You can BYOB (bring your own bags) if you want to. If not, house bags will be provided to you.
Bar
Alcohol will be for sale for those 21+ up. You can purchase inside the Clubhouse or from one of the mobile carts.
Cornhole
Cornhole boards are placed 27 feet apart from front edge to front edge. You stand opposite your partner. Each team throws four bags per turn. You alternate throws with your opponent. A bag on the board is one point. A bag through the hole is three points.
In cancellation scoring, the points of one player cancel out the points of their opponent. For example: if you throw a bag through the hole, that’s 3 points and if your opponent gets two bags on the board, that’s two points. You would do 3-2, so you get one point on the scoreboard. Whichever team scores 21 points first is the winner of the game and will advance to the next round.
Detroit Bookfest
The Detroit Festival of Books (aka: Detroit Bookfest) is the largest book festival in the state of Michigan. Entry to the event is free. The event is organized by a 501c3 non-profit organization comprised entirely of unpaid volunteers who donate their time to making the event happen. It occurs annual on the 3rd Sunday in July at Detroit’s historic Eastern Market.
Format
The format is Double Elimination (meaning if you lose two games, you’re out).
Fox Hills
Fox Hills is a 500-acre golf course with 63 holes of golf. They also have a driving range. Fox Hills is also very popular for special events like weddings. Fox Hills Country Club was established way back in 1927. Then in 1974 it became a public golf course. Thanks to the generosity of Fox Hills, we are able to host this fundraiser at Fox Hills.
Location
The cornhole tournament will take place on the south side of the Golden Fox Clubhouse. This is a 32,000 square foot clubhouse located in the center of the Fox Hills property.
Money
Teams must register online. Stripe is used to process your funds.
However, once you are at the event, cash is preferred for the 50/50 raffle, bars, foodtruck, etc. Credit cards and debit cards will also be accepted for bars and foodtruck.
Organizers
Who is organizing this fundraiser? This charity fundraiser is being organized by Friends of Detroit Bookfest. Thanks to the generosity of Fox Hills, we are able to host this fundraiser at Fox Hills. 100% of the proceeds go directly to Detroit Bookfest.
Parking
Fox Hills regularly handles massive events. There is plenty of free parking.
Prizes
1st place prize, 2nd place prize, 3rd place prize. Amounts depend on how many teams register.
Proceeds
100% of the proceeds go to Detroit Bookfest, which is a 501c3 non-profit organization.
Raffle
There will be a 50/50 Raffle. Bring cash to buy your raffle tickets!
Refunds
Refunds will only be issued if this event does not take place.
Scoreholio
This game will be tracked using the Scoreholio phone appto manage the stats. You can create a profile on here and follow our game, if you want to.
Spectators
Spectators are free. Come hang out, have some food, have some drinks, and watch the cornhole spectacle unfold!
Time
The start time is Noon. The exact end time is unknown since we do not know how many competitors there are yet and how long each game will be.
Weather
This event is rain or shine. It will be open air if the weather is nice. If raining, the event will take under the roof of the Summerhouse Pavilion.
Questions
If you have any further questions, please fill out this contact form:
Pure Michigan is a division of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation in Lansing. The MEDC exists to help foster and promote positive economic activity statewide.
We are honored and delighted to be featured on the calendar.
Pure Michigan (courtesy of Pure Michigan)
Fun factoid of the day:
Michigan has the world’s longest freshwater coastline (3, 288 miles).
AI Images of Detroit Bookfest (digital art generated by Pete Linforth in the UK)
Wow! All of these images were generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) courtesy of Pete Linforth, an artist in the United Kingdom.
Pete says:
“I have created Digital Art going way back in the 1980’s when rendering a small resolution image would take over 24 hours! Now these things are done in seconds. I also doodle with black ink pens.”
“I’ve used AI pretty much as it came out into the market place. Basic AI has been around for many years, but recently of course there are hundreds of tools anyone can get into easily. I like the fact that someone with no experience at creating art manually can now create images from their imagination, that’s a great way to bring creativity to the masses. I tend to mainly use Leonardo, it’s a feature rich tool that is growing in popularity and new features are added on a regular basis.”
“Some personal inspirations are Picasso, Miró, Dalí, Escher, Rothko and Emin. Each have their unique view of the world and each had a major influence on my style and general images I like.”
Thank you, Pete! These images are whimsical and fascinating!
In celebration of the annual Detroit Festival of Books (aka Detroit Bookfest), EMBC will be opening early on Sunday, July 16th for the Official Detroit Bookfest Afterparty!
Located three blocks southeast of Shed 5, Eastern Market Brewing Company (EMBC) is one of the most popular destinations in the Eastern Market district.
Currently, the street they’re on, Riopelle, is closed to vehicle traffic. It is pedestrian-only and they will have tables in the street, food, live DJ, and of course beer.
Shed 5 to EMBC Detroit
Some of their most popular beers are:
Wunderboi (kolsch), Elephant Juice (hazy IPA), Pineapple Market Day (fruited session IPA). And they now offer pepperoni pizza slices inside!
*Special thanks to John Francis, Harriet Carter, Stan Smith and the great staff at the DMCVB for this*
The D-Rover Mobile Visitors Center travels around the region, helping to promote Detroit by passing out free magazines, maps, giveaways and special Detroit promotional materials to anyone interested in hearing more about the area.
John Francis @ the D Rover from DMCVB (photo by: Detroit’s Debography)
The DMCVB is “the only organization that promotes Metro Detroit regionally, nationally and internationally as a convention, business meeting and tourism destination.”
It is a non-profit economic development corporation which helps generate excitement about the area.
Factoring in all of the ancillary revenue streams (ie: hotels, restaurants, bars, stores, etc), the economic impact of Detroit Festival of Books for the Metro Detroit region is projected to be several million dollars.
MI Geek Scene is run by Joe Hubbard and based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Joe is “Head Geek” and started MGS in 2014 as a “positive geek culture website”. Joe also takes great photos and conducts engaging interviews with his guests.
They consistently feature one of the best calendars of cool pop-culture related events in the state of Michigan.
We highly recommend listing your event, if applicable, on their calendar.
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