Downtown Amherstburg will host a Brazilian Village June 12–14 as part of the 51st Carrousel of the Nations, with streets closed and vendors lining Dalhousie and Richmond. The pop-up joins the town's Open Air Weekends and aims to steer festival crowds into the historic core.

The Chicks will open a 16‑night Taking the Long Way anniversary tour at Detroit’s Fox Theatre on Sept. 30; presales begin June 3. The band will perform the album in full.

A renovated concert hall on Maple Street, District 142 has become a mid‑size stop for national tours and throwback bills, bringing new energy to Wyandotte’s downtown. Locals and promoters say the mix of sound, accessibility and sensible prices is already paying off.

Olayami Dabls has sued the City of Detroit, saying crews demolished a building covered in dozens of his murals in July 2024; the federal VARA suit seeks nearly $5 million.

Howell’s upstairs theater came alive again as Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance opened a short run on the unrestored 1881 stage, raising funds for restoration. Limited seating and original acoustics made opening night feel like a rare, local moment.

After an eight‑month renovation, MOCAD reopens this weekend with new street‑facing windows, a Learning Studio and a spring slate of Detroit artists. Mayor Mary Sheffield attended the preview.

Cranbrook Schools has received a $15 million gift to convert a 1932 gymnasium on its Bloomfield Hills campus into a modern performing arts center.

Jennifer Gilbert is consigning major works to Sotheby’s, with proceeds to fund Lumana, the new Detroit arts nonprofit planned for Stanton Yards. The lineup includes Joan Mitchell and Kenneth Noland.

A $50M performing-arts complex on the Detroit–Grosse Pointe Park border is nearing completion, promising a mid‑400s‑seat theater and the Manoogian art gallery. Organizers are finalizing an opening schedule amid lingering permitting questions.

The DIA's Contemporary Anishinaabe Art survey closes this weekend after topping attendance projections; the museum is seeking to buy pieces and may tour the show.

Mayor Mary Sheffield's team will recruit a new arts director and is considering a standalone, budget-neutral culture office reporting to the mayor.

The Detroit Jazz Festival revealed its Sept. 4–7 lineup and named Joe Lovano artist‑in‑residence, setting up a Labor Day weekend stacked with legends and local homecomings.

Motown Museum opens 'Psychedelic Soul' in the Esther Gordy Edwards Centre, showcasing rare vinyl, vintage fashion and immersive installations from April 17 to Sept. 27, 2026.