3rd Street Bar

4626 3rd Avenue
11 am – 9 pm

ARC of Detroit

51 W Hancock St
11 am – 9 pm
Microenterprise selling original artwork. Free hot chocolate, apple cider, cookies, and popcorn

Awake Cafe

4224 Third Avenue
11 am – 9 pm
Offering a festive evening of live music, homemade free Christmas cookies, and drip coffee

Babo Detroit

15 E Kirby St Ste 115
11 am – 9 pm
Special Dinner Menu

Barcade

666 Selden St
12 pm – 5 pm
Family Hours! Beer tasting, raffles, $10 pet photos with Santa, and $5 puppy pit. Partnering with Rebel Dogs Detroit

Bas Blue

110 Ferry St.
4 pm – 8 pm
Holiday Shopping Experience

Bleu Bowtique

4159 Cass Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Noel Night specials include giveaways, special pricing, BOGO offers, libations, and live music/DJ

Blick Art Materials

4501 Woodward Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Annual Winter Showcase Art Show, special 1-day discounts, Make It Take It Ornament table, gift bag raffle

Bon Bon Bon

441 W Canfield St Suite 12
11 am – 9 pm
Hot chocolate and peppermint bark for customers

Cafe Sous Terre

445 W Forest Ave
5 pm – 9 pm
Noel Night drink and food specials

Campus Bible Fellowship

74 West Forest Ave
6 pm – 9 pm
Free live music, Christmas cookies, and hot chocolate

Carhartt Canfield

441 W Canfield
10 am – 10 pm
Gift-with-purchase promotion for a limited-edition Noel Night beanie (spend $50, get a free beanie while supplies last)

Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails

15 E Kirby St D
11 am – 9 pm
Festive drinks

Cobb’s Corner Bar

4201 Cass Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Candy canes and hot chocolate

Cold Truth

4240 Cass Ave Ste 100
11 am – 9 pm
Vegan hot chocolate and music

Common Pub

5440 Cass Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Detroit marching band warm-up and live entertainment

Condado Tacos

634 Selden St Suite A
11 am – 9 pm

Craig’s Coffee

412 Peterboro St
11 am – 9 pm
Hot cider, coffee, and heat lamps

Detroit Artists Market

4719 Woodward Ave
5 pm – 10 pm

Detroit Beauty Collective

4152 3rd Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Local vendors, snacks, and more

Detroit Dance Center

831 Selden St
11 am – 9 pm
Dance classes, snacks, and more

Detroit Shipping Company

474 Peterboro St
11 am – 9 pm
Art exhibition by Detroit Asian American artist Tony Lee, showing Asian art for the first time in the area on Noel Night

Dusk Til Daun

7430 Second Ave Suite 300
11 am – 9 pm
20% discount and hot cocoa

Effin Egg

4160 Cass Ave
11 am – 9 pm
10% discount and hot cocoa

Elephant & Co.

456 Charlotte St
11 am – 9 pm
Live entertainment and activities for kids/families

Flo Boutique

404 W Willis St
10 am – 9 pm, 5 pm – 9 pm
Flo Soulful Holiday Party with DJs, in-store video installation, and special promotions

For the Love of Sugar

100 Erskine St
11 am – 9 pm

Goodboy Multimedia

3939 Woodward Ave Suite 40
11 am – 9 pm

hihi

4240 Cass Ave UNIT 109
11 am – 9 pm
Wishing tree on display, origami activity table, selected sale items

Holy Bowly Midtown

4750 Woodward Ave
11 am – 9 pm
10% off all day and night

Hannan Center

4750 Woodward Ave
3 pm – 9 pm

Jolly Pumpkin and Avalon Bakery

441 W Canfield St
11 am – 10 pm
Noel Night beer specials, spiked mocha, hot chocolate, and more

La Feria Spanish Tapas/Cata Vino Wine Bar

4130 Cass Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Wine flights, live music from 6 pm – 9 pm

Mad Nice / Mad Nice Goods

4120 2nd Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Specialty holiday drinks and activities

