Events by Month

For the last year, a team of engineers, planners, and landscape architects have been looking for sustainable ways to improve travel onto and around Belle Isle. They have developed Seven (plus) Big Ideas for achieving this goal and invite the public to the Belle Isle Mobility Open House at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum to review these potential solutions and give their feedback.

Admission to the Open House is free of charge

Enjoy free admission to the Detroit Historical Museum on Saturday, July 15, courtesy of Dykema, to mark the opening of The Hustle: Shopkeepers & Stylists! 

No advance registration is necessary.

Learn about some of the exciting and creative ways Detroiters are expanding and supporting local food systems through efforts in biodiversity, sustainability, and access. 

Featuring Richard Blanding of Scrap Soils and Timothy Paule Jackson and Nicole Lindsey of Detroit Hives and moderated by Chef Phil Jones of Farmacy Food.

Included with museum general admission (free for members!)

Join us at the Detroit Historical Museum for a full day of entertainment, vendors, food and more!

More details on the Concert of Colors and a full schedule of events is at concertofcolors.com.

Admission to the performances and the museum is free with no registration required.

 **Schedule information updated 7/17/23

Stage 1 (Outside on Legends Plaza)

Registration is now open for SABR’s annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, which will be held on July 20-23, 2023 at various venues in Detroit, Michigan. All baseball fans are welcome to attend. Click here to register online for the 2023 Malloy Conference.

Saturday, July 22: Detroit Historical Museum

Registration opens at 8 a.m. until 12 p.m.

9 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. Panels

If you've ever wanted to see a 100-year-old boat motor run, or appreciate the futuristic designs of mid-century outboards, stop by the Dossin Great Lakes Museum for this outdoor show.

This annual event is presented in partnership with the Great Lakes Chapter of the Antique Outboard Motor Club, Inc., and features dozens of outboard motors, antique skiffs and race boats, and model racing boats.

No RSVP is necessary for this free event! Admission to the museum will also be free during event hours.

Join us for a conversation with renowned producer Don Was and activist and writer John Sinclair, moderated by WDET's Ann Delisi with musical performances by George Montrelle. 

The event will take place on Legends Plaza and include casting these Detroit legends' hands in cement for later display in the outdoor exhibit.

Presented as part of the 2023 Concert of Colors. Admission is free! No registration required.

After the 1967 rebellion, Detroit with its storied music history became a powerful engine for cultural renewal in the fight for diversity and equality. Music was very much a part of all that. “Concert of Colors: Unity in Diversity” is a retrospective film that celebrates 30 years of the Concert of Colors, all that was achieved and all the work still ahead.

Presented as part of the 2023 Concert of Colors. Free with museum admission.