5 things to do this weekend in Metro Detroit: Detroit Autorama, the Motor City Tattoo Expo and more

Detroit Autorama
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(WWJ) -- Working on your weekend plans? Let us be your guide!

Each week, WWJ discovers all the top events happening around Metro Detroit to help you make the most of your weekend with the Don’t Miss List.

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1. Pine Knob Winter Carnival

The Pine Knob Winter Carnival returns this weekend! Enjoy the snow before spring arrives. There will be amazing family-friendly fun to celebrate another wonderful ski and snowboard season, including toboggan chariot races, a Kiddie Treasure Hunt, an outdoor fire pit, a DJ on the outdoor deck, a s’mores station and more! All activities are free for season pass holders or a daily lift ticket purchase. Receive $10 off a lift pass in you are in costume on Winter Carnival Day!

Sunday, March 2 from 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at Pine Knob in Clarkston

2. Pączki Day Party

Join Detroit City Distillery and Eastern Market Brewing Company in Detroit’s beautiful Eastern Market this weekend for the annual Pączki Day Party! Riopelle Street will be shut down for a celebration stretching both indoors and outdoors. This year will feature fan favorites The Crampton Brothers and the Kielbasa Kings kicking out the tunes, plus food from Hamtown comrades, Srodek's and tons of pączki, as always! And of course, the Paczki Day Vodka will be flowing with special cocktails galore.

Saturday, March 1 from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. at Eastern Market in Detroit

3. Shipshewana On The Road

Shipshewana On The Road - Gift, Food and Craft Show is a weekend filled with fun where attendees can discover anything and everything under the sun! For the past two decades, Shipshewana On The Road has brought one of the most interesting and innovative craft shows to Metro Detroit. Shoppers will find thousands of unique items as they browse through a variety of vendors, offering unique trinkets and treasures you're sure to love.

Saturday, March 1 - Sunday, March 2 at Macomb Community College in Warren

4. Detroit Autorama

This weekend, Detroit Autorama returns to Huntington Place in the Motor City! Enjoy a great event filled with hundreds of tricked-out hot rods, customs, trucks and motorcycles. Plus, this year will have an amazing special feature of the MegaMorph Transforming Robot Car, along with with celebrity appearances by Danny Koker and Kevin Mack from “Count’s Kustoms,” Lions star Alex Anzalone and more. The event fills both floors of Huntington Place with something for everyone. There is certainly nothing like Autorama, a new Detroit favorite!

Friday, Feb. 28 - Sunday, March 2 at Huntington Place in Detroit

5. Motor City Tattoo Expo 

Celebrate 29 years of tattooing Detroit at the annual Motor City Tattoo Expo this Friday through Sunday! Over 300 top-of-the-line tattoo artists and vendors from all across the globe will be onsite, and there will be plenty to learn at the amazing seminars, and lots to win with contests happening all weekend! Come down to Detroit’s beautiful Renaissance Center and get your newest tattoo, shop at one of the fabulous vendors, or just grab some friends and hang out for the day!

Friday, Feb. 28 - Sunday, March 2 at the Renaissance Center in Detroit

Featured Image Photo Credit: David Rodriguez Mu oz for Detroi / USA TODAY NETWORK