The Metro Events Thread

[baldy]

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I'm sure everyone knows that fireworks are tonight, June 29.

Also, I just wanted to remind everyone that Comerica Tastefest starts tomorrow in New Center and runs thoughout the holiday weekend. More information can be found on page one, but for those too lazy, you can go to http://www.newcenter.com/tastefest/info.htm

[baldy]

I found out about this from reading the 101 things to do in Detroit in Hour magazine.

Dally in the Alley

Saturday, September 10, 2005, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m

http://www.dallyinthealley.com/index.html

It is a music festival for local bands held near WSU in midtown. This sounds like it could be a lot of fun! Has anyone been there in years past?

[Allan]

This weekend is the 2005 Woodbridge Summerfest.

http://www.woodbridgesummerfest.com/

Woodbridge SummerFest

Saturday, August 13, 2005

Noon - 10pm

Scripps Park in Historic Woodbridge, Trumbull and Grand River

[baldy]

August 13, 2005 is Preservation Wayne's Detroit's Historic Movie Palaces - 17th Annual Theater Tour

from preservationwayne.org

The tour will take you inside seven of the theaters in one of the nation's most important theater districts, while including plenty of local history and color along the way. Tours leave every half hour between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and can last up to 4.5 hours. Cost is $30 including lunch at the Detroit Opera House. This very special tour sells out every year. Reservations are made with ticket purchase only and are strongly recommended. Tickets can be purchased with a check, money order, or credit card.

Call (313) 577-7674 or e-mail us at [email protected].

[theSuburbs]

August 13, 2005 is Preservation Wayne's Detroit's Historic Movie Palaces - 17th Annual Theater Tour

from preservationwayne.org

The tour will take you inside seven of the theaters in one of the nation's most important theater districts, while including plenty of local history and color along the way.  Tours leave every half hour between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and can last up to 4.5 hours.  Cost is $30 including lunch at the Detroit Opera House.  This very special tour sells out every year.  Reservations are made with ticket purchase only and are strongly recommended.  Tickets can be purchased with a check, money order, or credit card. 

Call (313) 577-7674 or e-mail us at [email protected].

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sounds fun

[statedude3]

If this poor college boy only had some $$$

[Allan]

The theater tour is supposed to be a lot of fun. It sells out every year...that's a testament to the tour's popularity.

I'd be going on it, except that I am giving the downtown tour this weekend. I suppose I could talk about a couple theaters...the tour is different everytime I give it, mostly because I don't use the cards they gave me to guide me through things. My tour only lasts about 2.5-3 hours, although I can push it to about 6 hours if you want to know everything that I know. LOL.

[DetroitDDcare]

East x Eastside Festival

Saturday, August 20, 2005 (2:00 PM - 11:00 PM)

St. Albertus Complex

4231 St. Aubin Street (Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps)

Detroit, Michigan 48207

Featuring The Holy Fire, Chris McCuagan (from The Lawrence Arms), Simplicity, Hot Club of Detroit, & more!

For the benefit of Historic St. Albertus, Poletown, Detroit

$5 (100% of the proceeds will go towards the replacement of St. Albertus

[baldy]

What: Detroit International Jazz Festival

When: Sept 2-5

Where: Downtown Detroit

Cost: Free!

More Info: Detroit Jazz Fest

The 26th Annual Detroit International Jazz Fest is takin' it to the streets - Woodward, to be exact -adding MORE stages and MORE music. Hart Plaza will still be swingin' but Blues, R&B, Gospel, Funk and MORE will be standard fare on the new Campus Martius and Woodward Avenue stages.

There is also a nice little article in the Detroit News which can be found here

I'm glad to see this is going to in the C-mart. It should be a good time and I think I'll be going to this over arts, beats and eats.

[baldy]

What: Arts, Beats, and Eats

When: Sept 2-5

Where: Downtown Pontiac

Cost: Free!

More Info: official site

Chrysler Arts, Beats & Eats is excited to celebrate its eighth year this Labor Day Weekend. You can count on new events, activities and surprises for our unique festival of art, music, food and family fun.

Event Hours

Friday, September 2nd, 4pm to 11pm

Saturday, September 3rd, 11am to 11pm

Sunday, September 4th, 11am to 11pm

Monday, September 5th, 11am to 8pm

[Ramcharger]

Detroit International Jazz Festival

Schedule of events

Friday

Spirit of Detroit Woodward Stage

4:30 p.m.: NOD

4:30 p.m.: Scholastic

6 p.m.: The Strange

Campus Martius Stage

7 p.m.: The Regal Brass Band of New Orleans

8 p.m.: David 'Fathead' Newman - Tribute to Ray Charles

9 p.m.: The Funk Brothers

Hard Rock Cafe

5 p.m.: Regal Brass Band of New Orleans

Saturday

3:15 and 8 p.m.: Regal Brass Band of New Orleans parade from Campus Martius to Hart Plaza down Woodward

