Detroit Jazz Festival
September 4–7 · Hart Plaza
Four days, no admission charge. It bills itself as the largest free jazz festival in the world, and this is its 47th year.
Source: detroitjazzfest.org ·
Events
What is on, and what it costs
Price is the first thing anybody wants to know and the last thing most listings tell you, so it is in the first line here.
The week outside
Most of what is listed below happens outdoors. This is what it is meant to be doing.
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What is actually on sale
Everything on sale in Detroit right now, soonest first. Start with when you are free — then narrow by what you are after, and concerts by genre.
57 events listed.
| When | Event | Venue | Kind | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 8:00pm | Justin Moore | The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre | Concerts Country | not listed |
| 2026-09-04 8:00pm | Trace Adkins | Sound Board at MotorCity Casino Hotel | Concerts Country | not listed |
| 2026-09-05 6:00pm | Pigliacci, In Heaven, Pain Begins, Killer Xarnage | TSDMAAC | Concerts Metal | $18 |
| 2026-09-05 8:00pm | Death In Custody, Cripple Fight, Stubborn Assholes | TSDMAAC | Concerts Rock | $15 |
| 2026-09-05 8:00pm | Return of the Legends | The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre | Concerts Hip-Hop/Rap | not listed |
| 2026-09-06 6:00pm | Missouri Executive Order 44, Mensa, Flesh Tape, I Hate My Friends, It Happened One Night | TSDMAAC (Crypt) | Concerts Metal | $18 |
| 2026-09-06 6:00pm | Vader, Jungle Rot, Fleshcrawl, Trash Panda, Darkeater | TSDMAAC (Catacombs) | Concerts Metal | $33 |
| 2026-09-06 7:30pm | Eric Clapton | Little Caesars Arena | Concerts Rock | not listed |
| 2026-09-06 7:30pm | Jill Scott - Suite Rental | Fox Theatre Detroit | Concerts R&B | not listed |
| 2026-09-06 7:30pm | Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern Tour | Fox Theatre Detroit | Concerts R&B | not listed |
| 2026-09-06 8:00pm | The Return Of The Legends | The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre | Concerts Hip-Hop/Rap | not listed |
| 2026-09-07 3:10pm | Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins | Comerica Park | Sports Baseball | not listed |
| 2026-09-07 7:00pm | Kenny Vs. Spenny | TSDMAAC | Other | $38-$101 |
| 2026-09-07 7:30pm | Jill Scott - Suite Rental | Fox Theatre Detroit | Concerts R&B | not listed |
| 2026-09-07 7:30pm | Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern Tour | Fox Theatre Detroit | Concerts R&B | not listed |
| 2026-09-08 6:40pm | Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins | Comerica Park | Sports Baseball | not listed |
| 2026-09-08 7:00pm | YSL Records & Young Thug Present: The New Generation Tour | The Fillmore Detroit | Concerts Hip-Hop/Rap | not listed |
| 2026-09-08 7:00pm | anees | Saint Andrew's Hall | Concerts Pop | not listed |
| 2026-09-09 1:10pm | Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins | Comerica Park | Sports Baseball | not listed |
| 2026-09-09 6:00pm | Monolord, Khemmis, Blue Snaggletooth | TSDMAAC | Concerts Metal | $36 |
| 2026-09-09 7:00pm | ADÉLA: The Red Bottoms Tour | Saint Andrew's Hall | Concerts Pop | not listed |
| 2026-09-09 8:30pm | Danny Elfman | Fox Theatre Detroit | Concerts Rock | not listed |
| 2026-09-09 8:30pm | Danny Elfman - Suite Rental | Fox Theatre Detroit | Concerts Rock | not listed |
| 2026-09-10 6:00pm | Manic Outburst, Condition Critical, 8 Ball Death, Teknokrat, Sherm | TSDMAAC | Concerts Metal | $21 |
| 2026-09-10 7:00pm | Black Pontiac, Moravian | TSDMAAC (Crypt) | Concerts Rock | $22 |
| 2026-09-10 8:00pm | Dwele | Sound Board at MotorCity Casino Hotel | Concerts R&B | not listed |
| 2026-09-10 9:00pm | Elefante (21+) | Harpos | Concerts Other | not listed |
| 2026-09-11 6:00pm | Emo Night ft. Flicker//Fade Live Band Emo Night! | TSDMAAC | Concerts Rock | $22 |
| 2026-09-11 6:30pm | TURNSTILE: THE NEVER ENOUGH TOUR PT. 2 | Russell Industrial Center | Concerts Rock | not listed |
