A BLOCKBUSTER WEEKEND
DMW commissions, produces, presents and markets a full spectrum of performances; music, dance and theater. Showcase stages offer opportunity to up-and-coming artists, invigorating the pipeline of next-gen talent. Cultural organizations, restaurants and retailers are invited to add to the fun by offering performances and activities whether on-site or in their own location.
Most importantly, the Detroit Music Weekend brings together the fans and supporters of each participating artist, performing company, and organization. Collectively, this begins a new narrative that we are a unified Metropolitan region using the arts to create productive working relationships between the city and suburbs.
Detroit Music Weekend proclaims it to the world: “Detroit is open for business!!!”
Corporate sponsors: 46+
Individual sponsors: 53+
City, State and National government partnerships: Mayor Duggan, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Governor Snyder, Senator Gary Peters, Representative Debbie Dingell
Media links: 45
Local and global coverage: unprecedented…TV, radio, newspaper and magazine interviews, profiles, in-depth artist and sponsor features & exclusives
Media reach: worldwide including CNN and HLN
Youth receiving complimentary music education: 200 pre-k and elementary-age students
Consent letters and cooperation from site partners: 8
Funds raised for arts education programs: $200,000
Area restaurant and retail shops sales: reported increases district-wide
Addition of new digital fans, followers, and subscribers: 100,000+
Demonstration of the power of the performing arts to contribute to Detroit’s economic comeback: YES!
Total audience: 20,000+
Event days: 4
Economic impact: $1.5MM+
All-day Saturday audience for free performances: 15,000+
Outdoor stages: 4
Paid performers: 400
Civic significance: Madison Ave. renamed “Aretha Franklin Way”
Keys to the City presented to Aretha Franklin and The Jacksons to date
City Council endorsement & street naming ceremony partnership
Part time jobs created: 300+
Emerging artist groups selected for paid showcase appearances: 20 (from 175 submitted)
Genres of performing arts presented: 25
Cultural & retail pavilion booths: 30
History
FOUNDING DIRECTOR: Vince Paul
In 2017, founders of Detroit Music Weekend partnered with the City of Detroit, Detroit City Council, Detroit Theater District Business Association, Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Carr Center, Detroit Opera House, Motown Museum, Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, R&B Music Hall of Fame, and over 40 arts organizations to create an annual destination weekend in Detroit.
Who is behind this effort
FOUNDING HOST COMMITTEE
Larry Alebiosu · Pamela Alexander · Maggie Allesee · Tina Bassett · Leland K. Bassett · Marvin Beatty · Maxine Beatty · Jessie Beld Elliott · Wayne Brown · Chuck Bennett · Gina Coleman · Janice Cosby · Ara Darakjian · Dr. David DiChiera* · Hon. Debbie Dingell* · David Di Rita · Pamela Dover · Maria Duey · Mayor Mike Duggan* · Cameron B. Duncan · Nicole Eisenberg · Sue Ellen Eisenberg · Byna Elliott · Anthony Elliott · Amanda Fisher · Linda Finkel · Gordon Follmer · Carol Friend · Janet Girodat · David Girodat · Renee Godin · Ed Gordon · Jennifer Granger · Tatiana Grant · Ann Hall · Joyce Hayes Giles · Karen Healy · Sonna Johns · Council President Brenda Jones* · Danialle Karmanos · Peter Karmanos · Hon. Damon J. Keith* · Paulette Koffron · Hon. Brenda L. Lawrence* · Don Manvel · Karen McBride · Jill Miller · Steve Miller · Juanita Moore* · Faye Nelson · Alex L. Parrish · Vincent C. Paul · Senator Gary Peters · Gail Perry-Mason · Vivian Pickard · Dr. William Pickard · Laura S. Raisch · Maureen Roberts · Roy Roberts · Janice Rosenhaus · James Settles · Governor Rick Snyder* · Hon. Debbie Stabenow* · Michael Steinback · Robin Terry · Donna Vanneste · Jeff Vanneste · Jim Vella · Joe Vicari · Rosalie Vicari · Ed Welburn · Tobin Williams · Sarah Winkler
*Honorary Chairs
INVITED SE MICHIGAN PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
ARTLAB J
A Man Can Change
Academy of Russian Classical Ballet
Aletia Droba
All the worlds a stage
Anonymous Dance Crew
Argentine Tango Detroit
Ballet Americana
Ballet Detroit
Barefoot Productions Theatre
Biba Bell
Big City Dance Center LLC
Carr Center
Center of Music & Performing Arts (COMPAS)
Chamber Music Society of Detroit
Chinese Folk Dance of Metro Detroit
Companeros de Flamenco / Michelle Millman
Dance Dynamics
Dasan Mitchell
Deadly Dames Burlesque
Dee Watkins / Isisraks Dance
Detroit Actors Theatre Company
Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings
Detroit Children's Choir
Detroit Concert Choir
Detroit Institute of Music (DIME)
Detroit Public Theatre
Detroit Rep
Detroit Tap Repertory
Detroit-Windsor Dance Academy
DSO Civic Jazz Ensemble: need contact there
Eisenhower Dance
Erika Stowall / Big Red Wall Dance Company
Flint School of Performing Arts
Flint Youth Theatre
Garage Cultural
Geiger Classic Ballet Academy
Grosse Pointe Dance Center
Grosse Pointe Theatre
Haleem Rasul Hardcore Detroit
Hardcore Detroit