Mezcal Mexican Restaurant

51 W Forest Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Noel Night special drink and candy canes

Motor City Brewing Works

470 W Canfield St
11 am – 9 pm

Seasons Market

4125 2nd Ave, Detroit
11 am – 9 pm
Fire pit, holiday drinks, building tours

Seva Detroit

66 E Forest Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Outdoor fire pit with music/sing-along, special drinks

Shangri-La

4710 Cass Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Festive drink specials

Shell Shock’d Tacos

418 W Willis St
11 am – 9 pm
Discounts and hot chocolate

Shinola

441 W Canfield St
11 am – 9 pm

Source Booksellers

4240 Cass Ave UNIT 105
11 am – 9 pm
Bundled gift books for children and adults

St. Pat Senior Center

58 Parsons St
5 pm – 9 pm
Hustle dance party, VR demos, guided tours, hot beverages

Stadt Garten

3980 2nd Ave
11 am – 9 pm
German holiday drinks

The Block Restaurant

3919 Woodward Ave
11 am – 9 pm

The Little Black Dress

87 E Canfield St
11 am – 9 pm
Live entertainment, free snacks

The Mushroom Hub

4240 Cass Ave #104
11 am – 9 pm
Discounts, samples, hot menu items

The Norwood

6531 Woodward
11 am – 9 pm

The Peacock Room

15 E Kirby St
11 am – 9 pm
10% off, antique Christmas ornaments display

The Potato Place

107 W Warren Ave
11 am – 9 pm

The Whitney

4421 Woodward Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Display Photo Opportunity

Third Man Records Cass Corridor

441 W Canfield St
11 am – 9 pm
Live DJ, free treats, and in-store vinyl records fair

Tonico Brand

66 E Forest Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Discounted merchandise, Christmas tree, and free goodies

Urbanum

6545 Woodward Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Noel Night discount, free holiday-themed snacks

Warda Patisserie

70 W Alexandrine St
11 am – 9 pm
Noel Night special drinks and pastries

Willis Show Bar

4156 3rd Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Holiday-themed entertainment and drink special

3 pm – 9 pmBethel A.M.E. Church

5050 St. Antoine
5 pm – 9 pm
Santa’s Workshop, Holiday Market Place, Coney Café , Talent Extraveganza

Cathedral Church of St. Paul

4800 Woodward Ave

• 5 pm – 9 pm
  Doors open. Living animals of the Nativity on Woodward Lawn and Crafts for Children.
• 5:30 pm – 6 pm
  Songs & Stained Glass – As Christmas Songs play in the Cathedral, look at a local photographer’s perspective of our Stained-glass windows.
• 6 pm – 6:30 pm
  Cathedral Choir Concert
• 6:30 pm – 7 pm
  An Organ Tour for Children and Children at Heart with Melodia Mouse and Major Octave
• 7 pm – 7:30 pm
  Concert on the Great Organ
• 7:30 pm – 8 pm
  Nooks & Crannies Tour – A chance to explore some of the hidden gems of the Cathedral.
• 8 pm – 8:30 pm
  Christmas Carols with the Dean
• 8:30 pm – 9 pm
  Open Cathedral – A chance to explore the Cathedral – written material available.

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

315 E Warren Ave
11 am – 9 pm

• 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
  King High School Musical Department in General Motors Theater
• 6:30 pm – 6:45 pm
  River Rouge Dance Team in General Motors Theater
• 7 pm – 7:45 pm
  Sophia E & Sol Tribe in General Motors Theater
• 8 pm – 8:45 pm
  Nanou Djiapo African Drum & Dance Troupe in General Motors Theater

