Parks & Recreation | City of Southfield

Youth Basketball Clinic Fall 23 — Introduce your child to the game of basketball with our clinics for children as young as age 4 at the Beech Woods Recreation Center. Check out the details and register your child today using the Register Online Today! button below.

Grasshopper Basketball 23 — Introduce your child to the game of basketball with our clinics for children as young as age 4 at the Beech Woods Recreation Center. Check out the details and register your child today using the Register Online Today! button below.

Fall Youth Basketball League — Check out the details and register your child today using the Register Online Today! button below.

Preschool Halloween Party - Oct 13 — There will be no tricks, just fun and treats at our Preschool Halloween Party on Friday, October 13! Children ages 3-5 and their adult chaperone are invited to come in costume and ready for some Halloween fun! The party takes place from 11:30 am -1 pm in Room 115 of the Parks & Recreation Building. Admission is $10 for each resident child (non-residents $15) and the Registration Deadline is Wed, October 11. One adult must accompany the child. Register today using the Register Online Today! button below.

Boo Bash - Oct 28 — Boo Bash returns to the Southfield Pavilion on Saturday, October 28 from 1:00–4:00 pm. Kids ages 2-12 are invited to come in costume and ready to have fun! Enjoy creepy crafts, ghoulish games and trick or treating fun throughout the Southfield Pavilion. Hayrides will depart from the Parks & Recreation Building until 3:30 pm. Worlds of Music’s Friendly Dracula (Guy Louis) will have everyone dancing and singing along with 2 shows at 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm.

Tickets are $10 per person for Southfield residents and $15 per person for non-residents. One adult must be present per family for this event and each person attending must purchase a ticket. Everyone, (yes even the adults!) is encouraged to come in costume.

Tickets are available at the Parks & Recreation Information Window located within the Southfield Pavilion at 26000 Evergreen Road, Monday-Friday from 9:00 am-5:00 pm or online using the Register Online Today! button below.

Senior Bounce Volleyball League — If you are 50 years of age or older, we invite you to come and try Senior Bounce Volleyball with us. If you have never played before, no problem! We play for fun!
Bounce Volleyball is played just like standard volleyball except that the ball bounces before you hit it back over.
League play takes place at the Beech Woods Recreation Center.
Call Senior Services at (248) 796-4650 for more details.

The Southfield Scribe October-December 23 Senior Newsletter

The October-December 2023 edition of The Southfield Scribe senior newsletter is here!
Don't wait to register, our trips have been filling quickly.
Call Senior Services at (248) 796-4650 for more details.

The Southfield Scribe Oct-Dec 2023

The Fall 2023 Parks & Recreation Activities Guide

Registration can be done online for many programs, just click the “Register Online Today” button. If you have any questions, please call the Parks & Recreation Information Desk at (248) 796-4620 or the Beech Woods Recreation Center Desk at (248) 796-4670 (M-F, 9am-5pm).

Fall 2023 Parks & Recreation Activities Guide

Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve is Closed for Construction

Exciting updates are coming to the Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve!! Thanks in part to a $600,000 Michigan Economic Development Grant, construction will begin Monday, July 31 on the expansion and improvement of the parking lot at the park as well as the addition of a small open-air shelter and an all-season restroom facility. The open-air shelter (max capacity of 25 people) will be used as a classroom for nature programs.
As you can imagine, a project of this scope will require the park to be closed to the public during construction. Complete closure of the park is necessary for the safety of the public and the workers. Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve will be closing to the public on Monday, July 31 for phase 1 of the project to begin. Anticipated completion of phase 1 of this project is tentatively scheduled for the end of October 2023. Contractors and city officials will determine at that time if the park reopens to the public prior to phase 2 construction beginning, or if it will remain closed until the project is completed in Spring 2024.

The mission of the Southfield Parks & Recreation Department is to provide excellence and equal opportunity in leisure, cultural and recreational services to all Southfield residents. Our purpose is to provide safe, educationally challenging, convenient leisure opportunities, utilizing public open space and quality leisure facilities to enhance the quality of life for Southfield’s total population that might not otherwise be available.