| 2026-09-11 6:40pm | Detroit Tigers vs. Colorado Rockies | Comerica Park | Sports Baseball | not listed |
| 2026-09-11 7:00pm | overtonight, Tommy Ragen | TSDMAAC | Concerts Rock | $0 |
| 2026-09-11 7:00pm | Mojo Brookzz - Suite Rental | Fox Theatre Detroit | Theater & arts Comedy | not listed |
| 2026-09-11 7:00pm | Mojo Brookzz: Outta Pocket Tour | Fox Theatre Detroit | Theater & arts Comedy | not listed |
| 2026-09-11 7:00pm | Carly Pearce - Honest Woman: Up Close - Presented by Conundrum Wines | Saint Andrew's Hall | Concerts Country | not listed |
| 2026-09-11 8:00pm | Ivy Lab | Lincoln Factory | Concerts Dance/Electronic | $25 |
| 2026-09-11 8:00pm | Russell Peters Relax World Tour | Music Hall Center | Theater & arts Comedy | not listed |
| 2026-09-11 9:00pm | Oskar med K | Majestic Theatre-MI | Concerts Dance/Electronic | not listed |
| 2026-09-11 10:00pm | Mojo Brookzz: Outta Pocket Tour | Fox Theatre Detroit | Theater & arts Comedy | not listed |
| 2026-09-12 1:10pm | Detroit Tigers vs. Colorado Rockies | Comerica Park | Sports Baseball | not listed |
| 2026-09-12 6:00pm | Hasan Hates Ronny, Ronny Hates Hasan: A Debate To The Death (13+ Event) | Masonic Temple - Detroit | Theater & arts Miscellaneous | not listed |
| 2026-09-12 7:00pm | underscores | Majestic Theatre-MI | Other | not listed |
| 2026-09-12 7:00pm | The Amalgamation Project 4 LIVE wsg School of Rock Ann Arbor House Band | TSDMAAC (Crypt) | Concerts Other | $22 |
| 2026-09-12 7:00pm | Atsuko Okatsuka: The Big Bowl Tour | The Fillmore Detroit | Theater & arts Comedy | not listed |
| 2026-09-12 7:00pm | saint harison presents the ghosted tour | The Shelter | Concerts R&B | not listed |
| 2026-09-12 7:30pm | Napoleon Dynamite | Fisher Theatre - Detroit | Theater & arts Miscellaneous | not listed |
| 2026-09-12 8:00pm | Rickey Smiley | Sound Board at MotorCity Casino Hotel | Theater & arts Comedy | not listed |
| 2026-09-12 8:00pm | Lily Allen Performs West End Girl | Fox Theatre Detroit | Concerts Rock | not listed |
| 2026-09-13 12:10pm | Detroit Tigers vs. Colorado Rockies | Comerica Park | Sports Baseball | not listed |
| 2026-09-13 1:00pm | Detroit Lions vs. New Orleans Saints | Ford Field | Sports Football | not listed |
| 2026-09-13 6:00pm | Revocation (20 Years Of Torment) wsg: Defeated Sanity, Fuming Mouth, Weeping & Nethergate | TSDMAAC | Concerts Metal | $28 |
| 2026-09-13 6:00pm | All Shall Perish - The Price Of Existence: 20-Year Anniversary | Saint Andrew's Hall | Concerts Metal | not listed |
| 2026-09-13 7:00pm | VOID, Phantom, Savetta, Dementia | TSDMAAC | Concerts Metal | $28 |
| 2026-09-13 8:00pm | LP | Majestic Theatre-MI | Concerts Other | not listed |
| 2026-09-14 7:00pm | Ensiferum, Firewind, Ardennes | TSDMAAC | Concerts Metal | $38 |
| 2026-09-14 7:00pm | CHIEF KEEF | The Fillmore Detroit | Concerts Hip-Hop/Rap | not listed |
| 2026-09-15 7:00pm | Sons of Legion - Soul to SØL World Tour 2026 | The Fillmore Detroit | Concerts Rock | not listed |
| 2026-09-16 6:00pm | Global Plague, Death Hex, Convulsis, Tormentous | TSDMAAC (Confessional) | Concerts Metal | $22 |
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Prices are Ticketmaster's own ranges before fees, and it does not publish one for most concerts — “not listed” means Ticketmaster gave no figure, not that the show is free. Free events are almost never sold through a ticket site, so the big Detroit festivals do not show up in this table at all. Those are in the list below, which we check by hand. Listings updated automatically 2 hours ago
One file, every listing on this site, ticketed and
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Downtown programming
Parks, squares and public spaces. The events ticket sites never carry, straight from the organizers.
