DETROIT – Here's what is happening around Detroit this Labor Day weekend!
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Arts, Beats & Eats: The 19th Annual Ford Arts, Beats & Eats presented by Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort takes place in Downtown Royal Oak. The festival offers more than 200 performances on nine stages, a highly ranked Juried Fine Arts Show, and local restaurants with some of the finest cuisine in Metro-Detroit. Each year international, regional and local attractions at the festival make the City of Royal Oak the premier destination for Labor Day weekend. (Sept. 2-5)
Detroit Jazz Festival: The Detroit Jazz Festival is a major cultural institution, providing year-round concerts and educational programming that culminates in one of the world’s premier jazz festivals on Labor Day Weekend. Now in its 34th year, the festival takes place over several city blocks in downtown Detroit – from Hart Plaza to Campus Martius – with five stages and 100 acts over four days. It also offers educational activities for adults and children, fireworks, late-night jam sessions, rare opportunities to meet the artists and much more. And it’s all FREE. (Sept. 2-5)
Hamtramck Labor Day Festival: For the past three decades we've celebrated Labor Day weekend with a festival on the Main Street of Joseph Campau, and the only difference for 2016 is that it will be better than ever. As always, there will be plenty of music, food and fun. With two separate 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. (Sept. 3-5)
Michigan Peach Festival: The Michigan Peach Festival of Romeo is the second oldest festival in the state. (Sept. 1-5)
Michigan State Fair: Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi is hosting the Fifth Third Bank Michigan State Fair, which is the oldest state fair in the United States. (Sept. 1-5)
Saturday, Sept. 3:
Riverside Groove 2016: Come enjoy the 4th installment of our Annual Festival!
The 4th Cosmic Slop Music Festival: Calling all rockers and lovers of rock music to save the date for the return of the “Cosmic Slop Music Festival” to Detroit on Saturday, September 3, 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Tangent Gallery/Hastings Street Ballroom, 715 E. Milwaukee Detroit, MI 48202.
MakeAmericaSmartAgain x LSC Present: Idiocracy: On Saturday, September 3rd at The Skip in Detroit, MASA and partners Library Street Collective will be hosting a screening of "Idiocracy," a cult comedy directed by Mike Judge that satirizes the rise of commercialism and decline of human intelligence in a future dystopian society.
Semblance curated by Craig Paul Nowak: Curated by House of Art alumni Craig Paul Nowak, the exhibition will feature the work of 11 artists from around the world who explore representations of the human bust and face in two and three-dimensional forms.
Return of the Legends 13: Straight Out of Compton: Ice Cube and others at Chene Park!