All eventsConcerts, festivals and markets, tonight and this weekend
This weekendFriday to Sunday: the best of it, day by day
TonightLive music, comedy, theater: where to go tonight
Annual festivalsJazz, techno, cars and parades: Michigan’s year, festival by festival
Holidays & seasonsPumpkin season, Halloween, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, the Fourth
Holiday TrainNov. 22: the lit-up train through Detroit, and every Christmas train ride around
Sports: games & scoresLions, Red Wings, Pistons, Tigers: live scores and trophies
Restaurants & barsSquare pizza, coney dogs and the city’s favorite tablesNightlifeJazz rooms, cocktail bars and techno till dawn
KaraokeGrab the mic, any night of the week
Pizza Hut in MichiganWhere can you still sit under the Red Roof? All 124 stores and the whole story
Denny’s in MichiganThe 24-hour American diner: all 10 Denny’s in MichiganItinerariesReady-made day plans, stop by stop
Places to exploreMuseums, parks, neighborhoods and icons
Free museum daysFlip the calendar: when museums let you in for free
Metro Detroit mapWhat Metro Detroit is, and what every town is about
The Henry FordRosa Parks’ bus, Greenfield Village and the Ford Rouge Factory
Michigan Central StationFree grand hall, $20 tours and a live departures board
RenCen: live trackerThe Renaissance Center’s past, present and future, up to the minute
Gordie Howe BridgeThe new bridge to Canada: live waits, tolls, and yes, you can walk it
ToursBy boat, by bike or on foot, with a local guide
Escape roomsOne hour, one lock and your crew
Plan a meetingVenues, hotels and what’s on in town on your dates
Detroit A–ZFrom limos to chambers of commerce: every business and service in one place
ShoppingDetroit-made brands, markets and shopping streets
Detroit with kidsZoo, science center and rainy-day ideas
Motor City cultureFactories, museums and car events
Wellness & rechargeA riverside sauna, spas, yoga and running trails
TransitBuses, trains and ferries with live departures
Driving in MichiganLicenses, rental cars, the rules and the yellow school bus
Lanes and left exitsKeep right? Here people pass on the right and exit on the left
Road work and potholesOrange barrels, detours, 45 mph: driving Michigan’s work zones
Mile roads: mile zero and 8 MileWhere the city counts from, and which Mile you’re standing on
People MoverThe free elevated loop above downtown
QLINE streetcarThe free streetcar on Woodward Avenue
DTW airportRed or blue terminal? We’ll show you.Your license in MichiganRental carsSpeed limitsMiles, gallons, MPGThe Michigan left and the rulesSchool busesTraffic lights, a Detroit inventionPulled over by policeDrinking and drivingWinter drivingWildlife on the roadGas and parking
Holidays & seasons Halloween Halloween weekend in Detroit 2027
Coming up: Halloween 2027October 30 – November 1, 2026
Photo: VasenkaPhotography · CC BY 2.0 · Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan
Halloween 2027 falls on a Sunday, so the whole weekend is Halloween, from Friday, October 30 to Sunday, November 1. Here are 0 Halloween events in Detroit and Metro Detroit: haunted houses and hayrides, trunk-or-treats and trick-or-treating, costume parties, horror classics on the big screen and, 101 years on, the Houdini centenary: Harry Houdini died in Detroit on Halloween 1926. We pull them from the organizers’ own calendars and refresh the list every 15 minutes.
The record of last year’s weekend; this year’s programmes appear here as soon as the organizers announce them.
Our picks for the Halloween weekend
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra throws a family Halloween concert on Saturday, October 31, at 11 a.m. at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. Expect eerie music, playful musical tricks and a costume contest for young concertgoers. Tickets are available.
Orchestra Hall
Aretha's Jazz Café at Music Hall
MotorCity Wine
Detroit Shipping Company
Wheelhouse Detroit
Michigan Central Station
13 events
Orchestra Hall
Titan Field
Michigan Central Station
Blake's Big Apple
Ford House
Hush Haunted Attraction
Cinema at the Strand
Redford Theatre
Planet Ant Theatre
Diamondback Music Hall
Erebus Haunted Attraction
Bonadeo Farms
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The City of Detroit’s free trunk-or-treat in all seven council districts: decorated trunks at every police precinct, nine fire stations and fifteen recreation centers, the rec centers with haunted houses, carnival games, face painting and DJs.
Police precincts, fire stations and recreation centers
Wheelhouse Detroit
Michigan Theater
Redford Theatre
Detroit Public Library
Michigan Theater
Blake's Big Apple
Hush Haunted Attraction
Five15
Cliff Bell’s
Planet Ant Theatre
Erebus Haunted Attraction
Bonadeo Farms
6 events
Wiard's Orchards, Cider Mill & Country Fair
Blake's Big Apple
Hush Haunted Attraction
Erebus Haunted Attraction
Houdini 100 · 1926–2027
Harry Houdini died in Detroit’s Grace Hospital at 1:26 p.m. on October 31, 1926, a week after his last show at the Garrick Theatre. Detroit still remembers him every Halloween.
Houdini’s last week in Detroit, on a map →The Village Theater at Cherry Hill · Canton
A Houdini centenary family show: the finale recreates Houdini’s upside-down straitjacket escape. Tickets $20–30.
Already happened
American Museum of Magic · Marshall · Tickets on the museum’s own shop
A Halloween séance for the centenary at the American Museum of Magic in Marshall, west of Detroit along I-94. Check the ticket page before you drive out.
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Detroit Historical Museum · Detroit · 21+ only · $125, members $100
The museum’s centenary night on the Streets of Old Detroit: food and drinks, carnival games, close-up magic and contortion all evening. From 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. in the Gallery of Culture: Detroit Was Wild About Harry with historian Brendan Roney, The Art of the Astonishing with Nathan “McScary” Wakefield (sword swallowing included), and The Impossible Returns, escapes and mentalism with Anthony Grupido. Everyone takes home a deck of Houdini playing cards.
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Grown-up Halloween · 6 events
Diamondback Music Hall
Jones Natatorium
Crisler Center
Times are Detroit time. Official trick-or-treat events link to the organizer’s own page: check it before you go, plans change. Updated 12:12 AM.
