Sunday Funday @ The Discovery Center
2025-08-31 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | The Discovery Center, 54 Cherry Street, Mount Clemens, Michigan, 48043
Open Family Play. No admission, donations suggested ($5/child).
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Kaleidoscopic Home | Tin & Ed @ Michigan Central
2025-08-31 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-03 11:00 - 16:00 | Michigan Central, 2001 15th St, Detroit, MI, 48216
Explore an immersive, large-scale exhibition that reimagines home as a dynamic playscape. Created by acclaimed artist duo Tin & Ed, this installation is an engaging for all ages.
Plus pop-ups from the Michigan Science Center on select dates and times
Register Here
Spanning the West Mezzanine of The Station, the premiere of Kaleidoscopic Home and Life Forces brings an immersive, large-scale exhibit to Michigan Central that explores the interconnections between nature, technology and imagination.
Exaggerated and custom-designed sculptures — representative of common household items — encourages visitors of all ages to stretch, climb and lounge throughout the space; while augmented reality (AR) and interactive motion technology allows you to become one with nature, offering a playful and poetic way to demonstrate how all life is intertwined.
Creators Tin Nguyen and Edward Cutting are internationally recognized for their ability to create immersive environments that represent the world beyond human perception.
Their work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Getty Museum, Rockefeller Center, the Barbican Centre, and the ArtScience Museum, and is held in public collections including the National Gallery of Victoria. For more information, visit Tin&Ed.
Michigan Science Center Pop-Up
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HORSE: A Game for Everyone @ 1001 Woodward
2025-08-31 11:00 - 18:00 | 1001 Woodward Avenue, 1001 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48226
Library Street Collective is excited to announce HORSE: A Game for Everyone by artist Tyrrell Winston, supported by Bedrock Detroit. Opening to the public on August 1, 2025, this dynamic installation transforms the boundaries between sport, art, and community participation.
HORSE reimagines the basketball court as a site of creativity, memory, and public engagement. Inspired by Winston’s signature use of found and culturally charged materials, this interactive experience invites visitors to engage with art through motion, reflection, and play. Central to the installation is a sculptural “hoop tree” that reimagines the familiar form of the basketball hoop into a sprawling, seven-armed tree supporting 21 hoops at varying heights, angles, and orientations. Part monument, part playground, the work invites direct engagement, encouraging visitors to step into the space, pick up a ball, and play.
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Arts, Beats, and Eats in Downtown Royal Oak
2025-08-31 11:00 - 23:00, 2025-09-01 11:00 - 21:00 | Downtown Royal Oak, 301 W 4th Street, Royal Oak, MI, 48067
Michigan Lottery Arts, Beats & Eats presented by Flagstar bank features 200 musical acts! It’s Oakland County’s Favorite Summer Festival Celebrating Art, Music, Food & Community in downtown Royal Oak!
$7 advance general admission tickets are on sale. Buy now to save!
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Decked Out Detroit Summer Sundays on Woodward Ave.
2025-08-31 12:00 - 16:00 | 1200-1400 Blocks of Woodward Avenue, 1200-1400 Blocks Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48226
Time: 12PM – 4PM
Location: 1200 –1400 blocks of Woodward Ave. Follow @DeckedOutDet for day of updates.
Kids Arts + Crafts
Potted Plant Activity
Local Vendors
Bracelet Making
Sketch Artist
Temporary Tattoos
Time: 4PM – 7PM
Location: Nike
Cornhole
Fitness Fun With Giveaways

Drop-In Workshop: Shrinky Dink Key Chains & Charms @ Detroit Institute of Arts
2025-08-31 12:00 - 16:00 | Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48202
Watch your colorful design shrink to nearly half its original size in a toaster oven, then turn it into your own keychain or pendant!

