The Heritage Festival is an August event held in Ypsi's Riverside Park. The Festival's apocryphal origins are in the energy crises of the 1970s - when Ypsilanti families couldn't afford gas to go on vacation, they decided to bring vacation to them in the form of an annual festival.
http://www.ypsilantiheritagefestival.com/
Dates
- August 15-17, 2014 in Riverside Park.
- August 21-22-23, 2009 in Riverside Park, Depot Town, Frog Island and Downtown
News references
- Ypsilanti Heritage Festival stories on AnnArbor.com
- Ypsilanti Heritage Festival stories on Ann Arbor Chronicle
- Ypsilanti Heritage Festival stories on Ann Arbor Observer
- Ypsilanti Heritage Festival stories in Heritage Media newspapers
- Ypsilanti Heritage Festival stories in the Google News archives
