DTE Energy sponsors events, performances and teams throughout Michigan's Detroit Edison and MichCon service areas. Some of our major sponsorships this season include...

America's Thanksgiving Parade

For more than 20 years, it's been our pleasure to support America's Thanksgiving Parade®. Our executives don grease paint and rubber noses as part of the Distinguished Clown Corps. Employee volunteers guide balloons and our float down Woodward Avenue. And, through our Foundation, we've supported The Parade Company's campaign to improve their warehouse facilities. Visit The Parade Company's Web site.

Muskegon Lumberjacks

DTE Energy is sponsoring the Muskegon Lumberjacks professional hockey team at the L.C. Walker Arena in Muskegon. In addition to announcements, giveaways and contests, DTE Energy will have a full-page, color ad in the souvenir program for the entire season. Their jerseys will be auctioned at the end of the season with a portion of the proceeds donated to a charity of DTE Energy’s choice. DTE Energy will also co-sponsor a "Coats for Kids" drive in the Muskegon area. Everyone dropping off a coat to donate will receive two free tickets to a future game.

Holiday Tree Lighting - Campus Martius Park - Friday, November 20

DTE Energy will officially light Detroit’s holiday tree as we kick off the start of the holiday season. Detroit’s Holiday Tree, presented by DTE Energy, stands 55 feet tall atop the Woodward Fountain at the center of Campus Martius Park. The tree weighs approximately 16,000 pounds, has a 38-foot span of branches and will be decorated with over 16,000 lights on more than three miles of wire. There will be live entertainment, champion ice skaters, strolling carolers, food from local restaurants, children's activities and more.

The DTE Energy Foundation DSO Pops Series

Since 2002, we've hosted this entertaining and popular concert series at Orchestra Hall, in partnership with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. View the performance schedule and ticket information at the DSO Web site.

DTE Energy Music Theatre

The 2009 season has ended. The 2010 season schedule will be available online in the Spring. Check back frequently for updates.

National Cherry Festival

For the 8th consecutive year on July 11th 2009, DTE Energy sponsored the DTE Energy Cherry Royale Parade with the theme "Rooted In Your Community". The parade, one of the largest in the Midwest, is a signature event of the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City. Our Company float in this year's parade showcased the Inland Seas Education Association’s Great Lakes Scholarship Program. Each year, the Company partners with an environmentally focused, local nonprofit organization as part of its Cherry Festival sponsorship. Our 2009 partner was Inland Seas, an organization dedicated to teaching the basic scientific methods used to investigate the quality of the Great Lakes watershed aboard tall ships to students (5th grade through high school) throughout the state of Michigan. The 2010 National Cherry Festival is scheduled from July 3 − July 10. For more information, visit cherryfestival.org.

Taylor Conservatory and Botanical Garden

The Taylor Conservatory Foundation, a non-profit organization, is creating a new botanical garden for public enjoyment in Southeast Michigan. A one/third scale reproduction of the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle is the focal point of the city of Taylor's new Conservatory and Botanical Garden. The conservatory, originally built by DTE Energy for the 1999 Detroit International Bloomfest, was donated to the city. With the support of additional corporate sponsors, the Foundation is developing this new 2.3 acre garden in Heritage Park.