Rouge Park Calendar

Yoga in the Park
Sundays, July 25 & August 8 at 10:00am
Across from the comfort station in the Brennan Pools Area (map)
These sessions will be hosted by Kerrie at Yoganic Flow. Please bring a yoga mat. This is a free event, however donations to help support this are  welcome. 
Register here.

14th Annual Butterfly & Native Plant Walk
Sunday, July 25 at 2:00pm
Experience Rouge Park's restored tallgrass prairie and learn to identify the variety of butterflies and native prairie plants that thrive there.
The walk will be postponed if it is not sunny. Rain date to be announced. 
Meet at the Prairie Pathway & Butterfly Garden (Outer Drive south of the bridge over Joy Rd.) (map)
(see flyer for more information here)
Register here.

FORP Membership Meeting...IN PERSON!!
Tuesday, July 27th at 6:00pm
The meeting will include a presentation on our new Park Stewards Program, 
and a group walk on the Sorensen Promenade and Nature Trail
Sorensen Picnic Shelter (map)
Register here 

(new date)
Two-Mile Loop Brush Cutting & Trash Clean-up
Saturday, July 31, 9:00-11:00am
Join us to help restore Rouge Park’s Two-Mile Paved Walking/Biking Loop. We will meet on Spinoza Drive at Tireman Ave. (map) to cut back overgrowth and pick up trash along the path. Please wear gloves and bring loppers or rakes if you have them.
Register here

Fish and Tree Walk
Sunday, August 1, 1:00pm
Learn about native fish and tree species on a walk along the river with fish enthusiast, Bob Muller and botanist, Don Drife. Meet at the Sorensen Promenade (map)
If the trail is too muddy we will re-schedule for our rain date of August 8th, 1-2pm. Please wear long pants and bug spray.
Register here


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The Detroit Piston are hosting programs in Rouge Park throughout the summer, Wednesdays through Sundays, including a circus, sports, live music, yoga, dance, arts & science programs and much more! We are still awaiting details and locations from the Detroit Pistons and will post them on our website rougepark.org when they become available. We believe that most of the events will be held in the Brennan Pools area even though the Pistons site provides a map location on Joy Rd. Here is a calendar showing all of the event names, dates and times. Here is another link the Pistons have posted that has a few descriptions of events, but still no locations, and includes many events not at Rouge Park. Hopefully they will post accurate and complete information soon.
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Planning an event or want to reserve a picnic shelter in Rouge Park?  Submit the Special Events Application below to the City of Detroit Recreation Department. If you wish to rent the Brennan Pools Building Event Space click here. For more information, please contact: 
Carlita Carr, Manager II – Recreation Division (313) 628-4203 (Office) (313) 269-4100 (Cell) Carlita.Carr@detroitmi.gov

Explore Rouge Park!

View a flight over and through the Rouge Park Prairie and butterfly Garden here
Detroit Parks & Rec Department has issued new guidelines for all Detroit parks due to the COVID-19 threat. You can read the document here. All playgrounds and basketball courts are closed, and programming is cancelled until further notice. However, Rouge Park is open for hiking and biking throughout the park.
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​Last year members of the Friends of Rouge Park helped raise over $250 by using their Kroger Cards.  If you are a member of the Friends of Rouge Park and shop at Kroger, you can help us by designating Friends of Rouge Park under the Community Rewards program and we will receive a donation from Kroger at no cost to you.  To sign up, please go to:
www.krogercommunityrewards.com   (step-by-step directions here).
To become a member of Friends of Rouge Park for only $5/year, click here.