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Rochester and Rochester Hills in Oakland County Michigan are rich with great places for family fun like the Paint Creek Trail, Stoney Creek, several Cider Mills, the Art & Applies Festival and the the Village of Rochester Hills.  You can find all kinds of entertainment throughout the year--not to mention great places to live.  This event welcomed the fall season with pumpkins and free family enjoyment for two days in October.  Everyone was invited to come and pick a jack-o'-lantern at the Village's Pumpkin Patch in Festival Park where professional pumpkin artists were standing by for part of the day Saturday to carve silly or scary faces free of charge. All proceeds from pumpkin sales benefited the Oakland Cobras U-14 Travel Softball team.  There was someone creating caricatures, a face painter, a horse drawn hay ride, free apple cider and more.

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The Rochester Michigan 2008 Art & Apples Festival is held annually on the weekend following Labor Day in the 30-acre Rochester Park, located north of University in Downtown Rochester Michigan.  This year the 43rd annual festival was held September 5th, 6th, & 7th and included over 250 fine art exhibitors, a variety of food and live entertainment.  Definitely a family event, there was a free Kids Zone where they "Make and Take art projects and several interactive activities for kids and adults--including walking on stilts.  What would a festival be without food.  Art & Apples' had two different food courts--my favorite was the candied nuts--particularly the cashews.  However, the booth attracted a lot of bees.  Live entertainment completed the event--there was a "Main Stage" and two "Around the Park" stages over the three-day festival weekend.

The festival featured over 250 artists from around the country. The talent and range of artists' mediums included textiles, watercolor, woodworking, glassblowing, pottery, jewelry and more. !Sponsored this year by National City, the Art & Apples Festival benefits Paint Creek Center for the Arts(PCCA), a non-profit art center located in Downtown Rochester.  Their mission is to enhance life in the region by promoting, encouraging and creating opportunities to participate in and appreciate the arts. Click here to learn more about PCCA!  Paint Creek meanders through Rochester Park which is a perfect setting for this event.  Other times throughout the year, the park provides sand volleyball, lighted tennis courts, the open air shelters, restrooms, a pond (for skating in the winter), over a mile of paved walkway and two tot lots at the north end the south end of the Park.  Rochester Municipal Park is also the home of Rochester Community House, which is a not-for-profit service and banquet facility accessible from Ludlow Street.

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