Start the new year off on a high note and beat cabin fever with family fun on the town in January.
Find A Winter Festival
Celebrate the season a winter festival. From ice sculptures and artic slides to flame displays and fireworks – below is the January line-up. And if you’re ready for a road trip, head to Grand Rapids and experience the Midwest’s LARGEST winter festival – World of Winter. The FREE outdoor experience runs January 12th to March 10th and you’ll want to check it out.
- Fire & Ice Festival @ Valade Park (Detroit): January 5th to 7th
- Winter Fest @ Kemeny Recreation Center (Detroit): January 13th
- Fire & Ice Festival @ Downtown Rochester: TBD
- Motown Magic @ Valade Park (Detroit): January 19th to 21st
- Ice Sculpture Festival @ Downtown Tecumseh: January 20th & 21st
- Dexter Ice Festival: January 20th
- Warren Cold Rush: TBD
- Wintefest (Oak Park): January 28th
Join A Party
Have a magical afternoon with your favorite Disney characters during a party that the littles in your life will love.
- Fairytale Princess Celebration @ Fairytale Fun Place (Clarkston): January 4th – 6th
- Winter Wonder Ball @ Crystal Gardens (Southgate): January 13th
- Elsa’s Princess Ball @ Ike’s (Sterling Heights): January 27th
- Toy Story Adventure Day @ Blake Farms (Armada): January 27th
Honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy
MLK Day is Monday, January 15th and you can honor the legacy of the Civil Rights leader by learning more at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History or The Henry Ford’s Liberty and Justice for All exhibit (The Henry Ford offers FREE Admission on MLK Day and Cranbrook Institute of Science does too!). You can also contribute to the Day of Service by picking a family project. Have pizzas delivered to local hospital ER staff, bring cookies and coffee to first responders, make a charitable donation or write letters to seniors in your neighborhood.
Snow Day Activities
Adults have mixed feelings on snow days but it can make winter days more fun and the kids love it. So if we get snow – and even if we don’t – here are winter sports to keep you busy.
Take A Trip To Detroit
Experience the Monroe Street Midway’s Winter Wonderland before it ends on January 7th, go ice skating at The Rink at Campus Martius, enjoy a family field trip to the Michigan Science Center, have fun inside and out at the Belle Isle Nature Center or Outdoor Adventure Center and get tickets to a Motor City Cruise or Red Wings game.
Dinosaur In Detroit
Dinosaurs are taking over! Dinosaur Adventure is at Huntington Place on January 27th & 28th, Dinosaur World Live is at Fisher Theater for one night only on Saturday, January 27th. Get tickets to the shows and plan other dino adventures at Dinoland (Madison Heights), Cranbrook Institute of Science (Bloomfield Hills), University of Michigan Museum of Natural History (Ann Arbor) and Stage Nature Center (Troy).
Photo credit: World of Winter, Grand Rapids