| When | Event | Where | Cost | Listed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-05 | The 4th Annual Farwell Community Partnership Back to School Bash | Grass Lot Next to The Food Palace | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-05 | Brad "Scarface" Jordan with Slim Thug | Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-05 | Arlo Parks - Desire Tour | The Lincoln Factory | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-05 | Jammin' The Official Public Home Going Celebration | The Bonstelle Playhouse | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-05 12:00pm | An American Summer Sendoff | Celebrating 250 Years of Red, White & Blue | Campus Martius Park | not stated | Downtown Detroit Partnership |
| 2026-09-05 2:00pm | Walk & Talk About Life's Big Questions | Ralph Wilson centennial park | not stated | Meetup |
| 2026-09-06 | Jill Scott | Fox Theatre - Detroit | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-06 | Detroit Love Labor Day Weekend: Carl Craig b2b Matthew Dear | TV Lounge | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-06 | Detroit Sandwich Party 2026 | Eastern Market Shed 5 | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-06 5:00pm | Book-ish Club + Cafe Hopping | Rehla Coffee House | not stated | Meetup |
| 2026-09-08 11:00am | Downtown Street Eats | Cadillac Square | not stated | Downtown Detroit Partnership |
| 2026-09-08 6:00pm | Tacos & Trivia Presented by Long Drink | Campus Martius Park | not stated | Downtown Detroit Partnership |
| 2026-09-09 11:00am | Downtown Street Eats | Cadillac Square | not stated | Downtown Detroit Partnership |
| 2026-09-09 10:30pm | DNewTech - September 2026 | Tech Town Detroit | not stated | Meetup |
| 2026-09-10 | Detroit Tigers vs. Colorado Rockies (Post Game Concert by Dustin Lynch) | Comerica Park | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-10 | Detroit Tigers vs. Colorado Rockies | Comerica Park | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-10 | Carly Pearce in Detroit | Saint Andrew's Hall | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-10 | Carly Pearce - Honest Woman: Up Close - Presented by Conundrum Wines | Saint Andrew's Hall | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-10 11:00am | Downtown Street Eats | Cadillac Square | not stated | Downtown Detroit Partnership |
| 2026-09-10 5:00pm | Bourbon Garden at Grand Circus Park | Grand Circus Park | Free | Downtown Detroit Partnership |
| 2026-09-11 | Ivy Lab: A Farewell Tour | 9/11/26 | The Lincoln Factory | 1331 Holden St, Detroit, MI 48202-3306, United States | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-11 | TURNSTILE: THE NEVER ENOUGH TOUR PT. 2 | Russell Industrial Center | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-11 | Detroit Lions Season Parking (Includes Parking To All Regular Season Home Games) | Ford Field Parking Lots | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-11 | Turnstile, Ceremony, HiTech, King's Command in Detroit | Russell Industrial Center | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-11 | Detroit Tigers vs. Colorado Rockies (Post Game Concert by Dustin Lynch) at Comerica Park | Comerica Park | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-11 | Dustin Lynch in Detroit | Comerica Park | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-11 | Lily Allen | Fox Theatre - Detroit | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-11 | Mojo Brookzz at Fox Theatre Detroit | Fox Theatre Detroit | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-11 | Mojo Brookzz - Dyon Brooks at Fox Theatre Detroit | Fox Theatre Detroit | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-11 | Georgia O'Keeffe: Architecture | 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI, United States, Michigan 48202 | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-11 | Colorado Rockies at Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park | Comerica Park | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-11 11:00am | Sculpt & Glow Pilates | Capitol Park | not stated | Downtown Detroit Partnership |
| 2026-09-11 11:00am | Downtown Street Eats | Cadillac Square | not stated | Downtown Detroit Partnership |
