Summer in Metro Detroit is festival season—and it’s packed with carnival rides, inflatable fun, live entertainment, and unforgettable fireworks lighting up the sky all summer long. If you’re looking for the best festivals and fairs in Metro Detroit for 2026, this guide has you covered. From charming small-town celebrations to high-energy city events, families can enjoy everything from food trucks and music to kid-friendly activities and nightly fireworks from late May through August. Whether you’re planning your weekends or building your summer bucket list, these Metro Detroit festivals and fireworks shows are the can’t-miss events of the season.
MAY FESTIVALS & FIREWORKS
- Founders Day Highland Township: May 16
- Farm Fest @ Maybury Farm: May 16
- Oak in The Hills (Rochester Hills): May 16
- Founders Day Highland Township: May 16
- Art & Flower Fair (Lake Orion): May 16 & 17
- Livonia Rotary Carnival: May 21 – 31
- Madison Family Spring Carnival: May 22 – 25
- Balloons Over Bavarian Inn: May 22 – 25
- Hazel Park Homecoming Festival: May 22 – 25
- Milan Fair: May 28 – 30 (Fireworks)
- Birmingham Village Fair: May 28 – May 31
- Centerline Independence Festival: May 29 – May 31 (Fireworks)
- Grosse Ile Islandfest: May 29 – May 31 (Fireworks)
- Bark On Biddle (Wyandotte): May 29 – May 31
JUNE FESTIVALS & FIREWORKS
- Port Huron Riverfest: June 4 – 14
- Mount Clemens Summer Carnival: June 4 – 14
- St. Frances Cabrini Festival (Allen Park): June 5 – 7
- Palmer Park Art Fair (Detroit): June 6 & 7
- Lyon Township International Kite Festival: June 6 & 7
- Motor City Irish Fest (Livonia): June 12 – 14
- Ann Arbor Summer Festival: June 12 – June 28*
- Thunder Over Michigan Air Show: June 17 – 19
- Canton Liberty Fest: June 18 – 20
- Melvindale Days: June 18 – 21
- Riverview Summerfest: June 18 – 20 (Fireworks)
- Ford Firework: Monday, June 22 (Fireworks)
- Livonia Spree: June 23 – 28 (Fireworks)
- Bay-Rama Fishfly Festival (New Baltimore): June 24 – 28 (Fireworks)
- Festival of the Hills (Rochester Hills): June 24 (Fireworks)
- Wixom Lite the Night Fireworks: June 25 (Fireworks)
- Taylor Summer Festival: June 25 – 28 (Fireworks)
- Trenton Summer Festival: June 26 – 28
- Michigan Balloonfest (Howell): June 26 – 28
- Fireworks at Stony Creek Metropark (Shelby Township): Friday, June 26 (Fireworks)
- Red White & Blues Festival (Highland): Saturday, June 27 (Fireworks)
- Kensington Fireworks (Milford): Saturday, June 27 (Fireworks)
- Willow Metropark Fireworks (New Boston): Sunday, June 28 (Fireworks)
- Log Cabin Day (Detroit): Sunday, June 28
- Festival in The Park (Madison Heights): TBD (Fireworks)*
JULY FESTIVALS & FIREWORKS
- Salute to America @ Greenfield Village: July 2 – 5 (Fireworks)
- Clawson 4th of July Festival: July 3 & 4
- Detroit Kite Festival: TBD
- Uncle Sam Jam (Woodhaven): July 9 – 12 (Fireworks)
- Oakland County Fair: July 10 – 19
- African World Festival: July 10 – 12
- Concert of Colors Festival: July 15 – 19
- Sterlingfest: July 23 – 25
- Fraser Lions Carnival: July 23 – 26
- Sounds & Sights Festival (Chelsea): July 24 & 25
- Fowlerville Family Fair: July 27 – August 1
- Frankenmuth Flower Festival: July 31 – August 2
- Lenawee County Fair: July 26 – August 1
AUGUST FESTIVALS & FIREWORKS
- Belle Isle Art Fair: August 1 & 2
- Arab & Chaldean Festival (Detroit): August 1 & 2
- Monroe County Fair: August 2 – 8
- Saginaw County Fair: August 4 – 8
- Allen Park Street Fair: August 7 & 8
- Dexter Daze Festival: August 7 & 8
- Dearborn Homecoming: August 7 – 9
- Milford Memories: August 7 – 9
- St. Rafka Hometown Festival (Livonia): August 7 – 9
- Howell Melon Festival: August 13 – 16
- Armada Fair: August 17 – 23
- Michigan Renaissance Festival: Weekends beginning August 22 – October 4
- Lapeer Days Festival: August 21 – 23
- Cheers To Chesterfield: August 28 & 29
- Michigan State Fair (Novi): September 3 – 7
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