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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
13 festivals
July13
- 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
- CJul Music · DetroitConcert of Colors every mid-July, five days from Wednesday to Sunday in Midtown around the DIA; free admission, with exact dates announced by the organizersNext: October 24, 2026Free
- DJul Culture & heritage · DetroitDetroit Kite Festival one Sunday in July every summerFree
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Jul
Pride · DetroitHotter Than July
every late July, a week of events peaking with the Palmer Park picnic; LGBT Detroit announces the exact dates - MJul Music · BellevilleMichigan ElvisFest traditionally a mid-July Friday and Saturday in Belleville; the last main festival was in 2024, and the next edition is not confirmed
- MJul Music · LivoniaMichigan Jazz Festival every year on the third Sunday of July, noon to 9:15 p.m. at Schoolcraft College in Livonia; free admissionFree
- PJul Pride · Royal OakPride Royal Oak every late July on a Saturday in downtown Royal Oak, with a Sunday tea dance the next day; ticketed
- WJul Art, design & film · WyandotteWyandotte Street Art Fair every July, from the second Wednesday through SaturdayFree
- YJul Music · DetroitYacht Rock Detroit every summer on a July Friday and Saturday at the Roostertail on the river; ticketed, with 2027 dates to be announced by the organizers
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JulAugSep
Cars & speed · DetroitConcours d'Elegance of America
summers: first in August, later in late July, finally in September; on hold since 2024Closed – archive entry · 2023 - 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
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JulAug
Sports · DetroitDetroit Hydrofest
midsummer, in July or August; not held since 2019Closed – archive entry · 2019 - MJul Music · DetroitMo Pop Festival held each summer, usually in late July, from 2013 to 2022; the last edition was in 2022Closed – archive entry · 2022
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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