Detroit Bookfest

Get to know your host Allie! Allie runs Detroit Bookfest’s new ‘Booked in Detroit’ series on Youtube. She will be conducting several interviews soon. Stay tuned! /watch?v=k91HLWXTr4M

Thank you to our Volunteer Director, Crystal Woods, for putting this together. /2026-volunteers-needed/ 🩸📚 BLOOD, SWEAT & VOLUNTEERS 📚🩸 Detroit Festival of Books is a volunteer-run 501c3 non-profit organization and we need YOU. Join the team behind one of the Midwest’s biggest literary events at Eastern Market on Sunday, July 19th! ✨ Volunteer Roles Include: • Early Morning Set-Up Crew • Welcome Desk & Information • Greeters + Hospitality Ambassadors • Vendor Support Team • End-of-Day Breakdown Crew • Social Media Team & Email Admins We’re looking for dependable, energetic volunteers ready to help bring Bookfest to life. ⚠️ Set-Up Crew should be comfortable lifting tables. Wearing work gloves is recommended. 📍Eastern Market — Detroit 📅 Sunday, July 19, 2026 Ready to be part of the magic? 🔗 Apply here now: /2026-volunteers-needed/

Eastern Market's famous annual Flower Day is coming up! Flower Day is happening this Sunday, May 17th 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Free entry. Lots of amazing flowers for sale! @easternmarket /events/2000006060612605

Happy Mother's Day to all the amazing moms out there from your friends at Detroit Festival of Books! @detbookfest

The 2nd annual Detroit Vinylfest is only ONE WEEK from today! Sunday, May 03, 2026 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Detroit's Eastern Market (Shed 5) FREE entry! Vinylfest is brought to you by the Detroit Bookfest team (a 501c3 nonprofit organization). Over 80+ vendors will be selling: • Vinyl records / LPs • CDs • Cassette tapes • Posters, ephemera, music gear, and more We’re also excited to feature appearances & autograph signings from an incredible group of artists and music figures, including: - Motown @motownmuseum - Chris Fehn (former Slipknot percussionist & backing vocalist) @realchrisfehn - Matthew Dear (co-founder Ghostly International record label) @matthewdear - Cornelius Harris & Nick Speed (Submerge Records/ Somewhere in Detroit) @submerge313 - John EL Tenney (paranormal researcher) @johneltenney - Tony Green (The Dramatics & Death Row Records) @tonygreen731gmail.com_ - Frank Raines (Funk Night Records) @funknight - Tino Gross (Howling Diablos) @tinodetroit - One Be Lo (Binary Star) @onebedoublelo7 - And more! DJ Lineup for Detroit Vinylfest 2026 DJ sets are 45mins. 15mins for change-over. DJs spinning records live inside the NE corner of Shed 5. 10am-11am Frank Raines (Funk Night records) @funknight 11am-Noon Isaac Prieto (Detroit Vinyl Room) @isaacpriet0 Noon-1pm Paul Karatsinides (DJ Paul K) 1pm-2pm Cornelius Harris (Underground Resistance) @corneliusdetroit 2pm-3pm Dezi Magby (DJ Psycho) @piggymctiggers 3pm-4pm Rick Wilhite (The Godson; Vibes) @rickthegodsonwilhite 4pm-5pm DJ Roach (Raul Rocha) @djroach313 5pm-6pm Ameera @ameera.img Whether you’re digging for rare records, meeting artists, or just soaking in the music, this is shaping up to be a great day for Detroit! More info: /dvf2026-vendor-info-timeline/ Instagram: /detroitvinylfest/ TikTok: /@detroitbookfest Facebook /DetroitVinylfest

Congratulations to @jerjuan.howard on the grand opening of @howardfamilybookstore in Detroit!

Independent Bookstore Day is today! Hit a few stores near you, buy some books, and help support your local bookstores!

Indie Bookstore Day is this Saturday, April 25th! This is a nationwide celebration of independent bookstores, held every year on the last Saturday in April, created to help support bookstores in your local community. If you live in the Detroit area, check out the grand opening of Howard Family Bookstore (13803 Puritan ave, Detroit, MI) this Saturday at 11am. @howardfamilybookstore Here is an interview we did with our friend and the owner of HFB, Jerjuan Howard. @jerjuan.howard /howard-family-bookstore/

Kiwanis International & Detroit Bookfest Officially Join Forces on Volunteer Partnership @kiwanis /kiwanis-partnership/

Happy Easter from your friends at Detroit Festival of Books @detbookfest We hope everyone has a lovely day! Keep reading those BOOKS!

The 2nd annual Detroit Vinylfest is only ONE MONTH from today! Sunday, May 03, 2026 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Detroit's Eastern Market (Shed 5) FREE entry! Vinylfest is brought to you by the Detroit Bookfest team (a 501c3 nonprofit organization). Over 80+ vendors will be selling: • Vinyl records / LPs • CDs • Cassette tapes • Posters, ephemera, music gear, and more We’re also excited to feature appearances & autograph signings from an incredible group of artists and music figures, including: - Motown @motownmuseum - Chris Fehn (former Slipknot percussionist & backing vocalist) @realchrisfehn - Matthew Dear (co-founder Ghostly International record label) @matthewdear - Cornelius Harris & Nick Speed (Underground Resistance/ Submerge Records) @undergroundresistance313 - Mark Arminski (poster artist) - Tony Green (The Dramatics & Death Row Records) @tonygreen731gmail.com_ - Frank Raines (Funk Night Records) @funknight - Tino Gross (Howling Diablos) @tinodetroit - And more! DJ Lineup for Detroit Vinylfest 2026 DJ sets are 45mins. 15mins for change-over. DJs spinning records live inside the NE corner of Shed 5. 10am-11am Frank Raines (Funk Night records) 11am-Noon Isaac Prieto (Detroit Vinyl Room) @isaacpriet0 Noon-1pm Paul Karatsinides (DJ Paul K) 1pm-2pm Cornelius Harris (Underground Resistance) 2pm-3pm Dezi Magby (DJ Psycho) @piggymctiggers 3pm-4pm Rick Wilhite (The Godson; Vibes) @rickthegodsonwilhite 4pm-6pm Pending Whether you’re digging for rare records, meeting artists, or just soaking in the music, this is shaping up to be a great day for Detroit’s music community! More info: /dvf2026-vendor-info-timeline/ Instagram: /detroitvinylfest/ TikTok: /@detroitbookfest Facebook /DetroitVinylfest

Two cousins. A lifetime of Detroit music history. Bert Dearing (on left) has built Bert's Warehouse into a cornerstone of jazz, soul, and live performance in Detroit's Eastern Market district. Miller London (on right) helped shape the sound of Motown Records during its golden era. Here they are together. Standing inside Bert's Warehouse next to the Queen of Soul (Detroit vocalist Aretha Franklin) in a space that helps keep the music alive! Detroit legacy still in motion. These guys need to write a book!