| 2026-09-11 10:15pm | FREE...DIA: Friday "Strange Beautiful Music Festival". DATE CHANGE. | Detroit Art Institute | not stated | Meetup |
| 2026-09-12 | Hasan Minhaj with Ronny Chieng (13+) | The Masonic Temple Theatre - Detroit | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-12 | PARKING: Detroit Lions vs. New Orleans Saints | Ford Field Parking Lots | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-12 | Lily Allen at Fox Theatre Detroit | Fox Theatre Detroit | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-12 | Napoleon Dynamite Live at Fisher Theatre Detroit | Fisher Theatre Detroit | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-12 7:00am | 2026 Komen Detroit Race for the Cure | Campus Martius Park | not stated | Downtown Detroit Partnership |
| 2026-09-12 9:30am | Summer Saturdays with the Boll Family YMCA at Beacon Park | Beacon Park | not stated | Downtown Detroit Partnership |
| 2026-09-12 3:00pm | Beginner and Intermediate Hustle and Line Dancing at Beacon Park | Beacon Park | not stated | Downtown Detroit Partnership |
| 2026-09-13 | Campus Kids Days Presented By Corewell Health: Harvest Hangout | Campus Martius Park | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-13 | Annual Back to School Celebration | Boyer Playground | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-13 | Detroit Lions vs. New Orleans Saints | Ford Field | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-13 | Trap Tailgate X Lions Opening Day Fest | MIX Bricktown | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-15 11:00pm | Casual Writing Workshop | Chai Khana | not stated | Meetup |
| 2026-09-17 | Adult Book Club | Elmwood Park | Detroit Public Library | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-17 | Disney On Ice - Detroit | Little Caesars Arena | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-17 | Descendents, The Chats in Detroit | The Fillmore Detroit | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-17 9:00pm | 🍝ROYAL OAK Dinner Stroll🍰 | Great Dane | not stated | Meetup |
| 2026-09-18 | Marcel West Presents: Live at the Cathedral | Bailey Cathedral Church of God in Christ | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-18 | Jim Gaffigan | Fox Theatre Detroit | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-18 | Jim Gaffigan at Fox Theatre Detroit | Fox Theatre Detroit | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-18 | Channel Tres in Detroit | The Majestic Theatre | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-18 11:00pm | Bonfire: St. Claire Shores | not stated | Meetup | |
| 2026-09-19 | Center Field 26: HBCU Dance Intensive (New Dates) | Joseph Walker Williams Recreation Center | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-19 | Supergeil's Oktoberfest 2026 | Supergeil | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-19 | Jim Gaffigan: Everything Is Wonderful! | Fox Theatre Detroit | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-19 | Michael Jackson Night | Magic Stick | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-20 | Ray LaMontagne at Fox Theatre Detroit | Fox Theatre Detroit | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-20 | Disney On Ice: Find Your Hero | Little Caesars Arena | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-21 | Washington Nationals at Detroit Tigers Tickets | Comerica Park | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-24 | Tyree Guyton Exhibition Opening at the Shepherd | the Shepherd | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-24 1:34pm | Windsor $30 Gay Speed Dating Event | 4966 Lawndale St | not stated | Meetup |
