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Detroit Riverfront Conservancy brings back Detroit Harvest Fest on Saturday–Sunday, October 3–4 at Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park in Detroit. Two days of live music, family programming, fall activities, trick-or-treating, and dozens of local food trucks.
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park

The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy throws Detroit Harvest Fest on Saturday and Sunday, October 3 and 4, 11 a.m.–8 p.m., at Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park, with live entertainment, local vendors, a food truck rally, full bars, a pumpkin patch and kids' activities. Tickets are $5 in advance or $8 at the door, free for 3 and under, 65+ and active military.
Detroit Harvest Fest at Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park

Michigan men's tennis hosts M15 Ann Arbor on Sunday, October 4, 2026, at noon in Ann Arbor. Ticket info is on mgoblue.com, Michigan’s official athletics site.
University of Michigan

Michigan field hockey hosted Northwestern on Sunday, October 4, 2026, at noon in Ann Arbor. Final: Northwestern 6, Michigan 1.
University of Michigan

A progressive elementary school, a mumps outbreak and a community that can't agree on what's true. Detroit Public Theatre stages the Michigan premiere of Jonathan Spector's Tony Award-winning, bitingly funny Eureka Day on Sunday, October 4, 2026, at 2 p.m., at 3960 Third Avenue in Detroit. The run has 22 performances.
Detroit Public Theatre

After the jaw-dropping BLACK HOLE in 2025, Shamel Pitts | TRIBE is back in Ann Arbor on Sunday, October 4, 2026, at 2 p.m. with its newest work, Marks of Red, presented by UMS (University Musical Society). It's an Afrofuturist meditation in dance, told through the viewpoints of six women, with two performances.
UMS (University Musical Society)

Michigan men's soccer hosted Portland on Sunday, October 4, 2026, at 2 p.m. in Ann Arbor. Final: Portland 2, Michigan 1.
University of Michigan

Detroit Harvest Fest screens Hotel Transylvania on Sunday, October 4, 2–4 p.m., on the DTE Summit lawn at Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park, sponsored by Huron-Clinton Metroparks. Check the Detroit Harvest Fest site for admission details.
Detroit Harvest Fest at Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park

Wayne State University Theatre and Dance stages One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show on Sunday, October 4, at 3 p.m. at the Hilberry Gateway in Detroit. A sharp suburban Philadelphia family comedy with “hilarious complications.” Tickets available via the organizer.
Hilberry Gateway

Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s monthly Legato Memory Café meets Tuesday, October 6, at 1:30 p.m. in the Robert A. and Maggie Allesee Rehearsal Hall at the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center in Detroit. It’s free, with creative, social activities for people experiencing dementia and their care partners; registration is encouraged.
Robert A. and Maggie Allesee Rehearsal Hall, Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center

Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s PVS Classical concert at Orchestra Hall in Detroit on Friday, October 9, at 10:45. Peter Oundjian leads Joan Tower’s Concerto for Orchestra, Bernstein’s Serenade with rising star Paul Huang, Copland’s Appalachian Spring, and John Adams’s Frenzy. Tickets $25.95–$115.25.
Orchestra Hall

Detroit Artists Market presents a group exhibition curated by Sydney Frakes from Friday, October 9, through Saturday, October 31, in Detroit. Installation, fiber, and painting probe nostalgia and longing; gallery hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Detroit Artists Market

Michigan women's swimming & diving hosts Pittsburgh on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 2 p.m. in Ann Arbor. Ticket info is on mgoblue.com, Michigan’s official athletics site.
University of Michigan

Michigan men's swimming & diving hosts Pittsburgh on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 2 p.m. in Ann Arbor. Ticket info is on mgoblue.com, Michigan’s official athletics site.
University of Michigan

Michigan field hockey hosts Maryland on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 4 p.m. in Ann Arbor. Ticket info is on mgoblue.com, Michigan’s official athletics site.
University of Michigan

The Family Day event at MOCAD invites participants to create playful prints inspired by sound, linked to Mike Kelley's Mobile Homestead and the 20 Years of MOCAD exhibition.
MOCAD

Michigan baseball hosts Eastern Michigan on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at noon in Ann Arbor. Ticket info is on mgoblue.com, Michigan’s official athletics site.
University of Michigan

Sydney Frakes leads a curator walk-through and artist talk on Saturday, October 10, at 1 p.m. at Detroit Artists Market in Detroit. The group show explores nostalgia and sensory memory across installation, fiber, and painting.
Detroit Artists Market
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