LIGHT UP LIVERNOIS
SATURDAY JULY 11, 2026
Welcome.
You said, “Yes!”
Thank you.
That single decision places you among the hundreds of makers, merchants, artists, designers, and community businesses who carry LIGHT UP Livernois forward each year — not as vendors at a street festival, but as stewards of Detroit's only fashion, art, and design destination corridor.
What you set up on Saturday, July 11, 2026 is not a booth on a street. It is a working piece of a 1.5-mile cultural arts experience that draws more than 10,000 visitors in a single day and generates more than $500,000 in direct economic impact along the corridor.
You are the reason the avenue lights up.
What you're stepping into.
LIGHT UP Livernois is Detroit's annual fashion, art, and design street festival, held along Livernois Avenue on Detroit's west side between 8 Mile Road and the Lodge Freeway (M-10). It runs through four distinct shopping and dining districts: the Avenue of Fashion from 8 Mile to 7 Mile; Liv7, bounded by 7 Mile; Live 6, bounded by 6 Mile; and the University District, bounded by 6 Mile to the Lodge Freeway.
Detroit
is the first American city designated by UNESCO as an
International City of Design.
You are showing up on the corridor that holds that designation in its hands.
Your participation is your contribution.
When you set up on Saturday, you are not renting a space. You are putting your work, your name, and your brand inside a curated cultural arts experience that lifts the entire corridor.
The attention you draw to your installation draws attention to the merchants beside you. The sales you make on the avenue strengthen the case for sustained investment in Black-owned and operated business in Detroit. The pride visitors feel walking past your booth becomes the reputation Livernois Avenue carries for the rest of the year.
This is how the corridor moves forward. One participant at a time.
Yours included.
Day-of essentials.
EVENT HOURS: 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturday, July 11, 2026.
Setup window: from 8:00 a.m. Plan to be fully ready by 11:30 a.m. — the public tends to arrive ahead of the noon start.
Breakdown: restore your designated area to its original condition, or better, before leaving.
THREE GUIDELINES TO FOLLOW:
1. Bring a white or branded 10 ft by 10 ft tent. This is intentional. LIGHT UP Livernois is presented as a curated fashion, art, and design destination — not a flea market, swap meet, or open-vendor lot. The visual cohesion of the corridor is part of what makes the experience photograph, share, and read as the world-class cultural arts event it is. Your tent is part of that frame.
2. As needed, bring your own power. Effective power cords, battery stations, or a generator suited to your booth's needs. Plan for the full eight-hour event window, plus setup.
3. Park in the designated participant lot. Location is provided in advance. Leave the street parking for our public visitors. Once you are parked, our complimentary
GEST Cart
service is yours — use it to get to your spot in the morning, to move along the corridor throughout the day, and to return to your vehicle at close.
Know where you are — Avenue Map 2026
Your visitors, your team, your customers, and your fellow participants can locate every installation, booth, stage, and merchant along the avenue using the live Avenue Map 2026.
lightuplivernois.com/avenuemap2026
Share it widely. The more your people use it, the more easily they find you — and the more they discover along the way.
Carrying the flame.
LIGHT UP Livernois began as a single block, on a single Saturday. It is now a 1.5-mile cultural arts corridor that draws visitors from across Detroit, across the region, and across the country.
Many brands that came up through LIGHT UP Livernois have gone on to attract national financing and presentation. The artists and operators who displayed here have grown new audiences, new clients, and viable income streams for their work. New housing, new business, new exterior investment, and new attention along the avenue all trace back to days like the one you are about to step into.
You are carrying that forward. Welcome to the family.
Park. Walk. Shop. Dine. Explore.
Light Up Livernois.
