America’s Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit, Michigan. A popular event for almost 90 years, America’s Thanksgiving Parade® is one of the country’s oldest and most celebrated parades producing amazing events for millions of people including the world renowned and ever-expanding parade of nearly 300 papier-mâché heads, some of which date back to the 1940s. Other popular
The Detroit Jazz Festival is a free jazz festival held every year during Labor Day Weekend at Hart Plaza and Campus Martius Park in Detroit, Michigan. The head of the festival is Chris Collins. Until 2000, the festival was known as the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival. The festival again changed names in 2005, becoming the Detroit
Top African american festivals in the USA Recognized as Detroit’s premier ethnic festival, the three-day African World Festival, presented by the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History attracts over a million people each year and celebrates African culture with music, live entertainment, children’s activities, an artisans’ market and a wide variety of ethnic
Recognized as the biggest Arab Chaldean American cultural event in North America for over 40 years, the Arab & Chaldean World Festival attracts over 100,000 people every year to enjoy music from all over the Middle East, the Art Gallery showcasing multiple exhibits, the popular Children’s Fair featuring arts and crafts projects and multiple attractions
One of Detroit’s most popular summer events, the 3-day Detroit River Days festival celebrating Detroit’s maritime, ecological and culinary culture attracts thousands of visitors each year with a host of family oriented events, eco-friendly children’s activities, Jet-skis, tall ships and boat tours, towering sand sculptures, and live concerts highlighting local, national and international musicians. This
Detroit’s unrivaled international arts festival, replacing the Detroit Festival of the Arts, Midsummer Nights in Midtown is a popular and major arts event attracting over 10,000 people each year for the month long series of free cultural performances on every Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening through June at a variety of cultural center venues. MDI
Featuring some of Country and Western’s best performers, the 3-day Detroit Downtown Hoedown is one of the largest free country music festivals in the world featuring new and upcoming artists and many famous and well recognized ones as well entertaining several hundred thousand fans with the best in country music. A popular event for 30
Presented in downtown Detroit, the city where electronic music originated, the Movement Electronic Music Festival is Detroit’s premier annual electronic dance festival that attracts some of the biggest names in the business and more than half a million visitors each year with a popular display of light and sound. Movement Electronic Music Festival is an
Top Folk Music Festivals in the USA Created in 1974, the Wheatland Music Festival takes place the weekend after Labor Day each year, drawing 10,000 folk music fans to enjoy three days of music and art on the 160-acre festival site. They are there to enjoy a wide variety of activities, as well as the
Top Folk Music Festivals in the USA Produced by the Michigan Traditional Arts Program at the Michigan State University Museum, the Great Lakes Folk Festival is an unique fusion of arts fair, music festival, county fair, and multi-ethnic festival. Taking place in downtown East Lansing, this free festival showcases the traditional cultural treasures of the