| 2026-09-25 | St. Joseph Oktoberfest | St. Joseph Shrine | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-25 | Detroit Tigers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates | Comerica Park | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-26 | Family Movie Matinee | Lincoln | Detroit Public Library | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-26 | Detroit Greektown Oktoberfest 2026 | The Well | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-26 | Detroit Corktown Oktoberfest 2026 | Corktown Tavern | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-26 | Squeeze Adam Ant & Haircut 100 | Masonic Temple Theatre | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-27 | Wine-toberfest | Dakota Inn | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-27 | New York Jets at Detroit Lions at Ford Field | Ford Field | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-27 | Knocked Loose & Denzel Curry | Majestic Theatre - MI | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-29 | Oktoberfest | 130 Atwater St, Detroit, MI 48226-4378, United States | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-09-30 | Oktoberfest Sausage Making 101 | Marrow in the Market | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-10-02 | Frankie Valli at Detroit Opera House | Detroit Opera House | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-10-02 | Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (Rescheduled from 5/10/26) | Detroit Opera House | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-10-02 | New York Rangers at Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena | Little Caesars Arena | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-10-03 | Prost in the D; An Oktoberfest Bar Crawl | The Social Brews | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-10-04 | Campus Kids Days Presented By Corewell Health: Lil' Boo Bash | Campus Martius Park | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-10-17 | TBD at Detroit Tigers - ALCS (Home Game 3) | Comerica Park | not stated | AllEvents |
| 2026-10-25 | Jonas Brothers with Magnus Ferrell and Deleasa | Little Caesars Arena | not stated | AllEvents |
“Not stated” is not the same as free. Most organizers do not put a price in their listing, so this column only says Free when they said so themselves. Check before you make plans. Listings updated automatically 2 hours ago
Listings from Downtown Detroit Partnership, Meetup, AllEventsChecked by hand
Free and community events, which the ticket sites mostly miss.
Arts, Beats and Eats
September 4–7 · Downtown Royal Oak
More than 200 performances, plus a juried fine art show. Its 29th year.
Source: fox2detroit.com ·Detroit Salsa and Hustle Festival
September 4–6 · Cambria Hotel Detroit Downtown
Three days of workshops, competitions, performances and late-night socials. Its first year.
Source: danceplace.com ·Dally in the Alley
Saturday, September 12, 11am to 11pm · Cass Corridor
A volunteer-run street fair: music, art, food, drink and vendors, in one of the city’s most stubbornly itself neighborhoods.
Source: detroitmi.gov ·Old Car Festival
September 12–13 · Greenfield Village, Dearborn
America’s longest-running antique car show, in its 75th year: hundreds of vehicles built between the 1890s and 1932.
Source: thehenryford.org ·
The same square, still the middle of it
Most of the festivals on this page happen within a few streets of the point where Woodward, Michigan, Gratiot, Grand River and Fort meet. The plan is two hundred years old and it still decides where Detroit gathers.
That photograph is a historical one, and is here as history rather than as a picture of this weekend.
If you only do one thing
The jazz festival charges nothing, runs four days, and bills itself as the largest free jazz festival in the world. Whatever else is on, that is the one that costs a Detroiter nothing but a walk.
Source: detroitjazzfest.org ·How to read this page
Everything here links to where it came from — follow any source and check it yourself. Scores, listings and permits update on their own through the day. Anything written by a person carries the date it was last checked, so you can see how fresh it is before you rely on it. If something looks wrong, it might be: tell us and we will correct it in the open.