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
15 festivals
March1
May2
June2
- GJun Music · SouthfieldGreat Lakes Chamber Music Festival every June, two weeks of concerts in churches and halls around Oakland County and Detroit; the 2027 festival is announced for June 6–19
- DJunAug Music · DetroitDetroit Music Weekend held in the Theater District from 2017 to 2023, mostly in June, with a final edition in August 2023; it has not returned sinceClosed – archive entry · 2023
July5
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
August5
- 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
- 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
- AAug Music · DetroitAfro Nation Detroit held in Detroit in August 2023 and 2024; there has been no Detroit edition since 2025Closed – archive entry · 2024
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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