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 10th to March 2nd and you’ll want to check it out.
- Fire & Ice Festival @ Valade Park (Detroit): January 10th to 12th
- Winter Carnival @ Clark Park (Detroit): January 18th
- Frost Festival@ Downtown Rochester: January 17th & 18th
- Ice Sculpture Festival @ Downtown Tecumseh: January 17th & 18th
- Dexter Ice Festival: January 18th
- Winter Carnival @ Bear Creek Nature Park: January 25th
- Wintefest (Oak Park): January 26th
- Plymouth Ice Festival: January 31st – February 2nd
- Winter Blast: January 31st – February 2nd
Detroit Auto Show
The Detroit Auto Show returns to Detroit with a transformative, next-generation event that will take over downtown January 10th to January 20th. The event will be anchored at Huntington Place (formerly COBO Hall). Show visitors can expect more opportunities to interact with the latest vehicles and technologies, including the addition of a second indoor track. The new Future Leaders Forum will encourage students of today, to become industry leaders of tomorrow.
Hey, Hey Hockey Town
Catch a Red Wings at Little Caesars Areana game or a Team USA Hockey game at USA Hockey Arena and let your littles Learn to Play Ice Hockey for only $25! The Campus Martius program will run Saturday mornings from 8:30am to 9:20am for 6 weeks beginning January 11th.
Honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy
MLK Day is Monday, January 20th 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.
- Best Ski Resorts In Metro Detroit
- Outdoor Ice Rinks
- Snow Tubing Locations In Metro Detroit (and Michigan)
- Popular Sledding Hills
Calling All Swifties
The Laser Taylor Swift show returns to Longway Planetarium beginning January 9th. Laser Taylor Swift takes her biggest hits and brings them to life in dazzling laser light. The show will be offered Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm through May 10th. Other Taylor Swift themed events include the Eras Tour Dance Party at Saline Recreation Center and the Swift Skate at Stine Community Park in Troy.
Photo credit: World of Winter, Grand Rapids