College for Creative Studies

201 E Kirby St
3 pm – 7 pm

• Walter B. Ford II Building on our Ford Campus: Student and Alumni Art Sale
• Manoogian Resource Center: Leafless: Juried Undergraduate Student Exhibition
• Kresge Ford Building: Pewter Casting and Blacksmithing Demos, Ceramics, Metals and Fibers Sale, Clay 3D Printing Demo, Raku Firing Demo, Glassblowing Demos, Glass Ornament Sale, Screen-printing Demos and Sale
• https://www.ccsdetroit.edu/noel-night/

Detroit Historical Museum

5401 Woodward Ave
11 am – 8 pm

• 4 pm – 7:30 pm (w/ breaks)
  Vibe Man John- xylophone player in Legends Plaza
• 6 pm – 6:45 pm
  Twelfth Night Singers – a capella vocal ensemble, holiday selections, period costumes in Auditorium
• 7 pm – 7:45pm
  Audra Kubat & Emily Rose – vocalists and guitarists duo in Gallery of Culture

Detroit Institute of Arts

5200 Woodward Ave
10 am – 5 pm

• 11 am – 4 pm
  Free Santa Photos in Great Hall
• 2 pm –4 pm
  Free Pop-Up Portrait Studio with Capturing Belief in Great Hall
• 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
  Sean Blackman Trio (guittar, bass and drummer) in Lecture Hall
• 3 pm – 9 pm
  Ice Carvers outside
• 4 pm – 4:45 pm
  Violin Divas (10 piece String Ensemble) in Lecture Hall
• 8 pm – 9 pm
  Salvation Army Brass Band Sign Along outside at Woodward Stairs

Detroit Public Library

5201 Woodward Ave
3 pm – 9 pm

• 3 pm – 6 pm
  Free cider & donuts in Main Floor – Cass Lobby
• 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
  Poetry and Book Reading in Children’s Library
• 3 pm – 6 pm
  DJ Z Light in HYPE Teen Center
• 3 pm – 6 pm (w/breaks)
  Santa Snow and Mrs.Claus in Children’s Library
• 3 pm – 6 pm
  Gail Rosenbloom Kaplan, Arts & Crafts in Children’s Library
• 4:30 pm – 5:15 pm
  Dream Arts Co. “”The Rainbow Fish”” Musical in Old Fine Arts (3rd Floor)
• 4:45 pm – 5:15 pm
  Renaissance High School Symphony String Orchestra in Friends Auditorium

Detroit Public Theatre

3960 3rd Ave
11 am – 9 pm
Noel Night discount to the DPT Holiday Cabaret.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

3711 Woodward Ave
6 pm – 9 pm
6 pm and 7:45 pm performances in the Peter D. and Julie F. Cummings Cube (“The Cube”; located within the DSO’s Midtown Campus of the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center). Audiences will enjoy 45 minute performances by Audivi, Detroit’s professional vocal ensemble directed by Noah Horn, in a program of holiday music.

Please note: the DSO does not appear on this performance.

First Congregational Church

33 E Forest Ave
11 am – 9 pm

• 3 pm – 3:45 pm
  Historic Little Rock Baptist Church Choir in the Sanctuary
• 4 pm – 5:30 pm
  Tour at the Underground Railroad
• 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  Suzuki Youth Violin Ensemble in the Sanctuary
• 6:30 pm – 7 pm
  Banes World in the Church Chapel
• 7:30 pm – 8:15 pm
  Detroit Medical Orchestra- Woodwind Ensemble in the Sanctuary
• 3 pm – 10 pm
  Vendors
• 4 pm – 9 pm
  Food Served

Garden Theater

3929 Woodward Ave
6 pm – 9 pm

• 4:30 pm – 5:15 pm
  Cass Tech High School Harp & Vocal
• 6 pm – 6:45 pm
  Detroit Youth Chior
• 7:45 pm – 8:45 pm
  Thornetta Davis Band in Church Sanctuary

Hellenic Museum of Michigan

67 E Kirby St
3 pm – 9 pm
Refreshments will be served in the Carriage House. The Museum will have live Greek music and Greek dancers.

