One Detroit Weekend: August 16, 2024
Clip: Season 9 Episode 7 | 1m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Contributors Dave Wagner and Peter Whorf of 90.9 WRCJ share what’s coming up this weekend.
This weekend some of Michigan’s iconic events and festivals return, including the Woodward Dream Cruise, the Michigan Renaissance Festival and the Howell Melon Festival. There are also ways to enjoy the outdoors like the Butterfly Walk in Ann Arbor and the Sunflower Festival in Armada. See what’s coming this weekend in and around Detroit on “One Detroit Weekend.”
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One Detroit Weekend: August 16, 2024
Clip: Season 9 Episode 7 | 1m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
This weekend some of Michigan’s iconic events and festivals return, including the Woodward Dream Cruise, the Michigan Renaissance Festival and the Howell Melon Festival. There are also ways to enjoy the outdoors like the Butterfly Walk in Ann Arbor and the Sunflower Festival in Armada. See what’s coming this weekend in and around Detroit on “One Detroit Weekend.”
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(mellow music) - Hey, Dave, ready to tell everyone what's going on around here this weekend?
- Absolutely, Peter.
You know, this weekend is the Howell Melon Festival.
And get this, the Howell Melon is turning 100 this year.
Get ready for the Melon Run, live entertainment, melon ice cream, and a vendor show.
It runs through Sunday.
- 100 years for the delicious melon.
Such a young'un.
Tomorrow and Saturday is the Woodward Dream Show and Festival at the M1 Concourse.
It's a hot rod, custom, cruiser, and muscle car show.
- [Dave] And you know, when there's the Woodward Dream Show, it's got to be the Woodward Dream Cruise.
The unmatched car spectacular happens along Woodward this Saturday.
- Huzzah, Dave!
- Huzzah, Peter!
- Okay everyone, that means the Michigan Renaissance Festival is back in Holly.
Go enjoy your giant turkey legs, fun reenactments, and, of course, dress in your best Renaissance attire.
- [Dave] And on Sunday, there's the butterfly walk at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens, where you'll get to learn about the beautiful winged wonders as they flutter around.
The walk runs from 10:00 AM to noon.
- There's also so much more going on around here, so stay tuned for a few more.
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