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1. Arts, Beats & Eats
Aug. 30-Sept. 2 • Royal Oak
Features 125-plus artists, hundreds of musical acts on nine stages including Cheap Trick, Tesla, Keith Sweat, Gin Blossoms and Detroit’s “Queen of the Blues” Thornetta Davis, and more than 50 restaurants, caterers and food trucks, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Aug. 30-Sept. 1 and 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sept. 2, downtown Royal Oak, artsbeatseats.com
Read more: Star-studded talent announced for 2024 Arts, Beats & Eats
2. Michigan State Fair
Aug. 29-Sept. 2 • Novi
Includes live music and entertainment, rides and games, agriculture and livestock showcases, Shrine Circus, Beginning of Life exhibit, competitions for giant pumpkins, home brewing, baking and singing, 5K run/walk, racing pigs and Rock-N-Roll K-9’s, and more, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 29-30, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 31-Sept. 1 and 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sept. 2, Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave. in Novi, michiganstatefairllc.com
Read more: Michigan State Fair features clowns, logrollers and ample transportation
3. Labor Day Round Up
Sept. 2 • Franklin
Includes games and prizes, inflatables, pony rides and petting farm, classic car show, bake sale, face painting, interactive circus, juggler, clowns on stilts, food and more, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 2, Franklin Community Association Park, 26495 Carol Ave., also parade at noon on Franklin Road from Evelyn Court to Carol Street, magic show at 2 p.m. in FCA Park, and art show and live music from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at nearby Village Green, fcamichigan.org/roundup
Read more: Franklin Labor Day Round Up, parade, art fair return Sept. 2
4. Detroit Jazz Festival
Aug. 30-Sept. 2 • Detroit
Features more than 50 performances including artist-in-residence Brian Blade and fellow headliners Christian McBride & Inside Straight, Billy Childs Quartet with special guest Sean Jones, and Kyle Eastwood and the Detroit Jazz Festival Symphony Orchestra, 6-10:30 pm. Aug. 30, 11:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, and 11:45 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Sept. 2, three stages in Hart Plaza and Campus Martius Park in downtown Detroit, detroitjazzfest.org
Read more: Detroit Jazz Festival brings legends and newcomers to downtown
5. Walk4Friendship
Sept. 1 • West Bloomfield
Fundraiser for special-needs community, 1.7-mile walk at 11:45 a.m. (registration at 10:30 a.m.), starts at Friendship Circle’s Farber Center, 5586 Drake Road in West Bloomfield, and ends at Friendship Circle’s Meer Center, 6892 W. Maple Road, activities from noon-3 p.m. include live music by American-Israeli hip-hop artist Nissim Black, petting zoo, zip line, bounce houses, face painting and more, plus food, walk4friendship.com
Read more: Walk4Friendship to return next month
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