This is a metro area that knows how to usher summer out with a bang — and this year will be no different.

The Labor Day weekend is, as usual, loaded with major festivals from the Detroit River to points beyond, with an abundance of food, drink, carnival rides and music — all the things you need for a final swing before the regular routines kick in …

• 46th annual Detroit Jazz Festival, downtown Detroit: There will be no trouble finding something memorable to hear, and see, amidst the more than four dozen acts playing this year’s edition of the world’s largest free-admission jazz festival from Friday through Monday, Aug. 29-Sept. 1. Led by three shows from Artist-in-Residence Jason Moran, performances will take place at two stages in Hart Plaza, one in Cadillac Square and at the Gretchen

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