Harriet Berg
Heritage Works
Hilberry Theater
HNM Dance Company
Intrinsic Theatre Company / Monster Box Theatre
Jazz & Spirit Dance Theatre of Detroit
Jennifer Harge
Jewish Ensemble Theatre Company
Kristi Faulkner Dance
Lakes Area School of Highland Dance
Legacy Dance Studio LLC
Lethal Rhythm Dance Crew
Link School of the Arts
Lisa LaMarre / LaMarre & Dancers
Lisa McCall / LM Productions Ent. Group
Living Arts
Luna Dancers
Marygrove Theatre/Dance
Matrix
Meadow Brook Theatre - Oakland University
Michael Means
Michelle's Academy of Dance & Perf Arts Ctr
Michigan Ballet Theater
Michigan Classic Ballet
Michigan Dance Project / Kathy King
Michigan Opera Theatre
Michigan Philharmonic
Michigan State University Community Music School
MoreDances / Janet Clayton
Mosaic Youth Theatre
Motor City Brass Band
Motor City Dance Extension
Motor City Youth Theatre
Mt. Zion Dance Company
Northville Ballet Theatre
Oakland Choral Society
Opera Modo
People Dancing
Performance Network
Planet Dance
Plowshares Theatre Company
PuppetArt
Pure Existence Dance Co
Rackham Choir
Raices Mexicanas
River Raisin Dance Academy / Centre for the Arts
Rochester School of Dance
Rosemarie Floyd School of Dance / TMB Ballet
Ryan Myers-Johnson
Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers
Shakespeare in Detroit
Southwest Dance / Living Arts
Sphinx Organization
Spotlight
Spotlight Dance Works
St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild of Cranbrook
Stagecrafters
Stereo Junkies Crew
Take Root Dance
Taylor Dance
The Hinterlands
The Purple Rose Theatre Company
The Ringwald
The Village Theater at Cherry Hill (Canton Village Theatre)
Timberlane Dance
Tipping Point Theatre
Two Muses Theatre
UD Mercy Theatre co
United Sound Systems
Valentina's School of Ballet
Water Works Theatre
Wild Swan Theater
INVITE SE MICHIGAN CULTURAL OFFERINGS
826 Michigan, Inc.
Alfred Berkowitz Gallery
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
Ann Arbor Summer Festival
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
Anton Art Center
Arab American National Museum
Artrain, Inc.
Arts and Scraps
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
Brighton Art Guild
Brighton Arts and Culture Commission
Cabaret 313
Cantata Academy Chorale
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History *
Cinetopia *
College for Creative Studies
Cranbrook Art Museum
Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
Cranbrook Educational Community
Cranbrook House and Gardens *
Cranbrook Institute of Science
Creative Many Michigan:
Culture Source: Hillary / Brand & Community Strategist
Detroit Artists Market
Detroit Creative Corridor Center (DC3)
Detroit Historical Museum
Detroit Historical Society
Detroit Institute of Arts *
Detroit Is It *
Detroit Public Television
Detroit Music Foundation *
Detroit Repertory Theatre
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Detroit Zoological Society Ron Kagan
DIME
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House - Henry Ford Estate
FAR Therapeutic Arts & Recreation *
Focus: HOPE Community Arts Department (CAD)
Friends of Historical Hamtramck
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
Grosse Pointe Art Center
Grosse Pointe Historical Society
Grosse Pointe War Memorial
Holocaust Memorial Center
Image and Arts Council of Troy
Leslie Science and Nature Center
Lorenzo Cultural Center *
Macomb Center for the Performing Arts *
Meadow Brook Hall
Michigan Dance Council
Michigan Science Center *
Michigan State University Community Music School
MOCAD
Motown Museum:
Northville Art House *
Oakland University Art Gallery
Paint Creek Center for the Arts
Pewabic
Pro Musica of Detroit, Inc.
Scarab Club
The Ark
The Art Experience, Inc.
The Arts Alliance
The Berman Center for the Performing Arts
The Community House
The Detroit Public Library Friends Foundation
The Freer House
The Henry Ford
The Jewish Hour Radio Program
The Michigan Theater Foundation
The N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art
The Scrap Box
Troy Historic Village
Two Twelve Arts Center
U of M Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum
U of M School of Music, Theatre and Dance
University Musical Society
University of Michigan Detroit Center
University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities
University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
University of Michigan Libraries
University of Michigan Museum of Art
University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design
Village Fine Arts Association
Wayne State University Public Radio
WRCJ 90.9 FM
* Participating
All artists, groups, cultural orgs, and district locations are invited to participate. If you have not received our email invitation yet,
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Site Location
Additional Visual Arts Exhibits & Performances, Discounts and more!!!
Artist Showcase Tent
Cultural Pavilion
Detroit Institute of Music Education (DIME)
Detroit Welcome Center
Capitol Park
Madison Central Stage
Music Hall Center
Paradise Valley
3Fifty Terrace
MotorCity Market
Grand Circus Park
Detroit Opera House
Q-Line