• 3:30 pm – 4 pm
  Anthony Rekta
• 5 pm and 7 pm
  Performances by the Helenic Society Dancers
• Aegean Roots will perform during the night

Majestic Theater Center

4140 Woodward
5 pm – 10 pm

• Hosting Fleatroit in the Majestic Theatre with 50+ vendors
• Live DJ’s and Christmas cocktails

Michigan Science Center

5020 John R St
11 am – 5 pm

• 3 pm – 3:30 pm
  Renaissance High School Modern Dance Ensemble at Science Stage
• 3:30 pm – 4 pm
  Institue of Dance at Marygrove Two Dance Ensembles at Science Stage
• 4 pm – 4:30 pm
  Detroit School of Arts 9th Grade African Drum & Dance Ensemble at Science Stage
• 4:15 pm – 5 pm
  Art Academy in the Woods Middle and High School Dance and Choir at 4D Theater
• 11 am – 5 pm
  • Hands-on exhibits and activities throughout the building (no ticket required),
  • Earth Wind Weather Installation, Walkthrough Snow Globe experience (no ticket required )
  • 4D Theater – live wintery science demos (no ticket required)
  • IMAX Laser Holiday Magic shows ($6 tickets available at the box office)
  • Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family – special traveling exhibition with free timed tickets available on site

Michigan State University Detroit Center

3408 Woodward Ave. #202
6 pm – 9 pm
Enjoy hands-on activities for all ages, live music, and local culture.

• 6 – 9 pm
  Explore MSU’s offerings through various units, including MSU Admissions, MSU College of Nursing, University Outreach and Engagement, MSU Extension, and MSU Community Music School-Detroit Performances.
• 6:30 pm – 7:15 pm
  Sparty is Comin’ to Town- The MSU Spartan Mascot, Sparty, will be joining us for photos and holiday cheer!
• 7 pm -8 pm
  The Versatile Vocalist – MSU Community Music School Voice and Piano Faculty will perform a variety of songs, from classical and holiday tunes to musical theatre and jazz.
• 8 pm – 9 pm
  A Jazzy Christmas – the MSU Community Music School Jazz Faculty Quintet will perform a collection of jazzed-up holiday classics.

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201
5 pm – 9 pm

• 6 pm – 7:30 pm
  Ed Stone Duo in Cafe Performance Space
• 5 pm – 9 pm
  MOCAD galleries will be open and Mike Kelley Homestead along with art activities

Plymouth United Church of Christ

600 E Warren Ave
3 pm – 9 pm

Power in Poetry Experience Detroit

662 W Canfield St
5 pm – 8 pm
Join Power in Poetry Experience Detroit  for a porch concert.  Music, poetry performances, and open mic.

The Carr Center at Park Shelton

15 E Kirby Street

•  5 pm – 9 pm
  First Floor
• 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm
  Oh Holy Night: A Gospel Christmas featuring the Rudy Hawkins Singers
• 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm
  Cadence of Color – LGBTQ+ lead music and visual art collective in Church Sanctuary
•  5 pm -7:30 pm
  There will also be a selection of artists in the gallery

The International Institute

111 E Kirby St
3 pm – 9 pm
A selection of foods from different cultures served in the cafeteria inside the Institute. Performances including Ballet Folklorico De Detroit , Living Artsa and others showcasing cultures from around the world.

A vendor fair in the Hall of Nations.

The N’Namdi Ctr of Contemporary Art

52 E Forest Ave
3 pm – 9 pm
DJ and Live Music

The Scarab Club

217 Farnsworth St
6 pm – 9 pm
Celebrate the season with us at The Scarab Club for an evening filled with free holiday magic:

• Music – Enjoy festive sounds setting the perfect holiday mood.
• Art-Making for Kids – Young artists can let their imaginations soar with hands-on holiday art projects.
• Cash Bar– Warm up with hot cocoa or treat yourself to festive adult beverages!
• Food Trucks – Delicious bites from favorite local food trucks parked outside will be available.
• Sketching Santa– Meet “Sketching Santa” in person and watch as he creates holiday-inspired sketches
• Holiday Camaraderie– Mingle with friends and fellow art lovers in our cozy Historic Lounge, decked out for the holidays.

