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
11 festivals
July1
August5
- 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
- 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
September5
- ASep Pride · Royal OakAIDS Walk Detroit traditionally a fall Sunday morning, usually in September; no 2026 or 2027 date is confirmed
- DSep Art, design & film · FerndaleDIY Street Fair every year on the last full weekend of September, Friday through Sunday in downtown Ferndale; free admissionFree
- DSep Culture & heritage · DetroitDally in the Alley every year on the Saturday after Labor Day, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., in the Cass Corridor alleys; free admissionFree
- DSep Art, design & film · DetroitDetroit Month of Design every September, all month long (Sept. 1–30)Free
- DSep Art, design & film · DetroitDLECTRICITY two autumn nights, held in 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2021Closed – 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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