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)
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BOTTIN
Detroit Gatsby Party
B. Nektar Meadery
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Sip Savor Stomp