University of Michigan Detroit Center

3663 Woodward Avenue, Suite 150
6 pm – 8 pm
Drop by the “M in the D” – 2nd Annual Open Mic Hosted by Quan Neloms with music by DJ Babe. Bring a song, a poem, or freestyle in the holiday spirit! Enjoy some hot chocolate & live performances by Calvin Nellum, A-Dot, Jonathan Shropshire and possibly YOU

WDET Noel Night Open House

4600 Cass Avenue
5 pm – 9 pm
Enjoy the wonder of a Midtown treasure –WDET 101.9FM Detroit Public Radio! Be a part of the WDET made-for-Detroit news, music and conversation during Noel Night magic! Warm up as you watch live radio, tour the station, meet your favorite personalities, enjoy holiday refreshments, shop vintage swag, or record your own testimonial!

• Wdet.org/events
• Located between Woodward and Cass behind WSU Student University Towers and across from Parking Structure 8

Woodside Bible Church

80 W Alexandrine
5 pm – 9 pm

• 5 pm – 7:30 pm
  kids crafts
• 6 pm – 6:30 pm
  Xiao Dong Wei Music in the Sanctuary
• 7:15 pm – 7:45 pm
  Kalysta singer and pianist in the Sanctuary
• Throughout the evening
  Hot Cocoa Bar in the evening, photo backdrop, Christmas carolling on front steps periodically

WSU Museum of Anthropology

4821 Cass Ave
3 pm – 9 pm
Old Main First Level Room 1227
The Grosscup Museum will feature its current exhibition, “The Art of the Drink,” an exploration of objects and artforms related to the consumption of grain-based alcoholic beverages in cultures around the world. Areas featured include Asia, Africa, and North and South America. A prominent section focuses on the role of Detroit during the Prohibition Era (1920-1933) and includes a recreated Speakeasy Tunnel. Entrance to the museum is free of charge.

• Visitors of all ages can decorate bottle-cap pins with holiday or other themes. Also available will be fun plaster shapes that kids can paint in bright colors. Even the youngest kids will enjoy piecing together our tile sections from Detroit’s own Pewabic Pottery!
• A jazz combo from the WSU Music Department will present Hot Jazz classics from the 1920s and beyond in the front hall of Old Main in conjunction with the” Art of the Drink” exhibition.”
• WSU The Elaine L. Jacob Gallery 480 West Hancock, Detroit, MI 48201 3 pm – 9 pm “Wayne State University presents Echoes from the Rust
• Echoes from the Rust traces the artistic lineages of the Rust Belt as it re-emerges from a time of fracture following corporate abandonment and economic decline. This group exhibition hones in on artwork made by artists with lived experiences in Detroit and Pittsburgh, two post-industrial titans forged by steel.
• Works by the following artists are included in the exhibition: N.E. Brown, Halima Afi Cassells, Adnan Charara, Joshua Challen Ice, Hubert Massey, and Omid Shekari.
• Echoes from the Rust is curated by Kemuel Benyehudah, a Brooklyn born curator who has witnessed gentrification’s socioeconomic disparities, cultural erasure, and human displacement. He is interested in expanded notions of community to envision equitable futures for all.
• WAYNE STATE GALLERIES: https://www.waynestategalleries.org/elaine-l-jacob-gallery

WSU Mineral Museum

4821 Cass Ave
3 pm – 9 pm
Old Main Lower Level Room 0205
Come tour Detroit’s only mineral museum with nearly 350 spectacular specimens! View a collection once owned by Thomas Edison, hold a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite, and marvel at the fantastic fluorescent mineral display. We will also have hands-on activities including a “Show and Tell’ table of rocks and minerals and a petrographic microscope demonstration to view minerals under magnification. Learn how geology rocks!

