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
7 festivals
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November5
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Nov
Parades & fireworks · DetroitAmerica's Thanksgiving Parade
every Thanksgiving morning (the fourth Thursday of November)Free - DNov Food & drink · DetroitDetroit Restaurant Week one week a year; the 2026 edition runs November 2–8 (earlier editions ran in spring and fall)
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Nov
Seasonal · DetroitDetroit Tree Lighting
every year on the Friday before ThanksgivingNext: November 20, 2026Free - DNov Sports · DetroitDetroit Turkey Trot every Thanksgiving morning (the fourth Thursday of November), before the paradeNext: November 26, 2026
- WNovDec Seasonal · WestlandWayne County Lightfest mid-November through Christmas Eve, Wednesday to Sunday evenings
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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