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Hamtramck Labor Day Festival
2025-08-31 12:00 - 22:00, 2025-09-01 12:00 - 22:00 | Caniff St & Joseph Campau Ave, Hamtramck, MI, 48212
Welcome to the city of Hamtramck. For the past four decades we’ve celebrated Labor Day weekend with a festival on the Main Street of Joseph Campau. This year’s festival is being sponsored by HATCH and the celebration features the yacht races down Jos. Campau (a Hamtramck tradition), and an assortment of crowd-pleasing events for kids and adults of all ages, including wrestling, and the Hamtramck Labor Day Parade on Monday September 1. As always, there will be plenty of music, food and fun. With two stages, booths from a number of restaurants and a full line-up of carnival rides, there’s never a dull moment at the Hamtramck Labor Day Festival.

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Summer Concert Series @ Lake St. Clair Metropark
2025-08-31 18:30 - 21:00 | Lake St Clair Metropark, 31300 Metro Parkway, Harrison Township, Michigan, 48045
Spend your summer enjoying music from different local bands. From rock to country to R&B and oldies, there is a concert for everyone. Lounge in a lawn chair or get on your feet and dance. Concessions will be available for all concerts.
Concerts are FREE, but a valid Metroparks daily or annual vehicle pass is required to enter the park. If event is cancelled due to inclement weather, it will be posted on social media and the website. Concerts will not be rescheduled.
Lake St. Clair Metropark
Sundays, 6:30 – 9 p.m.
Thomas Welsh Activity Center

May 25 – The Gary Greenfelder Orchestra (big band, swing & pop)
July 20 – Brad Stuart (country)

June 1 – Tony Karam Trio (dance)
July 27 – Gridiron & Friends (party)

June 8 – Persuasion (party)
August 3 – The Best of Billy & Elton (billy joel, elton john)

June 15 – Mob Opera (classic rock)
August 10 – Velvet Steel “Ladies of the 80’s (top 40 rock & pop)

June 22 – Karen Flynn & Step Aside (rock, country, blues)
August 17 – Vinyl Rockit (party)

June 29 – Mainstream Drive (dance, hits)
August 24 – Taylor Tucky (country)

July 6 – The Yacht Seas (yacht rock)
August 31 – Larry Lee & the Back in the Day Band (funk, r&b, soul)

July 13 – Stone Blossoms (classic rock)

Michigan Renaissance Festival in Holly, MI
2025-09-01 09:00 - 19:00 | Michigan Renaissance Festival, 12600 Dixie Hwy., Holly, MI, 48442
Hark! Cast aside your cares and embark upon a journey through time! In the village of HollyGrove, the 16th Century stirs once more, brimming with a day of revelry fit for a monarch! Over fourscore souls, clad in garments of yore, await your arrival. Witness the thunderous clash of steel as knights engage in a joust, their armor gleaming in the sun. Mingle with nobles of refined bearing, or rub shoulders with boisterous pirates fresh from the high seas. Fairies with wings of moonlight and elves of nimble step may flit amongst the throng, while hearty peasants go about their daily tasks. Even fearsome Vikings and daring jugglers add to the vibrant tapestry of this bygone era. Come one, come all, to this wondrous day in HollyGrove village!
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Michigan State Fair @ Suburban Collection Showplace
2025-09-01 10:00 - 20:00 | Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave, Novi, MI, 48374
Exciting News! The Michigan State Fair is back with new and improved hours for fun, food, and festivities!

Open Thursday through Labor Day Monday
Hours of Operation:
Thursday & Friday: 11AM – 8PM
Saturday – Monday: 10AM – 8PM*

Come early, stay late — and don’t miss a minute of the magic!

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Labor Day Holiday Hours @ Dossin Great Lakes Museum
2025-09-01 13:00 - 17:00 | Dossin Great Lakes Museum, 100 Strand Drive, Belle Isle, Detroit, MI, 48207
The Dossin Great Lakes Museum will be open with special holiday hours from 1-5 p.m. on September 1.
Walk-in visitors are welcome. Regular admission prices will be in effect.

Storytime @ Hamtramck Public Library
2025-09-01 15:45 - 16:15 | Hamtramck Public Library, 2360 Caniff Street, Hamtramck, 48212
Storytime every Wednesday at noon, and the first Monday of the month at 3:45pm.
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Lego Club @ Detroit Public Library (Main)
2025-09-01 16:00 - 17:00 | Detroit Public Library – Main, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48202
Join us to build cool things with Legos! We may even put yours up for display on our Wall of Fame!

