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Detroit to pack Campus Martius yet again for USA-Belgium's round of 16 rematch
Detroit City FC opens Campus Martius again Monday for USA vs. Belgium, a round of 16 rematch of 2014 with a shot at the program's second-ever quarterfinal.
Detroit Bookfest returning to Eastern Market on July 19 for its ninth year
The 9th Annual Detroit Festival of Books lands at Eastern Market on July 19, free and open to all, with more than 300 vendors, a two-day bookstore weekend, and a children's book drive.
DSO heads back to Clark Park Saturday for a free Southwest Detroit Festival
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra plays a free afternoon festival at Clark Park on Saturday, June 27, with folklorico dance, student violinists, and food.
Ford Fireworks are Monday. Here's what you need to know.
Your guide to Monday's 68th Ford Fireworks: four free viewing areas, Belle Isle access, transit changes, road closures, and an 8 p.m. youth curfew.
MOCAD reopens with a 45-year retrospective for Olayami Dabls
The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is back open after an eight-month renovation, and its first slate centers Detroit artists, led by a career-spanning show for bead museum founder Olayami Dabls that runs through July 12.
The PWHL Draft comes to Detroit's Fox Theatre on Wednesday. Here's what to know.
The 2026 PWHL Draft lands at the Fox Theatre on Wednesday at 5 p.m., after Detroit traded its third overall pick to Las Vegas for Hilary Knight.
Six PGA Tour stars will hit golf balls off a Downtown Detroit rooftop on July 28
Six PGA Tour players will hit shots from the rooftop of a Woodward Avenue building on July 28 in a new Rocket Classic event called Par 3 in the D.
Inside the trees: a Detroit reader's field guide to Electric Forest 2026
Electric Forest runs June 25 to 28 in Rothbury, a few hours west of Detroit, and one of its co-headliners grew up just outside the city.
The Rocket Classic's final summer in Detroit brings its best field yet
Detroit's PGA Tour event ends after 2026. Its final field is the strongest yet, with three top-10 players committed for July 30 to August 2 at Detroit Golf Club.
Detroit City FC is bringing free World Cup watch parties to Campus Martius and Mexicantown this June
Detroit City FC is hosting six free World Cup watch parties in June, splitting USA matches between Campus Martius and the City Fieldhouse and Mexico matches outside Los Galanes.
Belle Isle Beach cleanup set for June 20 ahead of peak summer crowds
The Cleanup Club and the Belle Isle Conservancy host a free shoreline cleanup at the Belle Isle Beach House on Saturday, June 20, from 10 a.m. to noon, open to anyone.
The Freight Yard is now open on weekends all summer along the Dequindre Cut
The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy's seasonal beer garden on the Dequindre Cut runs Saturdays and Sundays through September, with lawn games, food vendors, and free Sunday house sets.
Free Friday movies return to Campus Martius, July 3 through August 28
The Downtown Detroit Partnership brings Movie Nights in the D back to Campus Martius Park with nine free Friday screenings this summer.
Detroit teens spend the summer building an engine from scratch
The Engine Building Bootcamp returns for its fourth year, putting Detroit middle and high schoolers on the wrench for five free weeks this summer.
The house on East Ferry Street is the subject of a Smithsonian director's DIA lecture next month
Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art director Chase Robinson lectures at the DIA on June 7 about Charles Lang Freer, the Detroit industrialist whose 1906 gift founded a national museum.
A Movement weekend built on Detroit techno, with Carl Craig twice and a Borderland set
Carl Craig plays Movement twice, Juan Atkins reunites with Moritz von Oswald for a Borderland set, and Dopplereffekt closes out a Saturday night when the festival returns to Hart Plaza May 23 to 25.
Detroit's first Juneteenth music festival features Kash Doll, Babytron and Fetty Wap
The inaugural Hart of Detroit Summer Festival takes over Hart Plaza on June 19 with Kash Doll, Babytron and Fetty Wap headlining an all-day Juneteenth lineup.
Pine Knob opens its 2026 season Saturday with Kid Cudi and a new marquee
Pine Knob Music Theatre launches a 45-show outdoor season May 23 with Kid Cudi, anchored by Jack White's first-ever outdoor set in July and a debut digital marquee at the Clarkston gates.
