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The Hamtramck Labor Day Festival runs Saturday through Monday, September 7, on Joseph Campau, with two stages, a carnival, and free admission.
Hamtramck's main street belongs to the neighborhood this weekend.
Saturday, the South Stage opens with Stormfeldt at 1:00 PM and closes with Shadow Show at 10:00 PM, with the Craig Brown Band, DUANE and Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor in between. The North Stage runs from The Hourlies at 1:30 PM to Deno at 9:30 PM.
Sunday, the North Stage goes from Raphique Barakat at 1:30 PM to Credit Card at 8:30 PM, and the South Stage runs from Spa Day to Esham at 9:30 PM. International Big Time Wrestling is on Jos. Campau.
Monday, Labor Day, is the loud one. The Hamtramck Labor Day Parade steps off at 1:30 PM. Music on the North Stage starts at 12:30 PM, and the South Stage closes the festival with Saves The Day at 9:30 PM.
The festival is a city fixture, not a pop-up. The City of Hamtramck's 2026 annual events calendar lists the Labor Day Festival among its September events, describing it as a "Historic festival with rides, live shows, and food" on Joseph Campau. (The city calendar marks the dates as September 4 to 6, a little off from the festival's own September 5 to 7 listing, so trust the individual set times on the schedule page.)
One dispatch a week. No tracking, no filler. Free, always.