Things to Do & Trip Ideas

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Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Labor Day Weekend at Slater Mill
- Type: Things To Do
- Subtype: Arts and Culture
- Reservations: No
- Pets: Yes
Join us for a celebration of Labor Day weekend at Old Slater Mill. Free musical performances, tours, talks, and activities. The weekend's highlights include: 8/29: Walkabout/Workshop at 6:30 PM 8/30: River Bend East Songwriters Festival Kickoff at 6:30 PM 8/31: River Bend East Songwriters Festival 12-4 PM; Specialty Tours; Bell Tower open ; old time games 9/1: Specialty Tours, lectures at 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM; old time games
Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Summer Festival
- Type: Things To Do
- Subtype: Live Music
- Locations: Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
- Duration: 60-90 Minutes
- Reservations: No
- Pets: Yes
- Season: Summer
- Time Of Day: Day
The Longfellow Summer Arts Festival brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public.
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
Fife and Drum Music Demonstration
- Type: Things To Do
- Subtype: Live Music
- Duration: 10-15 Minutes
- Reservations: No
- Pets: No
- Season: Summer
- Time Of Day: Day
Hear the sounds of Fort McHenry's past with a fife and drum music demonstration!
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Seasonal Programs and Special Events
- Type: Things To Do
- Subtype: Arts and Culture
- Reservations: No
- Pets: Yes
- Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
- Time Of Day: Day, Night, Dawn, Dusk
Each season brings a variety of unique program and special event opportunities. Find out what opportunities are available during your visit!
Boston National Historical Park
Live Music at the Navy Yard
- Type: Things To Do
- Subtype: Live Music
- Duration: 1-2 Minutes
- Reservations: No
- Pets: Yes
- Location: Charlestown Navy Yard
- Season: Summer
- Time Of Day: Day, Dusk
Enjoy lively concerts throughout the summer at the Charlestown Navy Yard.
Visit the sites (and sounds) of Detroit’s Music History
- Type: Trip Idea
- Subtype: Kid Friendly,Active,Urban,Educational,Inspirational,Indoors,Outdoors,Road Trip,Group Friendly
- Duration: Full Day
- Topics: Arts, Architecture and Building
- Activities: Theater, Arts and Culture
From jazz and blues to Motown and techno, music is at the heart of Detroit’s history.
Peer into the past at the Fox Theatre
- Type: Things To Do
- Subtype: Theater
- Duration: 60-90 Minutes
- Reservations: Yes
- Pets: No
- Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
- Time Of Day: Day, Night
Explore the ornate Fox Theater, the largest surviving movie palace of the 1920s.
Tour Submerge Record Distribution
- Type: Things To Do
- Subtype: Arts and Culture
- Duration: 1-2 Hours
- Reservations: Yes
- Pets: No
n the 1980s, techno music emerged in Detroit as a new genre of electronic dance music. Within a decade, techno achieved global popularity. Submerge Record Distribution played pivotal a role in that growth, producing some of techno’s earliest hits and collaborating with the genre’s pioneers
Experience an evening of jazz at the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts
- Type: Things To Do
- Subtype: Theater
- Duration: 2-3 Hours
- Reservations: Yes
- Pets: No
- Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Visit this versatile venue from Detroit’s music, movie, and theater history.
Walk the neighborhoods of Midtown Detroit and find premiere concert halls
- Type: Things To Do
- Subtype: Arts and Culture
- Duration: 1-2 Hours
- Reservations: Yes
- Pets: No
Discover Detroit’s historic and ongoing contributions to classical, jazz, rock, and pop music in the Midtown neighborhood.