CHECK OUT PREVIOUS YEARS
2022 - John Lee Hooker
2021- Marvin Gaye
2020 - Open Mic Jam
2019
2018 - The Jacksons
Ben Daniels Band
Jeff Daniels
Will Sessions
Mark Farner's American Band
Stevie Wonder's "Innervisions" - Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Craig Brown
2017 - Aretha Franklin
tuxedo feat. Mayer Hawthorne & Jake One
DJ D-NICE
Larry Callahan & Selected of God Choir
Sean Blackman In Transit
Laith Al-Saadi
Obed Succari's PanaMO
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
Josh Gracin
2017 Superband Artists
KERN BRANTLEY - Musical Director
BETH GRIFFITH - Vocals
DAVE McMURRARY - Saxophone
KAMAU KENYATTA - Saxaphone
VALDEZ BRANTLEY - Keyboards
LARRY FRATANGELO - Percussion
ANDRE FRAPPIER - Guitar
CURTIS BOONE - Vocals
Luis Resto
GREG PHILLINGANES - Keyboards
WALTER WHITE - Trumpet
RON OTIS - Drums
Thornetta Davis- Detroit's Queen of the Blues
GLORIA RIDGEWAY - Vocals
CHERRI BLACK - Vocals
JOHN RUTHERFORD - Trombone
To see the full lists of 2017 Featured, Superband, Showcase, Paradise Valley, and Super Celebrity Vocal artists, visit the archive sections in each of the artist tabs.
2017 DMW ARCHIVES:
Finally, all of Detroit’s music came together in one epic festival!
Performances Starring ARETHA FRANKLIN, Tuxedo feat. Mayer Hawthorne and Jake One*, Josh Gracin, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, DJ D-Nice, Zayion McCall & The Crew, Laith Al-Saadi, DMK and many more…
Additional Performances by:
LARRY CALLAHAN & SELECTED OF GOD CHOIR | OBED SUCCARI PANAMO | SEAN BLACKMAN'S IN TRANSIT | KING LYNXX | ELIJAH J | KENDRICK HARDAWAY & THE UNION | NICK SPEED | MELVIN DAVIS | ALISE KING | TANDEM (BRUCE BAILEY | BALLET DETROIT | RANDALL V WILSON & THE CHOZEN FEW | DE'SEAN JONES | JADE | ARGENTINE TANGO DETROIT | DETROIT WINDSOR DANCE | TORCH WITH A TWIST | JOEL GREENE | MOSAIC YOUTH THEATRE OF DETROIT | HARDCORE DETROIT | PUPPETART | KING MOORE | DETROIT CHILDREN'S CHOIR | JENNIFER HARGE | SUMKALI | SPHINX | DAN TILLERY | DETROIT PUBLIC THEATRE | SHAKESPERE IN DETROIT
“Let’s put Detroit music to work for Detroit!”
