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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
8 festivals
August1
October7
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Oct
Food & drink · DetroitDetroit Fall Beer Festival
every year on a Saturday in late October - DOct Sports · DetroitDetroit Free Press Marathon every year on the third Sunday of October, with an expo Friday and shorter races SaturdayNext: October 18, 2026
- EOct Music · Ann ArborEdgefest every year in early to mid October, four days, Wednesday to Saturday
- FOct Pride · DouglasFall Into The Dunes Weekend every year on an early-October weekend, the Dunes Resort's last themed weekend of the season
- TOct Seasonal · DetroitTheatre Bizarre traditionally late October, just before Halloween; the full masquerade has paused since 2022, and 2026 brought an art show on Oct. 28–31 instead
- TOct Pride · FerndaleTransgender Health Fair every October on a Saturday afternoon in Ferndale; free, with the 2026 fair set for Oct. 24Free
- TOct Art, design & film · HamtramckTrans Stellar Film Festival held on one fall day a year from 2017 to 2022; the organizers said goodbye in 2023Closed – archive entry · 2023
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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