People For Palmer Park

09/24/2026

UPCOMING EVENTS at Palmer Park!
• Strides for Seniors: Detroit on Sept 29;
• The Pull Up Project - A Mobile Health Initiative on Sept 30;
• Spotted Lanternfly workshop on Oct 7 at the Detroit Exploration & Nature Center - The DEN registration link with more information: https://pears.io/events/msuext/10221/ );
• final Community Palmer Park Farmers Market on Wed. Sept 30; and
• HarvestFest on Sat Oct 3 from 1-4 pm — sign up to attend or volunteer at palmerparkharvestfest2026.eventbrite.com
• Fall Nature Walk in Palmer Park on Oct 24 with the Detroit Bird Alliance, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-nature-walk-at-palmer-park-tickets-1999005427044

09/18/2026

NEW DATE for Palmer Park HarvestFest due to severe weather warnings! Rescheduled for Sat Oct 3!

Volunteer at Harvest Fest: help children with arts & crafts, picking & decorating pumpkins, serving c***r, apples & donuts, grilling corn! Signup at palmerparkharvestfest.eventbrite.com

People for Palmer Park's annual Harvest Fest is a free beloved community event. Its success depends on your support! Help children with arts & crafts, picking & decorating pumpkins, serving c***r, apples & donuts, grilling corn, assisting on the hayride, and more! Volunteer all day, or for a few hours. We appreciate all help! Mint Artists Guild buildOn Ron Rutherford Palmer Park Art Fair Detroit Parks & Recreation The Detroit Parks Coalition Detroit Palmer Park Disc Golf Course Palmer Park Farmers Market Palmer Park Unleashed Dog Park Metro Detroit Events

Thank you to our donors and sponsors: City of Detroit Parks & Recreation Dept., DelBene Produce (corn), Franklin C***r Mill and Dutch Girl Donuts (donuts), Mike's Market (c***r), Eastern Market and Shane Carnagie with Jim Shaffer & Associates (pumpkins), Huron Clinton Metro Parks, Buildon.org, Mint Artists Guild

09/16/2026

NEW DATE: SAT OCT 3
HarvestFest at Palmer Park:
Ponies, Hayrides, Pumpkins & Joy!
Free family event celebrates nature and harvest time with hayrides, free apples, c***r, donuts & corn roast, pony rides, petting zoo, pumpkin decorating, live music and fun at Palmer Park.

Palmer Park HarvestFest is a free community celebration on Saturday, OCT 3 from 1-4 pm presented by People for Palmer Park to welcome Autumn, and enjoy nature and harvest time. The event includes a variety of family-friendly activities: petting zoo, pony rides, hayrides through the woods, arts & crafts, pumpkin picking and decorating, games, facepainting, and entertainment with live music, magic show, dancing, and more. Apples freshly picked from the Palmer Park orchards, donuts and apple c***r will be served, along with hot roasted corn-on-the-cob. The fun takes place between the Palmer Park Community Garden and Community House, 990 Merrill Plaisance, Detroit

Facepainting, crafts and more with Mint Artists Guild and buildOn students, music with the 18-piece University of Detroit Jesuit Jazz Orchestra and the Ron Rutherford Appalachia Reggae Trio, and much more fun.

09/09/2026

Behind the scenes at the Detroit City Championships. 🎾

BCP Detroit was proud to sponsor, and even prouder to be out there with a camera. This all went down in Palmer Park, a few hundred yards from where I walk every morning.

Detroit shows up. Every time.

08/27/2026

We are thrilled to cosponsor this upcoming concert in the Bandshell!

Join us at Palmer Park September 13 | 2-5pm!

The Festival’s friends at Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings are bringing more than 30 musicians to the newly renovated Palmer Park Bandshell on September 13 for their largest performance ever—and it’s FREE!

The “History of Bands” program will feature favorites including Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever, Holst’s Second Suite, and Omar Thomas’ A Mother of a Revolution.

Make a day of it with food trucks, vendors, games, activities, and plenty of live music! Stop by the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival booth while you’re there and say hello!

Come out, enjoy the music, explore Palmer Park, and support this wonderful community event. We hope to see you there!

Check out their website for more information:
detroitchamberwinds.org/performance/ppb

08/09/2026

Somebody asked me if there’s really a lake in Palmer Park 🌿
There is. Senator Palmer had it dug in the 1880s at the foot of his summer cabin, and named it after his wife’s mother.
It’s been in the background of half my episodes. Most people who drive past every day have never walked back there.
This week’s episode is supported by People for Palmer Park 🌿 🙏🏾