1. Try your hand at fake gambling or bop to bands at Arts, Beats & Eats in downtown Royal Oak.
2. Tour the intricately designed rooms of the historic Masonic Temple.
3. Sample Detroit City Distillery's Butcher's Cut Bourbon along with some roast pig at the product's launch party.
4. Take a spin on carnival rides, eat pie and meet the Peach Queen at the Romeo Peach Festival.
5. Try for last-minute tickets to see John Mayer, Deep Purple and Alice Cooper or U2 with opener Beck.
6. Watch planes whiz by at Thunder Over Michigan.
7. View a cow sculpted from butter, visit real livestock or take in arts and music at the Michigan State Fair.
8. Take part in the Detroit Jazz Festival, a 38-year tradition. Events are widespread and include a Jazz Mass.
9. Attend a fashion showcase put on by the Plus Size Problem, an organization working for more inclusion in the industry.
10. Watch a film from the comfort of your car before the USA Hockey Summer Drive-In closes for the season.

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