It’s Detroit’s birthday! Celebrate Detroit’s 323rd anniversary with a free event in Spirit Plaza!

The 313 is turning 323 and we’re throwing Detroit a one-of-a-kind birthday party by raising the city’s flag, eating 323 cupcakes and dancing to live music!

Join Local 4 in partnership with Raise the Flag on Wednesday, July 24th for Detroit’s Birthday! The celebration will be from 12pm-6pm at the Spirit of Detroit Plaza with live music performances, “Only in Detroit” trivia hosted by the one and only comedian T.Barb and a special anniversary ceremony at 3:13pm that will commence with 323 cupcakes!

You can’t have a birthday party without cupcakes right! Three of these 323 cupcakes will have a golden ticket inside. The golden ticket will win you $100 worth of Detroit themed swag from Raise the Flag and Local 4. The cupcakes are custom made by a local Detroit baker known as Flavorful Creations, who regularly has a booth at Eastern Market. Sara of Flavorful Creations bakes with love and you can find many of her products sold as black owned businesses in Detroit such as The Commons Detroit, a coffee shop/laundry mat and the Neighborhood Grocery Store that aims to provide local products and fresh produce, both located in Eastside Detroit. Sara is making a variety of cupcake flavors to represent the City of Detroit’s flag with flavors such as lemon, blueberry and strawberry in regular, vegan and gluten-free options. She’s even sourcing her blueberries from local Cornelius Williams, known as “The Blueberry Man” and other vendors from Eastern Market. We’re thrilled to have her baked goods at Detroit’s 323rd Anniversary (Birthday) party.

Flavorful Creations Products are located in the following stores: The Commons Detroit, Neighborhood Grocery, Healthwise, Holiday Market, the Detroit Pepper Company, Morningside Café, The Water Station, Jungle Juice Bar, Radical Plants, Neu Kombucha, Smokey G’s Smokehouse, The Congregation and Eastern Market.

Now, let’s get to the entertainment portion of the celebration because you’re in for a treat! In partnership with Raise the Flag Festival, we’ve curated an amazing list of performances. We’ll gear up the festivities with Electric Otto’s Funk Factory followed by comedian T. Barb’s “Only in Detroit” Trivia. After you’re done laughing and winning swag from T. Barb, prepare your ears for original beautiful and soulful blues sang by Laura Rain and then The Dropout, who is an indie-pop post-edm guitarist, saxophonist and singer. Closing out the celebration will be DJ performances by Ray Jones & Billy Love, Deeper Waters and DJ Gonzilla.

We recently partnered with City of Detroit’s Human Resources Department who will be hosting a hustle demonstration 30 minutes into the celebration! So get ready to shake what your momma gave you and do the hustle! In addition to their hustle contribution, there will be a small health fair within the event offering a variety of resource tables to stop by, blood pressure screenings, and raffles. Some of the resources include Blue Cross Blue Shield, HAP, American Red Cross, and Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education.

This event is free and open to all ages.

Food will be available for purchase on site.

When: Wednesday, July 24th from 12pm-6pm

Where: Spirit of Detroit Plaza (outside the Spirit of Detroit statue)