Sun, Sep 06
|9301 Kercheval Ave
Festival Opening Celebration
Time & Location
Sep 06, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
9301 Kercheval Ave, 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.
7:00PM - 9:00PM - Little Village Design Crawl
Districtwide Happenings, participating businesses only.
Open studios, performances, behind-the-scenes looks & more throughout the district. Coup D'Etat, PASC, Riverwards Market, the Shepherd, Detroit Body Garage & more!
9:00PM - 11:00PM
Afterparty hosted by Father Forgive Me
Reconvene on the lawn of the Shepherd with a nightcap & enjoy live music.
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.