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Visit Detroit, Detroit, MI (2026)

Detroit: home to classic American car culture, originators of soul, the infamous Coney Dog, unwavering team pride, and an uncrushable spirit to match. Check out visitdetroit.com and get to know what makes us want to share the

06/18/2026

Exciting Detroit news! Detroit continues to earn its rightful place in the national spotlight. 🌆💯

Travel + Leisure’s latest article published June 11 is titled “Why There’s Never Been a Better Time to Visit Detroit” and highlights what we’ve long known and that the world is finally catching on to: Detroit is one of the country’s most compelling locations in the United States, shaped by history, reinvention, creativity and community.

Written by Detroit-born novelist Alice Randall, this recently published article moves through the city’s newest landmarks and long-standing cultural anchors, including Hudson's Detroit, Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Motown Museum, Ford House, Detroit Foundation Hotel, Shinola Hotel, Book Tower, Third Man Records, Source Booksellers, Ladder 4 Wine Bar and more.

Check out more of the experiences mentioned in the article that define a visit to Detroit right now:

🏙️ Major developments like Hudson’s Detroit, Michigan Central and Book Tower that are showcasing the next chapters of some of our most iconic buildings

🎨 Cultural institutions like the DIA, Motown Museum and the Ford House that continue to tell layered stories of art, industry, music and American history

🍽️ Restaurants and bars that are shaping the city’s culinary scene, from the Apparatus Room and Fixins Soul Kitchen to Ladder 4, Warda Pâtisserie, Kamper’s, Le Suprême and more

🎶 Live music, record shops and performance spaces including the Fox Theatre and Third Man Records

📚 A literary scene defined by community, from Source Booksellers and John K. King Used & Rare Books to the Detroit Public Library’s Main Branch

Thank you to Travel + Leisure and Alice Randall for telling Detroit’s story with the depth, history and perspective it deserves!

➡️ Check out the full article here: https://www.travelandleisure.com/why-travel-to-detroit-now-11991174

06/17/2026

Happy National Mascot Day from Detroit! 🐯🦁🐴

Detroit has the most electric sport's atmosphere in the country and our mascots and their energy are what makes game day feel like game day. Join us in celebrating our iconic mascots and teams on this day! 🎉

⚾️ PAWS, Detroit Tigers
🏈 Roary, Detroit Lions
🏀 Hooper, Detroit Pistons

🏒🐙 Not pictured: Al, known as the unofficial mascot of the Detroit Red Wings!

📸 Photo by in collaboration with and on Instagram

06/15/2026

Detroit is the birthplace of Motown and the Motown Sound that changed music around the world! 🌎🏙️🎶

What started inside a small house on West Grand Boulevard became one of the most important stories in music history shaping soul, pop and R&B for generations. From Studio A at Hitsville U.S.A., artists, songwriters, musicians and producers created songs that traveled far beyond the city and helped define the sound of American music. 🎙️

Now, Motown Museum’s new exhibit “Psychedelic Soul: A Journey Through Rhythm and Time” explores a later chapter in that legacy when Motown artists began pushing the sound in bold new directions. 🌀

The exhibit focuses on Motown’s psychedelic soul era from 1967 to 1975, a period when the label expanded beyond its signature love songs and leaned into funk, rock influences, layered production, social commentary and new studio technology. It was a time when the music reflected the cultural shifts happening across the country from political unrest and civil rights to changing fashion, visual art and sound. 🎵

Inside the exhibit visitors can explore rare vinyl releases, immersive multimedia and artifacts connected to the artists and creative forces that helped shape this era of Motown. 💿👗

Artists like The Temptations, Edwin Starr, The Undisputed Truth and Stevie Wonder helped expand what the Motown sound could be, bringing forward music that was more experimental, more socially conscious and deeply connected to the energy of the time.

The exhibit is also the first official exhibit inside Motown Museum’s new Esther Gordy Edwards Centre for Excellence! Giving people a new way to experience the museum while construction continues on the Motown Museum expansion and Hitsville U.S.A. tours are paused.

📆ℹ️ The exhibit is open now through September 27. Purchase tickets at motownmuseum.org.

📸 Photos by Ryan Southen via Instagram

06/14/2026

Today is Vernors 160th anniversary! 🥤🎉

First served to the public in Detroit in 1866, Vernors Soda was created by Detroit pharmacist James Vernor and has become one of the city’s most enduring brands and soft drinks. Today, it remains the oldest surviving ginger ale in the United States and a flavor generations of Detroiters have grown up with.

