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
20 festivals
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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
August15
- AAug Music · DetroitAfroFuture Detroit so far one Detroit edition, August 16–17, 2025; no 2026 edition has been announced
- CAug Music · DetroitCharivari Detroit every mid-August, Thursday through Sunday, across several Detroit clubs; 2026 ran Aug. 13–16, and organizers announce the next dates
- DAugSep Music · DetroitDetroit Jazz Festival every Labor Day weekend, Friday night through Monday on Hart Plaza; freeFree
- HAugSep Culture & heritage · HamtramckHamtramck Labor Day Festival every Labor Day weekend, Saturday through Monday on Joseph Campau Avenue; free admissionFree
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Aug
Pride · Mount ClemensMacomb County Pride
usually an early-August Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. in downtown Mount Clemens; freeFree - MAugSep Art, design & film · Royal OakMichigan Lottery Arts, Beats & Eats every Labor Day weekend, Friday through Monday in downtown Royal Oak; paid admission, free on Friday before 5 p.m.
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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 - PAug Pride · PontiacPride in Pontiac first held Aug. 14, 2026 at the Crofoot in Pontiac as a ticketed event; organizers announce the next date
- RAug Music · DetroitRibs R&B Music Festival Weekend every year on an August weekend, Friday through Sunday on Hart Plaza; ticketed, with exact dates announced by the organizer
- SAug Culture & heritage · DetroitSweetest Heart of Mary Pierogi Festival a Friday-to-Sunday weekend every August (Aug. 13–15 in 2027)
- TAug Pride · FerndaleTransgender Pride in the Park every August on a Saturday afternoon in Ferndale; free, with the date announced by Transgender MichiganFree
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Aug
Cars & speed · FerndaleWoodward Dream Cruise
every year on the third Saturday of August, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. along Woodward Avenue from Ferndale to Pontiac; free to watchFree - AAug Music · DetroitAfro Nation Detroit held in Detroit in August 2023 and 2024; there has been no Detroit edition since 2025Closed – archive entry · 2024
- DAug Food & drink · DetroitDetroit Black Restaurant Week each August from 2017 to 2021, during National Black Business MonthClosed – archive entry · 2021
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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