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Tuesday Market @ Eastern Market
2025-09-02 09:00 - 15:00 | Eastern Market, 2934 Russell Street, Detroit, Michigan, 48207
Our scaled-down Tuesday Market is perfect for stocking up on fresh produce, baked goods, and meats. This market has special offerings including free Zumba and yoga classes.

Every Tuesday, June through September
9 am – 3 pm
Shed 2 with FREE weekly fitness classes in Shed 3
Yoga: 11 am – 12 pm
Zumba: 1 pm – 2 pm
Detroit, MI 48207
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Read, Rhyme, and Play @ GPPL Ewald
2025-09-02 09:30 - 10:30 | Grosse Pointe Public Library – Ewald, 15175 E. Jefferson, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 48230
Join us for this interactive story time for children under 5 and their adults! There will be reading, marching, rhyming, singing and more to help your little one learn, grow and have fun! Toys will be provided after, if you’d like to stay and play. No registration is necessary.
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Storytime: Iggy Peck, Architect @ Ford House
2025-09-02 10:30 - 11:00 | Ford House, 1100 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, 48236
Storytime: Iggy Peck, Architect

This September, join Ford House and our friends at Bricks of Hope for a joyful, hands-on Storytime adventure! Each week, we’ll share Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts—a delightful tale about a young dreamer who turns his passion for building into something extraordinary.
After the story, it’s time to get creative! Bricks of Hope will lead children in designing their own wild and wonderful structures, using building bricks to stretch their imaginations and spark new ideas.

Book of the Month

Iggy Peck, Architect
Iggy has one passion: architecture. His parents are proud of his fabulous creations, though they’re sometimes surprised by his materials. But hey! What’s wrong with a tower built of diapers? (Even dirty ones!) Picture Dear Ig has it made until second grade. That’s when he meets his match. His teacher, Miss Lila Greer, frons upon architecture. Banned from building in school, second grade becomes a bore until one day a fateful field trip lets Iggy Peck show the world his true talents!

Bricks of Hope

Bricks of Hope is a nonprofit that brings smiles to children facing serious illness by delivering new LEGO® sets during their hospital stays. Throughout the month of September, Ford House will be collecting donations of new, unopened LEGO® sets of all sizes and for all age groups. Every donated set will be shared with a child at a Michigan hospital, helping to brighten their day through the power of play.
We’re proud to partner with Bricks of Hope in support of their inspiring mission—and we’d love your help.
Here’s how you can join in:

Come to Storytime any Tuesday in September to enjoy the story and activity (same book each week).
Bring a new, unopened LEGO® set to donate if you wish to contribute.
Stay to play, build, and connect!

This free, family-friendly program is perfect for children ages 7 and under. Storytime takes place in a relaxed, welcoming environment that encourages creativity and exploration.
Come build with us, and share in the joy of giving back!

Storytime Tuesdays @ Detroit Public Library (Jefferson)
2025-09-02 10:30 - 11:30 | Detroit Public Library – Jefferson, 12350 Outer Drive East, Detroit, Michigan, 48224
Come enjoy books and a craft! It’s A great way for children to build early literacy, creativity and social skills.

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Baby Storytime @ Center Line Public Library
2025-09-02 11:00 - 11:30 | Center Line Public Library, 7345 Weingartz Street, Center Line, Michigan, 48015
Join us for stories, songs and last, but not least – play! The Center Line Public Library invites children ages 0 to 36 months and their caregivers to stop by for twenty minutes of stories and songs followed by open-ended play time. This program will be held weekly on Tuesdays at 11 AM. Drop in and meet new friends!
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Preschool Open Gym @ Extreme Gym
2025-09-02 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-09-03 11:45 - 12:45 | Extreme Gym & KydVenture, 22955 W Industrial Drive, St Clair Shores, MI, 48080
Let your little ones explore, jump, and play! Open Play is the perfect opportunity for kids ages 6 & under to burn off energy and get comfortable in the gym environment. They’ll love bouncing on trampolines, swinging on bars, and diving into the foam pit!
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September Storytime! @ Detroit Public Library (Franklin)
2025-09-02 13:00 - 14:00 | Detroit Public Library – Franklin, 13651 E. McNichols Road, Detroit, MI, 48205
Join us for afternoon storytime from 1 pm – 2 pm every Tuesday in September!

