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Families with CoComelon lovers can enjoy an immersive experience that allows kids to explore their way through a variety of interactive party experiences. Activities at this event include dancing, coloring, playing games and more.Â
Event cost: $35, Free/under 1
Event times: 10:30 a.m. Friday, 9 a.m. Saturday-Sunday, June 28-30, 2024
Join Cranbrook Art Museum to celebrate the summer solstice with music by Jared Talaga and David Hurley, sun-themed artmaking on the Peristyle and in the ArtLab, a dance party DJ’ed by Nervous Recs, food trucks, special treats at FIKA Café and more.
Event cost: Free
Event time: 4:30-9:30 p.m. June 20,...
Parents can enjoy a night out with their friends or spouse to see comedian, Chad Daniels at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle.
Event cost: $30
Event times: 7:15-8:45 p.m. and 9:45-11:15 p.m. Friday, 7-8:30 p.m. and 9:30-11 p.m. Saturday, July 12-13, 2024
Parents can enjoy a night out with their friends or spouse to see stand-up comedian, Will Green at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle.
Event cost: $20
Event time: 7:30-9 p.m. July 11, 2024
Parents can enjoy a night out with their friends or spouse to see Jason Jamerson at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle. He was voted Metro Times Best Comedian in Detroit in 2020.
Event cost: $20-$25
Event times: 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday, 7:15-8:45 p.m. Friday and 7-8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 23-25, 2024
Parents can enjoy a night out with their friends or spouse to see Jeff Leeson at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle.
Event cost: $25-$35
Event time: 5-6:30 p.m. May 19, 2024
Parents can enjoy a night out with their friends or spouse to see Brent Terhune at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle.
Event cost: $20-$25
Event times: 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday, 7:15-8:45 p.m. and 9:45-11:15 p.m. Friday, 7-8:30 p.m. and 9:30-11 p.m. Saturday, May 16-18, 2024
Families can go on a magical dream adventure back into the 1950s with Cirque Italia Water Circus. See wild trampoline antics, master jugglers, low-wire fanatics, dazzling contortion, and even a wheel of death at this unique, animal-free show.
Event cost: $10-$50
Event times: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and...
Families can come out to The War Memorial to see All That Jazz with Sean Dobbins and Friends. There will be a pre-concert instrument petting zoo, too.
Event cost: $5/ages 18-plus, $10/ages 17 and under, free/military and veteran
Event time: 9:30-11:30 a.m. May 18, 2024
Families can celebrate Juneteenth with a story through dance, music, food and community. It will also kick-off of Summer Reading 2024. RSVP required.
Event cost: Free
Event time: 1-3 p.m. June 14, 2024
Ages 6 and up can come out to the Detroit Opera House to see a cinematic modern fable about a clever vixen who tries to outwit her captors.
Event cost: $30/adults, $15/ages 6-17Â
Event times: 7:30 p.m. May 11 and 17, 2:30 p.m. May 19, 2024
See Grosse Pointe Theatre's Disney’s Newsies the Musical at Parcells School Auditorium. It's inspired by the Newspaper Strike of 1899 in New York City and is packed with wonderful songs and dance moves.
Event cost: $35
Event times: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, May 3-5, 8-12, 2024
