Dearborn Homecoming Wrist Bands Now on Sale
Act now and save money when purchasing all-day wrist bands for the carnival at the 2012 Homecoming at Ford Field Park in Dearborn August 3-5.
Advanced sales of all-day wrist bands are $12, plus a $1 service fee, from now until 11:59 p.m. on August 2 at www.buymycarnivaltickets.com/event.asp or www.cityofdearborn.org.
The carnival is open 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3-5.
Online purchasers print a receipt, and bring that, along with their I.D., to the carnival ticket booth onsite at the festival to exchange it for an all-day wrist band for that day. Purchasers do not have to specify online which day they will be using the wrist band.
The online savings is significant. All-day wrists bands purchased onsite Aug. 3-5 are $18, still a good value for the two dozen rides at the carnival, including a popular and thrilling water ride and the giant ferris wheel.
Half-day wristbands can be purchased onsite for $13 and cover ridership from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Companion tickets, meant for adults to accompany children on certain rides, have remained at $8. Other prices apply.
There are no refunds on any carnival tickets or on wristbands.
Homecoming is an event co-organized by of the City of Dearborn and the nonprofit Dearborn Community Fund. Oakwood Healthcare is the presenting sponsor.
More than 30 Dearborn-based nonprofit groups use the festival as their major fundraiser of the year, returning those dollars to the community through positive activities and scholarships.
The festival is known for its spectacular fireworks on Saturday, sponsored by Kenwal Steel Corp., and on Sunday.
Headline entertainment is WAR on Saturday, Riot House on Sunday and Dearborn’s Rhythm & Blues Blast Featuring Thornetta Davis and Laith Al-Saadi on Friday.
For information, call 313-943-2285 or visit www.cityofdearborn
July 8th, 2012 at 11:56 am
If the City is in such bad financial shape Big Boy, maybe its time to think about doing away with HOMECOMING, after all you are eliminating everything else. Think about it Boss Hogg.
July 8th, 2012 at 4:25 pm
He keeps saying that this isn’t costing the city $$$$$ but won’t open the books for taxpayers to look at. I’m sure that all the city workers are not just putting in their time for free!!!!!!! Isn’t Sat. time and a half and Sun maybe double time??
July 10th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
As a city employee I can tell you that the man hours we put in to set up for homecoming is staggering, and yes, a lot is done on overtime. Our bosses in the DPW make sure there is a lot of overtime to fatten their wallets as well. So much tax payer money is wasted, makes me sick to even think about it. All I ask is to get someone to run things properly and stop wasting my tax money. All we have in DPW are uneducated, unskilled individuals who are not held accountable for their wasting of tax payer dollars. Have to thank the city for allowing this. Once the money is allocated they can waste it how they want, no checks and balances. Why would you entrust so much money to uneducated, untrained individuals? How is this a good business practice? No wonder the city is a sinking ship.
July 15th, 2012 at 9:42 pm
So, the price of Homecoming wristbands is getting cheaper while the pool tags get more expensive and they can’t even have someone selling tags after 6, yet wristbands can be bought on line? Isn’t it obvious what they want to succeed and what they don’t want to succeed?