Hamtramck Labor Day Parade

The Hamtramck Labor Day Festival Committee has stepped up to bring back a parade to this year’s festival. If you would like to participate in the parade, please fill out the following form: Parade Entry Form. Parade starts at 1:30 PM on Monday September 2.

Hamtramck Yacht Club Canoe Races

Probably the most exciting event at the Labor Day Festival is the annual Hamtramck Yacht Race. A competition involving push-carts that look like canoes on wheels, the race pits patrons of different bars against each other in a race down Joseph Campau.

Once the contest begins, it is pure unadulterated madness as the teams from race toward the finish line as spectators on either side splash them with buckets of water, shoot them with squirt guns and pelt them with water balloons

For their victory, they were awarded a wooden captain’s wheel, which, much like the Stanley Cup, will be inscribed with the bar’s name and given to the winning team until next year’s competition.

Carnival (12:00 PM – 9:00 PM)

Anderson Amusements is proud to feature exciting midway entertainment for young and old alike.

We’re a Michigan-based family owned and operated carnival company with over 50 years experience.

The Anderson family offers a wide array of contemporary as well as traditional attractions.

Wrestling

Wrestling returns to Jos. Campau for the 42nd Annual Hamtramck Labor Day Festival. International Big Time Wrestling will be here two days Sunday September 4, and Monday September 5, 2022.