November 2025 Citywide Detroit SOUP

Detroit SOUP is powered by BUILD Institute

IDEATORS:

Do you have an idea, business, or project?

Need funding?

Your idea can be anything. Go here to enter your application to share your idea and (maybe) win the pot of money: Apply here to pitch your idea!

COMMUNITY:

Would you like to attend a soup? Register here on Eventbrite for an evening of community, networking, ideas, creativity, and Detroit tradition.

A ticket buys you a soup dinner and a vote, where you listen to four Ideators present their business idea or project , before you vote on your favorite idea and the winner takes home all the money raised at the door. Prepare to have a wonderful evening connecting with your community and networking with creative people ready to start the next big thing in Detroit.

LEARN MORE:

If you would like to learn more about Detroit SOUP go to the BUILD Institute website.

HISTORY:

SOUP was started in Chicago with the artist group, inCUBATE. It was a modest dinner having artists and community members share a meal and help fund art ideas in neighborhoods. Slowly the idea began to spread around the United States and in 2010 it landed with a group of artists and friends that started it Detroit. The early days of the dinner were still focused on local art projects but through time and experiences the dinner adapted to the community and found a model that worked not just for the city of Detroit but cities all over the world.

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