Well , winter sucked , as always . Now that we ’re faced with the get-go of March again , we can act upon toward put the last five - ish months behind us , and look to all the playfulness outdoors things we ’ll be doing shortly , like spend most weekends at the Royal Oak Farmers Market drinking with our bros , or dusting off our dancing shoes for all the springtime saltation festival . Here ’s the full list of things you should totally do in these somewhat warm Detroit months . Spoiler alerting : Kraftwerk is playing here in May ( ! ! ! ! ! ) .

Learn something about metal

Put the FUN in fundraising at one of Detroit’s best neighborhood dive bars

Enjoy this show, dead or alive

Discover how Italians do it better with the other Tour Detroit

Go all-out Irish

Celebrate the seemingly fundamental misunderstanding of what The Great Gatsby was actually about by paying a lot of money to get dressed up and drink

Get hip to Detroit’s robust dance scene

Get even hipper to black women who rock

#IWantToBelieve that #DragonsAreReal

Perform your civic duty and vote for the best new bourbon

Start ramping up for Movement over Memorial Day weekend with a Detroit legend

Watch random people wave handwritten signs on flatbed “floats” and drink a lot of green beer while also wearing green

Channel your inner Jack White, shout “Get behind me, Satan” as you drive the devil out of Detroit

Get down with gypsy Americana Latin roots indie folk pop music from the distant land of Ann Arbor

Call out of work to take part in Detroit’s biggest annual celebration

Sip, Savor, Stomp

Gather your bros to drink a bunch of beers, many of which don’t suck

Check out KRAFTWERK 3D (OMFG)

Masked guests at Detroit’s Marche Du Nain Rogue

Flickr/Joseph Gallegos

Flint Institute of Arts from the outside

Flickr/Erin

Italian producer BOTTIN spinning at Lokal in Istanbul

BOTTIN

Gatsby Lawn Party at Detroit’s Palmer Park

Detroit Gatsby Party 

Brewer at b. nektar meadery

B. Nektar Meadery

St. Patrick’s Parade participants in Detroit

Flickr/Wigwam Jones

Member of the Ragbirds performing

Flickr/Sean Munson

Visitors of Sip Savor Stomp receiving glasses of wine

Sip Savor Stomp