Culture & heritage / Belle Isle
Detroit Kite Festival
One July Sunday, Belle Isle's sky fills with kites: bring your own or make one on site. Free to attend; you just need a Recreation Passport to drive in.
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One Sunday every July, so many kites go up over Belle Isle that the festival's director calls it a block party in the sky. Margo Dalal and Matt Tait launched the Detroit Kite Festival in 2017, and families gather on the island's Cricket Field near the James Scott Memorial Fountain. Bring your own kite, build one in the on-site workshop, or just lie back on a blanket and watch the colors. After a two-year pandemic break it came back in 2022, and in 2026 it hit its eighth year under director Lex Draper Garcia Bey. Kites, food and drinks are sold on site.
- Kite-making workshops for kids and grown-ups
- Bring your own kite or buy one on site
- Music, food vendors and cool-down tents
- A screen-free family day on the Detroit River's island park
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