Mack Avenue Amphitheatre Stage 12:15 p.m.: Tom Allport Big Band

1:45 p.m.: Tribute to Larry Nozero

2:15 p.m.: Don Swindell Quintet

4:30 p.m.: Randy Weston's African Rhythms Trio

6:45 p.m.: McCoy Tyner Trio

9:15 p.m.: Zawinul Syndicate

Pyramid Stage

1 p.m.: Edsel Ford High School Jazz Band

2:15 p.m.: Heineken Winner

4:30 p.m.: Jeremy Kittel Quintet

6:45 p.m.: Bop Culture

9:45 p.m.: Hot Club of Detroit

Absopure Waterfront Stage

1:15 p.m.: Joan Crawford Sextet

3:15 p.m.: Oscar Castro-Neves

5:45 p.m.: Ilona Knopfler

8 p.m.: Joey DeFrancesco Trio -- Tribute to Jimmy Smith

Jefferson Avenue Jam Academy Stage

Noon: IAJE Reading Band

1:15 p.m.: Detroit School of Arts Jazz Combo

2:30 p.m.: J.F. Kennedy Middle School

3:45 p.m.: Lake Shore High School Jazz Ensemble

5 p.m.: Grosse Pointe South High School Jazz Band

5:45 p.m.: Jazz Clinic

7:30 p.m.: Student Jam Session

Spirit of Detroit Woodward Stage

2:15 p.m.: John Sinclair and the Blues Scholars

4:30 p.m.: Sir Mack Rice

7 p.m.: Nathaniel Mayer

Campus Martius Stage

1:15 p.m.: Bon Temps Roulle

3:15 p.m.: Bettye LaVette

5:30 p.m.: Dr. John and the Lower 911

Sunday

3:15 and 8 p.m.: Regal Brass Band of New Orleans parade from Campus Martius to Hart Plaza down Woodward

Mack Avenue Amphitheatre Stage

12:15 p.m.: Carl Cahagna & North Star Jazz

2:15 p.m.: Geri Allen with Mary Stallings

4:30 p.m.: Jean 'Toots' Thielemans & KOA

6:45 p.m.: David 'Fathead' Newman -- Tribute to Ray Charles

9:15 p.m.: Soul Survivors

Pyramid Stage

12:30 p.m.: Wayne State University Jazztet

2:15 p.m.: Louis Smith

3:45 p.m.: University of Michigan Ensembles

5:15 p.m.: Nancy Davis and Sautee

6:45 p.m.: Bill O'Connell Quartet

9 p.m.: Rapa House Too

Absopure Waterfront Stage

1:15 p.m.: Janet Tenaj Sextet

3:15 p.m.: Gerald Wilson Big Band

5:45 p.m.: Ron Blake Band

8 p.m.: T.S. Monk

Jefferson Avenue Jam Academy Stage

12:45 p.m.: Ferndale High School Jazz Ensemble

2 p.m.: Anchor Bay High School Jazz Ensemble

3:15 p.m.: Mount Morris High School Jazz Ensemble

4:30 p.m.: Renaissance High School Jazz Ensemble

5:15 p.m.: Jazz Clinic

7 p.m.: Student Jam Session

Spirit of Detroit Woodward Stage

2:15 p.m.: Motor City R & B Pioneers

4:30 p.m.: Brothers Groove

7 p.m.: Johnnie Bassett

Campus Martius Stage

1:30 p.m.: Steelheads

3:15 p.m.: Regal Brass Band of New Orleans

5:30 p.m.: Long Tall Marcia Ball

8:30 p.m.: Medeski Marti & Wood

Monday

3:15 and 8 p.m.: Regal Brass Band of New Orleans parade from Campus Martius to Hart Plaza down Woodward

Mack Avenue Amphitheatre Stage

Noon: Steelheads

1:30 p.m.: Donald Walden & the Detroit Jazz Orchestra

3:15 p.m.: Randy Brecker/Bill Evans Soulbop Band

5:15 p.m.: Charles McPherson Quartet

7:15 p.m.: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

9:45 p.m.: Jon Lucien

Pyramid Stage

1:15 p.m.: Eastern Michigan University Jazz Combo

3 p.m.: Barbara Ware Quartet/Quintet

4:45 p.m.: Tad Weed Trio

6:15 p.m.: Tumbao

7:45 p.m.: Ada Rovatti

9:45 p.m.: Sean Jones

Absopure Waterfront Stage

Noon: Alma College

2:15 p.m.: James Tatum Trio Plus

4:15 p.m.: James Wendell Robinson Quintet

6:15 p.m.: Urban Transport

8:45 p.m.: Gerard Gibbs & Re-ORGAN'yz

Jefferson Avenue Jam Academy Stage

1 p.m.: Northview High School

2 p.m.: Henry Ford Big Band & Midnight Blue

3:15 p.m.: Mount Pleasant High School Jazz Band

4:30 p.m.: Northville High School Jazz Ensemble

5:15 p.m.: Jazz Clinic

Spirit of Detroit Woodward Stage

2:15 p.m.: Alberta Adams with R.J.'s Rhythm Rockers

4:30 p.m.: Thornetta Davis

7 p.m.: Odessa Harris Big Band

Campus Martius Stage

1 p.m.: Roderick Harper

3:15 p.m.: Coupe and Her Groovemobile

5:30 p.m.: The Blind Boys of Alabama

[Allan]

Cool, thanks. I'm going to try to get down there one last time today.