To celebrate, Eastern Market is hosting a free Vernors 160th Anniversary Celebration today, June 14, from 1 to 4pm on Riopelle Street. The event includes historical exhibits, Vernors-inspired food and drinks, interactive experiences, a street-wide toast at 3:30pm, and plenty of opportunities to celebrate one of Detroit’s most iconic creations.

Long before it became a household name, Vernors was sold at a soda fountain inside James Vernor’s Woodward Avenue pharmacy. Over the decades, it grew into a Detroit institution, with generations of Detroiters who still reach for a Vernors when they’re feeling under the weather or ordering a Boston Cooler.

While Vernors is now owned by Keurig Dr Pepper and no longer produced in Detroit, its roots still remain firmly planed here in the city where it began.

160 years later, Vernors remains one of Detroit’s most iconic brands and is a must to try when visiting.

Drop a 💚 if you love Vernors!

06/13/2026

A major piece of American history was welcomed to Metro Detroit this weekend! 🏡🎉

After traveling more than 800 miles from Selma, Alabama to Dearborn, the Jackson Home is now open at Greenfield Village at .

It marks the first home added to Greenfield Village in more than 40 years. The home belonged to Dr. Sullivan Jackson and Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson. The Jacksons opened their doors to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders during the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches that helped lead to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. More than 100 years later, the home has been preserved as a time capsule of that moment in history.

The Henry Ford officially welcomed the home with a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring local leaders and Jawana Jackson, the Jacksons’ daughter, who grew up in the home and is helping carry its story forward. 🌸✂️

Inside you can see the upholstered armchair facing a television where Dr. King sat as President Lyndon B. Johnson pledged support for voting rights. The dining room also holds the historic maple table where leaders broke bread and shared ideas. 📺🍽️

This weekend marks the formal welcoming of the home into Greenfield Village with a three-day block party continuing through Sunday, June 14. 🎊🍔🎶

The village-wide celebration includes:
🍽️ Southern-inspired food inspired by recipes connected to the Jackson family
🛍️ A Black-owned business market with 30+ vendors
🎶 Musical performances and dance parties
📚 Guest speakers, panels, author talks and curator conversations
🎭 Historical vignettes throughout Greenfield Village
🏡 Hands-on family activities
🤠⚾️ Historic Base Ball tribute games, Midwest Invitational Rodeo demonstrations and 40+ Double Dutch performances

While there you can make it a full day at Greenfield Village by exploring more than 80 acres with Model T rides, the train, the historic carousel and other historic structures.

🏠ℹ️ Timed reservations are required to tour the inside of the Jackson Home and can be reserved through The Henry Ford.

Join us in visiting and celebrating this exciting next chapter of the Jackson Home in Metro Detroit!

06/11/2026

Firework season is on its way in Detroit! Mark your calendars and get ready to check out these dazzling displays this year. 🎇🌆

The iconic Ford Fireworks return Monday, June 22. Voted the #2 Best Fireworks show in the nation by in 2025, Detroit’s annual show is one of the largest and most impressive displays in the country. The show lights up the skyline above the Detroit River every summer with stunning views visible for miles. ✨

That’s just the beginning. From Friday night home games at Comerica Park to celebrations across the Detroit metro area, there are so many ways to enjoy the summer energy this year! 🎡⚾️🌞

Check out the full list below and let us know what shows you’re looking forward to ⬇️

🌃 Ford Fireworks
📆 Monday, June 23
📍Detroit Riverfront

⚾️ Comerica Park Fireworks
📆 Friday night home games June-September
📍Comerica Park, Downtown Detroit

🎡 Festivals & Fireworks
🎇 Strawberry Festival – June 20
🎇 Riverview Summerfest - June 20
🎇 Festival of the Hills – June 24
🎇 Wixom Light The Night - June 25
🎇 Saint Clair Shores Fireworks Extravaganza – June 26
🎇 Highland Red, White and Blues Festival - June 27
🎇 Taylor Summer Festival – June 27
🎇 Festival in the Park Madison Heights - June 28
🎇 Livonia Spree – June 28
🎇 Clawson July 4th Celebration – July 4
🎇 Clinton Township Fireworks – July 8
🎇 Uncle Sam Jam – July 10
🎇 Dearborn Homecoming – August 8-9
🎇 Cheers to Chesterfield – August 28

🚗🌳 Parks & Attractions
🎆 Stony Creek Metropark – June 26
🎆 Kensington Metropark – June 27
🎆 Lake Oakland – June 27
🎆 Willow Metropark Fireworks – June 28
🎆 Cars Under the Stars – June 28
🎆 Salute to America – July 2–5

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