1. Find a techno beat at Movement Detroit music festival.
  2. Celebrate Memorial Day with parades in Plymouth, Royal Oak, St. Clair Shores and elsewhere.
  3. Stroll through a lakeside art fair at Kensington Metropark.
  4. Take a historical canal tour by kayak on Detroit's east side.
  5. Attend a lecture and marketplace for African Liberation Day.
  6. Eat brunch out of a food truck in Ferndale.
  7. Watch cyclists zoom around the Lexus Velodrome.
  8. Fill up on pierogi at the St. Mary's Polish Country Fair.
  9. Start summer off with a drive-in movie at the USA Hockey Arena.
  10. See a variety of performers at the Jewish Community Center of Metro Detroit's Ethan & Gretchen Davidson Music Festival.

Kickoff list from Crain's Detroit Business. Add your suggestions below.