WSU Old Main

4821 Cass Ave
3 pm – 9 pm
Old Main First Floor
Join The Campus Activities Team for crafts and games! Decorate your own gingerbread person, make a snowman, play carnival games, and more!

WSU Park

On the southwest corner of Woodward and Warren
12 pm – 9 pm

• 11 am – 9 pm
  Food Trucks
• 12 pm – 9 pm
  Information Station
• 12 pm – 9 pm
  Beer Tent
• 3 pm – 9 pm
  Childrens Play Area/Arts and Crafts/ DJ Stacey “”Hotwaxx”” Hale Holiday Mix
• 3 pm – 9 pm
  Vendors (Crushed Velvet, Divine Edge, Delicate Beauty, G.I. Factor, Skyn Studio Beauty, Preva Body, B Klassi Boutique)
• 6 pm – 8 pm
  Detroit Party Marching Band

WSU Planetarium

4841 Cass Ave
3 pm – 9 pm
Old Main Lower Level Room 0209
3 pm – 8:30 pm: Hands-on kids astronomy crafts and activities and Physics Demonstrations will be held in the hallway outside the planetarium from, sponsored in part by the Student Astronomical Society.

The WSU Planetarium will host 4 free planetarium shows throughout Noel Night.

Tickets are free but should be claimed in advance at the planetarium as seating frequently fills up. Tickets will be available at 3pm at the Planetarium table outside 0209 Old Main.

• 4 pm show
  Polaris: The Space Submarine and the Mystery of the Polar Night (animated family show)
• 5 pm show
  Polaris: The Space Submarine and the Mystery of the Polar Night (animated family show)
• 7 pm show
  From Earth to the Universe
• 8 pm show
  From Earth to the Universe

WSU The Hilberry Gateway

4715 Cass Avenue
4 pm – 9 pm
Hilberry Gateway The STAGE

• 4:00 pm
  WEaving trUSt
  • WEaving trUSt is an original dance touring show produced by Wayne State University’s Company One dance ensemble. The performance is a weaving of narratives, inspirations, and memories expressed through contemporary and hip-hop dance. The show welcomes audiences of all ages. Tickets are on a Pay-What-You-Can-Basis. Company One provides entertainment and education through exciting dance performances designed for audiences of all ages both on campus and at venues throughout metro-Detroit. Company One dance productions create a lively experience using dance choreography, narration, and music. Each program features the choreography of company dancers, local artists, and esteemed national guest artists. This season Artist Director, Lisa Rose LaMarre Wilmot, collaborated with the cast and guest choreographers, Uri Mercury and Maddy Petz, to develop an original show based on the theme of weaving. The work, premiering Dec 7, 2024 (Noel Night) , tours to local K12+ schools in the new year.
• 7:30 pm
  December Dance Concert

Come witness the collective works of students, faculty, and guest artists this fall on the STAGE at the Hilberry Gateway in the annual December Dance Concert. This concert is suitable for the entire family, and features an array of dance styles and music to be enjoyed.

8:00 pm: “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf” Filled with passion, humor, and raw honesty, legendary playwright/poet Ntozake Shange’s form-changing choreopoem tells the stories of seven Black women using poetry, song and movement. With unflinching honesty and emotion, each woman voices her survival story of having to exist in a world shaped by sexism and racism.

More information on all performances can be found at https://theatreanddance.wayne.edu/onstage

WSU Welcome Center

42 W. Warren Ave
3 pm – 9 pm
The Winter Art and Retail Market (WARM) in Wayne State University’s Welcome Center is a fun and festive pop-up holiday marketplace featuring local vendors and artists.

 

• Stop in and shop between 3 pm and 9 pm—you’ll be supporting small, local businesses and Wayne State Art students. There will be a DJ and WSU photobooth!
• The WARM is presented by Wayne State University and its entrepreneurship hub, TechTown Detroit.