Detroit Music Weekend – a free, outdoor event produced by Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts – will return for a second year June 14-17.
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The surviving Jackson 5 brothers will present the ABC’s of their storied career at the second Detroit Music Weekend, taking place June 14-17 in the cultural area in and around the Music Hall Center and Detroit Opera House.
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There's no official word yet on a potential street renaming or other civic honors like the ones bestowed last summer on a tearful Queen of Soul ahead of her Detroit Music Weekend performance, including the ceremonial renaming of Madison Street to Aretha Franklin Way....
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Aretha Franklin got a lot of R-E-S-P-E-C-T from her hometown of Detroit during the past few days -- even if she didn't sing the song...
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On a downtown stage Saturday night, Aretha Franklin did what she’s been doing since her childhood in a church just up the street: using her vocal gifts to wow an adoring Detroit audience.
With the sun setting behind her and thousands packing into all the nooks and crannies along Madison Street, the iconic hometown star served up a 105-minute performance to top the inaugural Detroit Music Weekend festival...
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Aretha Franklin, the ‘Queen of Soul,’ performs at the inaugural Detroit Music Weekend festival Saturday evening in what could be her last Detroit performance, June 10, 2017. Franklin, 75, said this will be her last year of touring before retiring.
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Tuxedo was a long time in the making. And it proved as good a fit as the duo of Mayer Hawthorne and Jake One could hope. The two first conceived the idea of Tuxedo and its throwback funky dance-pop sound a decade ago, even before Ann Arbor native Hawthorne blew up with “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out” in 2008...
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The first annual Detroit Music Weekend will take place this Saturday in downtown Detroit, with free events spanning four outdoor venues. And queen of soul Aretha Franklin is slated to give what organizers are calling her last-ever Detroit performance...
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WXYZ Detroit - Get ready for the first Detroit Music Weekend festival! From this Thursday through Sunday it will make a statement to the world about the Motor City’s love of music. All genres will be featured. ...
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Another music festival has been added to Detroit's summer lineup of cultural events with a goal to "fill a gap and put it all together..."
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Detroit — The Queen of Soul is now king of the road. Surrounded by fans, the legendary singer had a city street named after her Thursday evening. A section of Madison, between Brush and Witherell, is now known as Aretha Franklin Way...
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Next time you're in Detroit's theater district, you can take a spin down Aretha Franklin Way. The Queen of Soul wiped away tears Thursday evening as street signage in her honor was unveiled to a crowd of cheering fans on Madison...
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