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What to do in Detroit in December 2026

132 events from Tuesday, December 1 to Thursday, December 31, 2026. Free: 12. Busiest venues: Detroit Historical Museum, Wayne State University Department of Music, Detroit Institute of Arts.

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Apr 25

Guests of Honor: Armor as Fashion

Detroit Institute of Arts · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Detroit Red Wings at 100: Becoming Hockeytown

Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Guests of Honor: Art of Faith from the Jewish Museum, New York

Detroit Institute of Arts · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Mar 14

LENI: Looking Through the Lens

Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until May 15

The Searching Eye: Images of Mid-Century Detroit by Norman Zadoorian

Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown
- Visual arts
Music
until Dec 20

The Sounding Room

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) · Midtown
- Music
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 6

Bill Smith: The Jeweler

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 6

Black, White, and Red: Black Women in Silent Film

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Apr 11

The Art of Elizabeth Catlett

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Mar 21

Who Votes? The Electoral College

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Mar 21

20 Years of MOCAD: A Practice of Multiplicity, Part I

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture

Detroit Institute of Arts · Midtown
- Visual arts
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Visual arts
until Sep 6

Automotive Showplace: 1924 Rickenbacker Model C

Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

This is 100: America's Thanksgiving Parade

Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 17

The Hustle: Exhibition 1

Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Apr 4

20 Years of MOCAD: A Practice of Multiplicity, Parts II-IV

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 13

Reimagine Contemporary Art (reopening of the modern and contemporary galleries)

Detroit Institute of Arts · Midtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 23

Art for the Holidays

Detroit Artists Market · Midtown
- Visual arts
Music
7 PM

2Dead Boyz x The Underachievers w/ Lord Sko

El Club · Southwest Detroit
- Music
Music
7:30 PM

Voice Area Recital

Wayne State University Department of Music · Midtown
- Music
- Recital
Free
Music
until Dec 13

BOOP!® The Musical

Fisher Theatre · New Center
- Music
- Theatre
Theatre
until Dec 6

Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical

Fox Theatre · Downtown
- Theatre
Tickets

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

Music
6 PM

Distant

TSDMAAC
- Music
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Symphony Orchestra Concert

Wayne State University Department of Music · Midtown
- Music
Free
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Music
8 PM

Bryce Alakai

RAEDY LEX · IOTA

The Majestic Theatre · Midtown
- Music
Tickets

Thursday, December 3, 2026

Music
3 PM

Wind Symphony Conducting Recital

Wayne State University Department of Music · Midtown
- Music
- Recital
Free
Music
7 PM

King Buffalo

El Club · Southwest Detroit
- Music
- Punk
Music
7 PM

Matt Maher

Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament
- Music
Tickets
Music
until Dec 5

One Sleepy Night - Detroit

Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Theatre
until Dec 20

The DPT Holiday Cabaret

Detroit Public Theatre · Midtown
- Theatre
- Cabaret
Tickets

Friday, December 4, 2026

Music
5:30 PM

Celebrating 30 Years of 'Destruction By Definition'

The Fillmore Detroit · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
5:30 PM

The Bouncing Souls

The Fillmore Detroit · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Other
6 PM

The Wright Conversations: Julie Dash

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown
Music
7 PM

Isabelle O’Connell: Cocteau

Detroit Institute of Arts · Midtown
- Music
Music
7 PM

Protomartyr

The Majestic Theatre · Midtown
- Music
- Post-punk
Tickets
Music
7 PM

WRIF Presents: Citizen Zero

Saint Andrew's Hall · Downtown
- Music
- Hardcore
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Music
7:30 PM

Baroque Winter: A Seasonal Celebration

Wayne State University Department of Music · Midtown
- Music
- Baroque
Free
Cinema
8 PM

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)

Redford Theatre · Redford
- Cinema
$7
Music
until Dec 5

Mahler’s Symphony No. 6

Orchestra Hall (Detroit Symphony Orchestra) · Midtown
- Music
Music
Time not announced

The Suicide Machines, Bouncing Souls, Jeff Rosenstock, The Flatliners

Bouncing Souls · The Suicide Machines · Jeff Rosenstock · The Flatliners

The Fillmore Detroit · Downtown
- Music
- Punk
- Ska punk

Saturday, December 5, 2026

Other
1 PM

Noel Night at The Wright Museum

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown
Other
2 PM

Detroit's Palace Architect: Louis Kamper

Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown
Cinema
2 PM

The Polar Express (2004)

Redford Theatre · Redford
- Cinema
$7
Music
6 PM

Earlybirds Club

The Majestic Theatre · Midtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Lucy Bedroque

Saint Andrew's Hall · Downtown
- Music
Cinema
8 PM

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Redford Theatre · Redford
- Cinema
$7
Music
8 PM

Wild Pink w/ Hiding Places

PJ's Lager House · Corktown
- Music
$20 Tickets
Music
9 PM

Mashbit

The Majestic Theatre · Midtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
9 PM

Mija

The Lincoln Factory
- Music
Tickets
Music
9 PM

Smoakland

El Club · Southwest Detroit
- Music

Sunday, December 6, 2026

Cinema
2 PM

Holiday Mystery Movie

Redford Theatre · Redford
- Cinema
$7
Other
2 PM

Preserving Your Family History - Quad anniversary lecture series

Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown
Music
3 PM

Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center Orchestra: "'Tis the Season to Swing"

Wayne State University Department of Music · Midtown
- Music
- Jazz
- Swing
Free
Music
5:30 PM

Atreyu

The Fillmore Detroit · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
5:30 PM

Underoath - Define the Great Line 20th Anniversary Tour

The Fillmore Detroit · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
6 PM

Bodysnatcher: Hell Is Here, Hell Is Home Tour

Saint Andrew's Hall · Downtown
- Music
Music
7 PM

Rhye - Joy Tour

The Majestic Theatre · Midtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Cyrus Chestnut and Friends: A Charlie Brown Christmas

Orchestra Hall (Detroit Symphony Orchestra) · Midtown
- Music

Monday, December 7, 2026

Music
7:30 PM

Chamber Music Recital

Wayne State University Department of Music · Midtown
- Music
- Recital
Free

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

Music
7 PM

GODHANDUSA: CALL TO WORSHIP

Saint Andrew's Hall · Downtown
- Music
- Trad dance

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