Soaring Eagle Arts, Beats & Eats presented by Flagstar Bank is Oakland County’s celebration of art, music, food and community that take place in Downtown Royal Oak on Labor Day Weekend. Scheduled for September 2-5, 2022, the festival attracts hundreds of thousands for an end of summer celebration not to be missed!
Admission to the festival is $5 before 3pm and $10 after 3pm.
EVENT HOURS
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2 11AM-11PM
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3 11AM-11PM
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4 11AM-11PM
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5 11AM-9PM
On Friday the festival is free to enter until 5pm, after 5pm the price is $10. On Saturday, Sunday and Monday, admission is $5 before 3pm and $10 after 3pm. This is admission fee supports the festival as well as 14 non-profit partners. Active duty military and veterans are invited to attend Soaring Eagle Arts, Beats & Eats for free. Present your military ID at any festival entrance ticket booth for a free ticket. When you pay to enter, you will receive a wristband with the day of admission on it. You are allowed to re-enter the festival on that same day provided that your wristband is still on and has no signs of tape on it.
TJ Schmidt Carnival will be providing a kiddie carnival, and will have ten rides geared toward families (kids ages 3-13 and adults)located in two sections, one in the Sherman Lot in the north end of the festival, and two, in the Oakland Community College Parking Lot on 7th near Center Street.
Carnival tickets will be $1 each and rides will be between 3 and 6 tickets per ride. List of rides available here.
Soaring Eagle Arts, Beats & Eats
Map of events.
Dogs are not permitted at Arts, Beats & Eats. Large crowds make it just too dangerous for our furry friends.
Shuttle buses will be running Saturday through Monday (NOT FRIDAY) at 11:00am from Royal Oak High School, and will run until 12:30am on Saturday and Sunday and until 10pm on Monday. Buses will run later if there are lines of people who were in line by those closing hours, however will not continue for people who just show up late.
Downtown Royal Oak is going to be crowded this Labor Day weekend- to ensure you don't need to worry about finding a spot, Soaring Eagle Arts, Beats & Eats has worked out an all inclusive parking plan that features real time communication to our festival visitors.
Be sure to park at official Soaring Eagle Arts, Beats, and Eats parking lots. It really matters where you park. Revenue from the official lots pays for police, fire, and other public services at the festival and supports improvements in Royal Oak parks.
For the latest on parking and for emergency information, please tune to 1640AM.
PARKING NOT PERMITTED IN SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD
Within an approximate one half to one mile radius from the festival, all parking in neighborhoods is on a permit parking only basis, and police will issuing $50 fines as a deterrent. Residents may report problems to Royal Oak Police, who also have the option to tow vehicles if resident parking problems are an issue.
ROYAL OAK PARKING METERS CLOSED
All Royal Oak Parking Meters will not be available due to traffic concerns and to have customers avoid circling the downtown looking for parking at meters.