Topa, a rooftop bar atop the AC Hotel in Brush Park, opens for the season
The Roxbury Group's new rooftop bar on the AC Hotel Detroit at the Bonstelle brings a Mediterranean and California coastal menu to the top of the Woodward corridor in Brush Park.
Concert of Colors to pay tribute to WGPR-TV's 'The Scene' at July festival
Don Was and his Detroit All Star Revue will salute WGPR-TV's 'The Scene' at the DIA on July 18, in a set dedicated to late Concert of Colors founder Ismael Ahmed.
Vinyl lounge and cafe coming to Southwest Detroit
Tigris, a hi-fi listening bar and cafe, is set to open this summer at 2545 Bagley St. in Southwest Detroit.
A walkable cardboard maze of Detroit landmarks opens at the Michigan Science Center
A-MAZING Detroit, a life-sized cardboard maze built around seven Detroit neighborhoods, opens Saturday at the Michigan Science Center and is included with general admission.
Hamilton returns to the Fisher Theatre for a three-week run starting April 29
The touring production of Hamilton plays the Fisher Theatre from April 29 through May 17, with tickets running $49 to $199 and a $10 lottery for every show.
Movement 2025 starts early: Friday opening parties before Hart Plaza
Movement's official opening parties at Spot Lite and Lincoln Factory ran Friday night, a day before the festival's first set on Hart Plaza.
Movement 2025 by the numbers: 25 years, six stages, 115 artists
The 25th edition of Detroit's flagship electronic music festival returns to Hart Plaza over Memorial Day weekend with six stages and more than 115 artists across three days.
Movement 2025, stage by stage: how the bookings line up across Hart Plaza
Movement 2025 spreads more than 100 artists across six stages over Memorial Day weekend, and each stage is built around a different slice of the techno and house spectrum.
Movement 2025: what to know about the 25th festival on Hart Plaza
Detroit's electronic music festival marks its 25th edition over Memorial Day weekend with six stages and roughly 116 acts on the riverfront.
Memorial Day weekend in Detroit 2026: a guide beyond Movement
Movement takes Hart Plaza for three days, but the riverfront, Belle Isle, Eastern Market, and the patios all stay open through the long weekend.
Detroit's underground answer to Movement 2026 is a four-day run at the Tangent
Movement holds the Hart Plaza contract, but Interdimensional Transmissions programs Memorial Day weekend's other half from the Tangent Gallery, anchored by the long-running No Way Back.
Where the parties go after Movement: a guide to the Detroit afterhours circuit
Movement is three days at Hart Plaza and three nights almost everywhere else, and the afterhours circuit runs on independent venue bookings the festival never officially lists.
Movement 2026: the lineup, decoded for Paxahau's 20th year
Paxahau revealed a 115-plus act bill for Movement's 2026 edition in late January, the festival's 20th under the Detroit company. Here is what the bookings signal.
Movement returns to Hart Plaza for Memorial Day weekend
Detroit's electronic music festival runs May 23 through 25 at Hart Plaza, the twentieth edition produced by Paxahau.
What to know about Movement 2024 at Hart Plaza
Movement returns to Hart Plaza for Memorial Day weekend with six stages, more than 100 artists, and a run of showcases anchored by Detroit Love, KMS Records, and a Metalheadz anniversary.
Southwest Detroit's 61st Cinco de Mayo parade rolls down West Vernor this Sunday
The Mexican Patriotic Committee of Metro Detroit marches its annual Cinco de Mayo parade 2.4 miles down West Vernor on Sunday, May 3, under the theme Estamos Unidos.
Detroit's young poets compete at the Wright Museum on May 7
InsideOut Literary Arts brings its Detroit Youth Poetry Slam to the Charles H. Wright Museum on May 7, where teen poets compete for a spot on the 2026 Detroit Youth Performance Troupe.
Waka takes over the old Russell Street Deli space in Eastern Market
Baobab Fare's fast-casual East African offshoot is building out the longtime deli storefront at 2465 Russell Street, with chapati, brochettes, and counter service for about 30.
