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Detroit Events and Detroit Festivals
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The city of Detroit offers many lively festivals and exciting events, both in and around central Detroit. There is always a wide choice of things to see and do in Detroit, taking place throughout the Detroit calendar.

The residents of Detroit like to party and Detroit's calendar of festivals and events includes sporting events, Detroit carnivals, parades, Mardi Gras and a host of festivities. Local Detroit newspapers and magazines regularly include the latest events and festivals, together with up-to-date listings of events nearby Detroit.




Detroit's helpful tourist information office is a handy source for current festivals in Detroit. Many of the most popular events and festivals in Detroit draw enormous crowds of both participants and spectators, offering visitors a wide range of things to see and do.

Detroit National Public Holidays - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA

• 1st January - New Year's Day
• Third Monday in January - Martin Luther King Day
• 12th February - Lincoln's Birthday
• Third Monday in February - Washington's Birthday
• Last Monday in May - Memorial Day
• 4th July - Independence Day
• First Monday in September - Labor Day
• Second Monday in October - Columbus Day
• 11th November - Veterans Day
• 4th Thursday in November - Thanksgiving
• 25th December - Christmas Day

Detroit Calendar of Festivals and Events 2009 / 2010 - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA


Detroit Calendar of Festivals and Events - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA

Detroit Events and Festivals in January - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA

• The North American International Auto Show - held annually in mid-January, dates back to 1907 when the first Detroit Auto Show was held at Beller's Beer Garden. Today, the event is held in the Cobo Center and attracts over 700,000 people, showcasing the latest concept and production cars

Detroit Events and Festivals in February - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA

• Celebrate Black History Month - held at the Henry Ford Museum in nearby Dearborn

Detroit Events and Festivals in March - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA

• Central Collegiate Hockey Association - popular games held at the Joe Louis Arena

Detroit Events and Festivals in April - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA

• No major events in April in Detroit

Detroit Events and Festivals in May - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA

• The Detroit Downtown Hoedown - a free annual country music event that is held at Hart Plaza, featuring some of Country and Western's best performers
• The DEMF / Movement / Fuse-In electronic music festival - held annually in the city where electronic music originated. A fantastic display of light and sound that attracts more than half a million people annually to the Hart Plaza

Detroit Events and Festivals in June - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA

• The Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival - a joint Canada-US celebration of Canada Day (July 1) and American Independence Day (July 4) that is held annually over June and July, and culminates in a riot of dazzling fireworks over the Ambassador Bridge
• Motor City PraiseFest - mid-June, held at Detroit's Hart Plaza
• Detroit Festival of the Arts - mid-June, a major arts festival held in the University Cultural Center
• Motor Muster - mid-June, weekend event at Greenfield Village in nearby Dearborn
• International Freedom Festival Fireworks - mid-June, enormous fireworks display in Hart Plaza

Detroit Events and Festivals in July - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA

• The Spirit of Detroit ThunderFest - a powerboat-racing event that is held annually in mid-summer. Besides the daredevil racers, the event also showcases some of Detroit's antique motor boats
• Afro-American Music Festival - mid-July, with a number of open-air jazz concerts in Hart Plaza

Detroit Events and Festivals in August - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA

• The Woodward Dream Cruise - mid-August, a 16-mile parade consisting of 30,000 classic automobiles that make their way down Woodward Avenue
• The African World Festival - a vibrant, family style event celebrating African art and music. It is held annually in the Hart Plaza and attracts well over a million people, making it Detroit's biggest ethnic festival
• African World Festival - mid-August, with international cuisine from all over the world
• Detroit Football Classic - mid-August, attracting large crowds

Detroit Events and Festivals in September - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA

• The Detroit International Jazz Festival - the city's most significant festival and the largest jazz event in North America in which the Motor Town's jazz legacy is commemorated and celebrated. Roughly 800,000 people flock to the Hart Plaza to jive to some of the world's best jazz artists
• The Detroit Festival of the Arts - the city's most significant and sizeable arts festival offers fun for the whole family with a kaleidoscopic array of dancers, musicians, storytellers, puppeteers, jugglers and artists of all description

Detroit Events and Festivals in October - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA

• No major events in October in Detroit

Detroit Events and Festivals in November - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA

• America's Thanksgiving Parade - held along Woodward Avenue, with large helium balloons

Detroit Events and Festivals in December - Detroit, Michigan (MI), USA

• Twelve Nights of Christmas - holiday festivities held in Dearborn's Greenfield Village
• Annual Wassail Feast - a historic event held at Olde World Canterbury Village
• Radio City Christmas Spectacular - Christmas festivities at the Fox Theater
• First Night - December 31st, alcohol-free festival for all the family

 
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