Get Out: Brighton's Americana Music Festival and More

It’s Thursday and you’ve got no idea what you’ll do for the weekend. Don't worry: Patch is coming to the rescue. We’ve got the best bets for your done-work-outta-here time. Check out our picks for this weekend:

1.

Where/when: , 13 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Thursday.

Why go: Donate your pint at a blood drive to benefit the Livingston County American Red Cross.

Pricing: Free

2.

Where/when: Great Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and noon to 11 p.m. Saturday.

Why go: Bring a friend, your cowboy boots, and be ready to dance to the tunes of local and national country music artists.

Pricing: Free 

3.

Where/when: , 9 p.m. Saturday.

Why go: Every Saturday during the summer, Green Oak Village Place is partnering with SELCRA to bring you the Movie at the Mall experience. Movies start at dusk on the inflatable screen. Bring lawn chairs. This week enjoy Karate Kid.

Pricing: Free

4.

Where/when: The corner of Mill Pond Ln. and N. 1st St., 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Why go? Spend Sunday morning strolling a market that features locally-grown produce and handmade goodies from area vendors.

Pricing: Free

5.

Where/when: , 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday.

Why go? Call the neighbor down the street, your friend from college, the really smart guy that sits in the corner cube at work and bring them all to a bar or restaurant near you to play the fastest growing craze in Metro Detroit.

Pricing: Free