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Bead Art (Ages 6-12) @ Detroit Public Library (Main)
2025-09-02 16:00 - 17:00 | Detroit Public Library – Main, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48202
Get creative every week with Bead Art! In this fun afterschool program, you’ll design and make colorful creations using fuse beads (Perler beads) and explore other awesome beaded crafts.
For Ages 6-12
Questions about this program? Feel free to contact the Children’s Library at (313) 481-1409 or email edurrett@detroitpubliclibrary.org.
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Family Story Time @ Detroit Public Library (Main)
2025-09-02 17:00 - 17:30 | Detroit Public Library – Main, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48202
Welcome to Family Story Time at the Main | Detroit Public Library!
Come join us for a fun-filled morning of stories, songs, and activities perfect for preschool-aged children. Our friendly librarians will lead the session, keeping your little ones engaged and entertained.
**Family Story Time** is a great way to introduce your child to the wonders of reading and foster a love for books from a young age. It’s also an excellent opportunity to socialize with other parents and caregivers in the community.
Don’t miss out on this exciting event at the Main | Detroit Public Library. We can’t wait to see you there!
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Firebirds @ Detroit Body Garage
2025-09-03 09:00 - 09:45 | Detroit Body Garage, 8635 Mack Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48214
Parents need movement + community more than ever.
This is why we created this class. Taking care of our families.

Join us for a kid friendly 45 min workout. The coach will help you move thru the session with your children playing or even joining in if they are old enough.

2 mornings a week to help YOU make YOUR wellness a priority.

All age kiddos welcome.
(sitting in a stroller, carseat, pack & play all ok!)

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Open Play @ Detroit Kid City
2025-09-03 10:00 - 14:00 | Detroit Kid City, 37051 Southbound Gratiot Avenue, Clinton Township, Michigan, 48036
Reserved Open Play

4 hours of Open Play By Reservation!
With the new time slot, you may come in anytime between 10-2pm!
Current Open Play Times Are:
Wednesdays 10am-2pm
Fridays 10am-2pm & 4pm-8pm
Sundays 9am-11am
Any Dates Not Showing Are Sold Out!
**No Refunds** We can move dates if needed**
*$15.00 per child (admission is charged for children ages 1-8) Siblings 9 & up and babies younger than 1 are free IF accompanied by a paying sibling. All adults are FREE with a paying child.
*We have coffee, Prepackaged Light Snacks & Drinks available for purchase.
*You are welcome to bring your own peanut free snacks/drinks to consume in the cafe area only.
(PLEASE NO FOOD IN PLAY AREA)
*Please avoid bringing strollers in as space is limited and parking for them will be in the cafe area only.
*Older siblings will be asked not to run & please play carefully around the younger children.
At Detroit Kid City Kids Can Unplug and Let Their Imaginations Run Wild While The Adults Get a Much Needed Break Or Can Join Right In On The Fun!
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Family Storytime @ Center Line Public Library
2025-09-03 11:00 - 11:30 | Center Line Public Library, 7345 Weingartz Street, Center Line, Michigan, 48015
Enjoy twenty minutes of interactive stories, rhymes, and riddles followed by an engaging craft activity. This program is intended for children five and younger and their caregivers with no registration required. Family Storytime is held at 11 AM on Wednesdays, and repeats the next day, Thursday at 6 PM.

Hope Village Farmers Market @ 14150 Woodrow Wilson
2025-09-03 15:30 - 19:00 | Hope Village Farmers Market, 14150 Woodrow Wilson Street, Detroit, MI, 48238
The Hope Village Farmers Market not only brings fresh and local produce to the Hope Village every week – it is also a neighborhood connector and a hub of cultural activity, with music, spoken word performance, yoga, and much more!
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