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    Things to do this weekend in Detroit: Aug. 23-25

    By Joe Guillen,

    1 day ago

    Don't look now — summer's coming to an end!

    • Here's what's happening:

    🥃 Sip bourbon and listen to live music at the Detroit Bourbon and Blues Festival at Eastern Market.

    🏙️ Join Preservation Detroit for a downtown walking tour of historic high-rises, monuments, grand boulevards, parks and more.

    • Saturday, 10am-noon, starting at the Campus Martius fountain.
    • Tickets are $15-$18.

    📽️ Watch "Raiders of the Lost Ark" — Indiana Jones' first adventure — in 35mm at the Redford Theatre .

    • Saturday at 2pm and 8pm; Sunday at 2pm.
    • Tickets : General admission, $7; kids and older adults, $5.

    🎤 Legendary hip-hop group The Roots is playing at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre in Sterling Heights on Sunday at 8pm, along with Arrested Development and Digable Planets.

    ⚔️ Hark back to the 16th century at the Michigan Renaissance Festival , featuring musicians, magicians, jugglers and jousting.

    • Saturday and Sunday, 9am-7pm; 12600 Dixie Hwy., Holly.
    • Tickets start at $24 for those 13 and up; $14 for kids ages 5-12; kids 4 and younger are free.

    🍣 Try Little Asian Bites at the Dequindre Cut Freight Yard with food, drink and music.

    • Friday, 5-9pm.
    • Entry is free.

    🇬🇷 Enjoy a Taste of Greece at the 19th annual cultural festival at the Nativity of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Plymouth.

    • Friday, 5-11pm; Saturday, noon-11pm; Sunday, noon-6pm.
    • Tickets: $4; kids younger than 12 are free.

    🦁 Attend the Lions' last preseason game at 1pm Saturday at Ford Field against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

    Tickets start at $25.

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