
One Detroit Weekend | Things to do around Detroit this weekend: May 30, 2025
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Contributor Cecelia Sharpe of 90.9 WRCJ shares upcoming events on “One Detroit Weekend.”
Metro Detroit is full of festivals this weekend, including the Grosse Ile IslandFest, Ferndale Pride, the Ann Arbor Water Lantern Festival and Spring VegFest. Plus, there are art fairs in Detroit and downtown Pinckney, a medieval fair at Canterbury Village, and Bark on Biddle dog festival. One Detroit contributor Cecelia Sharpe of 90.9 WRCJ shares some events coming up this weekend.
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One Detroit Weekend | Things to do around Detroit this weekend: May 30, 2025
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Metro Detroit is full of festivals this weekend, including the Grosse Ile IslandFest, Ferndale Pride, the Ann Arbor Water Lantern Festival and Spring VegFest. Plus, there are art fairs in Detroit and downtown Pinckney, a medieval fair at Canterbury Village, and Bark on Biddle dog festival. One Detroit contributor Cecelia Sharpe of 90.9 WRCJ shares some events coming up this weekend.
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