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
19 festivals
March1
April2
May16
- AMay Music · Ann ArborApple Blossom Bliss every spring on a May weekend, Friday to Sunday
- BMay Cars & speed · TrufantBus Benefit every Memorial Day weekend in late May
- CMay Parades & fireworks · DetroitCinco de Mayo Parade & Fiesta the first weekend of May, the Saturday and Sunday around May 5Free
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MayJun
Pride · DouglasCommUNITY Pride
every year a Pride Week from late May into early June, ending with a Saturday parade and Pride in the Park; June 2 to 6 in 2027Next: October 10, 2026 -
MayJun
Cars & speed · DetroitDetroit Grand Prix
every year in late May or early June, Friday through SundayNext: June 4, 2027 - DMayJunJulAug Music · GaylordDowntown Gaylord Summer Concert Series every Friday at 7pm, mid-May through AugustFree
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May
Culture & heritage · DetroitEastern Market Flower Day
every year on the Sunday after Mother's Day, in mid-MayFree -
MayJunAug
Pride · FerndaleFerndale Pride
one Saturday a year in downtown Ferndale, free; through 2026 it fell in late May or June, and organizers point to Aug. 7 for 2027Free - HMayJun Pride · Three OaksHarbor Country Pride every year a Pride Week from late May into early June (May 31 to June 7 in 2026)
- HMay Pride · Hazel ParkHazel Park Pride one Sunday afternoon a year in Hazel Park; 2026 was May 17, and organizers announce the next dateFree
- MMay Pride · DouglasMiss Gay Michigan America Weekend every year on an early-to-mid May weekend
- MMay Music · DetroitMovement Music Festival every Memorial Day weekend, Saturday through Monday on Hart Plaza; ticketed
- NMay Music · DetroitNo Way Back / Return to the Source every Movement weekend, which is Memorial Day weekend; No Way Back starts Sunday at 10 p.m. and runs until Tuesday morning
- SMay Culture & heritage · HamtramckSt. Florian Strawberry Festival the first weekend of May every yearFree
- SMay Music · LansingStoopfest every year in mid-May, over two days
- WMay Culture & heritage · RemusWheatland Traditional Arts Weekend every Memorial Day weekend in late May
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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