The Detroit Festival of Books, aka: Detroit Bookfest, is a FREE annual in-person event at Eastern Market in Detroit, Michigan.

Eastern Market

Shed 5

2934 Russell Street

Detroit, MI 48207

 

Sunday, July 18, 2021

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

 

Official Detroit Bookfest 2021 Festival Guide

https://detroitbookfest.com/detroit-bookfest-festival-guide/

 

Fortunately, on Bookfest Day July 18th, 2021, members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will be playing a free pop-up concert from Noon to 1:00 p.m. at the Dequindre Cut’s Frieghtyard Bar!

You can also catch free DSO concerts throughout the year at their own Sosnick Courtyard (51 Parsons St) in Detroit’s Midtown neighborhood.

 

DSO @ Freight Yard Bar

https://detroitriverfront.org/things-to-do/dso-park-1

 

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/DequindreCutFreightYard

 

Special thanks to Clare Valenti (DSO community engagement director)

 

The Dequindre Cut

Closest entrance located at 3017 Orleans Street.

 

“The Cut,” as it’s called is a lovely greenway/urban recreational pathway for walking, biking, jogging.

It is 2-miles long and runs from the Detroit Riverfront to the northern tip of Eastern Market.

Near the Wilkins/Orleans entrance, you can find the Freight Yard Bar, this is an outdoor bar made out of shipping containers.

To get to the bar:

Enter at Orleans St & Wilkins St, walk down to the Cut, make a right, then it’s down on your left.