[baldy]

I posted this a page back, but will repost since it is this weekend

Dally in the Alley

Saturday, September 10, 2005, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m

http://www.dallyinthealley.com/index.html

It is a music festival for local bands held near WSU in midtown. This sounds like it could be a lot of fun! Has anyone been there in years past?

[Zissou]

My step sis has been there a few times I believe and has told me nothing but good things about the event. I would be going but instead ill be catching the UM ND game from the Big House.

[Allan]

I just got back from the Dally. Lots of fun...met lots of people. I didn't run into very many people from this forum, though. I guess you were all that the Big House.

[statedude3]

I just got back from the Dally.  Lots of fun...met lots of people.  I didn't run into very many people from this forum, though.  I guess you were all that the Big House. 

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A bit off topic but I must post it, because it doesnt happen often...

Actually Allan, those of us with any dignity were at Spartan Stadium, East Lansing.

I'll be sure to ship my chello down to A^2 because a violin might be a bit small for 111,000 people.

[Ramcharger]

The tree lighting and related festivities in Campus Martius on the 18th sounds like fun. There are so many cool events in Detroit around the Holidays. One of my favorites has always been Noel Night in the University/Cultural Center. This year

[Ramcharger]

Foundation to secure jazz festival's future

This is great news for the city. Detroit needs annual world class events like the Jazz Festival and the Electronic Music Festival to draw tourists to the city that can support and grow its hospitality industry. I mean the Super Bowl is great, but how often can we expect something like that? Travel plans are made far in advance and people need to know that these events will really happen and not be cancelled at the last minute for lack of funds. Annual events can be a huge economic stimulus and a good source of positive media exposure. Look what a two minute horse race has done for Louisville.

[Ramcharger]

Here's a few pictures I took last Sunday at the Detroit Festival of the Arts

The Inn On Ferry Street 1

The Inn On Ferry Street 2

Along JohnR

Food Booth on JohnR

Sidewalk Art 1

Sidewalk Art 2

Hair Art 1

Hair Art 2

Sand Art

Along Cass 1

Along Cass 2

Wayne State Campus

Wayne State Stage 1

Wayne State Stage 2

Smiley Brothers 1

Smiley Brothers 2

Smiley Brothers 3

Smiley Brothers 4

Merrill-Palmer Institute

Merrill-Palmer Courtyard

[hudkina]

Great shots, Ramcharger! Midtown keeps getting better and better every year.

[DetroitBazaar]

The Fourth Street Fair is coming fast though I don't know the date just yet. Usually around the middle of July. Good tunes, grassroots feel, great people.

DetroitBazaar and Detroit Style Pride also do monthly cleanups throughout the spring and summer- before Kwame made it "cool". If we're still wanted on these boards, we'll keep you all updated on what we know. We usually have our ears on the traintracks and know about some of the lesser known events. Hope all is well with everyone and I do enjoy the informative back and forth here.

Peace from Detroit Style Pride

[tomo]

The Fourth Street Fair is coming fast though I don't know the date just yet. Usually around the middle of July. Good tunes, grassroots feel, great people.

DetroitBazaar and Detroit Style Pride also do monthly cleanups throughout the spring and summer- before Kwame made it "cool". If we're still wanted on these boards, we'll keep you all updated on what we know. We usually have our ears on the traintracks and know about some of the lesser known events. Hope all is well with everyone and I do enjoy the informative back and forth here.

Peace from Detroit Style Pride

Please keep us updated, DetroitBazaar. Also keep in mind that Detroit Synergy seems to be getting involved with various groups for various cleanup efforts all summer long.

[Michi]

This weekend is the Dearborn Arab International Festival.

The location is on Warren Avenue between Schaeffer and Wyoming. And the time is 5pm Friday until Sunday. I think I might have to go.

[baldy]

3rd Annual Jazzin' on Jefferson

When:

Friday (6/23) from 4 - 10 p.m.

Saturday (6/24) from 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Where:

14628 E. Jefferson

Detroit, MI 48215

For more info see: JazzinonJefferson.org

[statedude3]

I'm all psyched for the upcoming fireworks on the river, as my parents will be coming down for the first time since I moved down here. I'm thinking about where would be the best free spot to check them out. I was thinking the southern tip of Belle Isle, but I would imagine that will be jam packed. Anyone ever experienced them from here? Too far from the action?