Red Firetruck spraying water into pond.

SATURDAY 11:00AM – 3:00PM

Fire Truck Water Display

Located in Parking Lot 10, get a close up look at The Rochester Fire Department’s firetruck in action! 

SATURDAY 9:00AM – 5:00PM

Heritage Rod & Custom Car Festival

Benefiting the Rochester Lions Club and Leader Dogs for the Blind, join our 15th year. Hundreds of cars from all around Michigan, rebuilt, customized, and brought back to their beauty!

Graphic poster of three old cars with the word "heritage" scrolled across the top.
Graphic Design poster of old cars with the words "Festival of Cars"

SUNDAY 9:00AM – 5:00PM

Festival of Cars Show

Benefiting the Rochester Lions Club and Leader Dogs for The Blind, join our 42nd year. Hundreds of cars from all around Michigan restore cars older than 1924 to factory.

SATURDAY 11:00AM – 6:00PM &
SUNDAY 11:00AM – 5:00PM

Pioneer Playground

Discover the daily chores that children were responsible for on the homestead and popular toys of the 1790’s.

Children play with water at The Pioneer Playground over Memorial Day Weekend in Rochester, Michigan
Silver trailer with cartoon lion on it and the text "Project Kidsight" on it. The scene is in a park on the grass.

SATURDAY 10:00AM – 2:00PM &
SUNDAY 10:00AM – 2:00PM

Project Kidsight

Project Kidsight is a free vision screening program for children from ages six months to five years that local Lions Club volunteers conduct periodically throughout the year.

SATURDAY 11:00AM – 6:00PM &
SUNDAY 11:00AM – 5:00PM

Oakland Astronomy Club

Meet three NASA Solar System Ambassadors and look through high-end telescopes to safely view the Sun.

View of the Sun through a telescope

SATURDAY 11:00AM – 6:00PM &
SUNDAY 11:00AM – 5:00PM

Heritage Artists

Watch a blacksmith, bee keeper, and other artists at work; get hands-on with making a quilt. Watch how to shuck corn with a Model T!

 Bee keeper holding a piece of a bee hive
Oakland Township Historical Society Plant Sale

SATURDAY 11:00AM – 6:00PM &
SUNDAY 11:00AM – 5:00PM

Plant Sale

Support the Oakland Township Historical Society by purchasing a plant!

SATURDAY 11:00AM – 6:00PM &
SUNDAY 11:00AM – 5:00PM

Tenth Michigan Infantry

Watch the past in action, live cannon fire, and learn about Michigan’s connection to The Civil War.

Happy little girl in 1800's costume

Festival Address

Rochester Municipal Park
400 6th Street
Rochester, Michigan 48307

Festival Hours

Memorial Day Weekend
Saturday, May 25th, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday, May 26th, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Contact Us!

Phone: 248.656.0999
Email: rochesterheritage@gmail.com

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