Upcoming Events at Palmer Park
Palmer Park Art Fair
June 6-7, 2026
​Integrity Shows is reinventing the art fair and reviving a wonderful event from the 1970s and 1980s, while giving Detroit its only large outdoor juried art fair. Installations, street art and demonstrations mix with artists' booths and the park's trees and beauty. We are active partners with People for Palmer Park and encourage local business and residents' involvement in our art fair.

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Freedom Arts Festival
August 2026
​​The Freedom Arts Festival connects and reconnects Detroiters to their neighborhood parks. Featuring music, dance, storytelling, and art reflecting Detroit’s multicultural tapestry, the festival brings together freedom, racial justice, history, and connection to place through arts & culture.

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Log Cabin Day
June 28, 2026
​​​Take a peek! People for Palmer Park opens the doors of Palmer Park’s 1880's Log Cabin — Detroit’s only authentic log cabin — for a rare day of historic exploration and free family fun. Visitors each year have been treated to a day of old-fashioned ice cream socials, live music, square dancing, blacksmithing, hat-making and parade/contests, prize raffles, Civil War camp, and an afternoon of family fun that will reconnect people of all ages to early Detroit memories and history, and aspirations for continued revival.

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Harvest Festival
September 19, 2026
​​​People for Palmer Park presents its free community Harvest Festival to welcome Autumn, and enjoy nature and harvest time. with dance, music, storytelling, art making, pumpkin picking and harvest related foods. The event includes a variety of family-friendly activities: petting zoo, pony rides, hayrides through the woods, arts & crafts, pumpkin picking, games, and entertainment with music, storytelling and more. 

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