Time & Location
Sep 06, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
LANTERN, 9301 Kercheval Ave, Detroit, MI 48214, USA
About the event
5:00PM - 7:00PM - Festival Kickoff & Community Activities
The LANTERN Building - 9301 Kercheval
Enjoy live music, free pop-up portrait studio & hands-on activities ranging from watercolor to block printing to a BYO garment screenprinting station with All Motion Studios. Casamara tasting station & free icecream for the first 100 attendees.
Open studios, tours & gallery hours at Assemble Sound, Signal-Return, PASC, Coup D'Etat.
Plus, join the architects & curators on guided architectural tours of Between Your Love and Mine + the River Trail.
7:00PM - 9:00PM - Little Village Design Crawl
Districtwide Happenings, participating businesses only.
Open studios, performances, behind-the-scenes looks & more throughout the district.
Check out the businesses & artists in the Cadillac Arts Centre, catch performances by BlackMoonChild & Scott Avery at the Shepherd & enjoy Branzino Club with Chances With Wolves at Father Forgive Me.
9:00PM - 11:00PM
Afterparty hosted by Father Forgive Me
Reconvene on the lawn of the Shepherd with a nightcap & enjoy live music by Donovan Glover.
This event was previously rescheduled due to extreme weather (tornado) in Detroit.
We hope you can join us Sunday to celebrate design in Detroit.
Event produced in collaboration with Little Village & made possible by the support of the Hudson Webber Foundation.