Harmonie Park

They call it Buck Park these days, but the former Harmonie Park is alive again with music. The Arts League of Michigan, which now calls a neighboring building home, has seen to it that there is live music in the park on a regular basis. One of my favorite parts of their involvement is the Wednesday concert series they've helped orchestrate.

The series is actually put on by Springfed Arts, a Royal Oak-based singer/songwriter/poetry collective, but many attendees are from the neighboring Arts League. Anyways, this series happens at lunchtime on Wednesdays in the park and features area singers/songwriters belting out tunes. Some of the singers are funny and some are bad, but some are well worth the price of admission (free!).

The crowd that gathers to hear them is equally worth watching, what with its ragtag mix of office workers, arts aficionados, the homeless, and other stragglers. Its no Abbey Road, but its certainly an engaging and enriching experience that I recommend you check out next time you are downtown on a Wednesday.