Sidewalk Festival 2025 (Aug. 1-2)
Fri, Aug 01, 2025 18:00 PM - Sat, Aug 02, 2025 14:00 PM
Fenkell Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48223
Sidewalk Festival 2025 (Aug. 1-2)
Fri, Aug 01, 2025 18:00 PM - Sat, Aug 02, 2025 14:00 PM
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About this Event
Sidewalk Festival is a vibrant biannual celebration of arts and culture featuring a variety of site-specific performances, interactive installations, music, dance and community-centered workshops. It highlights creativity in outdoor and public spaces, often transforming unconventional locations like parks, streets and neighborhoods into dynamic stages for artistic expression. The festival emphasizes themes such as environmental justice, spatial equity and community engagement, creating opportunities for local artists and audiences to connect.
Friday, Aug. 1 | 6 to 8 p.m. – Opening celebration with an artist talk, performances, and installation preview
Saturday, Aug. 2 | 2 to 9 p.m. – Full festival day with performances, DJ sets, workshops, and interactive art
Visit our website: Sidewalkfestival.com for more information about festival details and full artist line up: https://www.sidewalkfestival.com/.
About Sidewalk Detroit
Sidewalk Detroit is a nonprofit dedicated to fostering livability for residents through spatial equity, public art, and community-driven design. Focused on neighborhood place-keeping and green space advocacy, Sidewalk Detroit curates place-based performances, installations and visual arts—most notably through the biennial Sidewalk Festival, showcasing more than 430 Detroit-based creatives. The organization also engages residents in shaping new developments and stewards parks like Eliza Howell Park, where it has led infrastructure improvements, trail development and public art initiatives. For more information visit sidewalkdetroit.com.
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