Festival Guide | Detroit Metro Times

2023 fall festivals preview

Celebrate the season at these upcoming events in metro Detroit and beyond

By Metro Times editorial staff

Aug 30, 2023

Michigan Renaissance Festival Aug. 19-Oct. 1; Holly; michrenfest.com...

A scene from Dally in the Alley.

Workers of the world, relax!

What we need is more holidays

By Peter Werbe
Aug 30, 2023
For the first time, Royal Oak’s Labor Day festival features cannabis sales and consumption

Arts, Beats & Weed

By Steve Neavling
Aug 30, 2023
Artist-in-residence Karriem Riggins brings hip-hop to the Detroit Jazz Festival, including J Dilla tribute

A new Great American Songbook

By Lee DeVito
Aug 30, 2023
Sydney G. James’s BLKOUT Walls festival has its second go with international artists

These painters of color aren’t ‘marginalized’ — they’re resilient

By Randiah Camille Green
Aug 30, 2023
Detroit Dance Collective to perform at upcoming Detroit Dance City Festival

Dance as emotional expression

By Layla McMurtrie
Aug 30, 2023

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