Friday marked the second day of one of Michigan’s largest music festivals – Electric Forest. The four-day electronic extravaganza boasts more than 75 artists, five stages, and is expected to bring approximately 35,000 attendees to Rothbury, Michigan. Among the countless acts, Detroit-area artists have stood out among the performances with ambassadors such as: Golf Clap, Jimmy Edgar, Chrome…
Thursday marked the beginning of one of Michigan’s largest music events – Electronic Forest Festival. The four-day electronic extravaganza is scheduled to boast more than 75 artists, five stages, and bring approximately 35,000 attendees to Rothbury, Michigan. Among the countless acts, Detroit-area artists are expected to stand out among the performances with ambassadors…
Electric Forest music festival is celebrating its fourth year of multi-genre entertainment with a four-day event at Rothbury, Michigan’s Double JJ Ranch campgrounds Thursday, June 26 – Sunday, June 29. The infamous Michigan music festival has become synonymous with electronic music heavyweights, Michigan vendors, fantastic nature-infused light shows, and eclectic crowds. Since 2011,…
Midtown Detroit’s annual community event Dally in the Alley, which features local live music, visual arts, food and art vendors, has announced its open enrollment for live music act submissions until July 31. Michigan bands and performing artists may submit their demos to music@dallyinthealley.com – between now and Tuesday, July 31, in addition to any…
As announced on his daughter Kerri’s Facebook page today, seminal radio personality and Detroit native Casey Kasem died this morning at St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, Washington of complications from Lewy body disease, a form of dementia with symptoms that are very similar to Parkinson’s disease. He was 82. The retired host of the popular…
Detroit’s Motor City Pride festival, an annual two-day event celebrating Michigan’s LGBT community, will honor Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender citizens with a weekend of food, pageantry, and music at Hart Plaza June 7 & 8. In addition to the event’s scheduled golf outing, family picnic, and commitment ceremony, the Michigan Equality-backed festival…
Metro-Detroit area pop-legend Madonna made an unannounced trip to the Motor City Tuesday, during which she visited the Detroit Achievement Academy charter school, the McDougall-Hunt neighborhood’s famed Heidelberg Project, Detroit’s EmPowermentplan, and the Downtown Boxing Gym training facility. Madonna posted several images to her Instagram account (along with the hashtag “#revolutionoflove”) highlighting her tour of Detroit,…
Detroit’s annual “Rockin’ on the Riverfront” free concert series has announced an addition to the initial lineup for its 9th year of summer music at GM Riverfront Plaza, in partnership with Detroit’s classic rock station 94.7 WCSX. The announcement came Tuesday that Eddie Money would be scheduled to perform Friday August 8, in…
Swedish-born Malik Bendjelloul, Director of the Academy Award-winning “Searching for Sugar Man” (focused on the life of Detroit folk musician Sixto Diaz Rodriguez), died on Tuesday near Stockholm, according to local police. Foul play is not suspected, according to police testimony, but official statements have not yet been provided. The director was…
After a flood of Third Man Records/Jack White-related announcements this month, Jack White and Neil Young appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” to cut a vinyl record live, with the help of White’s infamous 1947 Voice-O-Graph machine. As part of the on-air performance, Young performed Willie Nelson’s “Crazy” inside the analog…