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Dally in the Alley: Detroit’s independent street festival turns 39
Dally in the Alley will celebrate its 39th year of local music, art, and food in the Cass Corridor on September 10.
Electric Forest Festival will expand to two weekends in 2017
Electric Forest Festival has announced an expansion to two weekends starting in 2017. The 2016 installment of the Rothbury, Michigan-based event was the biggest to date, leaving many fans without tickets. In a statement on the official website, organizers have stated that they wanted to not only “preserve intimacy and integrity,” but also bring…
Interview: ONEFREQ
It’s one of those torrid August evenings in Detroit, when the sweat lodge-like atmosphere refuses to relent even when dusk approaches. Humidity scales epic levels, temperatures ascend to near-scorching, and the air itself seems heavier from soaking in all those rays. Hard to imagine that in six months, the steam rising from the sunbaked…
Joan Jett, Gavin DeGraw, more to headline Arts, Beats & Eats
Embed from Getty Images The unofficial end of summer will bring a bevy of musical acts big and small — both homegrown and nationally renowned — to Downtown Royal Oak for the 19th Annual Ford Arts, Beats & Eats. The schedule for the outdoor festival, which takes place Labor Day Weekend, was recently announced…
Interview: Madelyn Grant
You know those people whom you meet, and you consider yourself lucky because you knew them before they were big? That’s the feeling I’ve had about Madelyn Grant for the better part of the past decade. From watching her belt Adele covers to a sold out crowd in our high school auditorium to dancing…
Motown-themed animated series arriving soon on Netflix
Fans of animation and Motown should get ready for their next binge-watch marathon, as Netflix has ordered a new kids series that combines the two. According to a Netflix press release, the untitled animated project will be set to classic tunes from the Berry Gordy label and is the brainchild of writer-director Josh…
Inaugural Corktown STRUT festival to feature 50+ music acts
Summer in the Motor City has long been bookended by major music festivals: Movement Electronic Music Festival over Memorial Day Weekend — joined this year by the first (and maybe last) Trip Metal Fest — and Labor Day Weekend’s choice of either Detroit Jazz Festival, Arts Beats & Eats, or the Hamtramck Labor Day…