Thank you so much for reading my review. I hope this helps you out with your choice. Enjoy your awesome yelptastic day!!

I just love this venue! It has very quickly made its way into my list of favorite places for a fun…read moremovie experience. There's nothing quite like the experience of watching a movie under the open sky while comfortably seating in your own vehicle. The ambience of this drive-in movie theatre is very welcoming and family-friendly. Everything is well-coordinated, and the management takes care of parking and other aspects very well. Plus, I loved the food trucks and snacks available at this venue. This is a budget-friendly option for watching two movies together, and it sure felt like an event. Overall, it was a wonderful experience, and I am very much planning to go back.

Awesome experience watching a movie with your family and special someone. Great outdoor activityread more

This last weekend was the second, of what will hopefully become the annual, BRU - Burgers, Wings…read moreand Beer Festival held at the Royal Oak Farmer's Market benefitting the Children's Leukemia Fund. The event was hosted by Bagger Dave's, Buffalo Wild Wings and Bell's Brewery and for $40 you got around 12 beer tokens and 5 food tickets to use sampling all different forms of instant gratification. Beginning at 7 pm and running until 11 on June 16th, I can only imagine what a huge success this was for CLF and the ROFM. Last year, on its first run, the event ran well but not nearly as well as this year. With a more organized 4 sided Bell's beer tent offering several brews unavailable outside of the actual brewery like Deb's Red, a Smoked Ale and a Sparkling Ale, patrons had more choices to sample and more taps to keep the lines ultra ultra short! There was plenty of bell's swag to go around and everyone got a gift bag at the end of the evening including a Bagger's pint glass and some killer Oberon posters. To top it off, our very own Yelp Ambassador, Annette, was there serving up some great Yelp swag too. Food this year was great again and provided by Bagger's and BW3's on a ticket per item basis. The food tables were on the second half of the venue so that you could just walk up and order what you liked from their menus, and hi-top tables were arranged in the center of the room to eat and mingle at. Whereas last year, servers had to carry trays while walking through the crowd, this year was so well organized that it should insure its return next year!! Live music played all night and two sets of Bell's bean bag toss were free for guests who felt like some sporting fun. Raffle tickets were sold throughout the night and the drawing was held at 10 pm to round out the festivities. All in all this was a great evening that benefitted an amazing cause and ran even better than last years event!! My only suggestion would be to add about 24 of those hi-top tables around the venue so more people had a place to stand and eat. Great Job CLF and ROFM!! Looking forward to the 2013 BRU Fest.

This is a really great festival, and the location at the Royal Oak Farmer's Market is great! It is…read morewell-organized. The food was okay - the burgers from Bagger Dave's were not hot. Also - the band was a little annoying - they played some strange (old) music that might have been better for an older crowd. A lot of the people at BRU seemed to be in their mid-20's to late-30's.