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
20 festivals
July1
September19
- ASep Music · Ann ArborA2 Jazz Fest every year on a late-September weekend (Saturday and Sunday)Free
- BSep Music · BrooklynBig Fam Festival every year on a late-September camping weekend, Friday to Sunday
- CSep Music · KalamazooCooper's Glen Music Festival annual from 2002 to 2018, revived on a late-September Saturday in 2026; not yet announced as annual again
- ESep Culture & heritage · Grand RapidsEastown Streetfair every year on a Saturday in early to mid September
- ESep Culture & heritage · Beaver IslandEmerald Isle Irish Féile every year on the first weekend after Labor Day, in early to mid September
- HSep Cars & speed · CottrellvilleHoods, Tunes & Brews Festival every year on the third weekend of September, Saturday and SundayFree
- LSep Art, design & film · NorthportLeelanau UnCaged every year on the last Saturday of SeptemberFree
- LSep Pride · AdrianLenawee Pride every year on a late-September Saturday, 3 to 8pmFree
- MSep Music · LansingMichigan BluesFest every year in mid-September in Lansing's Old Town
- MSep Music · MuskegonMichigan Irish Music Festival every year in mid-September: Thursday preview party, then Friday to Sunday
- PSep Music · BaldwinPick'n in the Pines Bluegrass Festival every year on the third weekend of September: music Friday and Saturday, camping through Sunday
- SSep Music · KalamazooSounds of the Zoo every year in late September, for a full weekFree
- SSep Music · South HavenSouth Haven Jazz Festival every year in mid-to-late September, Friday and Saturday
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Pride · Mackinac IslandStraits Pride / Mackinac Island Pride Festival
every year in mid-September, Thursday to Sunday (September 16 to 19 in 2027) - TSep Music · Traverse CityTraverse City PorchFest every year on a Sunday afternoon in mid-September, 1 to 5pmFree
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Pride · Traverse CityUp North Pride
every year a late-September Pride Week in Traverse City, Tuesday to Saturday - WSep Music · RemusWheatland Music Festival every year on the weekend after Labor Day, with camping
- ISep Music · New BuffaloiRock Jazz & Wine Fest every year on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend
- ESep Music · Lake CityEarthwork Harvest Gathering held over a three-day September weekend from 2002 to 2024; 2024 was the last oneClosed – 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.
















































