DETROIT + MICHIGAN / Festivals / ¼
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Jazz on the riverfront, techno at Hart Plaza, cars on Woodward, a parade on Thanksgiving: Detroit and Michigan’s year, festival by festival, each with its own page.
- in Detroit and around
- 83
- across Michigan
- 210
17 festivals
January1
March1
May2
June5
- JJun Culture & heritage · DetroitJuneteenth Jubilee Detroit every year on the weekend around Juneteenth (June 19)
- MJun Culture & heritage · LivoniaMotor City Irish Fest every year on the second weekend of June, Friday through Sunday at Greenmead Historical Park in Livonia; paid admission
- OJun Culture & heritage · TroyOpa! Fest a Friday-to-Sunday weekend every June
- AJun Culture & heritage · DearbornArab International Festival formerly every June, usually on Father's Day weekendClosed – archive entry · 2012
- DJun Culture & heritage · DetroitDetroit River Days held every June on the Detroit riverfront from 2007 to 2019; it has not returned sinceClosed – archive entry · 2019
July3
- AJul Culture & heritage · DetroitAfrican World Festival every year on a mid-July weekend (Friday to Sunday) on Hart Plaza; the 2026 edition ran July 10–12, and the Wright Museum announces the next dates
- DJul Culture & heritage · DetroitDetroit Kite Festival one Sunday in July every summerFree
- DJulAug Culture & heritage · DetroitDetroit Caribbean Cultural Festival summers; last held in July 2024 on Concert of Colors weekend, earlier editions in AugustClosed – archive entry · 2024
August4
- HAugSep Culture & heritage · HamtramckHamtramck Labor Day Festival every Labor Day weekend, Saturday through Monday on Joseph Campau Avenue; free admissionFree
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AugSepOct
Culture & heritage · HollyMichigan Renaissance Festival
weekends from late August to early October, plus Labor Day Monday and one Festival Friday -
AugSep
Culture & heritage · NoviMichigan State Fair
every Labor Day weekend, Thursday through Labor Day Monday - SAug Culture & heritage · DetroitSweetest Heart of Mary Pierogi Festival a Friday-to-Sunday weekend every August (Aug. 13–15 in 2027)
September1
We check each festival’s timing on the organizers’ own sites. They announce the exact dates; dated editions appear in our events calendar.
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